Back into the Studies

On Wednesday afternoon we all walked out to Baile Lorito to visit the Ash crowd that lives there.
They all seemed glad for a visit and were very patient with our Ash. They definitely prefer to talk
to us in Ash. They offered us a very watery pyaarentsi (yucca beer) that we worked on getting down.
They were all curious about Derick, too. Then when we left, they sent a whole stalk of plantains
with us that Brad carried almost the whole way with a little help from Derick. The path was pretty
muddy and we had to cross a rather murky stream at one point, too. Koleman was loving the adventure
of the stream.

The next day, one of the young men showed up to do a language session with Brad. It went pretty
well, but Brad doesn't think he (Toyoyo) has the patience for a two-hour session. Please be praying
for us to find several good language helpers for Brad to get back into the routine of his language
sessions. Mauricio is awesome, but he is still in Pucallpa and may be going to another small city
to study. We have been working on our culture filing, which is good to get done and also to see
some of the holes in our cultural knowledge.

-Rebecca