Passion for Paraguay

Amid intense planning and many small steps of faith, we launched out in a trip of a lifetime. We left Orlando FL on a sunny day January 24th. We arrived in Encarnacion Paraguay in the heat of a summer day March 12th. All Together, 50 days packed with emotions worth a book. Maybe one day . . .                                                     Prayers at MVI headquarters before taking off. Left, Bill Snell MVI director.  T he HoneyMoon - Orlando Fl - San Antonio TX (USA) 1,800 miles During stage one, we were riding, I believe, in the honeymoon stage. Nothing could stop us. We had all this build up stamina-anticipation after months of preparation behind us. It was surreal. I had to pinch myself several times over these first days. My inner voice was talking and asking my real self? Are you really going to do this epic trip? Will you make it down to Paraguay in one piece? My conservative, worrisome voice would question my adventurous spirit: Did you plan everything out? Do you have enoug

I have been thinking about sharing with you a bit more of our recent travels and the adventures with my son Marcos with you in the next weeks. Please stay tuned and join in. Each of the following stages represents about 10 days and/or 2500+- miles covered. My hope is that you can feel a bit of the emotions we experienced and above all that your faith in the God we serve will be enhanced.   Total distance 12,000 miles Total countries crossed 15 Total days traveled 50 For the next weeks I will be highlighting one of the following stages of our epic trip: Stage 1 - Orlando Fl - San Antonio TX (USA) Stage 2 - San Antonio TX - Guatemala City (Central America) Stage 3 - Guatemala City - San Jose Costa Rica (Central America) Stage 4 - San Jose Costa Rica - Lima Peru (Central and South America) Stage 5 - Lima Peru - Encarnacion Paraguay (South America) Let's take a look back and see how the trip unfolded in some detail