Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - From the Helm
4:00 PM – We are anchored in a cove waiting out a storm that came up as we were cruising to Aru. We finished our day in Cobras at Noon. The crowds were small enough that we were able to attend to everyone’s needs in half a day. We had a brief service before setting sail where 3 young people came forward accepting Christ – good indeed…
The Cobras community is a bit more primitive and reserved than Niteroi. Here again there was a very young Chief in charge (26 years old). There seems to be a trend of the older generation turning over power to the younger of the Nation. These young men are still conservative in their approach. This is needed to preserve the culture of the Tribe.
Yesterday, a clan member killed two jaguars across the river. They had already distributed the meat amongst the villagers by the time we got here this morning. I asked for the heads to take the teeth. My request was politely but promptly refused. Then I remembered that this people only kills for food and otherwise respects the dignity of the animals of the jungle – tradition.
Jaguars are only dangerous to man from around August thru December when the females are in heat. The males simply don’t try to avoid confrontation. Evidently the season ran late this year. Both animals killed last night were thin males – they tend not to eat much during the mating season.
Our team is healthy and in good spirits. We are scheduled to arrive in Aru some time after dark tonight. If we make it in time, we will hold services. If not, we will enjoy fellowship aboard.
We have many friends in Aru from past trips. Our plan is to spend 2 days there. We will be drilling a new well for this people. The one we drilled earlier in the year was not quite deep enough. I look forward to seeing familiar faces when we arrive onshore.
Oh, we are trying to get our blog working correctly so that you may post comments for the team. For now, please do so by email to boyd@amor-brazil.org. I will print them and pass them on to the team members! Sorry for the inconvenience…
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