Amazing I have just thoroughly enjoyed all your emails. The descriptions are just amazing and almost transports me there. Your amazon experience sounded so thrilling! I had to smile at the lightening bug part b/c I grew up with them and could fondly think back to days of trying to catch them in glass jars. I also smile at your thoughts on the human race. I agree that people are truly the most interesting and we all have so much to learn from one another and to love about one another. We think of you often and look forward to your next adventure!
hey hi , aunt ila told me to read these and I have to say I envey you very much, and hearing about your travels has made me decide that I to want to travel . well have fun !
Amazon at Last! It's so good to hear about your Amazon adventure--one of those things we here about all our lives but can never, really comprehend. It would be a little unnerving (and what bad dreams are made of) to know that only one of your group actually knows where you are. YIKES! I love your insight about the human race. We do get awfully busy with ourselves, way too often. Thanks for taking us there, for letting us see, hear, feel, smell, just a bit of what you've experienced. You make it real. Lots of love, Mom
Wow!! Thank you for taking us on such an adventure!! Not sure we would like to be near those spiders and snakes and alligators either!! Admire your bravery to be there and experience all of this world--but, yes the people are the most important!! We love you and pray for your safety in all this traveling!!! Thanks for sharing!!
Contest about where you were! You were in Punta Tombo,Ushuaia!!!
About 800,000 penguins were in Punta Tombo this year-the largest penguine colony outside of Antarctica! These animals are amazing and very docile. They let you get very close, but watch out, if you press your luck, they peck you and can rip open your flesh with their turned-under, pointy beaks!- those were Mrs.Schutt's words
In my words:
Penguins are of course black and white!They spend 75% of their time underwater, looking for food.They eat (mainly)fish but they also eat krill,crustaceans,and squid.Their average speed of swimming is 15 miles per hour.They are classifed as the Sphenisciformes and the Spheniscidae family.They are warm blooded.They relie on a thing called "blubber" and two other layers of feathers.Penguins huddle up two keep warm.I think thats all I know!
Eekk!! Awsome!! i love your blogs, postcards, everything!! I am happy to see you having so much fun!! michelle decided to print a picture of you and carry it everywhere during the graduation!!! Lots of love to the people i most admire!! Take care!! Be careful !! Hey my dad said that i will be able to travel places too!! The bad news is that not untill i am older and if it is now i have to come back by bedtime, so unfair doesnt he know that i may be as tall as a kindergardender but (with the help of Mrs. Schutt/Cho/Cortez) can be as intellegent as a 20 year old person!! So unfair!! : (
More than words... Mandy, your words give such depth to your travels. It's so refreshing to read of the heart and soul of the country and what impact it's having on your personal lives. I know you both will forever be changed by all you have seen and experienced. We love you BIG!
Wow Mandy. Wow Griff. How did you guys BREATHE at 5,000 meters, let alone sleep? That's higher than the summit of Mt. Rainier! Fabulous photos. Ivan would certainly be envious of the Salta.
Mandy....I wish I could join you in Bolivia. The picture of the little baby in the sling is so beautiful. It makes me think of carrying Zain around in my sling for SOOOO long and complaining of his weight. I can't believe these women carry thier babies and the extrememly heavy load they bear. The salt pictures were amazing. You both look well. I miss you soooooo very much. I can't wait to hear more from Bolivia...lots of love to you...Heather
Wow, what beautiful pictures! I think I've learned more from your blogs than I ever did from any geography class. Too bad you guys didn't arrange to have a camera crew following you around. Imagine what a documentary you could be filming! Definitely an Academy Award winner! Thanks for not making me sob uncontrollably this time; you really could have pulled on the heart strings with those heaven pictures. Take care and God Bless you guys! Love, Martha
Thank you Ila sent me a link to your blog. I am so grateful. What a wonderful page. I cannot wait to read more. I wish I had known you were going to Chile. We have some friends in Chile. We have lost contact right now but with some work we might could have found their latest address. They lived here for a while and are wonderful people.
Thank you for sharing your adventures with us. It makes me wish I were young too!! I would love to go with you! God bless you and watch over you.
FUUUNNNNN!!!!!! i LOVE the salta pic - looks like you two are floating in heaven.
i miss you everyday!!! loved the entry - i could VISUALIZE your road trip and could clearly hear the VOICE in your writing (ahem, writing/reading strategies MUST be noted, right kids?) thank you again for taking me with you on the journey through these countries via your beautiful thoughts...
Well once again you guys made me make a difficult decision...I have 30 minutes before getting ready for church...do I read the Schutt blog or do I read the Sunday paper...the Schutt's won out...so I made me a cup of tea, settled in for a visit with you guys, and enjoyed every minute of your blog...it is amazing how Jesus presents himself to us, isn't it? Keep your eyes open (as it appears that you are) and let Him use you each step of your way...we miss you and pray for your safety! love, mimi and dumpy
Griffin Paints a Beautiful Picture I shouldn't be surpised that Griffin is as handy with words as he is with his hands... what a beautiful piece of writing!
The new door looks fantastic. I'm not surprised. Griff is so clever and good with his hands that he could probably build a nuclear reactor with some paper clips and a bit of string.
It sounds like all parties took positive things away from your visit. My heart was warmed as I read.
Good thing I've gotten used to reading your blogs with a box of kleenex by my side. Griff, that's the most beautiful door I've ever seen!
Miss you guys! Love, Martha
Good Job Griff, Mrs. Schutt We really missed you. Hello, It is good to see that you are enjoying your journey and spreading your wealth with the people that are fortunate enough to meet you.
Our family was blessed with having you in charge of our son, and we will be forever greatful for all of the extra personal time you gave to all of the kids. Please be safe and remember that you will always be in our prayers.
Sincerely Alfredo and Aurelia Sandoval .
Working without your tools. I associate completely with the range of emotion on a project like this.
How exciting to see a need that you can "easily" fill, and that it can be used and appreciated for years, possibly generations. And then how disheartening to see what you have to work with, how all your assumptions based on working at home are shattered, and how difficult the project becomes because just buying primer can get you paint remover if you don't know the language. ;-)
Congratulations on a job well done. I did notice you did not include any detail shots of the door, nor did you say how long it took you! :-)
Love you, Pete and Ila
Thaks for sharing Wonderful time you are having---and getting lots of good experience as mission volunteers for when you do retire!! but sounds like your life is always going to be mission-minded, helping others! Safe travels and good health for both of you!
This IS what it's all about! How I wish we could have been on this adventure with you--if not to participate, to be able to just watch the blessing of these few days for everyone involved. I can imagine how Flor's heart crumpled up when you had to leave...and the fire in Dorkas that is burning because you gave her a connection to "today's" world...and how Abuela is still trying to find any justification for not having children before you're old. These kinds of things are always the best part of any trip I've ever taken. Those connections with people with the same joys, and sorrows, hopes, and disappointments...we are the same...we want to connect. Griff, just reading your words about this encounter has blessed me. My spirit is lifted because of the goodness in the soul's of our kids. Thank you for caring about others. I love you guys. Mom
thanks Thanks for this post, i enjoyed the way that you can conect with her and their espirit, i am chilean and i live here too, and i think you can see the life like a trip where we can find people like flor del campo everywhere. Un abrazo. Pedro.
y'all long legged yanks ...and here I figured the best benefit of limb length would've been seeing over fellow pedestrians... hope you guys were good at frogger (whoops showing my age!) Happpy Bday! (an extra p is my gift- never know when it will come in handy!). The Missus was hoping you could hook her up with su padres blog so am passing it along.
Thanks for the cool updates guys !
The Schutt Duo jouney into the unknown together, attempting to discover themselves and their world. Following their hearts, because every logical thought tells them to spend the money on a downpayment for a house!
"Turn my heart from wanting any other plan than yours." Ps 119:37
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Amazing
I have just thoroughly enjoyed all your emails. The descriptions are just amazing and almost transports me there. Your amazon experience sounded so thrilling! I had to smile at the lightening bug part b/c I grew up with them and could fondly think back to days of trying to catch them in glass jars. I also smile at your thoughts on the human race. I agree that people are truly the most interesting and we all have so much to learn from one another and to love about one another. We think of you often and look forward to your next adventure!