We have settled into month 8 of our race, Ecuador. It’s so strange to know that we’re on month 8. This month our whole squad is living together, but doing ministry in several different places. My team, Arboretum, is working with at risk kids at a center in this big beautiful park. Yep, you read correctly a park! What a huge answer to prayer.
So what does a typical day in Ecuador look like…. Well we start are days as a team around 8. We have a devotion and pray before heading to ministry. We take a bus that cost 25 cents a person and then walk about 5 blocks to the park. On the way some days we grab a 40 cent cup of coffee from a vendor on the street. I’ll be honest it’s some of the sweetest coffee I’ve had, but who can resist every now and then grabbing a quick cheap coffee on the way.
We arrive at the center around 10. The kids are on summer vacation right now, so some days we are watching them play soccer of walking them to basketball. Mostly we just spend time with the kids and help with whatever they need, usually that’s washing dishes. The other day I read 3 Barbie stories in Spanish. No two days are ever the same.
This month has been so recharging. It has truly been an answer to prayers. While we are still in the city there are breath taking views of the mountain everywhere we go. I’ve spent so much time just hanging out in the beautiful park we work in. I can’t tell how much I missed sitting on grass. So thank you so much for all your prayers.
What I’m enjoying about Ecuador… There are these strange fruit, Grenadia or something like that. You crack the outside and then there are all these seeds inside and you eat the seeds.
Anything new and exciting coming up… Why yes, my parents are coming out on the field here in the next few weeks. They will be doing ministry alongside us for a couple days as part of the Parent Vision Trip that AIM sets up. They are getting a little taste of what it is like to be a world racer.
Any prayer request… Yes! Yes! Yes! There are several people hitting similar walls that I did in Colombia. The race is really hard and you do hit a point where you are so tired of being crammed into a bus for over 24 hours and living out of a backpack. Having no control over your schedule or living with multiple people all the time can be rough. Please pray that they would be renewed. We are so close to the end and want to finish strong, all of us.
Finally Congratulations to Emma (my niece) and Stephen! Have a wonderful wedding celebration and make sure to have an extra dance for me!
Ecuador, the view from one of the highest capitals in the world.
We have settled into month 8 of our race, Ecuador. It’s so strange to know that we’re on month 8. This month our whole squad is living together, but doing ministry in several different places. My team, Arbortetum, is working with at risk kids at a center in this big beautiful park. Yep, you read correctly a park! What a huge answer to prayer.
So what does a typical day in Ecuador look like…. Well we start are days as a team around 8. We have a devotion and pray before heading to ministry. We take a bus that cost 25 cents a person and then walk about 5 blocks to the park. On the way some days we grab a 40 cent cup of coffee from a vendor on the street. All be honest it’s some of the sweetest coffee I’ve had, but who can resist every now and then grabbing a quick cheap coffee on the way.
We arrive at the center around 10. The kids are on summer vacation right now, so some days we are watching them play soccer of walking them to basketball. Mostly we just spend time with the kids and help with whatever they need, usually that’s washing dishes. The other day I read 3 Barbie stories in Spanish. No two days are the same.
This month has been so recharging. It has truly been an answer to prayers. While we are still in the city there are breath taking views of the mountain everywhere we go. I’ve spent so much time just hanging out in the beautiful park we work in. I can’t tell how much I miss sitting on grass. So thank you so much for all your prayers.
What I’m enjoying about Ecuador… There are these strange fruit, Grenadia or something like that. You crack the outside and then there are all these seeds inside and you eat the seeds.
Anything new and exciting coming up… Why yes, my parents are coming out on the field here in the next few weeks. They will be doing ministry alongside up for a couple days as part of the Parent Vision Trip that AIM sets up. They are getting a little taste of what it is like to be a world racer.
Any prayer request… Yes! Yes! Yes! There are several people hitting similar walls that I did in Colombia. The race is really hard and you do hit a point where you are so tired of being crammed into a bus for over 24 hours and living out of a backpack. Having no control over schedule or living with multiple people all the time. Please pray that they would be renewed. We are so close to the end and want to finish strong, all of us.
Finally Congratulations to Emma (my niece) and Stephen! Have a wonderful celebration and make sure to have an extra dance for me!
