We are in Talanga

We are in Talanga.

Hello,

We got to Talanga ok.

More than Ok ... we were met at the airport by Pastor Luis, his wife Norma  and Luis  ( our local coordinator ) and his family.

After clearing Customs we went to lunch at El Pollo Supremo.  Readers from past trips will remember the time we celebrated Jim Fetsch's birthday down here. We did that at the Pollo Supremo also.  As before, the food was good and the company was even better.

After a great lunch and lots of conversation we headed for Talanga.

Pastor Luis arranged for the pastor of another church to drive us in their church van. Michael and his son Christian were quite nice and helpful.

What they did not mention was that Pastor Michael drives a 15 passenger church van much like Mario Andretti. The road to Talanga has been paved all the way out and is now a nice piece of engineering. 

The good pastor made excellent time. Several places he proved that where Moses parted the waters, he could part the traffic.  Cars got out of his way because that van was coming through.

We got to Talanga in record time.

We are checked in at Hotel LA Fuente.

A bit later we went to dinner at the parsonage and are with Pastor Luis and family.  Mark Drury summed it up well: They were really gracious hosts and made us feel very welcome.

We had a good dinner of savory beef in gravy with beans, rice and tortillas. Dessert was a bit of ice cream and then we came back to our rooms for bed.

That wraps up things for now.  I will post more as I can.  Thanks for reading and have a good night.

Blair