Well, it’s come and gone! A long time ago (about March/April I think) a friend asked me if I’d like to go to Ecuador with her for a mission trip. After praying about it, I felt like, yes, I’d like to go. One of my daughters came, too.
So, it has come and gone, but the memories will last my lifetime (I hope!) I hope to write about some of our experiences, but for now…. on our way home, I wrote down some of the blessing I received along the way. It was easy to write up this list!
- each and every team member
- God helping me to get up front and talk to a group
- Our hostesses
- Patricio, Silvana, Genesis, Patricio jr…. a family that lived in the house we were in (Silvana helped a lot with cooking for us)
- Byron, Becky, and Caleb (the family we were visiting and helping mostly)
- Seeing South America again
- Vista Hermosa, a restaurant on top of a building, where we were able to see the lights and listen to live South American music being played in the background.
- Listening to South American music a lot
- going to the market place again
- Talking to Jaime, the guy who helped drive us all over the place
- the fresh fruit!
- Luis and family, who made us a shrimp dinner
- God’s grace each day – giving me joy!
- the Cathedral
- the mountains
- visiting the equator
- enthusiasm of the people at the church
- talking with Silvana
- talking with other teammates
- working on Becky and Byron’s house
- meeting the Pastor’s wife where Becky and Byron are going to live
- we were safe in driving (a miracle!)
- seeing the kids at the school
- being able to bless the school with a new stove
- talking with the teachers there
- listening to a small family play typical Ecuadorian music together
- since we were in the mountains, I thought more about Jesus overlooking the city of Jerusalem… and how his heart broke for them
- being able to hold and quiet a sad little girl
- buying Bibles
- eating South American food (though it was different from Bolivia)
- seeing the faces on the ladies when they got their hot water fixed at the day care
- living in close quarters (20 people in the house one time, mostly 15)
- team unity and cheerfulness
- relaxed atmosphere
- that we were a blessing to Byron and Becky
- seeing my daughter get right in and talk with the Ecuadorians and always looking for ways to help anyone
- sweet spirit on the way home
- easy time getting through Houston (we had one hour…)
- day care workers had a hard job, but did it with a smile!
- seeing volcanoes
- Genesis always gave us a big hug and a smile
- devotion time together with our group
I am very thankful that I got to go! More details on some of these blessings coming up later! Stay tuned!!!
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