Bolivia Mission Trip Day 1+2




The whirlwind of travel has finally come to a close. All flights, luggage, and members safely arrived to their destinations. Yesterday (June 15th) we began traveling at 4:00pm from the Huntington airport and finally finished at 5:00pm today (June 16th) in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Once we landed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia early this morning we had time to kill until our flight to Cochabamba at 4:00pm. Awesome enough, the Reed Family (The Missionaries we are partnering with this week) live in Santa Cruz. They were so hospitable and rented a sleep room to store our luggage in the airport, loaded us up in their cars, and headed to their house about 20 minutes away. We fellowshipped, played games, read, talked, and caught up on some much needed sleep. J.D. Reed and Lee headed out to buy Saltenas for us to eat. The saltenas were amazing. They were more or less like a handheld chicken pot pie and really hit the spot. 
After resting we headed back to the airport and flew on to Cocha with the Reeds and Maltilde (Translator, teacher, and friend). The flight was BEAUTIFUL and the breathtaking landscape rolled right beneath the airplane. We were picked up from the airport in a yellow charter bus and drove to the House of Hope. The House is immaculate and we were greeted by the project managers and their family: Carmen, Richard, and their three daughters. After unpacking, taking in the views, and getting the downlow on Bolivian dos and don’tss we started in on supper. 
Tomorrow we will head to church and see the Christo and Monday we start in on building a church. I am so excited to see what God has in store for us this week and the relationships and world perspectives we will gain while here in Cochabamba.
Grace and Peace,
Beth Perry


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