So, we left the coffee with an agreement, and went back for the bags, then back out to San Jeronimo. Seeing the positive side...it was a beautiful drive, good conversation with Gender (good...about the soccer field, and coffee possibilities, and bad....about Lourdes still struggling with the death of the Church leader and the earthquake (she was at her mother's where it was apparently strong...and aftershocks continue, to the point she fainted on Sunday.)
(this is the roasting center of operations...very quaint, pretty, and you have a built in rest station for when the need arises. Not seen in this picture is the packaged coffee they took to market....they make their own brand in this location as well)
Back to Teguc....total seat time in the Land Cruiser, roughly 6 1/2 hours....not nearly as punishing physically as it could have been), get the Ford back from getting the rear hubs, seals, etc. replaced, and play phone tag, briefly meet with Oscar, and then off to unload a container. This one came from Hazel Dell Christian Church, and it had not only clothing, but supplies for their team coming in July, Church pews, some furniture, and other misc. very nice goodies. It will take us some time to get it all in place and working, but quite some amazing opportunities.
It took quite a while to unload it as well because the road to the clinic is not exactly in the best state for driving, or walking for that matter, so that means parking the rig at the bus stop, and hiring three pickups (people we know) to help ferry up the items being unloaded one truckload at a time to the clinic. By the time all the wiggles were ironed out with customs, the truck got up to the bus stop around 4:30 (it seems we hardly ever get to unload during the day any more) Unloading in the dark is not usually what I would define as fun. And unloading at the bus stop is not what we would prefer either. As if we did not have enough people walking through the property to see what we are
(Note the guys waiting for a pickup to show up loaded in this picture at the right....and the beautiful city in the background....not a bad place to work at night all things considered.)
Whew, now time to go to bed and get up to start another day for Him!
2 comments:
hey man!!
When can I buy some o dat java?!?!? BTW, what was the final decision on the name and logo? BTBTW, can I seriously buy some of that coffee through a group coming down?
Twitchingly,
Steve Sweeney
Coffee Addict
I know our group is a couple of months away, but reading posts like this one bring back memories of last year and make me look forward to this August! Unloading the clothing container in the dark after mixing and pouring concrete the previous day-and-a-half made me realize just how old and out of shape I am!
Barton
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