Monday in Bogota

Monday, January 19, was our last day in Bogota.  We slept in until 8:00, said goodbye to Bayron as he headed off to work and enjoyed the breakfast that Teresa prepared.  After reorganizing our suitcases, Teresa, Marco and the two of us hailed a "large" taxi, which is nothing more than a car with a trunk.  Teresa and Bayron thought it would be very difficult to take our 3 pieces of luggage on the bus on a workday.  

Pastor David invited us to join their family for lunch at their apartment.  Pastor Alex and his family and Mike Buss, one of the Valley Baptist team, who was staying an additional week to help with the follow-up, also joined us.  It was a great time of fellowship and an opportunity to debrief after the campaign.

We said goodbye to everyone about 2:00 p.m. and took a taxi to the airport.  The flight was smooth and the immigration line was short.  However, when waiting for our luggage, I was paged by an Avianca employee who told me that, for some unknown reason, my suitcase didn't make it on the plane.  After describing the suitcase and giving them the directions to our apartment, they promised it would be on the first flight out of Bogota on Tuesday.  If a piece of luggage is going to go missing, it's much better for it to happen on the way home, as there wasn't anything in the bag that I had to have.  They were true to their word--I had the suitcase in hand by 2:00 p.m.

We were blessed to be a part of the first trip to Bogota.  It was a beautiful city and we look forward to visiting again later this year.  We are excited about the 500+ persons who made professions of faith and for the follow-up and discipleship that have already started.