Losing Things, But Not Faith

Hello everyone,

Well I set off towards the salt flats of Bolivia with the intention of moving on from there to San Pedro De Atacama, Chile. Along the way, however, I´d somehow manage to lose my money belt containing my passport and credit card (among other things). This would have me traveling back across the country to La Paz to run errands - certainly wasn´t the plan, but I´m dealing with it.

There was a time after the tour of the salt flats where I was sitting in the tour agency office, waiting on a radio communication to see if my money belt had been found. I told the agency manager that I had esperanza (hope), and his response was pretty profound. He said that this was good, because the last thing that I should lose is fe (faith) Nobody would find my money belt, but I´d remember what this man said.

I´m not sure why I´m still here in Bolivia, but I believe that I´m in God´s hands. Who knows, maybe I needed a bump in the road. I´m very thankful for the help that I´ve already received from my family and friends, and will try to keep you all updated on how things are going.

I´ll put up some pictures of the salt flats on my facebook and also here when I get the chance. I think, as the saying goes, that they´ll be worth more than the thousands of words I could have written about them.

God bless,
Stephen