Stories are a primitive part of us. The oral story form, is the oldest form of communicating history and events. There is just something about stories that, for a brief time, weave the story teller and the listeners together as they walk the path of adventure. I've heard many stories and lived many stories and find it fun to share these experiences. Admittedly I have done more speaking than writing ... as I have occasion, I'll try writing some of these stories out on this page.

	FLYING SOUTH AMERICAN STYLE It seems missionaries are constantly on the move and in many countries that are full of mountains and jungle, transportation is by river or air. The boat and airplane become necessary tools. On one of my trips flying home from Venezuela I thought I would write a little story about flying as a passenger in a local airliner. Like most airliner passengers in South America I have a list of savory and exotic experiences. AirVenezuela or as it's called by the locals, ScareVenezuela or PrayerVenezuela, has a thrill reserved for every passenger. Come aboard.		THE WORTHLESS GUEST OF HONOR All the people living in the small Yanomamo village knew Philip. He couldn't hear or speak and he was thin and rather ugly. You see to the village Philip was a worthless person. Even the Christians in the village rejected worthless Philip. He wanted so badly to be accepted by the group. Here's the story of how Philip was accepted into the group by the Christians.
	CAPSIZED ON THE AMAZON RIVER This was one of the times I almost lost my life! We were chuggen up the Amazon river one stormy afternoon in a small aluminum skiff. In a matter of time we all saw it coming, a dark rain squall ahead! Boy. We were dumped on; thunder, lightning, rain, wind and waves all seemed determined to flip us over ... and over we went! Oh! And to make matters worse I don't swim and had no life jacket on. Take a read, you'll find this story by Pastor von interesting.		THE BIG BLACK JAGUAR! These two little Indian boys played their way deep into the jungle; a good distance from their village. In their world this can be a dangerous thing to do. Some time later they realized just how far they had gone and started for home when along the trail they saw a big Jaguar in front of them. This is an exciting true story of two young Ye'kwana Indian boys meeting a Jaguar literally face to face. This story was told by the men who were the kids many years back. It was told to Rita Vernoy, a missionary to the Ye'kwana people. She wrote the adventure just they way Indians tell their stories
	EYE TO EYE WITH TWO JAGUARS A true story of a Yanomamo Indian with his wife and little children facing two hungry jaguars with no weapons. The Venezuelan jungle has many aggressive jaguars; one is dangerous and two together double the danger.		JUNGLE RIVER AT NIGHT An interesting and true story of what it's actually like traveling a jungle river in a canoe at night in the Amazon on a hunt for meat. There are indeed a lot of dangerous critters that come alive in the jungle at night; alligators, piranhas, anacondas, all kinds of dangerous snakes and of course the aggressive jaguar and the passive puma. But what really gets to you on a night like this?