Day 3 in Quito, Ecuador/Carmen Bajo 04-01-13

Buenas Noches! This is April Fool's day but the blessings we all received today were no joke. God called each of us to serve here in Ecuador for one very short week, and we are being obedient and serving to the best of our abilities. But oh my, how we are being blessed by the people of Carmen Bajo!

Here are some of the things we were involved in today:
* Incredible worship and testimony time with our group, Pastor Fabian and a
few of the people of the school and Compassion International.
* A lot of our group formed a human rock-moving chain down a steep hill
behind the school while some of the women helped in the kitchen to prepare
lunch for the school kids and three of us handed out t-shirts and took
pictures of the sweet preschoolers.
* Many of the youth girls spent the majority of the afternoon on the
playground with the school kids playing soccer, volleyball and giving lots
of hugs and I mean lots!!!
* Most of the men, youth guys and two women went to Pastor Fabian's church
and worked on cement and painting...hard work!
* Some of us other women helped in the kitchen, worked with the elementary
students and sorted clothing and other items for their thrift store.
* We ended the day with a volleyball tournament of mostly our people trying to
beat Pastor Fabian and his team, and another yummy meal of homemade
mexican food. They treat us so well.

We are all very thankful for each other as we grow closer together, for the people of Carmen Bajo and for our personal families and church family back home. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. We love you all!