Enjoying Life in the Mission Field
Hiking, Exploring and White Water
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International Rescue & Relief team and guide hike to Caracol village,
taking two days to reach their destination.

Very distant from grocery stores, a person needs to know how to find nourishment. 

Here Dr. Mike demonstrates the proper way to consume giant grasshoppers found in the savannahs.

Kinda scratchy, isn't it?

Kathy Bollinger eyes this huge critter suspiciously.  Will it take a bite of her
face before she can bite off its head? 
 

She decides not to try eating it!

Venezuelan Student Missionary Henry Fernández is always very helpful.  Here he enjoys one of Venezuela's many waterfalls with the rest of the group.

IRR staff Dr. Mike Hildebrand with his wife Carol, daughter Tessa and son Brenty.

Brenty gets a drink from a jungle vine - a good thing
to know when there's no drinking water nearby!

During this hike, Dr. Mike ferries one of his daughters across this precarious log bridge.  She's gotta be very trusting!

Adrianna takes after her dad, swinging
on the jungle vines like a monkey.

And Madeline likes to make faces!

Dr. Chuck Franklin relaxes after a long days' hike.  There's nothing like duct tape for those painful blisters!

The IRR group takes a day for swift-water rescue training on one of Venezuela's many rivers.

Dr. Brent & his son float down the rapids, with other trainees below prepared to "rescue" them.

Here the folks practice going over or under a partially submerged log safely in swift water.

After a long day of rescue training, the group heads back to the waterfalls.

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