The Journal of Jim and Joy Hadfield

Army Ants - On New Year's day Jim went to San Ramon, making his first river trip in the new casco and motor. While he was away, early one morning I got out of bed into my shoes and walked across the earth floor to make up Lucille's bottle of milk in the kitchen. The doors onto the back verandah were both shut, and before I could open one to get some daylight, I felt a strange sensation of something moving on my legs. Rushing back into the bedroom and throwing open that door,

This blog is an intriguing snapshot about the daily life of a protestant missionary family living for fifteen years in the remote north eastern town of San Joaquin de Agua Dulce in the province of El Beni, Bolivia. They lived a very simple lifestyle alongside the local folk, without electricity and running water. It describes a specific era that does not necessarily reflect the current worldview. It is a snapshot of the mid twentieth century in a culture far removed from the