The Bible - A Bird´s Eye View

What? - I decided to read through the entire Bible chronologically in one week.
Why? - I wanted to get the Big Picture. I have spent alot of time studying parts of it, but needed to see it as a whole.
How? - I purposed to ask myself only one question as I was reading through the Bible - "What does this tell me about my God?"
How Long? - I spent roughly 35 hour working my way through. I dedicated 6 days to the O.T. and 1 day to the N.T. (roughly 1/4 of the Bible).
What I learned? - The one thought that hit me in every book, underlining the entire Bible, was that God wants to be recognized and worshipped for Who He is- the One and Only God.
Although I learned countless other lessons, and refreshed my Bible knowledge, this thought has shaken my view of my God, the Bible, and myself.
Now What? - After reading the Bible through I have a new and growing thirst to study God´s Word to know Him in a deeper way, so that it may be said of me as of Abraham- "He was a friend of God." (James 2:23)

The big snake and our group 

Leading singing in Grau 

A new picture of the family 

Some of the guys hanging out 

It actually doesnt taste too bad! 

A flower, if you were wondering 

A mean little monkey 

Stick you finger in there 

This is how the Crocodile Hunter started out, catch the little ones 

And then move to the bigger ones

Look what I found under my sleeping bag! 

Me and a bird 

Iquitos Jungle Trip- part 2

Upon returning to the main city of Iquitos in the Amazon jungle, we participated in several different ministries. We stayed at Calvary Baptist Church of Iquitos and helped in their other church works. Each night we preached and sang in various church works, and Saturday was filled with a sports day for the community, a special evangelistic program, and then another service at night.
During the day, we were able to see some different sights and animals of the jungle, and had some time for studying. One of the most interesting things to do was to walk around their open air market each morning and buy interesting foods. We ate aligator, piranna, monkey, turtle, and tree bark. (It all tastes like chicken)
This trip was an amazing experience!

This was a big turtle, sort of like a snapper 

Hanging out with my new sloth friend 

Sid the sloth 

The central park of Iquitos 

a three hour boat ride up the Amazon

Acouple kids and their pet birds 

Before the Tribunal 

A large spider I encountered while on a "nature walk" through the jungle with one of the members of the church(He was taking us to find anacondas) 

The Amazon- my bathtub for a week, and only relief from the mosquitos and heat! 

Kids club, one of our main ministries in Grau 

The family pet 

These kids were getting good with their bows and arrows 

The main food in the jungle is fish and bananas. I never want to see another one of either of those after two weeks!