Panama Trip Part 1- The Beauty of Panama

We had to go on a border run 2 weeks ago to Panama. We had to take a bus from a nearby town named Penthurst to the border named Sixaola and from the border to 1 town named Changuinola and another bus to another town named David and THEN another bus to the town where we were going to named Boquete. 

Total time it SHOULD take: 9hrs. 30 mins.

Of COURSE if something happens that a taximan tricks us at the border, then drops us off in a place where we weren't supposed to be, then we get stuck for 3 1/2 hrs waiting for 4 buses to pass with no seats, THEN finally getting a bus where we had to STAND for an hr and a half(I wasn't feeling good!), WELL.... then it takes:

 13 HOURS!!

BUT we had a good time, and Panama is VERY beautiful. 

Here are some beautiful pics from Panama:

 

Psalms 72:3

Let the mountains bring peace to the people, 

And the hills, by righteousness.

This is a VERY cool mountain. It's name is get this: Mount BARUCH! It is 1/2 an hr. away from get this: DAVID!! Cool!

Psalms 1:3 

For he shall be as a tree 

Planted by the rivers of water, 

That yields its fruit in its season, 

And whose leaf does not wither, 

And whatever he does prospers.

My beautiful Mom!

What a.... hmmm... can someone please give me the word for this...??? Comments anyone??

Songs of Solomon 2:12

“The flowers have appeared in the earth; 

The time of singing has come, 

And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.

Psalms 148:7,9

Praise YHVH from the earth, 

You great sea creatures and all the depths, 

  9 The mountains and all hills, 

Fruit tree and all cedars,

This is a COOL pineapple!

These Oranges are as small as a quarter!

Psalms 98:8

Let the rivers clap their hands, 

Let the mountains sing together for joy before YHVH...

The town by the river.

 Psalms 127:3

LOOK, children are an inheritance from YHVH, 

The fruit of the womb is the reward.

Genesis 1:28a

 And Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said to them, 

“Bear fruit and increase, and fill the earth and subdue it,

My mom thought these dresses were so amazing, and when we learned more about this lady, we were even more impressed! The lady in the middle is the mother of 9 GIRLS and 23 GRANDKIDS! She definitely has the "Be fruitful and multiply" down! Very happy family as you can see.

Talking more with them about the dresses. In Panama there are a LOT of local Indigenous tribes . Most of the women wear these dresses, and guess what? They handmade them themselves!

2 of the lady's daughters and one of her grandsons.

More VERY modestly dressed Panamanian Indians.

We were very blessed to be there. The next post will be about the family we stayed with and some more pictures. Until then...

SHALOM!!
The Montanez Family
Servants and Emmisaries of Yahshua, Children of YHVH
HalleluYAH!!

Preaching the Message throughout El Duruy

Mat 28:19  “Therefore, go and make taught ones of all the nations, immersing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Set-apart Spirit,
Mat 28:20  teaching them to guard all that I have commanded you. And see, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” Amĕn.

My dad has been given the opportunity to speak at the church several times. He has taught on Shabbat, the Feasts, the true meaning of the Last Supper, and last time about clean and unclean animals and how the 7 days of creation is parallel our spiritual and physical walk.
A lot of people have been very receptive to what he has spoken about.
Pray that YHWH continues to open doors for us to speak to them. HalleluYAH!

Praying for some ladies at the church. YHWH is blessing the people we meet and they want to know what we believe.

My mom and Dona Blanca(and Brianna LOL). Mrs. Suzanne gave her a skirt and Dona Blanca was so happy.

Another skirt and headcovering for one of the kids in the town.

FOOD!! These Ticos know how to cook with what little they have.

Pray that we continue to have open doors. Pray that we have the funding to do different things.

Shalom!

Christian Montanez Dodd

Servant and Emmisary of Yahshua, Child of YHWH

HalleluYAH!!

Over the River...

Psalms 46:1-4

1 Elohim is our refuge and strength, A help in distress, soon found.
2 Therefore we do not fear, Though the earth reels
And mountains topple into the heart of the seas.
3 Let its waters rage, foam; Let mountains shake with its swelling. Selah.

4 A river whose streams Make glad the city of Elohim,

The set-apart dwelling of the Most High.

How far do you have to go to bring the good news of our Messiah to others?
Well, for us to get to one of these homes, we had to do this:

We walked to El Duruy, a 1 hour walk, across a small river, down the mountain and across another river over a rickety suspension bridge. That's the normal walk to town. Our adventure continues...Then we had to cross a barbed-wire fence and walk through a cow pasture.

 

We never get bored of the beautiful views.
Just keep walking!



The 3 "Walkateers!"



Mom, contimplating how to cross the river. The boys are getting ready to remove their socks and put their boots back on to cross. BTW: Yes, I know, my mom has a bonnet and a headcovering on.
"Supposedly", one is a sunbonnet and one is a regular head covering...

Parts of the river are over our knees! Can you imagine when it rains!
This couple crosses the river every time they need to go out.



And get to their house!
Another very humble house in El Duruy.
Leave your shoes at the front door.
This is the house of Don Humberto and Dona Elena.

The lady of the house, Dona Elena. She is a very faithful woman and goes to the church every week.
She cooks and cleans for the church.  They have lived in the same place for almost 40 years!
She has 7 kids, 6 already grown and one still in the house. Check out the kitchen.
We gave her one of the aprons and headcovering that we had gotten from Sowers of Hope.
The ladies we give them to love them!
Click here for the link: Thanks Sowers of Hope!

My dad enjoying a well-deserved rest in a homemade hammock after the adventurous walk.



These "Slightly" annoying turkeys. They weren't very happy with the new faces(US!!) so they made lots,
and Lots and LOTS of noise to show their disapproval.



They were a very nice couple. They made us chicken soup with root veggies. Very YUMMY! They asked a lot of questions when we talked to them and they were very receptive to what we talked about in Scripture. Pray that the Ruach touched their hearts and that they learned something while we were there. They invited us to come over whenever we were "in the neighborhood".

Shalom!

Christian and Tammy Montanez

Servants and Emmisaries of Yahshua, Child of YHVH

HalleluYAH!!

Extended Sukkot 2011

We had planned on having some familes over for Sukkot, but they couldn't. Why?

Yeah, that's why. It rained so hard that my dad could take a shower outside. No one could come up or down the mountain. Good news is, it stopped and dried up enough so that they could come.

We did the edible Sukkah's with them and some other crafts, as well as talked to them about Sukkot, where it is found in Scripture, and what it meant. Here are some pics:

Mom talking to the kids

Reading Scripture about Sukkot

Building the Sukkah's

Cute "buddyman".

Elizabeh, one of the girls that live close by

Look at those Sukkah's!

Celena, another of the girls

munch...

Munch...

Get Ready?

MUNCH!!!

Yes, they had a very good time, and yes the Sukkah's taste GOOD! They had a lot of fun doing it, and so did I. Pray that they learned and remember what we talked about with them.

Blessings!

Shalom!

Christian Montanez Dodd

Servant and Emmisary of Yahshua, Child of YHVH

HalleluYAH!!