Zambia 2021
June 29, 2021 Day 1 This was a long flight day as Art, Luke and I had gathered the day before at a motel in Chicago. Both of the others experienced weather delays, with Luke did not get to the motel before midnight. Fred drove and was dropped off by a friend that is...
Chile 2019
October 4, 2019 Many have been asking how the trip to Chile went. As a general statement it all went well. Art and Tim arrived at the airport about the same time and an hour after Fred and Sue, but there was a long delay getting through customs as there were several...
Bolivia 2018
December 26, 2018 The work in Camiri, Bolivia with Mark Mattix has gone well. Even though John was delayed in the connecting flight to Miami so that he flew to Santa Cruz a day later than the rest of the team, Cristobal, the brother from Chile who joined us, was able...
Peru Bible School 2018
February 3, 2018 Day 1 The trip started out looking to be easy and non-complicated. We had arranged a flight out of O’Hare in Chicago, through Dallas/Fort Worth and overnight to Lima, where we would catch another flight to Tarapoto and the work with the Mattix’s. The...
Bolivia 2017
May 27 2017 Day 1 Sue and I had started the journey the day before, leaving Minneapolis Thursday morning, flying to Kansas City and then on to Miami where we spent most of the evening repacking all our suitcases so we might be at full weight and include 75 pounds of a...
Chile 2017
March 17 2017 Chile Day 1 Both Tim DeJong and I started the day before, flying out of Atlanta and Minneapolis through Dallas to get to Santiago, traveling through the night. We both arrived safely, although Tim’s flight was delayed and arrived an hour late, which just...
Paraguay 2017
February 26 2017 Day 1 This is what would be considered a short night or a long night, depending on your perspective. Fred was in Peru, leaving at 11:30 at night for a 4 hour flight to land at 5:30 local time. Phil and Domingo had left Minneapolis at 6:30 in the...
Peru 2017
February 10 2017 Day 1 The day started early as the flight time from Minneapolis was at 5:10 in the morning. We had picked up Orin the afternoon before and stayed overnight at some friends that are good enough to let us leave their house about 3:15 am without...
Peru 2016
February 25 2016 Day 1 For the trip the day started quite late as Mark Owensby, his daughter Hadasseh and myself gathered for the trip, flying out of the Des Moines airport at 7 pm Tuesday the 23rd. We found the airport quite deserted and the two hour lead time was...
Colombia 2015
February 1 2015 Day 1 Nine of the 10 team members came from Iowa, getting up about 3:00 - 4:00 am to drive to Cedar Rapids from Ankeny, Waterloo, and Dubuque. I got to sleep in until after 4:00. Flights all ended in Miami on time and we were able make the connecting...