NOT TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE Today was a "free to rest" day. Spent the morning reading and relaxing. Exchanged some money this afternoon. Decided to go with Pastor Jairo to a weekly bible study at the home of 'Rosa' this afternoon at 4:30pm. We took a one-hour bus ride to the southern part of Bogotá, followed by a second 20-minute bus ride. I told Pastor Jairo that I understood about one-fourth of what was said at the bible study, but that was only bec...

SAFELY IN BOGOTÁ A long day of travel complete. Woke up at 4am this morning in South Dakota. Going to sleep tonight in South America. The longest wait all day (other than the scheduled layovers in Minneapolis and Atlanta) was the 20-minute wait for security to open at the Rapid City airport. That, and close to an hour walking the labyrinth of immigration, although I had the nicest immigration officer I've ever met. "¿Hablas español?" she said. "Un poc...