Adventure in Panama!

We had the amazing experience of meeting a wonderful family during our stay in Boquete, Panamá. The way it turned out was definitely by divine design. As my brother and I walked towards the Rio Caldera hoping to find a place to wade, we debated which way we should go to find the best spot. Trusting Google maps, we walked towards a place it said there was a bridge. Upon arriving, we noticed a small trail going up the mountain slope that ran alongside the river. It was intriguing for some reason, and I now know that it was the Spirit that prompted us to take that route. We climbed up the path and realized that it led to a small Ngobe indian village. Tiny heads of children poked out from above and they surely must have been wondering what two tall, white people were doing invading their village! We made it up and said hello to a young mother washing outside. She told us the trail didn't continue past the village and ended there. As we turned to go back down the mountain, I felt stro

Wow! We are having the time of our lives here in Panamá! And we're super tired at the moment, but I will take just a few minutes to update our blog. It's been crazy these past 3 weeks. We have been able to present the Church's new program of EnglishConnect to 11 new wards/branches in the David stake and Chitre district here in the western part of Panamá. This has equated to lots of bus travel, nights in hotel and the house of Hermana Felicita Landero the mother of our supervisor Rixela. It's been a ride and I'm so grateful to God for helping and inspiring us. Sometimes I worry that there won't be much interest in the program and we will be wasting our time, but that is never the case! In every ward/branch we've been to, there have always been hermanos interested and excited to learn more English and better their lives! We have also been blessed to find hermanos that are willing to be teachers. It's a crazy commitment but for these people the cost is ne