The beauty continues….
Last week I was talking with my 84 year old mom and she told me a story she never had before. When she was a little girl, she had understood from her church that God was grey and punitive. She remembers when a group came in to teach the children and she was told that God was beautiful. She said that made her so happy.
I fly over this incredible world – the sheer artistry of God’s creation – it makes me so happy and I think of her story.
Another story I think of as I see the array of colour in the land – is an artist friend giving me advice about painting (when my kids were little I was in a phase – some might call it an obsession – that I would paint their rooms with a blend of different colours). Monica said that if you see colours together in nature – you can paint a room these colours and they will be pleasing to the eye. I imagine what I could have done had I seen this part of the world!
We started early in the morning as we had a long journey yesterday – Peru – Ecuador – over Columbia and into Panama. We had a friendly taxi driver, and despite our almost complete lack of Spanish and his lack of English – we learned about how long a drive it is to Machu Picchu- over 24 hours from Lima – how to say driving in Spanish – conduciendo – about the archeological dig Chan Chan found in this city – and – how tasty Guinea pigs are to eat – which he raises and feeds corn – and I think he said they taste like chicken.
We will stay in Panama City – next stop Jamaica
Ferry Flying - Delivering Aircraft around the world for MAF 