Where can you wash you car, do laundry, take a bath, and swim?

Where can you wash you car, do laundry, take a bath, and swim? The river in Mateo of course! We found out at Friday night church that we were the surprise “sponsors” of a youth group swimming trip at the river in Mateo. We went up to Mogote and picked up a few of the teenagers. Jairo, the preacher, also took a truckload full of people.

Then we headed out to Mateo, through the countryside, past the military base, past a little league baseball game, past a cattle ranch, past a chicken farm, and down a little dirt road to the river. When we got there there were women washing clothes, a man washing his truck, and kids swimming in the water. We started with jumping into the river off a ledge (don’t worry Will made sure it was deep enough) and then played some chicken fighting, and volleyball. We really had fun and it was a cool way to get to know some more of the teenagers and people in the Mogote church. We would like to see if this might become a weekly event while there is water in the river.