I got to the jungle a little over two weeks ago and I’ve had many adventures since then.
When I first saw the boat I knew I was going to have an adventure on my hands. It’s a long tail boat! Basically the propellor is out on a 6ft pole that you have to push into the water to propel the boat forward. This is no ordinary outboard motor! Jason taught me how to drive the boat in about 3 days. The actual driving the boat isn’t very hard, (although it is a 45 minute continuous upper body workout!) the hardest part is remembering where all the logs and rocks and other obstacles are. But 6 roundtrip times up and down the river in 6 days have me pretty comfortable with it now.
Living in the jungle without any link to the outside world has been different for me. But it’s really quite peaceful! One of the Karen students taught me how to split bamboo to make flooring and wall material. It requires good aim to split it just right, but I enjoy it.
I’ve started teaching here in the Thai school. It went quite well as far as I can tell, the students and teachers liked it. Each grade has between 7 and 16 students. Please pray that I’ll have wisdom to know how best to teach.
Here are some pictures of what it's like over here.
There's the boat
The prop and rudder.
The long tail.
The handle that steers the boat.
Yep, just wind that cord around there like so and pull!
"Mango Hall" This is the building that the mango tree fell on.
That's like the best shower ever! High water pressure!
The Sharon's House.
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