Our journey to Suriname started a long way back in Boa Vista. Little did I know that when we set off in our overly cramped taxi, that we would be starting an epic 2 week journey to the beautiful land of Suriname. The first leg of our travel was done with 2 overly priced taxies that took us across the Brazil/Guyana border. Soon realizing once we entered Guyana that we had illegally arrived in the country we made a quick u-turn back to the border to get our passports stamped. Then for the second time we journeyed back into Guyana, we shortly arrived at a taxi place that we soon found out we were embarking on the next leg of our adventure. 12 hours of a epic long bumpy dirt road later we arrived in the small town of Timehri and met our man of peace, Pastor Deo. He welcomed us with a warm heart and gave us a place to stay for the next 4 nights, until we could continue on with our journey to Suriname. So Sunday after church the Pastor and our team of foreigners sped off towards the next check point in a bus that was running on prayers and a lot of faith. The 3rd leg of our adventure took us to a little farm house on the outskirts of town, here we met more of Pastor Deo's friends that welcomed us in for an amazing dinner and a cozy place to spend the night. After a short night we proceeded onward early the next morning to the border of Suriname where I soon realized our team was about to become one less... As I'm sure you can imagine traveling with 16 people can be a bit stressful, and frustrating at times of needing to do things with little time to spare. As the gate closed to the entrance of Suriname, I looked back to see Chris looking back through through the gate with a nervous smile on his face, he turns to me and says "well, Nicolas not coming with..." Little did we know, but now found out that because Nicolas was form France he needed a visa to enter Suriname. So at this point with now a slightly lighter team we had no option but to move on with our journey to Suriname, and reunite with the lonesome Frenchman in 10 days when we were to return to Guyana. Now embarking on our 4th leg of the adventure, we crossed the Guyana/Suriname border and loaded on the ferry to take us one step closer to our destination. On the other side we loaded in, once again another taxi and set off to Hebron bible school. Later that day we finally arrived! At this point it had been 2 weeks since we left Brazil and after a fun filled epic journey through the jungle and flatlands of South America we reached our final resting point.
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The school where we were staying consisted of 2 main dorms one girls and one for guys, it also had a main dining hall with a kitchen for supplying the students with 3 meals a day. There is 2 classrooms which get used all day by students, wether it's lectures or using it for quiet/homework time it was always being used. Also on campus there was a few homes placed around for housing teachers and the people in charge of running the school. When there we spent time with the students, ate meals with them, attended some classes, Prayed with them, and threw in a an occasional soccer game when we could. I was privileged enough to share my testimony with one of the local churches, and a few of the students attending the school. We also took part in there daily chores which turned out to be my favourite part, being able to work with chickens, and doing yard work around the campus really brightened my day and reminded me of home. I still wish we spent more time there but overall I had a great time and loved every minute of it, still missing my little French man every day but knowing he was enjoying his time alone made it easier to deal with. Being there I could tell God has really hand picked the students attending the school, and is going to do some great things through them one day. Once again all the glory goes to God for taking are of us everywhere we go, through travel, food, finances, and communication, I realize more and more everyday how much he's doing in and through out team.
Till next time.
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