¡ TITICACA !

Hola everyone,

The reason for our lack of updates for the last few days is due to the fact that we have been in La Paz since Thursday morning. We left early Thursday morning for the highest capital city in the world (La Paz), and the highest salt-water lake in the world (lake Titicaca).

The drive to La Paz was scary, to say the least, we needed to climb to 11000 ft. above sea level up mountains on roads with hairpin turns, broken gaurdrails and memorial crosses everywhere. I was, as always, the most calm and collected member of the group during this terrifying time (by that I mean, I may or may not have passed out a few times... haha). As you can all tell, we did live to tell about it (barely, haha). Dispite the fear which gripped me for the majority of the ride, the view was breathtaking... and after 8 hours of travel we made it to La Paz.

While in La Paz we had the opportunity to visit the local market where we saw the locals and experienced more of the sad truth that Bolivia is the poorest country in South America. We also saw many shops which sold Incan idols, good luck charms, spiritual remedies and dead animals to sacrifice to the earth. We also saw lake Titicaca, where the Bolivians don´t swim (because the lake is sacred), and we got to see some reed boats and the people who live on the lake making boats and goods to sell. The encouraging thing about the natives at lake Titicaca was that the majority of them were evangelical Christians. The influence of the Baptist church in the Titicaca farming areas was huge and we saw several churches in Titicaca.

We are now back in Cochabamba after another long day of travelling and we are preparing for another night of baby washing in the city square followed by young-adults Bible study and fellowship this evening... Anyways, Ivan is here to pick us up, so we are off for now.

Ciao,
- Felipè