Did you know Panama is divided into North & South America? This is the Bridge of the Americas; when you cross it from our side, you are in North America, our side is South America! We now have our driver's license for Panama & our residency; we also receive a senior citizen's discount, on food, lodging, etc; sometimes up to 50% off some things, plus free entrance into Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal!

 
 
 
This last team was from Missouri; we worked in Portobelo, Portolindo & Cacique for 4 days & being right on the beach, it was very hot & humid, plus we fought the mosquitoes & they won, with me anyway. The beauty of the place was marred by the poverty & violence; it was a sad place to work in. We did door-to-door evangelism, open-air preaching & showed movies on Sat & Sun nite.

 
 
 
 
We made a trip to the Darien Province, west side of Panama, to see what connections we could make; what churches were there; potential places for teams. Travel time was about 4 days.

 
 
 
 
This is a recent trip into the mountains & rivers of Bocas, the northwestern part of Panama. We visited several villages along the Changuinola River to determine if there was any evangelical presence there. In the village of Guayaba, there were no churches, with the exception of a cult called 'La Luz del Mundo' (The Light of the World). This church believes the True Apostle lives in Mexico City & the people of the village earn money to give to the True Apostle. Please pray as we try to establish a Baptist work there.

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Today we went to the National Arts & Crafts Festival here in Panama City.

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This is where we will be living at least for the next 3 months here in Panama. It is in an area called La Boca. It is in the vicinity where the people from the States lived while working for the Panama Canal; they had their own high school & grade school. It is beautiful; I will paste pics of it as soon as I can.

 
 
 
 
Our 3rd team in Panama was spent in the region of Chiriqui. We worked in David with Pastor Ricardo. His church is in his home & we were hoping to build other cell groups in the neighborhood. The response was good from the people we visited. The children had a great time of playing soccer, watching a movie & they enjoyed the presentation of the Gospel in an effective & demonstrative manner; many thanks to the team from Berea, KY.