Last weekend, I had the opportunity to see a little bit of Venezuelan country as we drove to Maracay for a Latin American conference. As we were leaving the Paraguay penninsula we came to the town of Coro (with the palm tree in front). Then, we went through the strip that connects the pennisula with the mainland. This little strip has very large sand dunes on the sides of the road. The ocean is on the other side of those sand dunes and there are strong winds that come through there. The road starts to get filled in with sand because it's so windy. Actually, the whole penninsula has constant strong winds. It has a desert look and feel; there is much sand, cacti and scarce vegetation in many parts of the Paraguay penninsula.
As we traveled to Maracay, the terrain changed to more mountains and lots of green colors. The city of Maracay is located at the foot of mountains and it was very scenic to drive into. We stopped at the town of Valencia along the way,
but our final point was Maracay where we attended the Latin American church conference for 2 and 1/2 days. The theme was a "Healthy Church" and it was very refreshing to listen to the discussions and speakers focused on that. After Maracay, we headed to Guacara where we went to a church service there focused on missions. I was able to share and give my testimony with the group (with translation!). They had lots of good questions that revealed their hearts and passion for serving in the area of missions. From Guacara, we headed to Puerto Cabello...
(I'm going to have to do several posts because I can't figure out how to post more than 5 pics at a time!)
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