February 14th and 15th Grant and I had the opportunity to visit the Beni which is an area of Bolivia where the most severe flooding is taking place. We brought supplies for our missionaries in Trinidad to distribute. Here are some photos.....
This was the craziest bridge I've ever been on. It took over an hour for our turn to cross this 2 kilometer bridge. It was a one lane bridge and it was shared between both directions of traffic and the train. This is the only access to get north from Santa Cruz besides plane so if you have to wait tough luck there aren't any other options.
Our turn!
As we drove the 9 hours to get to Trinidad we saw many tarp camps. Families that lose their home are given a tarp and they create a make shift shelter the best they can. Many of the tents were crammed with people and belongings that were salvaged from their homes.
When we arrived we went straight to the Wings of Peace hanger to unload our trailor. Here is Grant and Gabriel. Gabriel works with our mission and I have his son in class and Grant coaches his basketball team.
There were sand bag dikes all over the area. Most of the time the water was all the way up to the top of the dike.
Another camp of tarp shelters.
In the city of Trinidad there were tent camps for miles. I literally looked down one road and couldn't see the end of the tarps. There is no way of knowing how many people are displaced but we know hundreds of thousands are effected.
This is a picture of a street. The boys swimming could barely reach the bottom and it was at one time a busy street.
Here Jim, Grant and Gabriel are finishing up unloading. There was enough supplies to provide 100 families with about 20 kilos of food.
There were many carved wooden boats that were used to get around and to evacuate.
Here was someone's tarp shelter that was flooded out.
Half of these houses on this street are under water.
This area is one of the primary cattle providers of the country. Because of the rains many cattle are dying. We saw many herds being driven out of the area and cattle trucks loading up cattle to take them out of the area. We had to stop often for herd crossings on the highway.
Another street lined with tarp houses.
This lady was cooking for people using water in the buckets that was a brown color. The conditions of the tarp camps was unbelievable. The smell was so bad it was hard to be there.
As we drove we passed many haciendas that had standing water covering their entire ranch. Many had laid bricks or planks to walk to the road.
This was the craziest bridge I've ever been on. It took over an hour for our turn to cross this 2 kilometer bridge. It was a one lane bridge and it was shared between both directions of traffic and the train. This is the only access to get north from Santa Cruz besides plane so if you have to wait tough luck there aren't any other options.
Our turn! 
As we drove the 9 hours to get to Trinidad we saw many tarp camps. Families that lose their home are given a tarp and they create a make shift shelter the best they can. Many of the tents were crammed with people and belongings that were salvaged from their homes.
When we arrived we went straight to the Wings of Peace hanger to unload our trailor. Here is Grant and Gabriel. Gabriel works with our mission and I have his son in class and Grant coaches his basketball team.
There were sand bag dikes all over the area. Most of the time the water was all the way up to the top of the dike. 
Another camp of tarp shelters.
In the city of Trinidad there were tent camps for miles. I literally looked down one road and couldn't see the end of the tarps. There is no way of knowing how many people are displaced but we know hundreds of thousands are effected.
This is a picture of a street. The boys swimming could barely reach the bottom and it was at one time a busy street. 
Here Jim, Grant and Gabriel are finishing up unloading. There was enough supplies to provide 100 families with about 20 kilos of food.
There were many carved wooden boats that were used to get around and to evacuate.
Here was someone's tarp shelter that was flooded out.
Half of these houses on this street are under water.
This area is one of the primary cattle providers of the country. Because of the rains many cattle are dying. We saw many herds being driven out of the area and cattle trucks loading up cattle to take them out of the area. We had to stop often for herd crossings on the highway. 
Another street lined with tarp houses.
This lady was cooking for people using water in the buckets that was a brown color. The conditions of the tarp camps was unbelievable. The smell was so bad it was hard to be there. 
As we drove we passed many haciendas that had standing water covering their entire ranch. Many had laid bricks or planks to walk to the road. 
