An American tradition taken to Ecuador...Easter morning photos!
We arrived at church after our breakfast at the hotel. We sang in church this morning...2 songs on Spanish and 2 songs in English. The people in the church were recording us on their phones like we have been doing to them! From the corner of my eye, I saw my new friend Abigail taking our picture! Later she showed it to me! I also found out later that they had put the words to the Spanish songs on the screen and people were singing with us. I'm sure they sang the Spanish words better than me!
Tony preached this morning and used the verses John 19:28-30, Isaiah 53:6, and Psalm 37. He had great interpreter! Mitzi also gave her testimony, but she didn't need an interpreter!
After lunch we had time to walk around Macas before meeting with the youth from Macas who were going to be helping us interpret at the school. Some people from the Shimpi church also came for the meeting. We went over the games we were to play with the kids at the school starting Monday. We especially had fun playing chain (a tag type game that involved forming human chains). We were able to run around with our new friends and laugh with them, even if we couldn't talk with them. It was a lot of fun!
After a dinner of chicken salad, we headed back to the hotel where the youth discovered the pool! The pool is a natural river fed pool. The water goes through a filter, however, it feels just like the river water....cold and refreshing!
It was a very slow water slide unless you pushed yourself
I was able to get on the WiFi and call Dave and Camden tonight. It was good to talk to them!
An interesting note...there have been no washcloths in the hotels in Ecuador. I finally remembered that I had packed disposable washcloths from the mud run. I felt much cleaner using one of them in the shower!
Tomorrow is a big day! Our first day in the school and the topic is sexual abuse. It is a needed topic, but it will be hard.
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