Ecuador 07/26/2012

Hello everyone! We are all safely back in Casablance- Quito. The end of the trip was tremendous, actually the whole trip was. Several students have some entries and I will post them next. You should be very proud of the everyone. The students far exceeded the expectations of the missions team in Huaticocha. We cleared land, cleaned up, moved tons of dirt and mud, built fires and eliminated areas of standing water. Rumor has it that the area we created will become the Joy Ike Amphitheater. The afternoons were equally excellent. Sherese led the students though the VBS's each day. We played, did puppets, sang, played, taught oral hygine (Jenny Turnbull did great), colored, played and presented the Gospel and had young kids respond at both locations. We gave away tooth paste and tooth brushes- and lolli pops. (does that seem odd?) We celebrated yesterday at the river. It was fun to jump off the bridge and swim around the very chilly but refreshing river. Since this was the largest water source, many took the opportunity to wash. Our cook, Fernando, and my daughter, Rebecca took the opportunity to get baptized - what a wonderful bi-lingual service. We have eaten well all week, really. One student believes that during this past week she has eaten her body weight in rice. Today's trip back to Quito was another amazing spectrum of God's handiwork. So many cameras - look for pictures to arrive soon. Tomorrow we jump off to the center of the earth and to Otavalo to worship with another Alliance Church and to do some shopping. Please continue to pray for us. We leave Quito very late Saturday night. Peace, P Scott