My normal is nuts. No, seriously. Normal days are in abundance here in Ecuador but they are not what you might think. Today my co-worker and partner in crime, Jennifer, headed out for our 75 minute drive to Chaguarpamba to go to kids club (we call it bread and fish...hoping that what we teach the kids will be taken home and multiplied). It was a normal morning. We got in the car and got 15 minutes up the road before we had to turn back due to car trouble. Then it died. We called BJ for help and just as he was about to leave to come rescue us we got it started. So, we got back to our place switched cars and headed out once again. Along the way we came across three cars with no brake lights that really liked to brake, or suddenly pull off the road and stop in front of us. Not so great. We also came across a huge scary snake in the road slithering its freaky self all over ( I may embellish in size but I hate snakes so in my mind it was HUGE!). We also came across two other dead snakes in the road. Then we passed some large piece of road kill...so sad. Then we came across a herd of cattle in the road. As we pulled down the main street of town we ran over a dead rat. Ick. Serious ick. Then we got to kids club and the site we use had been broken into, vandalized, littered with alcohol bottles and cigarettes, and broken water pipes. We cleaned up and kept on going. Club went great...made it all worth it. It always does. But then we started the ride home. We got about 15 minutes up the road and stopped for a snack (I was really really tired and needed snack food to keep awake). As we pulled out of the gas station we came across a naked man on the road side who was quickly trying to wrap a towel around his waist and scowled at us as if we had walked in on his own personal bathroom. That's right....naked. Then we continued on our way...trying to forget the scary naked man who had just bore images into our minds that would take many sittings of Anne of Green Gables to help us forget. As we drove into our home town we took deep breathes and exhaled in thankfulness that we made it home in one piece. A wise friend, upon hearing this ridiculous story said, "Satan is so stupid" and I agree.
Its normal, maybe every day is not this absurd, but its normal. Nothing goes without a hitch. There are always difficulties and honestly its sometimes encouraging. It lets us know we are still a threat to Satan. But, without our sense of humor we would not fare so well. We have to step back and realize that no matter how stupid Satan is.....we continue because God wins and Satan doesn't. Boo Satan.
No pictures today...do you really want pictures of anything I just wrote about?!?!
Glad you still had your sense of humor - I guess the naked man helped in that regard. Reminds me of a song you and your sisters sang at Haluwasa about Satan. Can't think of its title, can you??
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