Grocery Shopping

There has been a protest going on between the Indigenous people and the government. To make a long story very short, the government has been allowing mining to happen on the land that belongs to the indigenous people. In protest, the people have been blocking the roads with trees and whatever else so that the highways are not passable. This has effected lots of things, including the fact that the trucks carrying fuel have not been able to get here to fill up the gas stations. As I mentioned before, there was a team of eye doctors doing surgery here last week. They bussed in a bunch of the people from the comarca (the land that belongs to the indigenous people) in order to do the surgeries on the people who need it most. They were supposed to have surgery, spend one night at the church, then take a bus back home. That was a week ago. They are still stuck at the church. Right when we thought it was getting better, they decided to block even more roads.

Today was the day that I went grocery shopping. Because of the protest, Romero, the grocery store looked a bit like WalMart right after a blizzard is predicted in the forecast. It was a madhouse! Zion and I weaved our way through the isles as I was trying to plan meals in my head. In the states, I have grocery shopping down to a science. I make my list in the order that I get the things in the store. Give me 30 minutes and I can have meals and food for a month. I may have to do my grocery shopping in the middle of the night from here on out, but I will get better at it.

Tomorrow we dive into the projects that await us on the church property.

A few prayer requests:

- That this protest ends peacefully for everyone involved, and that the people at the church can go home.

- The eyes of Jesus as we begin to invest in people and projects.

- (on a much smaller scale) That the dog next door to us would get hit by a car. It barks all night long...which makes for about 30 minutes of sleep for Nate and I.