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| The View From Our Hostel |
I am typing at a Hostel here in La Paz, Bolivia. We are in a time called 'Debrief' which is a time to rest before our next ministry. We get about 4 of these this year. We have meetings and sessions, but also some freetime. So in my freetime I chose not to rest, but to have an adventure! Of course...haha.
I set out with two friends to climb a mountian. The elevation at the peak was approx 17,000 ft and we could feel it with every step. A British lady in our hiking group gave us some coca leaves for the altitude (its the leaf of the cocaine plant). We´d chew and rest them in the side of the mouth which helped a lot for the headaches. I made a little video at the peak which I will eventually put on my mission blog at
http://carolineritchey.theworldrace.org if it ever decides to load.
After that we were scheduled to go to a valley to see the ecosystem differences due to the elevation, but the bus broke down a block from our hostel, and with the headaches we all had, it was better to take it easy that afternoon. So we left the group. Which was a good thing, because God redeemed that afternoon.
I was given the chance to walk the markets here in La Paz with two ladies that I am blessed to have gotten to know a little better. We had coffee at a little coffee shop and got to see some parades in the street. Overall, a very good day of rest in which I did no rest at all. HA HA!
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| Our Group´s Shady Coca Leaf Dealings |
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| Making a Snow Angel in the Andes...CHECK! |
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| LLAMASSSS!! |
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| Our Broken Bus in the Hail. The End! |
