Ecuador update – Thursday

Ecuador is such a great place. I am thankful to God and our church and our families that we have been able to be here these 2 weeks. It is so great that JJ and Eli are experiencing this awesome country.

We have seen the Equator. We even straddled it…  One leg in the Northern Hemisphere and one leg in the Southern Hemisphere.

We have seen  Mt. Cotopaxi, which is the highest (or 2nd highest depending on who you talk to) active Volcano in the world.

We have seen a truly active Volcano, Mt. Tungurahua. It is pouring out smoke and steam all day everyday and you can see the lava and ash covering the mountain.

We have seen a mighty rushing waterfall that would you leave you speechless. It was so loud and powerful. (check out Revelation chapter 1 in regards to this.)

We have seen many of Valeria`s family. Her grandmother, her aunts and uncles, many cousins, and so on. It has been nice.

We have had all kinds of new and different foods. We have not tried the Guinea Pig yet, although we hope to. It is a delicacy here. We have had some of the best juice and ice cream. I have a new love… coconut ice cream. I eat one or 2 a day. It only costs 25 cents.

And we have met some of the greatest people in the world. Traveling the world is such a blessing. It opens your mind. It expands and shapes your worldview. This trip has changed me and I hope it is starting JJ and Eli off on the right path to being more like God in the way they know and interact and relate and connect and treat and judge (or dont judge) and love and understand the different peoples of the world. They arent like us, but thats ok. It doesnt mean they are wrong, it simply means they are different. We are normal to us. They are normal to themselves. To God we are all people.  And Jesus shed His blood to ransom them.

In closing, I do not deserve the blessings of a trip like this. I am humbled. Thank you God. Have mercy on me.