Hey Everyone!!!
Well its actually 6:30 in the morning on day 2, but since we just woke up nothing has really happened today so i will talk about yesterday. We arrived at the airport around 10:30, everything went through so smoothly.
The youthworld staff met us at the airport. We walked out of the airport to the site of huge green mountains, a busy city and all sites and smells that go along with it. After waiting for the charter bus for a little bit, i know it seems like roughing it, we headed off to the hostel.
We are staying at the hostel Jireh. I would tell you what it means but i dont know and i dont have time to wikepedia it...
Its a fairly nice place to call home for the next few days. The guys are each sharing a room, and the girls have four to a room...oh its nice to be a guy:-)
After getting checked in we went to the cafe for lunch. We hadn't eaten much and so on top on being ridiculously tired, a bunch of us were pretty stinkin hungry. We got to experience our first traditional Ecuadorian meal together, There was chicken, marinated in some fantastic sauce, some steamed veggies, and some rice. All that was chased down with a fresh cup of lime ade! We had some fruit salad mixed with yogurt for dessert and needless to say our bellies were full and or hearts satisfied...
After lunch it was off to old quito...which was, well, old. But it was amazing! Because of the way that quito has developed, it is not as though they had torn down many of oldest building, instead they just keep packing in new ones... That being said, there is a whole area of quito rich in history and well aged. The architecture is amazing to say the least!
A lot of old town we stayed in the bus for, but we did get to go and visit the basilica. I will try to upload some pics later on... It was fabulous, an ancient catholic cathedral complete with gargoyles, clock towers, stained glass windows, and everything beautiful and old to accompany it.
After old town, we headed back to the youth world offices for an orientation, and then back to the hostel for dinner(chicken, beef, and cheese empanadas, think deep fried pastry taco thing filled with one of those fillings, very tasty, maybe not so nutritious, but in the words of steve dewitt, "we are feeling missionary")
Ok well it is time to go for quiet times and then breakfast. We hope that you have a wonderful day! Today we start ministry at the Argelia Alta site. Continue to keep us in your prayers!
We love you all!
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miss you...
i know zach misses you too. last night he was crying in his sleep. i comforted him and gave him a warm glass a milk and he was ok. just wanted you to know that i am watching out for him. he's a pretty sensitive guy.
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