Kristina
Lisa
John
Nick
GPC interns visit Ecuador: July 1st through July 31st.
Here's a photo summary of their time here. Alan's
Blog
Whale Video
Video at 13000
feet above sea level!
Upon arriving from the airport, they went
to buy hamburgers, and came out with EIGHT bottles of water!
Time to brush up on the Spanish!
They stayed at our home in El-Tingo which
may look small, but has three guest rooms!
One of the objectives was to help with the
cooking.
John became the expert in frying bananas
and eggs.
Lisa did very well in baking a chocolate
cake, at a high altitude and even using saucepans since we
didn't have a baking tin.
We ate breakfast and dinner at home, but
for lunch we usually ate out. One surprise was putting
popcorn in your soup!
Their first Saturday they did a work
project at the local church of leveling some ground to
improve the water drainage, and learned that there's less
oxygen at 8500 ft above sea level.
We took a trip up north to a water-filled
volcanic crater and saw the beautiful work of God's
creation.
Here we're at the camp digging to check
the water connections.
Doing VBS (in English) at a local
Christian school turned out to be a rewarding challenge
John did sports.
Kristy taught the Bible lesson.
Lisa worked hard teaching new
songs. (Video)
And Nick led the crafts.
We had devotions every morning (and
studied the Book of 1 John),
and learned some Spanish songs which we later sang in a
couple of church services.
The third week we made a trip to the
jungle. Our first stop was baņos
where the youth decided to prove their nerves doing some
white-water rafting and later jumping off a bridge. (Video)
Further down the road, at Shell, we did
some work for an orphanage.
We prepared some crafts the night before,
and Faby used them to help some of the
kids begin to talk.
One job was to install a gas water heater
for the showers,
and the other was to enclose the second
floor in plastic.
The fourth week we drove six hours to the
Pacific ocean. The highlight of the time was taking a tour
to see the whales. (Video) Not the smoothest ride to say the least!
Some friends of ours hosted us at their local hotel. Good to
see them after so many years!
During the final days here, the team had
time to meet new people and participate in another VBS, this
time all in Spanish.
Here's a game of UNO with some friends
from church.
And VBS at a Christian camp.
Thanks for coming!
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