The Dell family had a great trip to visit the Waorani! We visited our friends both in Shell and Puyo (towns and cities on the edge of the jungle) where we attended a new-to-us Waorani/Spanish church in Puyo. It was great to hear the message going both from Spanish to Waorani and from Waorani to Spanish and at one point we even got some English to Waorani translation. From there we flew into the village of Tiweno where we got a nightly visit from this great tarantula. I helped dig a drainage ditch alongside the airstrip one day and Rachelle and Tali did a lot of work on some string and string bags while visiting with the ladies.

Our next village visit was to Damointaro where we joined in with a Bible conference run by Gaba from that village. We got to see lots of folks who traveled to town for the conference and joined in with soccer and games and dishwashing and cooking. Our Friend Chet Williams and his coworker Dana were there with a few team members to help out as well. The men there asked me to organize another mechanics workshop for them so if you know your way around the inside of a small engine and want to help then let me know.

From there we went back to where we used to have our house--Tzapino. The pace was much more laid back than the conference setting and we had a blast just hanging out and visiting. I got to join a couple of guys on a short spear fishing afternoon and we just had fun at the river swimming and bathing.

I think we all had a great time despite chigger bites and long hard walks for Rachelle. Everyone is tired but happy we did it. What a great summer.