BUGS & Fruit

I talked to Josh this morning; he called right after I woke up! He told me he woke up with his face and eyes burning. He slept with a mosquito net on his face, he doesn't know if something sprayed him through the net or what. He said it felt like a chemical burn in his eyes. He thinks it might have been a praying mantis. He washed his face as soon as he got up, but said that made it worse, he thinks it spread it. He got some alcohol wipe from Charlie and tried that. He said after about 4 hours it went away. He said his face isn't red and he's not having any vision problems.

He took a "shower" last night. The boil a pot of water and put it in a room with a drain. Josh rinsed off right before bed last night, he doesn't have any soap though. He said its very hot and humid there as well!

He's eating well, they had just eaten rice, broth and fresh pineapple. He said all the fruit tastes better there. The pineapple is so much sweeter than here. He said one of the little girls probably about 5 came up and asked Josh if he sang. He said yes, so they kids started singing all sorts of songs for him. Then they asked if he played futbol (soccer) so they all went to a field and played for a while. He watched a few kids run into the jungle and come back with fruit. He asked them where it came from. They said they'd show him, so he filmed the whole thing. They took a 10 minute journey into the jungle and he said when he looked behind him, there was a line of 25 kids single file, following him. They got to the trees with fruit and one kid got a cane pole and started knocking down the fruit. Then several of the kids started gathering the fruit in their shirts. They showed Josh how to eat it. He said it was so sweet and it had the texture similar to a peach. He then said all the kids were shimmying up the trees about 40 feet. He told me they were about 5-7 and that high in the trees. It was amazing he said. He told me the kids even at 5 walk around with machetes.

They found one of his bags in Belgium and it will be delivered around tomorrow night. Lets pray it has some clothes and the tools needed to get started on the picnic tables! Oh, and some bugspray, sanitizer and soap!