tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26684175012947824112024-03-14T02:08:48.659-07:00John and Christine's AdventuresJohn Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.comBlogger504125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-31591413959242769152023-02-12T20:00:00.000-08:002023-02-12T20:00:04.615-08:00February 6th through Februrary 12th<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>February 6th through February 12th: Monday: </b>We went to President Aguirre's home for dinner and family home evening. Gabriel, their son-in-law, cooked steaks and a bunch of different sausages. The food was great. Family home evening was all of their family thanking us for our service. We keep telling people that we are the ones that need to give thanks, for this has truly been a blessing in our lives. They are so sweet and kind and loving. We feel we are kindred spirits. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmfRK_TngyWb5_jTqcZ4ZmB6WTUMbZXGRmEWYvdHF4Wpm1IukEnEgsB8DCa9-x_YicvpqHC75ebqSxV1uJzn0EwzxVCyh5oG1EMrzSsIz-UHg9P5AbanzPG8JcwbMgU8hHoh-Bf-Outl1x00ybkaMS9b3Vr8m96Ow-qfGQgALarip0T6BLwiRmOfcxA/s4032/IMG_5724.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmfRK_TngyWb5_jTqcZ4ZmB6WTUMbZXGRmEWYvdHF4Wpm1IukEnEgsB8DCa9-x_YicvpqHC75ebqSxV1uJzn0EwzxVCyh5oG1EMrzSsIz-UHg9P5AbanzPG8JcwbMgU8hHoh-Bf-Outl1x00ybkaMS9b3Vr8m96Ow-qfGQgALarip0T6BLwiRmOfcxA/w400-h300/IMG_5724.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sister Aguirre, mom and Fernanda, their daughter.</span></blockquote></blockquote><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQeOFW0yfrUs4kUqWWJmyDvKwGnKgbyc6vE9MlS0qmMN-jRB4A4HQBF_LEs-Oq4VEJWJbW7TIFTfP3gWDcB2NNvG46OGQ83X6CprvBsNa3kRMhmSmNSZxQnO7eTZA_kN-dONteJgw_drSP5HUJliyjvI8qZSh3Z2f8bVb-8P7OcWk4uChgJIR7i-dd_A/s4032/IMG_5725.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQeOFW0yfrUs4kUqWWJmyDvKwGnKgbyc6vE9MlS0qmMN-jRB4A4HQBF_LEs-Oq4VEJWJbW7TIFTfP3gWDcB2NNvG46OGQ83X6CprvBsNa3kRMhmSmNSZxQnO7eTZA_kN-dONteJgw_drSP5HUJliyjvI8qZSh3Z2f8bVb-8P7OcWk4uChgJIR7i-dd_A/w400-h300/IMG_5725.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25shlBkmGEds7g0Z5-D6FCXQI8OpIpDuLGQdQD1_rULtIIZ_T8ATCQoenYp5pERph8PyhU4tpfnClSt6lO7FSRnAmKJRP8_vY1Jo_lmzutegsaaULZLGgPfda10F4jhavDHauqrBelPMM0Q29Kp2hK4R8WxtQ82g-RNBBxg52at77tdiyhX4HBQMU0A/s4032/IMG_5735.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25shlBkmGEds7g0Z5-D6FCXQI8OpIpDuLGQdQD1_rULtIIZ_T8ATCQoenYp5pERph8PyhU4tpfnClSt6lO7FSRnAmKJRP8_vY1Jo_lmzutegsaaULZLGgPfda10F4jhavDHauqrBelPMM0Q29Kp2hK4R8WxtQ82g-RNBBxg52at77tdiyhX4HBQMU0A/w300-h400/IMG_5735.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of cake for dessert. This is their son David, his wife, Grace and their children, Ezekial and Victoria.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAM_vf9oDw-zA6hCyxBJk55Y-8wnaKpDb0K3OhKAM6HW1LkOlNSMdPIEopgYUT2Oc2wBV_s6k7MoyWCdcSHPOUHEABIOl0T23kwidKyUEsJXztjVXju9vRv6Pqx7Zi6L748ItSGv22nS747zVq8NZtAAtYh8mquYUxX8t8-0PCSDk9iHe0S3FS82_Y2Q/s3520/IMG_5728.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3520" data-original-width="1980" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAM_vf9oDw-zA6hCyxBJk55Y-8wnaKpDb0K3OhKAM6HW1LkOlNSMdPIEopgYUT2Oc2wBV_s6k7MoyWCdcSHPOUHEABIOl0T23kwidKyUEsJXztjVXju9vRv6Pqx7Zi6L748ItSGv22nS747zVq8NZtAAtYh8mquYUxX8t8-0PCSDk9iHe0S3FS82_Y2Q/w225-h400/IMG_5728.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">President and Sister Aguirre sang for us. He said he only does that for special people.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Tuesday through Saturday:</b> We worked the morning shift each day. We were able to say a few words at the being of each preperation meeting. It got harder and harder as the week went on to say good-bye to so many wonderful, faithful friends. More and more tears and more and more hugs. Some of the shifts still wanted to have a little going away party. They want us to feel their gatitude and love and we do. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPaav5smBS1t8inT2DA6HlP99yrt9L9Imm2FxdK-rHTcD-TWE3aX25zkV2MSAnkuxaZqhwzbtn11RGnUT8i7rUCB1wp0xw-2PoZs7HtESLL9a5boQ1NxCEQUKuomTooGl-AmVFY3gQXOCARWfQh5oaBsarImp1oQlXsPh_kXzPoC1UOmggB_VZkzrqg/s1024/AMRM9306.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPaav5smBS1t8inT2DA6HlP99yrt9L9Imm2FxdK-rHTcD-TWE3aX25zkV2MSAnkuxaZqhwzbtn11RGnUT8i7rUCB1wp0xw-2PoZs7HtESLL9a5boQ1NxCEQUKuomTooGl-AmVFY3gQXOCARWfQh5oaBsarImp1oQlXsPh_kXzPoC1UOmggB_VZkzrqg/w400-h300/AMRM9306.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wednesday night shift.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfHMxiZkswEwmhXpeWohMh0HTm0G-qLREgHBsMSEbUbBHjzz2OkuEjrhadHvt4UySxCgDjQqR5qKBRf5KtFqyHRJcobxOIA_SYxMQx9Uvd7xN3nF4Bomqe3VtOvSnh3vjOCtgINpoUpXV8FOls5MpkL8HDdqaL58qvArspEUKjXc1iiYO3oj5n-G96rA/s1024/ASTT0794.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfHMxiZkswEwmhXpeWohMh0HTm0G-qLREgHBsMSEbUbBHjzz2OkuEjrhadHvt4UySxCgDjQqR5qKBRf5KtFqyHRJcobxOIA_SYxMQx9Uvd7xN3nF4Bomqe3VtOvSnh3vjOCtgINpoUpXV8FOls5MpkL8HDdqaL58qvArspEUKjXc1iiYO3oj5n-G96rA/w400-h300/ASTT0794.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wednesday night cakes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTu5FLGZh1cNQY9mSjZbDJFI6rNqAm8o0JCw1IAxeUm94TqSopyLAnniz4fQgToaN9av21prh-jXQa7zdl5MgTI9Ru0G1F7R9bHTZJfUQDgrG6A1hq3aP163OX0kFRo4I2foChQnO-S3QeuiDgiNARz5WA3zHuE79O12jKicYpeZHMkBY1QNP8Pf9Pw/s1024/FOMH6072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTu5FLGZh1cNQY9mSjZbDJFI6rNqAm8o0JCw1IAxeUm94TqSopyLAnniz4fQgToaN9av21prh-jXQa7zdl5MgTI9Ru0G1F7R9bHTZJfUQDgrG6A1hq3aP163OX0kFRo4I2foChQnO-S3QeuiDgiNARz5WA3zHuE79O12jKicYpeZHMkBY1QNP8Pf9Pw/w400-h300/FOMH6072.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uM6bbnGg3e50mnEC4HEPM9rnxNoB74vYLMBSMPCWtLM3-sxPEcAb3kwmQoQ0o1v8FBMOTMK5vEkYqz0ijjW18-JVK6nrSC3p9HnlMyzvVsJpg6WSMy17bV38jExN-Pp-qfjP5I1WNUWIlBQpofzvNk8ky-SLzuOsaePRW4RM9MPkKf3l_jnf5mai9Q/s4032/IMG_5741.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uM6bbnGg3e50mnEC4HEPM9rnxNoB74vYLMBSMPCWtLM3-sxPEcAb3kwmQoQ0o1v8FBMOTMK5vEkYqz0ijjW18-JVK6nrSC3p9HnlMyzvVsJpg6WSMy17bV38jExN-Pp-qfjP5I1WNUWIlBQpofzvNk8ky-SLzuOsaePRW4RM9MPkKf3l_jnf5mai9Q/w400-h300/IMG_5741.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The maintance and cleaning employees. Thursday night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98T3-8EqyLXpZIkIdV4zLCiRRqRiRpXaA8rRr2fDm1hdEkeKRw70Lw1I0clZVPqLEmI1Q397a_Csafq_BXv8MDlw6G7svYan30cbM-Ts7T6rc8rLl0DxD5BOkvq7E9y0SwMmycp0Rt1xlMiigJHpJEoJR-v-lNa875OdI9t5rbbFamIFfmPj71fCnHw/s4032/IMG_5740.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98T3-8EqyLXpZIkIdV4zLCiRRqRiRpXaA8rRr2fDm1hdEkeKRw70Lw1I0clZVPqLEmI1Q397a_Csafq_BXv8MDlw6G7svYan30cbM-Ts7T6rc8rLl0DxD5BOkvq7E9y0SwMmycp0Rt1xlMiigJHpJEoJR-v-lNa875OdI9t5rbbFamIFfmPj71fCnHw/w300-h400/IMG_5740.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Shrimp in garlic and butter, yum.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsA6FhQFjUY8gCNj0Ptf0jlD3SOs9KdQUIrIZ72mmuo9kW3HRPCQxncPHjatgJIgRlObEASUCJe32RPU7rzPDzIXooldBRkNZZNIASAGc5vmukO8vdZ6-2lhdasdXWthR6bA4IVEqHu9ecus2xvIziNi9Q6EYERIE_enzPXGiKg3vnaJQ7UoPWpOFDKg/s4032/IMG_5762.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsA6FhQFjUY8gCNj0Ptf0jlD3SOs9KdQUIrIZ72mmuo9kW3HRPCQxncPHjatgJIgRlObEASUCJe32RPU7rzPDzIXooldBRkNZZNIASAGc5vmukO8vdZ6-2lhdasdXWthR6bA4IVEqHu9ecus2xvIziNi9Q6EYERIE_enzPXGiKg3vnaJQ7UoPWpOFDKg/w400-h300/IMG_5762.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">All the parties are blending together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoa63nZUmi-mwHloe4g1AYlMrIhn8GiSVowd0Rew0Y88Ww3HUXoB0ZJpK5F2UwurXeImQAb1St6m69Ir3eu5UsyNmGn71bVNmC_dVRbNPNF2h5hBb4DuZEcWZkwdhtv1KUlYjPYE-R9WIEkaYf6ng0a3nKxaBnhRjoDDjFpsKQaqnRjJzI09XxSbV1Gw/s4032/IMG_5760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoa63nZUmi-mwHloe4g1AYlMrIhn8GiSVowd0Rew0Y88Ww3HUXoB0ZJpK5F2UwurXeImQAb1St6m69Ir3eu5UsyNmGn71bVNmC_dVRbNPNF2h5hBb4DuZEcWZkwdhtv1KUlYjPYE-R9WIEkaYf6ng0a3nKxaBnhRjoDDjFpsKQaqnRjJzI09XxSbV1Gw/w400-h300/IMG_5760.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had at least 10 goodbye parties.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jJUsOt5n8f5Vj2GNSV1ncw1iAyPz9ubW_hSBQ96cup41ZTOzXK1keoKHEaA3EDxW_1xz0lULtAJwGwtL41IqFaXB19pxLAMEEqkR_ojpntjJCOEHfJkL_PbgNctlUmicjkOpkQ7DkbDUu8hLDyfEfdGv3Sw-IewknPlnUObHl-lGUuDd5we84bfyew/w400-h300/IMG_5777.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Friday morning shift.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6q8w-2RU7YMdHX1syi0FZ7nXDHRpvw5N_0Jrx6oGffP6jX7JwUDAjKYvifuMFmNkFponqL_oR1tI04DIt7EcQ7qhzdw3HKdxIBx4k7c6amnqQ8hWIpvrQT1pHCO_PGG0TeOI1H4HiNnrC0RtnHwOYYqc5o2IB5hiHGPd13FSHIAH540Tfy7NwlFfjJw/s4032/IMG_5825.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6q8w-2RU7YMdHX1syi0FZ7nXDHRpvw5N_0Jrx6oGffP6jX7JwUDAjKYvifuMFmNkFponqL_oR1tI04DIt7EcQ7qhzdw3HKdxIBx4k7c6amnqQ8hWIpvrQT1pHCO_PGG0TeOI1H4HiNnrC0RtnHwOYYqc5o2IB5hiHGPd13FSHIAH540Tfy7NwlFfjJw/w400-h300/IMG_5825.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">They gave me the end of the leg of the pig.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E6WYXzOOVAI" width="320" youtube-src-id="E6WYXzOOVAI"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Video of me eating Hornado.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyC5Yx3RlbC56Fzie_eFyCN4uGYY5dGnxyaIuwbTx4dIvtYiwX5_-miijL_9fefgJgGpZlfj6zb4Pe7glefIzlINtMj2_VOHQgF33Ld0GX_kd5vs68ToL-DuoN2c1qzrikY1GKRy6KnSd1JYJgMVP2KkT6t1JToySZkwbQcN8fYMywxe-Zw3BJ7TCd1Q/s4032/IMG_5824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyC5Yx3RlbC56Fzie_eFyCN4uGYY5dGnxyaIuwbTx4dIvtYiwX5_-miijL_9fefgJgGpZlfj6zb4Pe7glefIzlINtMj2_VOHQgF33Ld0GX_kd5vs68ToL-DuoN2c1qzrikY1GKRy6KnSd1JYJgMVP2KkT6t1JToySZkwbQcN8fYMywxe-Zw3BJ7TCd1Q/w300-h400/IMG_5824.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hornado, roasted pig, is delicious. Even though the Saturday morning shift had a party for us last week, they found out that one of my favorite dishes is hornado. They said they had to have a second party for us. They are so kind and generous.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexZ5_HPQC5rHQAJvWSQ2s4PueVU7vYSELzx_5lhx1jPMLrJoDk1f2fw_Aq1D7COix-31VHMtlawjMYugokoPsTIyGq_jdU35OYkEbVfi7MoCEPp8RZzQQrjjhcSUc31VQLSqIkLG9pIkGMV2um7MiESPZQTzMWvqgcG2b1-KhgBrl1-uIKtb0EB-8ig/s4032/IMG_5821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexZ5_HPQC5rHQAJvWSQ2s4PueVU7vYSELzx_5lhx1jPMLrJoDk1f2fw_Aq1D7COix-31VHMtlawjMYugokoPsTIyGq_jdU35OYkEbVfi7MoCEPp8RZzQQrjjhcSUc31VQLSqIkLG9pIkGMV2um7MiESPZQTzMWvqgcG2b1-KhgBrl1-uIKtb0EB-8ig/w400-h300/IMG_5821.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Saturday morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAojOxtnTbI3E2z-asYLDKf5kBJ2D_Mjea3tRJ5orfYu-tGXrvYkoTD7B5kXcIbxpnud2Xkzfl_pKLoP_BKffdbSXdkF0nkSeHhMuIsAAP_KtIPnescI0ljvh2lmPEsvotLCPS2dznMlUQ8qzltw3tnEG_qHQRVlKqlJnVzIzTzU3jCc44YtaiqnTueA/s4032/IMG_5774.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAojOxtnTbI3E2z-asYLDKf5kBJ2D_Mjea3tRJ5orfYu-tGXrvYkoTD7B5kXcIbxpnud2Xkzfl_pKLoP_BKffdbSXdkF0nkSeHhMuIsAAP_KtIPnescI0ljvh2lmPEsvotLCPS2dznMlUQ8qzltw3tnEG_qHQRVlKqlJnVzIzTzU3jCc44YtaiqnTueA/w300-h400/IMG_5774.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mom got a new apron from the sisters on the Friday morning shift.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdN2PARImf0qXB5ZNjoB8NfrTU6RFF1YqFBv4HEEZ-394TwB4Xxi2zgofxpio1OMDDZxPFAuPYlHOIi5tlryiv4deQW6Bx4KBG3XgcJ_ARWkNbqCFn12RYkIXlG0qmTLgn4JckHOXZ8t16kgCmV0H3FL3fd06QCi1MFnXJw8AHBBd5xVmQJQ1qLfIFg/s4032/IMG_5837.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdN2PARImf0qXB5ZNjoB8NfrTU6RFF1YqFBv4HEEZ-394TwB4Xxi2zgofxpio1OMDDZxPFAuPYlHOIi5tlryiv4deQW6Bx4KBG3XgcJ_ARWkNbqCFn12RYkIXlG0qmTLgn4JckHOXZ8t16kgCmV0H3FL3fd06QCi1MFnXJw8AHBBd5xVmQJQ1qLfIFg/w400-h300/IMG_5837.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Brother Vallejo and his wife came by to say, "adios". He is the temple recorder and she is a shift coordinator.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFIYDW5N8ZqeaJY48lG1kPC5e-seaTHmYOdIbjrdoCVzng6_oI8C5HPCprLRP2IltTvKel9qEPyGCNkPBJLv5F0-7LP37Rb8NZXeU0wUgi_tRUP6tSjjSBzfePUgGpLIJW7S0-JrP8yGm-2FjY4ei2LG8veeFPumveJSz5zWlAPKPBOddthDpd299AA/s4032/IMG_5828.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFIYDW5N8ZqeaJY48lG1kPC5e-seaTHmYOdIbjrdoCVzng6_oI8C5HPCprLRP2IltTvKel9qEPyGCNkPBJLv5F0-7LP37Rb8NZXeU0wUgi_tRUP6tSjjSBzfePUgGpLIJW7S0-JrP8yGm-2FjY4ei2LG8veeFPumveJSz5zWlAPKPBOddthDpd299AA/w300-h400/IMG_5828.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is our new sealer, Brother Munoz, and his wife. I am so glad that they now have a Quichua speaking sealer from Otavalo. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp14VbMYDjGK0TAX5UV_FVDLGiysrTnC6zZl1JBTU9THs5bp-lbA4ze0ESfiAODvrW00uPd5qeWPNj2faYv_jbqSaKCuSsesnfZ6LimknxNg1vQiE6dMUj4sUaZ22w5R6mPaG_l78SWkU1hZ9y7R9xMOCkdcBJKU0_S36i_zQgRdB3dtAkcjV1TPadXQ/s3088/IMG_5812.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp14VbMYDjGK0TAX5UV_FVDLGiysrTnC6zZl1JBTU9THs5bp-lbA4ze0ESfiAODvrW00uPd5qeWPNj2faYv_jbqSaKCuSsesnfZ6LimknxNg1vQiE6dMUj4sUaZ22w5R6mPaG_l78SWkU1hZ9y7R9xMOCkdcBJKU0_S36i_zQgRdB3dtAkcjV1TPadXQ/w300-h400/IMG_5812.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We went to dinner with the Calderon family on Friday night. Brother Calderon was an early convert from Puyo. His son, Moroni, is a bishop and a worker in the temple office.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG_d67IbQc67LHeYP9Xv2jgp7r9upmN9FSuGrVjxFbsA21Qz_Lv61WijyCsKtTKQBYnKhrAMug1BRK7r5qV9CdMr6V-lCdfwNKYUPhRykb2RRKh5gm27R7YKB-FDDdtvFSxVhD2mcXBQmaJesTKBp3RQ228humRLGnvEGpK86VYvVF3cZI24vGNKfQqw/s4032/IMG_5771.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG_d67IbQc67LHeYP9Xv2jgp7r9upmN9FSuGrVjxFbsA21Qz_Lv61WijyCsKtTKQBYnKhrAMug1BRK7r5qV9CdMr6V-lCdfwNKYUPhRykb2RRKh5gm27R7YKB-FDDdtvFSxVhD2mcXBQmaJesTKBp3RQ228humRLGnvEGpK86VYvVF3cZI24vGNKfQqw/w400-h300/IMG_5771.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">John Hansen this one is for you. The Willards served in Hong Kong and are now serving in the Quito North mission.</div><p></p>Saturday afternoon, after a very long day in the temple, President Aguirre asked us to come over to his appartment for a few minutes. He sat us down and asked if he could offer a prayer. He thanked Heavenly Father for sending us to Ecuador, for our service and then asked a blessing to be upon us and our family. It was so sweet and tender. He then gave us our release papers as ordiance workers in the Quito Temple. He is the best and there is no question in my mind why he is the temple president. He is a true deciple of Christ. Saturday evening we started packing. <b>Sunday: </b> We finished packing. It was stake conference today and the stake center is over an hour away. We decided to stay home and watch our home ward's sacrament meeting. We had President Aguirre and his wife over for lunch. We got picked up at 3:30pm by Natali, one of our Uber drivers, and she took us to the Colon ward. From there our bags were loaded on a van and we headed to President Winters' home for a going away meeting and dinner. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzj-8-YCXRfuH0rTcYv474ztcWU3sAmwF-1fELBkDZ9x6BQIiVcCqbXmitY8GQcZkRhfqw186kdaG8mYs9t4X8Fl2aNSz4tBgsjaYwvH9Fb8JM6LfCcDSTRoKkSEQDgZHLaffbaeNjaMymW1faCYv1LQB78N50scAYJOoxo8Mj-y11myRFKgidfyzrg/s4032/IMG_5871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzj-8-YCXRfuH0rTcYv474ztcWU3sAmwF-1fELBkDZ9x6BQIiVcCqbXmitY8GQcZkRhfqw186kdaG8mYs9t4X8Fl2aNSz4tBgsjaYwvH9Fb8JM6LfCcDSTRoKkSEQDgZHLaffbaeNjaMymW1faCYv1LQB78N50scAYJOoxo8Mj-y11myRFKgidfyzrg/w400-h300/IMG_5871.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Good bye dinner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pZG1JE39fUZeqi_kubYgoCFwSLIqr-CwvMU3NzFel11sjuXfSB9aBt3Nt4FRLFcgA3zrY4vW8QILUYc2LMG69SPRIF5R2CbudZWkD4RKlmy0rMlw0mkNMMKgHnHWnMEB_VdSZXj0JqbeJv3XOUKCs4m5q22dnbPF227mkxErE0pdG4665AuQKDHtKw/s4032/IMG_5879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pZG1JE39fUZeqi_kubYgoCFwSLIqr-CwvMU3NzFel11sjuXfSB9aBt3Nt4FRLFcgA3zrY4vW8QILUYc2LMG69SPRIF5R2CbudZWkD4RKlmy0rMlw0mkNMMKgHnHWnMEB_VdSZXj0JqbeJv3XOUKCs4m5q22dnbPF227mkxErE0pdG4665AuQKDHtKw/w400-h300/IMG_5879.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Camerons don't leave for 2 weeks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYG_qmy3-uosnvlKGNwp84pskg8Uu1ctnM9wYs-dQ_swyyFPG1NIJlDgk3xG7-BdWNWgQ0fZuRVQ5j8zt3kz-fW5gb7tSHDn9R2T2x3woEQm1VIYdjAZHehUGm0OP1ZjDC0UHWBlYfi6BpQTZj2Q4lk3elMIbp4Vzrqmjfm-2f3F7_cym1jAAtm_S1iA/s4032/IMG_5870.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYG_qmy3-uosnvlKGNwp84pskg8Uu1ctnM9wYs-dQ_swyyFPG1NIJlDgk3xG7-BdWNWgQ0fZuRVQ5j8zt3kz-fW5gb7tSHDn9R2T2x3woEQm1VIYdjAZHehUGm0OP1ZjDC0UHWBlYfi6BpQTZj2Q4lk3elMIbp4Vzrqmjfm-2f3F7_cym1jAAtm_S1iA/w400-h300/IMG_5870.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIrc7lb0EhM" width="320" youtube-src-id="VIrc7lb0EhM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">God be with you till we meet again.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>We headed to the airport at 8:30pm. We will be traveling with 5 sister missionaries and 1 Elder. The eight of us will travel together to Atlanta and then split up. Our plane leaves at midnight, so we fly all night and will get home at 10:30am Monday, if everything goes as planned. </span><div><p></p></div>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-87293184588394602012023-02-06T05:17:00.000-08:002023-02-06T05:17:00.999-08:00January 30th through February 5th<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>January 30th through February 5th: Monday: </b>We passed the day in the hot tubs and eating. We did get in a massage. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WzSBRSiKc4eBmIUHmxtfUzO5K03urZllPD7pGWKD6oOZr7WpQs_iJZt_5R5JzCCtse18Dggtgi46PnuSueWzTFADsOgawbvrPmm0yiDubz1eM4Uef5fpbpwaEmo2sIbRwC2y4Lid8hmTsOSHn96Nnv_xyXBIdWOfg9QYpEF0t088adfmepilwqedWg/s4032/IMG_5645.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WzSBRSiKc4eBmIUHmxtfUzO5K03urZllPD7pGWKD6oOZr7WpQs_iJZt_5R5JzCCtse18Dggtgi46PnuSueWzTFADsOgawbvrPmm0yiDubz1eM4Uef5fpbpwaEmo2sIbRwC2y4Lid8hmTsOSHn96Nnv_xyXBIdWOfg9QYpEF0t088adfmepilwqedWg/w400-h300/IMG_5645.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyeuoVleFWiwJAl3B8sVvu0L6OSBRlSoCxVnDsvp9WwkyKi4YT31nZyoCyhW20XIOU5K9fvYpLssVcsIa2VUXq8TF5QRKA8QfvcmbJsxYhaIbY4SUPNLYK4tFI61PAznmdsMEc0Hevmjwt9x0jMQAIgI3kG9im8YDtzpUyP1JTi4ZhJPX_ODjVBwocYg/s4032/IMG_5647.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyeuoVleFWiwJAl3B8sVvu0L6OSBRlSoCxVnDsvp9WwkyKi4YT31nZyoCyhW20XIOU5K9fvYpLssVcsIa2VUXq8TF5QRKA8QfvcmbJsxYhaIbY4SUPNLYK4tFI61PAznmdsMEc0Hevmjwt9x0jMQAIgI3kG9im8YDtzpUyP1JTi4ZhJPX_ODjVBwocYg/w400-h300/IMG_5647.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIL-PJ-QZy6dG19oRDyYogleiRRmaaUctv-2acrJu5Pf1D5psYiHxL6Sm6YxqSPfsqh3yBr_B3k8QXcLI33P3LBC6J3jT5g3HaEDk3wIwYCQbgpq7OJ5IgvrA-yTEGCI-5iOA74DW6WSTCQW2_g5mWCKCyg-FE3LNTUYe84QF1XfeZkpqkNZ_WAP5MQ/s4032/IMG_5652.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIL-PJ-QZy6dG19oRDyYogleiRRmaaUctv-2acrJu5Pf1D5psYiHxL6Sm6YxqSPfsqh3yBr_B3k8QXcLI33P3LBC6J3jT5g3HaEDk3wIwYCQbgpq7OJ5IgvrA-yTEGCI-5iOA74DW6WSTCQW2_g5mWCKCyg-FE3LNTUYe84QF1XfeZkpqkNZ_WAP5MQ/w400-h300/IMG_5652.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Fits9Mf_-zD1eirfhELj4CM7ymXRM1f-cqApLxOl9fboCRHSdw_buGFrvYbCd53MmkW17c5ZNWb6fNejnwFuGbAcPteYrURsKSpJ_DfttH7myOALZ8HCL_SgEG_g2UZ-SczzHGDcRhVYgtcOxv_s6_oL8iLVGdf8iGZopIsJ83DSTSIErLRrH9KfLQ/s4032/IMG_5644.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Fits9Mf_-zD1eirfhELj4CM7ymXRM1f-cqApLxOl9fboCRHSdw_buGFrvYbCd53MmkW17c5ZNWb6fNejnwFuGbAcPteYrURsKSpJ_DfttH7myOALZ8HCL_SgEG_g2UZ-SczzHGDcRhVYgtcOxv_s6_oL8iLVGdf8iGZopIsJ83DSTSIErLRrH9KfLQ/w400-h300/IMG_5644.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This pool was 10 feet from our cabin door.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Our Uber driver came and picked us up and got us back to the temple. We had a very nice time at the Spa and Hotel at Termas at Papallacta. <b>Tuesday through Friday:</b> We worked the afternoon/evening shift. I spent most of my time either officating a session or being the follower on the session. I was either training someone to be the officator or the follower. Chris is still spending most of her time in initiatory. President Aguirre gave us a few minutes to say good-bye to the workers at the start of the preperation meeting. As you can guess it got a bit emotional saying good-bye and thanking the workers and the presidency for their love and kindness towards us. A few of the shifts had a going away party for us after we were done in the temple. Some of them did not get done until after 10:00pm. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZelKsNa5N9mQfZwaGoyGYPgmxUYWXHXSSCLmrBVRV0qGJPIl8r2OAFazir6M-YJDA8OZ1DzdoD-S9vMexnrqh5qYTtVpi5LHl_Ebj1TXicFqeFzKHZOyjiPmWyo98LQ3ezbHLbRDtH_9zet_oB47Jjpw7LsKY92MMSkyRGKIaj6jlNGl2N9MJDdjvg/s4032/IMG_5677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsZelKsNa5N9mQfZwaGoyGYPgmxUYWXHXSSCLmrBVRV0qGJPIl8r2OAFazir6M-YJDA8OZ1DzdoD-S9vMexnrqh5qYTtVpi5LHl_Ebj1TXicFqeFzKHZOyjiPmWyo98LQ3ezbHLbRDtH_9zet_oB47Jjpw7LsKY92MMSkyRGKIaj6jlNGl2N9MJDdjvg/w400-h300/IMG_5677.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for your service Norman Family</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4UBOTJ2x3CanZTeN_ECBwdjshwdUlhBDzfmZQn3u1FOy2ylugvHEr8X4xfjfwCr9DD_y2m456ths3EJG0lb_ohZsCaEzxunfyiZ5Zouz9UQ0PyXLEEIw9a7kCeZOmC23508_b1upCuxPaYjeeNt6CUrq_dgtUPjwJSckBfNhm1ui-zumk5DnV336CJA/s4032/IMG_5683.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4UBOTJ2x3CanZTeN_ECBwdjshwdUlhBDzfmZQn3u1FOy2ylugvHEr8X4xfjfwCr9DD_y2m456ths3EJG0lb_ohZsCaEzxunfyiZ5Zouz9UQ0PyXLEEIw9a7kCeZOmC23508_b1upCuxPaYjeeNt6CUrq_dgtUPjwJSckBfNhm1ui-zumk5DnV336CJA/w400-h300/IMG_5683.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyguO-O8ix03K1BK2DRTomIZixS4a0AplMnFk5yyRBqG2s8B7QkBil8fjLEboixPzeWdkktAbWXCrKpg68uC9fc_UJWJOk7cltwihoY9cZKS3-2PH_lU2Zb4VAXKxoQ8oGurf-2dsBszH5vbxxAfuKY7rJm100h_RGs5SkG3TZJF0C7fzMqfSUYGr-Q/s4032/IMG_5680.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyguO-O8ix03K1BK2DRTomIZixS4a0AplMnFk5yyRBqG2s8B7QkBil8fjLEboixPzeWdkktAbWXCrKpg68uC9fc_UJWJOk7cltwihoY9cZKS3-2PH_lU2Zb4VAXKxoQ8oGurf-2dsBszH5vbxxAfuKY7rJm100h_RGs5SkG3TZJF0C7fzMqfSUYGr-Q/w400-h300/IMG_5680.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was Wednesday night after the shift.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTB7neG4-oMJmN2OcbnDNgGO1P7rJ_4cVT_iyS2r7dSrH7gIrWX6L7C4r6Y_EhyNkAb3GRXWgK8-wsshCmk3ok8zREkzokvjOKBvPkRaJrWM5jFon6mEsvkRtUvwu_2TR0Cis8u5CyncAxOG6rqblLlfWwWBax_90PRWu0TWlSZvbHlS_w72oqRM8-VA/s4032/IMG_5686.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTB7neG4-oMJmN2OcbnDNgGO1P7rJ_4cVT_iyS2r7dSrH7gIrWX6L7C4r6Y_EhyNkAb3GRXWgK8-wsshCmk3ok8zREkzokvjOKBvPkRaJrWM5jFon6mEsvkRtUvwu_2TR0Cis8u5CyncAxOG6rqblLlfWwWBax_90PRWu0TWlSZvbHlS_w72oqRM8-VA/w400-h300/IMG_5686.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YhTnIEXVbaZwb3cqZORjIiRim65ExR3TZjmi3DVQKmQ04WiJN_hD1g77HaCnKRrct18xYa9kacsOfwIQ7xjcOfwn6_uErw-v9noKoNtvJ-ak5NOGELN0PWz8qXfZOp59AR1MyKUAPkHpTaweTRpc7FAdy6Y9FZm1GlwszSkgVPUheTx2qM7DGh44eg/s4032/IMG_5692.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YhTnIEXVbaZwb3cqZORjIiRim65ExR3TZjmi3DVQKmQ04WiJN_hD1g77HaCnKRrct18xYa9kacsOfwIQ7xjcOfwn6_uErw-v9noKoNtvJ-ak5NOGELN0PWz8qXfZOp59AR1MyKUAPkHpTaweTRpc7FAdy6Y9FZm1GlwszSkgVPUheTx2qM7DGh44eg/w400-h300/IMG_5692.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is Brother and Sister Mora. He is one of the sealers I trained.</span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">The personal good-byes and thanks that we have received have been somewhat overwhelming. I don't think we realized how grateful these workers are for the training we have given them. We had Sister Pamela and Brother Nestor over for lunch Friday. They came to serve for two weeks in the temple before leaving for their missions.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75Dr5Y9942_ARRam7opw2pUyJRKcKXw8N8KxccFFshmyDY_oV6zKUV8jtjGYmK5K_OQcv0QthKiOXfW_b-PM2c50bklbrd6VcpeyFvwsXOQGg07hT6YL6H0zvcCdEO2qCghmrZKh2E9DHCE-7DNy4dTRWhL6hlko_CVcdV7efeVW4twW2IvgDDAgl4A/s4032/IMG_5668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75Dr5Y9942_ARRam7opw2pUyJRKcKXw8N8KxccFFshmyDY_oV6zKUV8jtjGYmK5K_OQcv0QthKiOXfW_b-PM2c50bklbrd6VcpeyFvwsXOQGg07hT6YL6H0zvcCdEO2qCghmrZKh2E9DHCE-7DNy4dTRWhL6hlko_CVcdV7efeVW4twW2IvgDDAgl4A/w400-h300/IMG_5668.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pamela is going to Leeds England and Nestor is going to Guayaquil West.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Saturday: </b> We spent 9 hours in the temple. We had a short break for a going away party for the morning shift and after the afternoon shift there was another party. It was a very long day. </span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfymHyFxAebSvCTAzHn4M7w0U8V6vX6TCDAbYSJ8IJ6_n3QuT9Ck0qWTjt0SzFHc65UHyX6Oli9JuBItG65dX4zaLIP6JdE_fT8xlNE35096IH8AfwurNG5DdyY_o-zpGqDWqgnNhEUivwJlL8hVhVEwzGaZcLmCEfSnTCBoJ9wjdl5XRDjPzRdqm1A/s4032/IMG_5699.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfymHyFxAebSvCTAzHn4M7w0U8V6vX6TCDAbYSJ8IJ6_n3QuT9Ck0qWTjt0SzFHc65UHyX6Oli9JuBItG65dX4zaLIP6JdE_fT8xlNE35096IH8AfwurNG5DdyY_o-zpGqDWqgnNhEUivwJlL8hVhVEwzGaZcLmCEfSnTCBoJ9wjdl5XRDjPzRdqm1A/w400-h300/IMG_5699.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Saturday morning shift party.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKpOhevPMSe4xzIdbiJYXkfbzx_O5mZ74I9wwMTSUsf_PtQXt95uEMU9M38hF-LFnUpUXK-L5Q-GaWfIByQiv7lnG_7pC5AD21JbmuLYJfCMVLST2dnj79pqyiJyMm6E8MqUFW14B3oZ3hJ4b3P0ss7k82HmGnMR1CToISW9Pw8ANQiRHObFu5GybMA/s4032/IMG_5708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKpOhevPMSe4xzIdbiJYXkfbzx_O5mZ74I9wwMTSUsf_PtQXt95uEMU9M38hF-LFnUpUXK-L5Q-GaWfIByQiv7lnG_7pC5AD21JbmuLYJfCMVLST2dnj79pqyiJyMm6E8MqUFW14B3oZ3hJ4b3P0ss7k82HmGnMR1CToISW9Pw8ANQiRHObFu5GybMA/w400-h300/IMG_5708.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">February's birthdays.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSznTAYOmuC5l9wCJcg05eYc1wK3UpJC-Y8WbLxmqBrfv1dqTnFxZLGZP7kBouVTUcZ4j0d0P3g0BnMVH18NJqjns6m_5A67OF3iXbGOVILolV3QNbFoDMcd6by1PBkVE-nwaxQdIkP1NDlYx42xGCtDkDLVUtYR_Xr4su-rm9P4PqPgVYOqB0pDbTKw/s4032/IMG_5720.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSznTAYOmuC5l9wCJcg05eYc1wK3UpJC-Y8WbLxmqBrfv1dqTnFxZLGZP7kBouVTUcZ4j0d0P3g0BnMVH18NJqjns6m_5A67OF3iXbGOVILolV3QNbFoDMcd6by1PBkVE-nwaxQdIkP1NDlYx42xGCtDkDLVUtYR_Xr4su-rm9P4PqPgVYOqB0pDbTKw/w400-h300/IMG_5720.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Saturday afternoon I sat across from Brother Rivera and his son. After chating for a minute, we discovered he served in the Quito Mission at the same time as our friend, Blake Rigby. I sent Blake this picture and he remembers Elder Rivera. We have had so many sweet connections.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnxBOxGO9Z8HqZninxCOeqQEz2yFXGUc_U_DDfIS-q8vqzOhoJb5tjpAH8-dJ0d-N8IPIwmiAlpWK81SFWCiKA4oOsvOxEILCFY0fBV825qfYR1FfFcmHWf1KtPov1TPkQ_kQaiNybSAdqb8AZ7gJS89H7pJZ8NkSuMT3HAKAvvdb1ckL3eP0VUtQ-w/s4032/IMG_5718.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnxBOxGO9Z8HqZninxCOeqQEz2yFXGUc_U_DDfIS-q8vqzOhoJb5tjpAH8-dJ0d-N8IPIwmiAlpWK81SFWCiKA4oOsvOxEILCFY0fBV825qfYR1FfFcmHWf1KtPov1TPkQ_kQaiNybSAdqb8AZ7gJS89H7pJZ8NkSuMT3HAKAvvdb1ckL3eP0VUtQ-w/w400-h300/IMG_5718.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Saturday afternoon party.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Sunday: </b> We went to church and said goodbye to the ward. We had Nestor over for dinner. We are on the count down now. </span><p></p></div>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-50135435385271046762023-01-30T04:33:00.000-08:002023-01-30T04:33:06.218-08:00January 23rd through January 29th<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>January 23rd through January 29th: Monday: </b>We went downtown to the Basilica of the National Vow. Construction began in 1892 and it was consecrated in 1988, but remains technically unfinished because the local legend is that when it is finished the world will end. It is an amazing building. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIojEDPuNClIdIfoHhEsQDgP6aGSp9pyxizWARD8Q7jasCjt9806MUp2YuwgGupp_CyI7WDQkZdF9A__bNXMUqSF3r2pjqjj_II-35uS9umzgzlIZihQAEQ0ZwSIXChBfcZZByMPVUzzkT3kZ09xYGfkVn-wbkrl9hDlLNmKrqGdF1ZLLHBnISkXFqXQ/s4032/IMG_5592.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIojEDPuNClIdIfoHhEsQDgP6aGSp9pyxizWARD8Q7jasCjt9806MUp2YuwgGupp_CyI7WDQkZdF9A__bNXMUqSF3r2pjqjj_II-35uS9umzgzlIZihQAEQ0ZwSIXChBfcZZByMPVUzzkT3kZ09xYGfkVn-wbkrl9hDlLNmKrqGdF1ZLLHBnISkXFqXQ/w300-h400/IMG_5592.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is hard to get a good picture of the outside because the building is built on a hill.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is massive inside.</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xpN6M8LTLCI1xDl-ZdNSF4glXkrvkmbNCFqrnWE0SSZ0FFGyKT7jjRjjYlQB47c2LBAdrOM0F2ZfViAOQves16W_Uj61EB6b1KgjlZk1hyYS2-_mB2r19GR5HQDv-DHnjufADyOwBlHBEiXa_5gkcDtHNLzj1fUSJNBeuW-nbTOIYY2I5ZyvQLxnQQ/s4032/IMG_5537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xpN6M8LTLCI1xDl-ZdNSF4glXkrvkmbNCFqrnWE0SSZ0FFGyKT7jjRjjYlQB47c2LBAdrOM0F2ZfViAOQves16W_Uj61EB6b1KgjlZk1hyYS2-_mB2r19GR5HQDv-DHnjufADyOwBlHBEiXa_5gkcDtHNLzj1fUSJNBeuW-nbTOIYY2I5ZyvQLxnQQ/w300-h400/IMG_5537.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">There are hundreds of stained glass windows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVtM5RDes6FPGa8wdFa3usBASVkb3MCa7bDFDYytMIjVniD3NTGzrTgfTjKDpx9Xk-MpDVQY4iVu58GNQFeN9ZH5dvzx0Y3DH-X_6oCp-QfR2vGiO0GdDyVquJmMFU7oExzR5Tjnj9kTlfrcC9ilgF2sBoRLrkTVJZFziMrkgdiCi2MJ59sSyimXhTw/w300-h400/IMG_5584.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I then climbed to the top of one of the main towers. 8 flights of stairs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-WMR4Qa-HFdXGFdn_VDC_vYeI2Kem3QwM5G6IjRNYyP41yVz8nrGmD6meCGdqbkEhAN-g9C3fy7GGX2gm7t-XklVVtB4MjRzAmog5uqecUxd007Zx3VaCS2HiAg1QBNi2qeEeb-qfFfGo0UElBbvmHNDCYj7c-zDNn09RA_Fk02TTai3bnswoQjDuw/s4032/IMG_5575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-WMR4Qa-HFdXGFdn_VDC_vYeI2Kem3QwM5G6IjRNYyP41yVz8nrGmD6meCGdqbkEhAN-g9C3fy7GGX2gm7t-XklVVtB4MjRzAmog5uqecUxd007Zx3VaCS2HiAg1QBNi2qeEeb-qfFfGo0UElBbvmHNDCYj7c-zDNn09RA_Fk02TTai3bnswoQjDuw/w300-h400/IMG_5575.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking across at the other tower. I am looking out of the small window that is in the middle of the triangle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnZWYQEXFAnaRnL-ZJ-jjzYEtSbutggDP7mcncYb8dlbu4CTjhxiy4TEVFZWQO5QJLnVc94DxOP-YIpzjuMBgDSxgoqsxN0Z2Pa6i032Q7ZpHa19kHilBd7r9AVPwcmpL5GvmP-zd73Ejw8WlujfG0Q3L9nmVLd_vNlV-a-1rRyfWKy3XZHFi8F1_EA/s4032/IMG_5578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnZWYQEXFAnaRnL-ZJ-jjzYEtSbutggDP7mcncYb8dlbu4CTjhxiy4TEVFZWQO5QJLnVc94DxOP-YIpzjuMBgDSxgoqsxN0Z2Pa6i032Q7ZpHa19kHilBd7r9AVPwcmpL5GvmP-zd73Ejw8WlujfG0Q3L9nmVLd_vNlV-a-1rRyfWKy3XZHFi8F1_EA/w300-h400/IMG_5578.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">View of the Panacillo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlJt_MmfWpoxEKoGg4vEgCXDxuAvAn8oyIAzxWub2l3L_lgV0sLl-vnjSrmRjadxmImdK6ZOQ1sJ-Dsa-YrqR34TvRSc08BY-zTN0OvcvFIQdPg78m6mFj61hBCguYiq1YeGNPclxye89NSjtbviVnqNPmTcDIg_EDJBDXK4jtZ-NNl9QTUG1DPRV9A/s4032/IMG_5580.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlJt_MmfWpoxEKoGg4vEgCXDxuAvAn8oyIAzxWub2l3L_lgV0sLl-vnjSrmRjadxmImdK6ZOQ1sJ-Dsa-YrqR34TvRSc08BY-zTN0OvcvFIQdPg78m6mFj61hBCguYiq1YeGNPclxye89NSjtbviVnqNPmTcDIg_EDJBDXK4jtZ-NNl9QTUG1DPRV9A/w300-h400/IMG_5580.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking down</div><br />We then took a taxi to the Volcano Park and rode the tram close to the top of Pichincha. The top of the tram is 13,287 feet above sea level, but the top of the volcano is another 2000 feet. It was a clear day when we start up. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtGW5oMe9lAN2cuIqX8xAe8WiYTb8L6F8zvwLc6AVgjFT__at8L3ocF9htkQxO1rVZMsfsW2bW1APAfzIObhRSwsx3jMwCA3Xua6s7bsbMQihuBDEzfbqAcDuA1YR6IB9TpDHi08zSG-Hqhwp8_07CAaIQcpsDrSYtcC11PHhbzoUe7EM6HJ9i6tBfA/s4032/IMG_5601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtGW5oMe9lAN2cuIqX8xAe8WiYTb8L6F8zvwLc6AVgjFT__at8L3ocF9htkQxO1rVZMsfsW2bW1APAfzIObhRSwsx3jMwCA3Xua6s7bsbMQihuBDEzfbqAcDuA1YR6IB9TpDHi08zSG-Hqhwp8_07CAaIQcpsDrSYtcC11PHhbzoUe7EM6HJ9i6tBfA/w400-h300/IMG_5601.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is mural in the building where we bought our tram tickets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0gqL6ZHutXOusResE_rhQFQ2QmV9cXtJIrdIN83TOZDLoNrfokeJWpTfwjYBR68c3yjdMpernQIBejiWVIagcCVy9v814HZEtFXHAXhhjBS3vAq_nBBSBj_6UT5NueFrcFHyv5Xo0SlWtGSFFtvPcwBDEMP21_o7DPHbiOmAc0Uq3L6UZ3JlsHwGEw/s4032/IMG_5613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0gqL6ZHutXOusResE_rhQFQ2QmV9cXtJIrdIN83TOZDLoNrfokeJWpTfwjYBR68c3yjdMpernQIBejiWVIagcCVy9v814HZEtFXHAXhhjBS3vAq_nBBSBj_6UT5NueFrcFHyv5Xo0SlWtGSFFtvPcwBDEMP21_o7DPHbiOmAc0Uq3L6UZ3JlsHwGEw/w400-h300/IMG_5613.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">View from the top.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuE5G_exwDO26A-ojXTT0eEXkXY2uKSZjn93heKGobkj_qHlPq8hw5dMSIxNpm9MWqEjk69pCFzgkBeK2E2ASDbPA7r34xA2JfV-2j11-gzq2Tp1E1Ui6vEErDswaeHptZBRGgFhM9IQK0DXJOkBBXFFOkWbNCx2jL1roBM-yQVBWQt9g-Kx2qC4aAw/s4032/IMG_5615.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuE5G_exwDO26A-ojXTT0eEXkXY2uKSZjn93heKGobkj_qHlPq8hw5dMSIxNpm9MWqEjk69pCFzgkBeK2E2ASDbPA7r34xA2JfV-2j11-gzq2Tp1E1Ui6vEErDswaeHptZBRGgFhM9IQK0DXJOkBBXFFOkWbNCx2jL1roBM-yQVBWQt9g-Kx2qC4aAw/w400-h300/IMG_5615.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We made it to the top of the tram.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhGz0_Vuc6ctbBXo7nWtSn0iKDnIMdeECoiU1RfrBbygqCqssMNBG0wvXYFC-3N4PKd1F59oBjexgr0-ygLvcZk3ceaRtLFOkgSe-A4Tjl1AWP7vOBdIIwXgnuqg91K_gL4SpX2gPYz1qxlK6z1F83t7A2jv782oD9FfEfNmJQc7_NnPt8QV5kB6oNA/s4032/IMG_5628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhGz0_Vuc6ctbBXo7nWtSn0iKDnIMdeECoiU1RfrBbygqCqssMNBG0wvXYFC-3N4PKd1F59oBjexgr0-ygLvcZk3ceaRtLFOkgSe-A4Tjl1AWP7vOBdIIwXgnuqg91K_gL4SpX2gPYz1qxlK6z1F83t7A2jv782oD9FfEfNmJQc7_NnPt8QV5kB6oNA/w400-h300/IMG_5628.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">View of Quito on the way down. Those two poles are for bikes so you can ride your bike down.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zyJJrYOMmCc" width="320" youtube-src-id="zyJJrYOMmCc"></iframe></div>Video on the trip down.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Tuesday through Friday:</b> We worked the morning shifts. I am mostly still training officiators for the endowment sessions and Chris is still training in initiatory. Tuesday we went to lunch with the Cameron's, the office couple and Thursday we met up with the Cameron's and President and Sister Winters for lunch at Top Ten Burgers. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuw0ADiSa8yN8BTTRgazmj6aw0MxDkWLyOvyKZXIboe6RduUpFqWaG9p5nx0ESIttRqsAL5whz5hiiVDHArKrcb7NkYx2ddt0nQGXBgBQ5AWRQt3YVZyBH6H0qnCmurz_WSWQqY8W--kYbUgofn3mKsfRJ1IZDnds8FlnHiFHKtzHJKOq0SLQjVE8gZA/s1280/QCNS8870.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuw0ADiSa8yN8BTTRgazmj6aw0MxDkWLyOvyKZXIboe6RduUpFqWaG9p5nx0ESIttRqsAL5whz5hiiVDHArKrcb7NkYx2ddt0nQGXBgBQ5AWRQt3YVZyBH6H0qnCmurz_WSWQqY8W--kYbUgofn3mKsfRJ1IZDnds8FlnHiFHKtzHJKOq0SLQjVE8gZA/w400-h300/QCNS8870.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lunch at Top Ten Burgers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>It is probably top ten for Quito but would not make it on my top ten list for Utah. We had a lot of large groups from Otavalo this past week. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFl2cn0D7hOP8BY210e08yDlzTgKvCOcJGSZ-I38xLRhTxj-ZJj1p8y4a8FtAQGgtuU53Otl9E7nQIMoPTXb3Ubrd0sBSTnOPtuhLBtO2oz-FBgEVmP18OmZv1Jyw8eKpea15BuaoS0_L5UHEDM6a29yP9i5K4Jnns8JOd43cLIWIderVVAhqHW6bsGg/s4032/IMG_5635.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFl2cn0D7hOP8BY210e08yDlzTgKvCOcJGSZ-I38xLRhTxj-ZJj1p8y4a8FtAQGgtuU53Otl9E7nQIMoPTXb3Ubrd0sBSTnOPtuhLBtO2oz-FBgEVmP18OmZv1Jyw8eKpea15BuaoS0_L5UHEDM6a29yP9i5K4Jnns8JOd43cLIWIderVVAhqHW6bsGg/w300-h400/IMG_5635.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />It is always fun to see them come by bus and all be dressed in their traditional clothing. <b>Saturday</b> was another long day. During the week we were able to do two endowment sessions and a sealing session in the evenings. <b>Sunday: </b>We went to church and then the Cameron's came and together we took an Uber to Papallacta in the mountains. We had lunch and then checked into our hotel and spent a few hours in the hot pools right outside of our rooms. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrJR4ri1NzyOEN8Tnbpo6nzMIjV7Kuf7rIpP00giB80uED4VclJTEz6OfuBT7YseWZnDjmF1essg_rVyQx1qL337nkFyWXjrxFZ8UPnVjkFl5pzQB_Y98wVpu9MsvOeRMzheDmUba16YMreSSBiB_y3JSb37bxZLMNJKAILPrr14bz9uvT2C7poU58A/s4032/IMG_5637.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSrJR4ri1NzyOEN8Tnbpo6nzMIjV7Kuf7rIpP00giB80uED4VclJTEz6OfuBT7YseWZnDjmF1essg_rVyQx1qL337nkFyWXjrxFZ8UPnVjkFl5pzQB_Y98wVpu9MsvOeRMzheDmUba16YMreSSBiB_y3JSb37bxZLMNJKAILPrr14bz9uvT2C7poU58A/w400-h300/IMG_5637.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lunch at Papallacta with the Cameron's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7n-5wTau1iXc5M0DJIup6H0CtZO-P5UIarPMHUwgVUWntfNxq7XjBZRj3NKClLbflsaVMaf_YU0wsgFA4ZgZk2Iah-KH0xaOMX_V-qctbT_YEAa7f-IEssXcVRB0Nr6GHh_c_YduHQkdf9zbBFkZQNZGDnohp0j_6J4L5qj1ez5dRLCb-Sh-A3D0Jg/s4032/IMG_5642.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7n-5wTau1iXc5M0DJIup6H0CtZO-P5UIarPMHUwgVUWntfNxq7XjBZRj3NKClLbflsaVMaf_YU0wsgFA4ZgZk2Iah-KH0xaOMX_V-qctbT_YEAa7f-IEssXcVRB0Nr6GHh_c_YduHQkdf9zbBFkZQNZGDnohp0j_6J4L5qj1ez5dRLCb-Sh-A3D0Jg/w400-h300/IMG_5642.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />We are going to spend P-Day relaxing in the hot pools and maybe even treat ourselves to a massage. <br /></span><p></p>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-9198801685113507472023-01-23T06:33:00.006-08:002023-01-23T06:35:29.782-08:00January 16th through January 22nd<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>January 16th through January 22nd: Monday: </b>We again did our cleaning and grocery shopping. We also went into Quito and met President and Sister Winters for lunch at a very nice Itailian resturant. It was fun to talk with them about how the mission work is going here in Quito. We worked the afternoon/evening shift this last week. We were also able to get in two endowment sessions on Tuesday and Friday morning. <b>Thursday:</b> I spent the morning cooking 3 Chinese dishes and then we had President and Sister Aguirre over for lunch. We so enjoy both of them. We seem to get along very well and we end up laughing a lot. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigN23vA4x5k0WJ3JpKedXq60RbBq9fK_Z7FrqU8ZoiMT_GctHzQ3K2D_4yArPWtUYL_GBIxkbL_IM2gJwCBNbqbkDvQEacS-29elGbwxdlwSAtPtwZk8WIl9G4u-E6N03eA8w3YJfw7j1NLNI-jeuhYzJdI-i-qUXMVolKRjH3ndCFpicMt1vUoNfQ-w/s4032/IMG_5509.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigN23vA4x5k0WJ3JpKedXq60RbBq9fK_Z7FrqU8ZoiMT_GctHzQ3K2D_4yArPWtUYL_GBIxkbL_IM2gJwCBNbqbkDvQEacS-29elGbwxdlwSAtPtwZk8WIl9G4u-E6N03eA8w3YJfw7j1NLNI-jeuhYzJdI-i-qUXMVolKRjH3ndCFpicMt1vUoNfQ-w/w300-h400/IMG_5509.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We actually ate in their apartment, because their table is big enough for all the dishes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9aQ0alZRvJBDPN6So6W5iO1VOKQxiSW_RnigHnwBYa5dCQXc_Pu-WAUl1CgEbkJan04KaAE733BMV_fQnarD--wnarvJS6YbqlcaGz56JKuVU5yZGW4D9aYPpZJ90yfD7lZ-HXbXOeBvHNM6F2_9k67QwJMipZ8E2a4dH4teMVc9CV6TkwnCeND-BAQ/s4032/IMG_5510.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9aQ0alZRvJBDPN6So6W5iO1VOKQxiSW_RnigHnwBYa5dCQXc_Pu-WAUl1CgEbkJan04KaAE733BMV_fQnarD--wnarvJS6YbqlcaGz56JKuVU5yZGW4D9aYPpZJ90yfD7lZ-HXbXOeBvHNM6F2_9k67QwJMipZ8E2a4dH4teMVc9CV6TkwnCeND-BAQ/w400-h300/IMG_5510.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><b>Saturday </b>was a long day in the temple. <b>Sunday:</b> We went to church and then came home and listened to stake conference in our home stake. It was a really good meeting and President Eryring was the concluding speaker. He lives in the ward next to ours and often comes to our stake conferences. </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pAInrh6qJEifAx91BP-RvVVIAdbI2F08d2wIEsKbrnQ7DMf6KBkrAW6kMCbSowUVWxsPppQNfr3W_nmBTyu0AXWGtSilZRXuzMuKWFPZRIvqZjKo2eItzLJtsVdJgWOgch5OQnG32niuN3A61KxkOTJclQ8_T_mmPvX5cyJV_ylKj3BXc8Mpf09B9A/s2855/croped.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2855" data-original-width="2807" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pAInrh6qJEifAx91BP-RvVVIAdbI2F08d2wIEsKbrnQ7DMf6KBkrAW6kMCbSowUVWxsPppQNfr3W_nmBTyu0AXWGtSilZRXuzMuKWFPZRIvqZjKo2eItzLJtsVdJgWOgch5OQnG32niuN3A61KxkOTJclQ8_T_mmPvX5cyJV_ylKj3BXc8Mpf09B9A/w394-h400/croped.JPG" width="394" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chris and Sister Aguirre after church.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We then we next door to President Aguirre's apartment and had dinner with them and their daughter's family. We got to speak with most of our kids and grandkids in the evening.</span></p>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-59667686393655795072023-01-17T05:21:00.000-08:002023-01-17T05:21:07.736-08:00January 9th through January 15th<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>January 9th through January 15th: Monday: </b>We took an Uber into Quito and went to lunch with Elder and Sister Cameron. We enjoy getting to talk with other senior couples serving here in Ecuador. <b>Tuesday through Friday: </b>We served in the temple for the morning shifts. Tuesday evening we did an endowment session. Thursday, after the shift, we went to the Colon Ward and got our flu shots. We invited the Sister missionaries that live in Cumbaya ride back with us in our Uber. Once we realized that they had not had lunch we took them to lunch at TFIG Friday. It is fun to listen to their enthusiasm for the gospel. Sister Thompsons will be going home on our same flight. She is from Arizona. Thursday evening we did initiatorys at the temple and Friday we did some sealings we needed to get done. <b>Saturday: </b>We did our shift and stayed on till about 2:30 pm. <b>Sunday: </b>We went to church and then listened to the Sacrament meeting in our home ward where John Jr, our son, spoke in church. It was fun to be able to be part of that meeting. Sorry we have no pictures.</span></p>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-36040723494406522302023-01-09T07:20:00.006-08:002023-01-10T18:16:05.532-08:00January 2nd through January 8th<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>January 2nd through January 8th: Monday: </b>We were supposed to go on a walk before we left the lodge to look for birds at 6:00am, but when 6:00am rolled around it was raining very hard. It had rained most of the night and the river was about 3 feet higher than on Sunday. We had breakfast and loaded up in two canoes and headed up river to our drop off point the Bridge at Cuyabeno. The ride up river went much faster than when we came in. The river being much higher made it possible to go much faster and there were not as many dead trees sticking out of the water. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlWX58v-rZnKbTAnFZLA5Ec9P5Uo5gbA0ACpxYdI8ptD4MbbeHavOA1GZIDhE5tktnxl34yn7YeqlANm2wcNzrO2yokXhs2rmmObXe2A8yElQCTXM5lt8aHmY7aanyN7-9g_5NsNhkppgIeQiA46Y5KdGSIGS0mUmX7nhdfmVGAzUXMzXLA9D7V1oUg/s4032/IMG_5434.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlWX58v-rZnKbTAnFZLA5Ec9P5Uo5gbA0ACpxYdI8ptD4MbbeHavOA1GZIDhE5tktnxl34yn7YeqlANm2wcNzrO2yokXhs2rmmObXe2A8yElQCTXM5lt8aHmY7aanyN7-9g_5NsNhkppgIeQiA46Y5KdGSIGS0mUmX7nhdfmVGAzUXMzXLA9D7V1oUg/w400-h300/IMG_5434.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fyKC1xPVkSA" width="320" youtube-src-id="fyKC1xPVkSA"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ginny filmed the same part of the river as I did.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qrFX7wsu0Vc" width="320" youtube-src-id="qrFX7wsu0Vc"></iframe></div>This blue butterfly had iridescent wings.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bh-P76LYPkc" width="320" youtube-src-id="Bh-P76LYPkc"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I forgot this one from our night walk.</div></span><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">We got on our bus and were on our way back to Quito at noon. We stopped 3 times for bathroom breaks and food and drink. We got dropped off at 10:00pm at the temple. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FJjqQO9rZcLFs763lZB4e5oygP_TBaqzxOlnpp2RbxH0MnJclcjcx8UD-yhEkXHVPPdJ-y-WR7ymTd3-NtLB5T3NRPc2Sl6lCzqj8AuWUrN4W-kF8l-RJZx5wahOalihonjaHPDDWYdRIafYBz3Ux7CQlsAvcMV3HmON_kSaZKYHTDZhzFTD53o19A/s4032/IMG_5471.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FJjqQO9rZcLFs763lZB4e5oygP_TBaqzxOlnpp2RbxH0MnJclcjcx8UD-yhEkXHVPPdJ-y-WR7ymTd3-NtLB5T3NRPc2Sl6lCzqj8AuWUrN4W-kF8l-RJZx5wahOalihonjaHPDDWYdRIafYBz3Ux7CQlsAvcMV3HmON_kSaZKYHTDZhzFTD53o19A/w400-h300/IMG_5471.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the Sumaco volcano just over 13,000 feet above sea level. We drove straight for it for about 2 hours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG1USVt5W3SmGu3C_XqqWDBR5MoVRt6k2yUQ0TXmVZSB85Phs2S2K79YAghjvwQO9nY5AflKXIowT5yRu6rGW1pBOoK5dGfB8or3G5N260CkVhqNxlsu0j70y_SXXhQTmNEikmd981zi62JVJprTJH09TgltO2KbChY8hIND4y14eTIHOeBLZ8P6ZrA/s4032/IMG_5492.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG1USVt5W3SmGu3C_XqqWDBR5MoVRt6k2yUQ0TXmVZSB85Phs2S2K79YAghjvwQO9nY5AflKXIowT5yRu6rGW1pBOoK5dGfB8or3G5N260CkVhqNxlsu0j70y_SXXhQTmNEikmd981zi62JVJprTJH09TgltO2KbChY8hIND4y14eTIHOeBLZ8P6ZrA/w400-h300/IMG_5492.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We then turned and went around it to the south.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Tuesday: </b>Sam and Ginny and the girls headed to the airport to go to the Galapagos Islands. We did laundry and some cleaning. We went to the evening shift at the temple. <b>Wednesday and Thursday: </b>We did our evening shifts at the temple. <b> Friday:</b> We did the morning shift so that we could cook dinner for Ginny and her family. They got back from their trip about 6:00pm. We fed them and then they headed to Otavalo. Ginny is on the board of directors of the foundation that supports Saminay, the school that we have visited a number of times. <b>Saturday: </b>We spent from 7:00am till 3:00pm in the temple. I did 2 sessions and Chris was in initiatory all day. She needs a back rub. <b>Sunday: </b>We went to church and cooked dinner for Ginny and her family. They spent the afternoon and evening with us before heading to the airport for their trip home. In the evening Chris, Ginny, Xela, and Willa went into Quito to the Cathedral Metropolitan to see a giant nativity. They all said it was amazing. It had thousands of figures, representing the Nativity and everyday life. It changed from night to day and many of the figures moved.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfjA7jVoUumdhBS8zLuVNqHabO7aa79dGKobwFs1LNDsgslEL-LfPujXj4yy7B4pREVS506YytOq6qtqXTFRkAi0UCjgi4Gpd_PvGV5XE70WkscVNs_HMpaH7aL68qE-NQem8iHu4aufEplZmoVJEqTd8OZLxHIxNM78VsPncoVGS7sjICahg_SBhiw/s4032/IMG_0403.JPG" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKfjA7jVoUumdhBS8zLuVNqHabO7aa79dGKobwFs1LNDsgslEL-LfPujXj4yy7B4pREVS506YytOq6qtqXTFRkAi0UCjgi4Gpd_PvGV5XE70WkscVNs_HMpaH7aL68qE-NQem8iHu4aufEplZmoVJEqTd8OZLxHIxNM78VsPncoVGS7sjICahg_SBhiw/w400-h300/IMG_0403.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Nativity filled the entire floor of the Cathedral</span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Shepards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65Tz-cPF99a5OJ21ysdRidGpRAZ0dVnbCaWRBk5TCmjJKlIpJYZ0DEmwuDlhkIHC47wKXswv6ZkFVKZyemipw9nQs97R6Q6EQ0xRM53ZW5FqUSZI7qedtnk3KD4TRUeDDZ3x0SW9JHtf8vOkc3jJWr61BQi0TQFeElAOHDoyo1RL_rjiK6a7HnzZfZg/s4032/IMG_2355.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65Tz-cPF99a5OJ21ysdRidGpRAZ0dVnbCaWRBk5TCmjJKlIpJYZ0DEmwuDlhkIHC47wKXswv6ZkFVKZyemipw9nQs97R6Q6EQ0xRM53ZW5FqUSZI7qedtnk3KD4TRUeDDZ3x0SW9JHtf8vOkc3jJWr61BQi0TQFeElAOHDoyo1RL_rjiK6a7HnzZfZg/w300-h400/IMG_2355.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jesus presented at the temple.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9Ee_CTbyzsLSID8zHXgMPqHddyOIsC8jbymt3d1zI16IRtfB8muhkiKiUpb19yi7PdTvDcWcVLhEaZZhOjaiMrnn3_FY6RsQCDVAkZAaluu_yQ-op-zWU9zqOFQMOo-9m7IN_ZR-0AyImp-lQo09YKxTz6F8Lq0EmS2_-mp9eLI_FAtLN1EM2JfoDQ/s4032/IMG_2358.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Mr. Vampire, guitar playing, merman.</span></div><p></p></div>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-17606903522596053242023-01-05T05:46:00.001-08:002023-01-05T11:29:49.029-08:00December 26th through New Years Day<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>December 26th through New Years Day: Monday: </b>We got word that our daughter, Ginny, and her family's flight got canceled and they would not be leaving until tomorrow. So we did our cleaning and grocery shopping. <b>Tuesday: </b>We went to the temple for the morning shift. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKNwYTea7wn3aVW6pyHRChKrb8vRV0EZqDOBA1GO8w4qG2k81jWos_PoujM-YFxJDz8O6Xn1f78c32t24R0C7VVC37EEOmhqrCIHWl26cTbQl7liT4C3YwLZToLlmsJ5fT0oESxncMr7Ps_rn0XyHE6y4sEvcun9tBku-xWL99T2XdbRZft7eQxe0bA/s4032/IMG_5031.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKNwYTea7wn3aVW6pyHRChKrb8vRV0EZqDOBA1GO8w4qG2k81jWos_PoujM-YFxJDz8O6Xn1f78c32t24R0C7VVC37EEOmhqrCIHWl26cTbQl7liT4C3YwLZToLlmsJ5fT0oESxncMr7Ps_rn0XyHE6y4sEvcun9tBku-xWL99T2XdbRZft7eQxe0bA/w400-h300/IMG_5031.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">One of the missionary zones that have been coming everyday this week. Quito North Mission</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">We are starting this week working only the morning shift and then next week working the evening shift. Ginny and her family arrived at 2:30am early Wednesday morning. We got them settled into their room and went to bed. <b>Wednesday: </b>We went to our morning shift and then <span style="font-family: inherit;">had lunch with Ginny's family in our apartment. We then went into Quito to the historic district. We went to the "</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;">Church of the Sanctuary".</span></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UgZJbIrZWljH6ojRWCs-Zj7TNQ9Ig7x_qsyXeoF2qWj1CiXUuqbObVRtJUr2brQ5DnElZ1gT0c2BUrGWHrLSxATLv_vSCZTuRtONfUx7viQFOABJHwFKJ4wASkN2W8PSxeWlyLC0GHK1AkzYpcRNyci7W6KHZLmpHg7iNm4EeIzPLsHK4ht8xZvwqA/s4032/IMG_5035.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UgZJbIrZWljH6ojRWCs-Zj7TNQ9Ig7x_qsyXeoF2qWj1CiXUuqbObVRtJUr2brQ5DnElZ1gT0c2BUrGWHrLSxATLv_vSCZTuRtONfUx7viQFOABJHwFKJ4wASkN2W8PSxeWlyLC0GHK1AkzYpcRNyci7W6KHZLmpHg7iNm4EeIzPLsHK4ht8xZvwqA/w400-h300/IMG_5035.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><br />We then went to the Church of the Society of Jesus, or in Spanish the Iglesia de la Compania de Jesus or as everyone here just calls it the Compania.</span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjToG5LL8w6YzuvaxnOy9l0LztIPtoC6Fev8eSPPUTsgZ_RfTK3LUIIB2BcyvqzR2BFwEfZ5KcXcJPrWAWcWNHV79jhbg8Fo6iMayHO9dCTocqaZa_xG4BfVP64Rw4HUdZve7d9UoHv9Ur628-ewKczcajMdSSHW3684Qv3fR9d-nz6eHkvjuTHIEdjA/s4032/IMG_5045.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjToG5LL8w6YzuvaxnOy9l0LztIPtoC6Fev8eSPPUTsgZ_RfTK3LUIIB2BcyvqzR2BFwEfZ5KcXcJPrWAWcWNHV79jhbg8Fo6iMayHO9dCTocqaZa_xG4BfVP64Rw4HUdZve7d9UoHv9Ur628-ewKczcajMdSSHW3684Qv3fR9d-nz6eHkvjuTHIEdjA/w400-h300/IMG_5045.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202122; font-size: xx-large;">In front of the Compania.</span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202122; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsjqOtbG9xnMmvXE1uC8f4mXJRakEpDfMtMx24SFm492_cS-VNEk4Zj81raNY2S1boNukHH69nY7bC8wGtE4f96SiBMns3v5ZatuneWZUXG1hTMkXeybNVq3_jWyZrnsND-tTzCLAP8fFXFMsWC1i9nABSQoxS03sk2roZmxqvo6zoddeSRuT6qGyeg/s279/220px-Iglesia_de_La_Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa,_Quito,_Ecuador,_2015-07-22,_DD_131-133_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="219" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsjqOtbG9xnMmvXE1uC8f4mXJRakEpDfMtMx24SFm492_cS-VNEk4Zj81raNY2S1boNukHH69nY7bC8wGtE4f96SiBMns3v5ZatuneWZUXG1hTMkXeybNVq3_jWyZrnsND-tTzCLAP8fFXFMsWC1i9nABSQoxS03sk2roZmxqvo6zoddeSRuT6qGyeg/w314-h400/220px-Iglesia_de_La_Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa,_Quito,_Ecuador,_2015-07-22,_DD_131-133_HDR.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We had to walk part way down the hill because there was a line of cars, probably a mile long, trying to get up to see the view of the city. After about 5 minutes, some people in a taxi trying to get to the top got out to walk and we got the taxi to take Chris, Ginny and the girls back to the temple. Sam and I continued to walk down. About 5 minutes later another taxi let his ride out and he turned around and we got him to take us home. This just added to our adventure. <b>Thursday and Friday: </b>We did our shift and then we hired a van to take us to the Mitad del Mundo, Middle of the Earth or the equator. On the way we stopped at a volcano where people are now living in the crater.</span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKH6NnAodezNj9Mi8o87pUo0MSEw1skkkKPB7zMEK5jVTN7ni_SNa1qB80z2WRsuEtsrL9PtfOBfzuoIHmsF6P6GZliq0xgknDwIfovb-eiS609x58HIt8JUF6TQ6qBOOFRH2B1e8Xs5F0m5LfpzEwf3UUPH2zkIMcG2p6XSQv9CDgXEMfYFqwacWOQ/s4032/IMG_5065.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKH6NnAodezNj9Mi8o87pUo0MSEw1skkkKPB7zMEK5jVTN7ni_SNa1qB80z2WRsuEtsrL9PtfOBfzuoIHmsF6P6GZliq0xgknDwIfovb-eiS609x58HIt8JUF6TQ6qBOOFRH2B1e8Xs5F0m5LfpzEwf3UUPH2zkIMcG2p6XSQv9CDgXEMfYFqwacWOQ/w400-h300/IMG_5065.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz47YeHKhtfkJfL97gNXLgHVEvs30CJmiiVowAceEfU9s2PwYSYrDkzWw1jx0hjij1Hamfk3dM352L14GzEy0BcJUniwGhwXZ3RdC41Zwjlcv-gb_yaQwvci85dOnO2PtSkF7P0A96AgJX_vec0twDq6GToz6fRDVFRlDcIWi1zmqHamNrQFzW1RUAbQ/s4032/IMG_5071.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz47YeHKhtfkJfL97gNXLgHVEvs30CJmiiVowAceEfU9s2PwYSYrDkzWw1jx0hjij1Hamfk3dM352L14GzEy0BcJUniwGhwXZ3RdC41Zwjlcv-gb_yaQwvci85dOnO2PtSkF7P0A96AgJX_vec0twDq6GToz6fRDVFRlDcIWi1zmqHamNrQFzW1RUAbQ/w400-h300/IMG_5071.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsmx9zDpjJ0_DGxXECKpjH_e-54vsZWI9LRLtR9D1NggekpSMyfoOQ845A3y6yXbI202WmOe2xPTmeYnv0ZmLOHdcH5c51vydAyGFxmtIJ9ifiRZe4IbvKM4g1CSGibGjbo9ZPeSJlcFxZEt_C6uvaW7vJ2O8S9xbE6C0hsI8f1x5STT3Wa4dDwiyWw/s4032/IMG_5072.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsmx9zDpjJ0_DGxXECKpjH_e-54vsZWI9LRLtR9D1NggekpSMyfoOQ845A3y6yXbI202WmOe2xPTmeYnv0ZmLOHdcH5c51vydAyGFxmtIJ9ifiRZe4IbvKM4g1CSGibGjbo9ZPeSJlcFxZEt_C6uvaW7vJ2O8S9xbE6C0hsI8f1x5STT3Wa4dDwiyWw/w400-h300/IMG_5072.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We had a fun tour and demonstrations of things that happen on and near the equator.</span></div></span></span></span><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_K64RxlWK1YSwsyyCgQVwy00stwTepIGCv_EudssOGPjV_Uk7f8xJJfl24I2f6Oh3rA24QFxVVgnSou81L3NAFym0LYd_8qIaJd8T4fyPxYZakwP4gDzuO7AjDZ3vtCWvlUt2S2p1UYgC5xn99qZeZpKuYu7jlPlXCd_yA9Y4h5DUCJW37f1usC-Ew/s4032/IMG_5075.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_K64RxlWK1YSwsyyCgQVwy00stwTepIGCv_EudssOGPjV_Uk7f8xJJfl24I2f6Oh3rA24QFxVVgnSou81L3NAFym0LYd_8qIaJd8T4fyPxYZakwP4gDzuO7AjDZ3vtCWvlUt2S2p1UYgC5xn99qZeZpKuYu7jlPlXCd_yA9Y4h5DUCJW37f1usC-Ew/w400-h300/IMG_5075.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGVGdWDDkAMRJyXhEQvQ2o7lY6VEAnQCwVCCLnyjrU-vDausjRNj0pGWB4CYJdExKvtxV4JtEusGjucXdKvviPGeTa0zpd83cue0ebXWbInvtEp9oPN1BSVO0oFhyFY2wqJ1LoGzv5QqH9fO4L0ZhzAmW7jLf6R63TaYsMSo_KMDJMISfkhmpCwNbnQ/s4032/IMG_5079.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGVGdWDDkAMRJyXhEQvQ2o7lY6VEAnQCwVCCLnyjrU-vDausjRNj0pGWB4CYJdExKvtxV4JtEusGjucXdKvviPGeTa0zpd83cue0ebXWbInvtEp9oPN1BSVO0oFhyFY2wqJ1LoGzv5QqH9fO4L0ZhzAmW7jLf6R63TaYsMSo_KMDJMISfkhmpCwNbnQ/w300-h400/IMG_5079.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />We then went for linner, if brunch in a meal between breakfast and lunch, then linner is the meal between lunch and dinner. It was about 4pm. We had very Ecuadorian food. Sam even ordered Cui or guinea pig. We got home about 6:00pm. We went over to the temple and did baptisms for the dead. We then spent the rest of the evening getting ready for our trip to the Amazon jungle. We got picked up at midnight and after a 10 hour bus ride arrived at El Puente de Cuyabeno or Cuyabeno Bridge. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ic66RmgzUyMtWWVLVrg6knCZnwZpBmxlEGXPHSfIMZZRbbiTZu2Mw876pRWu3QGhtkEGF5X4IMD0BSasTEM_PHlfjXeYbsJtjJCwIiRuAL99tTWH26mWdiCnr4GFuLwbfVCxLAWm3x6z2vLNBeMUG7PrF5gqR4C8PbqoSjcOtR41tbLGEyqCL5HKsQ/s3088/IMG_5091.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ic66RmgzUyMtWWVLVrg6knCZnwZpBmxlEGXPHSfIMZZRbbiTZu2Mw876pRWu3QGhtkEGF5X4IMD0BSasTEM_PHlfjXeYbsJtjJCwIiRuAL99tTWH26mWdiCnr4GFuLwbfVCxLAWm3x6z2vLNBeMUG7PrF5gqR4C8PbqoSjcOtR41tbLGEyqCL5HKsQ/w300-h400/IMG_5091.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbHBeHF1-6FjhPCTrJNMYvZZv0mdnvgMkvIFbXj53zVB6yq1qVtZ1xb8vjc3QhXr0MSgFNtt4SuhVBo3ZieVdOsboTdjzqRNQR9Uh54xzzEaizzB21mKJxFkD8rT3LHg1KFq8ctUjsdVNTI8H-nyGqoXWO0QuGfGgGO8CpQYmbc-Qj88jdriDXCT9vQ/s4032/IMG_5092.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbHBeHF1-6FjhPCTrJNMYvZZv0mdnvgMkvIFbXj53zVB6yq1qVtZ1xb8vjc3QhXr0MSgFNtt4SuhVBo3ZieVdOsboTdjzqRNQR9Uh54xzzEaizzB21mKJxFkD8rT3LHg1KFq8ctUjsdVNTI8H-nyGqoXWO0QuGfGgGO8CpQYmbc-Qj88jdriDXCT9vQ/w300-h400/IMG_5092.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />We were pickup by our guide, Elias, and we were transported by river canoes to our lodge on the Cuyabeno river. It was about a 4 hour boat ride. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiYgBHrHIOhBRBqNAW1Ef99tY5g_rb1ao0acnnOAJ5u-gSbCJwNLZiEby9KIVkLKlRwsoMBleDLCR9ebQeiM992etPfFw4RaKmwLlCmUA68TK02vPXSq--CFDbd5PtpLUcSQLSnhCVZEohr6wcDVS4v6C5EZhXXYBBw1kOmk1_ZDofw4YGH7eg9xIwA/s4032/IMG_5103.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiYgBHrHIOhBRBqNAW1Ef99tY5g_rb1ao0acnnOAJ5u-gSbCJwNLZiEby9KIVkLKlRwsoMBleDLCR9ebQeiM992etPfFw4RaKmwLlCmUA68TK02vPXSq--CFDbd5PtpLUcSQLSnhCVZEohr6wcDVS4v6C5EZhXXYBBw1kOmk1_ZDofw4YGH7eg9xIwA/w400-h300/IMG_5103.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here we go.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z4TZHLCdO4E" width="320" youtube-src-id="z4TZHLCdO4E"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Video of our trip to the lodge.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif93-C5kPi95hbsNoOG3nz88-tYhnCisqn326L7lKyMG0q1unJBmQgPwcwHlJ4-lpXvzLNsZ5NyqM0KCx7fbJ4DEE0BW26_6WEd2_UTO1VLfc3AQiEoPBHeZ0NRi0r_AxHiK7gcbzPsqjxtypk3sFQcVpYFq1tl5Pl3SCKIUoNUx9YWL-GwyRMSPQQxg/s4032/IMG_5133.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif93-C5kPi95hbsNoOG3nz88-tYhnCisqn326L7lKyMG0q1unJBmQgPwcwHlJ4-lpXvzLNsZ5NyqM0KCx7fbJ4DEE0BW26_6WEd2_UTO1VLfc3AQiEoPBHeZ0NRi0r_AxHiK7gcbzPsqjxtypk3sFQcVpYFq1tl5Pl3SCKIUoNUx9YWL-GwyRMSPQQxg/w300-h400/IMG_5133.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We stopped along the way to see birds and other wildlife.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGPU5xLhRF039Ma2CxtJcuRiBzpduO9UsB3J7O9UYSeAGJAs5wEoed04l2YPR5m0rFKBG6CfSrV45GRE3JRPiuKYCPdzSQL3qkVi9zPWf9dxvvoy2AkSqFl4-3x8gnjc3t1n-EALkmgeX26Lj-XWPV4WB7GlPEbrEs3DVskcJE4DplIF-mZANiqgpzAw/s4032/IMG_5138.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGPU5xLhRF039Ma2CxtJcuRiBzpduO9UsB3J7O9UYSeAGJAs5wEoed04l2YPR5m0rFKBG6CfSrV45GRE3JRPiuKYCPdzSQL3qkVi9zPWf9dxvvoy2AkSqFl4-3x8gnjc3t1n-EALkmgeX26Lj-XWPV4WB7GlPEbrEs3DVskcJE4DplIF-mZANiqgpzAw/w300-h400/IMG_5138.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Can you see the bird on the log?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbKA0Qt4dZNkO7V2rvoyOlSPeP4UCXrxPUUlflJ_Cc1ypPsGdlpticVOFClTz7llO44et8_vyHJdBac51Jh8x0iGKwhlcfJNqmyJDgGzrjT0KfTp6nRXQWxp69J2UTt_qfwjw-x_SIp0R2B9KDMbFPRPaVo78shZHB7TOCHN8uVejZxEoi3zoZZk9zw/s4032/IMG_5117.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbKA0Qt4dZNkO7V2rvoyOlSPeP4UCXrxPUUlflJ_Cc1ypPsGdlpticVOFClTz7llO44et8_vyHJdBac51Jh8x0iGKwhlcfJNqmyJDgGzrjT0KfTp6nRXQWxp69J2UTt_qfwjw-x_SIp0R2B9KDMbFPRPaVo78shZHB7TOCHN8uVejZxEoi3zoZZk9zw/w300-h400/IMG_5117.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Trees fall into the river every week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FlsXuqUToDM" width="320" youtube-src-id="FlsXuqUToDM"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Monkeys moving through the trees.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We got settled into our rooms and then after dark we went on a walk into the jungle. Willa and Xela were a bit nervous and afraid but stuck it out for about 90 minutes. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoej8EwRwcbRf2lyBsQaPiU8ZRe3zAP3H7qxTZ55Wel9thBJmNE9prNWw-OC0roWEsnujrfhgSqrWBoLOYy-BGuWa9a-02O5t8omPuzNH1pBp0womMsYAFxzO44WWLHnFbFNJjdOpWg-WeF2-HDpJV4y2io2BsvJjUidDLRNzkiQa8VsG6aRSIGAbzA/s4032/IMG_1878.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoej8EwRwcbRf2lyBsQaPiU8ZRe3zAP3H7qxTZ55Wel9thBJmNE9prNWw-OC0roWEsnujrfhgSqrWBoLOYy-BGuWa9a-02O5t8omPuzNH1pBp0womMsYAFxzO44WWLHnFbFNJjdOpWg-WeF2-HDpJV4y2io2BsvJjUidDLRNzkiQa8VsG6aRSIGAbzA/w300-h400/IMG_1878.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Many different kinds of mushrooms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAawGUWEvJefxF27XlEIQedNizwOYFndYzBCwH-Vf1LGwaKC6G1ReAkYlPbZZK8-0JX20DhosEABY0Ve_ecjOSFGCs0e5CSH3b_vAiXCMiehCILh9h3HWrEdOOqSZAaFcee-O0t4-SLTGxq8_epDkdfL1zOyzSwTvNCn-VPrGOXgxxUxqnHyhJexxxRA/s4032/IMG_1870.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAawGUWEvJefxF27XlEIQedNizwOYFndYzBCwH-Vf1LGwaKC6G1ReAkYlPbZZK8-0JX20DhosEABY0Ve_ecjOSFGCs0e5CSH3b_vAiXCMiehCILh9h3HWrEdOOqSZAaFcee-O0t4-SLTGxq8_epDkdfL1zOyzSwTvNCn-VPrGOXgxxUxqnHyhJexxxRA/w300-h400/IMG_1870.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of spiders.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvZGIvhI55O4_FS3sCRUIfisc7Hx5f_6PCTEYO1c2T05HDY0i4BQs6WQSiOFXIw_No54mRytinSR2QE-gGVnd4NGnoBMqinNPBUzcj23xyHdXhMHeWdBL5lCR3tjWsoJaDTbKRJzNT7CdH0wYAs0xNO6SSFlv_KY5N9HkDWrEtvL0gF4_wW4RxEnqrg/s4032/IMG_1873.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvZGIvhI55O4_FS3sCRUIfisc7Hx5f_6PCTEYO1c2T05HDY0i4BQs6WQSiOFXIw_No54mRytinSR2QE-gGVnd4NGnoBMqinNPBUzcj23xyHdXhMHeWdBL5lCR3tjWsoJaDTbKRJzNT7CdH0wYAs0xNO6SSFlv_KY5N9HkDWrEtvL0gF4_wW4RxEnqrg/w300-h400/IMG_1873.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">That is a 4 inch long cricket.</div>We got back to the lodge and had dinner and then it was off to bed. <b>Saturday: </b>After breakfast, we took a 90 minute canoe ride down river to visit a local community. We had an hour hike into the village. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1LZSem7U9fzHpUv6392w7KFu1bx15J1dxAxR0FAVuHvqHa-p5lQfrH8gY9Woc_19z-4Vs_z2jyXzTVpql9TrE30MadHLaV7yo62G0pWHDvo6YTcvwvbx6rAq6g81Ll7H5RW6-E-HT2Gpnxsr_08PdTlgLPBWfUeCq_6oJB65MyGyw8wLNSKlidT-kQ/s4032/IMG_1915.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx1LZSem7U9fzHpUv6392w7KFu1bx15J1dxAxR0FAVuHvqHa-p5lQfrH8gY9Woc_19z-4Vs_z2jyXzTVpql9TrE30MadHLaV7yo62G0pWHDvo6YTcvwvbx6rAq6g81Ll7H5RW6-E-HT2Gpnxsr_08PdTlgLPBWfUeCq_6oJB65MyGyw8wLNSKlidT-kQ/w300-h400/IMG_1915.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The hike up to the trail was really muddy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMaefRrMTml8ogZliwaF5_3yoTpUHiPcz4iy1ydP5rTfiE3sn6ZrL5PDEfEUr5yaEUtPgemlsYYTMpzBWmMhP-K61cCZ4Y4u2I2vMMhx_yYQin84UwiEPmdtpV-ZEi0h6fovK_-0zClQw_MNoljU4Fq2WGFT5qkPpNyIpQ2hCAK6sqlven5IILHTzKg/s4032/IMG_5258.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMaefRrMTml8ogZliwaF5_3yoTpUHiPcz4iy1ydP5rTfiE3sn6ZrL5PDEfEUr5yaEUtPgemlsYYTMpzBWmMhP-K61cCZ4Y4u2I2vMMhx_yYQin84UwiEPmdtpV-ZEi0h6fovK_-0zClQw_MNoljU4Fq2WGFT5qkPpNyIpQ2hCAK6sqlven5IILHTzKg/w400-h300/IMG_5258.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is our group, Christian on the left is from Quito.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhie2H2Z9HZyTwlFUVoj2jWKX6ynQGls4Kd_hNrJF3ztJBoOqdonz8vzV7oDikIEnrXDhvjL-cBwbVoyCx08n8Uvh2I60ekz26WMFBLuwpiybeNPMoFtGPoAz7RN_RmThxie2DqbbzK7qKXOAJVY8mtJXCnlSuDNR-RVbKqDHvqguamt7OydOSivlReJw/s4032/IMG_1938.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhie2H2Z9HZyTwlFUVoj2jWKX6ynQGls4Kd_hNrJF3ztJBoOqdonz8vzV7oDikIEnrXDhvjL-cBwbVoyCx08n8Uvh2I60ekz26WMFBLuwpiybeNPMoFtGPoAz7RN_RmThxie2DqbbzK7qKXOAJVY8mtJXCnlSuDNR-RVbKqDHvqguamt7OydOSivlReJw/w300-h400/IMG_1938.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A cock fight almost broke out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT45lXwpja7OIcKb1dOLHYcUd6moy8YngE5xVDyoaN4D360QxG7KbZBOM36W8LjMgUdLBl8qQHs9Noh5ulr2eqTs2DNxeNIlyMBFNlRsBCWqWXUfzdnLkJ_DrTZTVW9VvjYnCgPogd31s6zTnLD20vdcCH-TF_jMJ80FQ7IhvY8p3HhxC16wZkbhyKvA/s4032/IMG_1962.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT45lXwpja7OIcKb1dOLHYcUd6moy8YngE5xVDyoaN4D360QxG7KbZBOM36W8LjMgUdLBl8qQHs9Noh5ulr2eqTs2DNxeNIlyMBFNlRsBCWqWXUfzdnLkJ_DrTZTVW9VvjYnCgPogd31s6zTnLD20vdcCH-TF_jMJ80FQ7IhvY8p3HhxC16wZkbhyKvA/w300-h400/IMG_1962.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We found these butterfly wings on the trail. Something ate the body of the butterfly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwF2s3KJcyQ6ePday9bgvyOHZpObKLmST_liPFLwBlVV9aAo8EOAfFQG1GIyH4JhJRUWH0YecDO20H-ryq2b8K5oILGrQ1sZBVNYPOk82-m7cgYVRlnjtLJPAze2n9z29efG3Wxn4i2vsgXohDuL-7ErtjPCmQ4ABpIHPjTEej9TsDZIYXuY_3RyqzFg/s4032/IMG_1964.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwF2s3KJcyQ6ePday9bgvyOHZpObKLmST_liPFLwBlVV9aAo8EOAfFQG1GIyH4JhJRUWH0YecDO20H-ryq2b8K5oILGrQ1sZBVNYPOk82-m7cgYVRlnjtLJPAze2n9z29efG3Wxn4i2vsgXohDuL-7ErtjPCmQ4ABpIHPjTEej9TsDZIYXuY_3RyqzFg/w300-h400/IMG_1964.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This lady bug is about 1 inch long.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>We then spent 4 hours with a women and her kids. She had prepared some treats for us and then she taught us how to make yuca bread. We had to dig up the yuca, then skin it, grate it into a mash, then press all the water out, then sift it into a very granulated flour, then make large tortillas, then cook them and finally eat them. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjt9at8jiki6QoIKT3qLq9Kk5Ct_O1m1sM08-jyelSazVAd8bI8t7L67-19ThxFIgqMrcNJG4uX4ZSNY1UfV0OUYv0AbQc6nXpozSwkYoEloVIb9Ojzk5GzFEE2yg6C9dxyV7zWAoQOQ2yw1AhCeDOu4H3OihH5Qw8XQmcbMDs2YcAlaOXFpWMaQiXw/s4032/IMG_1970.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQjt9at8jiki6QoIKT3qLq9Kk5Ct_O1m1sM08-jyelSazVAd8bI8t7L67-19ThxFIgqMrcNJG4uX4ZSNY1UfV0OUYv0AbQc6nXpozSwkYoEloVIb9Ojzk5GzFEE2yg6C9dxyV7zWAoQOQ2yw1AhCeDOu4H3OihH5Qw8XQmcbMDs2YcAlaOXFpWMaQiXw/w400-h300/IMG_1970.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of treats when we arrived.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5R6vY_KMIUd1PeNUXDMD7AKFtezPoHuzTpADXMabYeaM--c8VPwImeKI1F5r_lwr88V3vBYR5oqqm70OvenO1QrsFS71wFCFEMfo3UxGh5fxdQwMys7xPQTusH3Va1dP52X6Oya_BZKXjD9GymILNzZ_bTb62F7ootqF_gJdnEchspL732JKIouUHiw/s4032/IMG_1986.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5R6vY_KMIUd1PeNUXDMD7AKFtezPoHuzTpADXMabYeaM--c8VPwImeKI1F5r_lwr88V3vBYR5oqqm70OvenO1QrsFS71wFCFEMfo3UxGh5fxdQwMys7xPQTusH3Va1dP52X6Oya_BZKXjD9GymILNzZ_bTb62F7ootqF_gJdnEchspL732JKIouUHiw/w300-h400/IMG_1986.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sam was strong enough to pull up the yuca.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-J0wgoe8Er4yB9LyzPk67wqf2Y-V1ihjuNKmHH_PI9EIzSXHzR2HsqnuPJpNi_agNMOeJKt82vihOhzrYLHwCQBXYLRgzLcRMveT-1sinPCOOkpklCouqy25wTymfp-bs1WoDYntVJITsUJcipM_ZY2p1TSOluzpsMY_deatSsL2L3pGhN2oytPipzw/s4032/IMG_1989.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-J0wgoe8Er4yB9LyzPk67wqf2Y-V1ihjuNKmHH_PI9EIzSXHzR2HsqnuPJpNi_agNMOeJKt82vihOhzrYLHwCQBXYLRgzLcRMveT-1sinPCOOkpklCouqy25wTymfp-bs1WoDYntVJITsUJcipM_ZY2p1TSOluzpsMY_deatSsL2L3pGhN2oytPipzw/w300-h400/IMG_1989.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Willa was especially good at pealing the skin off the yuca root.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1e4BGeVsUt1GIlQ3k4Zv38ONbVFs2vFfs8vKFbwY1g8sUFpeM_6U_2kD8SJxkmFbmB1tsBd5uxHwLiWxfTJWra5FsvZWqM0517qpCF1HfV0TwQpUuigCYFv3lp3f_GUvEf0LBE-L0rWns7UZnMHugnxuuSdocwjt32qDWudVKtyEQX4PvIxV-MVYvUg/s4032/IMG_2004.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1e4BGeVsUt1GIlQ3k4Zv38ONbVFs2vFfs8vKFbwY1g8sUFpeM_6U_2kD8SJxkmFbmB1tsBd5uxHwLiWxfTJWra5FsvZWqM0517qpCF1HfV0TwQpUuigCYFv3lp3f_GUvEf0LBE-L0rWns7UZnMHugnxuuSdocwjt32qDWudVKtyEQX4PvIxV-MVYvUg/w300-h400/IMG_2004.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We all chipped in to grate the yuca.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdZJENJpM2gyfHwYSY65AYnyXrbpPPPHPvuIlyvtVycdMYIQQdABLaU_0jzzp3rmBD0QsaqGCPhwAnDVr4Y0fu6hhj4HVTjyEan-j2UlT66_E1jYZ8LB0qP77ql3iOyAJL45qbnqv95vfvK3QHdI0M1-fEcSgbh01hHWgnEzJkx41-uUbSn1hmgFNbA/w300-h400/IMG_2020.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our host mostly sifted the grated yuca after all the juices had been squeezed out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOCJ_fKWvC6lxIt3hlNVO0JFgoBa2h8qI8UlV3sEh8BO4WM2uPSK4FI4FZ_GGJL4MoXNjKryTcRPduKYp3We-szLZ3CRlB6TGymmS2uaD-RQQrC4DMHUROUczgFGVGp98Lz-MYv8qaIJl-OjA-FoML_cVtrLXj38Y0n3XmyuNLzU97AIyBix7P3-7EQ/s4032/IMG_2030.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOCJ_fKWvC6lxIt3hlNVO0JFgoBa2h8qI8UlV3sEh8BO4WM2uPSK4FI4FZ_GGJL4MoXNjKryTcRPduKYp3We-szLZ3CRlB6TGymmS2uaD-RQQrC4DMHUROUczgFGVGp98Lz-MYv8qaIJl-OjA-FoML_cVtrLXj38Y0n3XmyuNLzU97AIyBix7P3-7EQ/w400-h300/IMG_2030.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chris cooking the yuca bread.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>After our late lunch, the daughter and her friend brought in some necklaces and bracelets that they had made. We bought Chris a matching necklace and bracelet. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzu1TCxi_CmO9-w-QFqXnswmM-0lL3c6V2EEUcq--_M2oZEBU_L3tFRpLKx0Rp7p66Qs66nXuiz9DOYHFPxLfiN5DMa2oX73OB0Qqf8Rz6eX6vuhBNiKIIQ4NTMp36Q3wTauIFuWo35P0yru2Z1KehclGz96JBFS3V3ItjaaZ4GBIRlL6PLIthhvcLg/s4032/IMG_5501.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzu1TCxi_CmO9-w-QFqXnswmM-0lL3c6V2EEUcq--_M2oZEBU_L3tFRpLKx0Rp7p66Qs66nXuiz9DOYHFPxLfiN5DMa2oX73OB0Qqf8Rz6eX6vuhBNiKIIQ4NTMp36Q3wTauIFuWo35P0yru2Z1KehclGz96JBFS3V3ItjaaZ4GBIRlL6PLIthhvcLg/w300-h400/IMG_5501.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />We then hiked to visit the village Shaman. He tried to heal some neck and upper back pain I had. The cure was worse then the aliment. He slapped my upper back with stinging nettle and then put some medicine on the rash. It hurt so bad that I completely forgot about the pain in my neck so I guess he did cure me. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0jtcQ6e03hiGvll4ZPH9OzRo-mMEuIjB7bPE_lXceAr4-5rvE4rgfjUqcdglLATevON_1CFULYo4lAntyic4SPgGwxU1_Wuz8wHZq7_F47fhNdcbrnBssnFKydliiyQRNWj11pXm8hgKkBxSjOwTjPb9xoBF1vJxHJuFeUCgZ2rDtnxvYDomYtSp8A/s4032/IMG_5273.JPG" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0jtcQ6e03hiGvll4ZPH9OzRo-mMEuIjB7bPE_lXceAr4-5rvE4rgfjUqcdglLATevON_1CFULYo4lAntyic4SPgGwxU1_Wuz8wHZq7_F47fhNdcbrnBssnFKydliiyQRNWj11pXm8hgKkBxSjOwTjPb9xoBF1vJxHJuFeUCgZ2rDtnxvYDomYtSp8A/s320/IMG_5273.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #202122; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2kmm81MBvC521h8nV07_m5MKbF1t9rAaBF6fCJlTwNC3AcMg7IK1Hk5XldSpot0q_bq2V8RMm9o22h2SHBDkkQ9w7FVq-7h1ClouD7ybeztBQ2xtCJfG_vyzSLSdWNh6rQk-t6FkS2tkXdGaz7Mp0rbBDAw5jvzzxkfYn6qyHstiNJHb9fv3-UuIxA/s4032/IMG_2047.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2kmm81MBvC521h8nV07_m5MKbF1t9rAaBF6fCJlTwNC3AcMg7IK1Hk5XldSpot0q_bq2V8RMm9o22h2SHBDkkQ9w7FVq-7h1ClouD7ybeztBQ2xtCJfG_vyzSLSdWNh6rQk-t6FkS2tkXdGaz7Mp0rbBDAw5jvzzxkfYn6qyHstiNJHb9fv3-UuIxA/s320/IMG_2047.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My back was a bit red from the stinging nettle.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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A Cebal tree. The base is about 20 feet wide.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div>After dark we went out in the canoe hunting caimans, similar to an alligator. We were successful and afterward returned for dinner. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkkYIMoweOMZxPRktbJTK3y4-P1N-N8HCOEK12xz__bm8QISu-D42fEdmJax3uejCzzxxRx42P4HaM90ho1_iCZr3saO2k047DBgTnQ6V25K87Itv3AkAAQ_oszQvmdqyQVbY6z6NLwndG1SdAT4Eak_n6ExecqUfWdqXpe2TXWSwToZweQ_3huEj8qg/s3956/IMG_5403.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3956" data-original-width="2940" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkkYIMoweOMZxPRktbJTK3y4-P1N-N8HCOEK12xz__bm8QISu-D42fEdmJax3uejCzzxxRx42P4HaM90ho1_iCZr3saO2k047DBgTnQ6V25K87Itv3AkAAQ_oszQvmdqyQVbY6z6NLwndG1SdAT4Eak_n6ExecqUfWdqXpe2TXWSwToZweQ_3huEj8qg/w298-h400/IMG_5403.JPG" width="298" /></a></div>This is a child and only his head is out of the water.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /><b>Sunday: </b>A 3 to 4 hour walk in the jungle was on the schedule. Sam and Ginny were the only ones up for it. Chris and I rested up after our long day visiting the village. In the afternoon, we went to the lagoon. 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After dark, we went back out to find some more caiman. We then had dinner. We all have a few bug bites, but it has not been bad. Here are some other pictures you might find interesting. <br /></span></span></span><p></p></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidzjspabj64HwJH4Ia4durejr6lO5b-Rjv5U0LtOTfGiG6leRhrmpNFDqXiVI4_fXel_xsQo28l8k7_Pp2RVnm7SPjWNL5iq6EKz1yHa6xOa1g8LzWsiUFMlBeTgStmH-tq4SvXjv90xwOc6eThrbYgN12P41wpOSl9aaPHwQe7Z0Xa8-scwGex41A0Q/s4032/IMG_2082.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidzjspabj64HwJH4Ia4durejr6lO5b-Rjv5U0LtOTfGiG6leRhrmpNFDqXiVI4_fXel_xsQo28l8k7_Pp2RVnm7SPjWNL5iq6EKz1yHa6xOa1g8LzWsiUFMlBeTgStmH-tq4SvXjv90xwOc6eThrbYgN12P41wpOSl9aaPHwQe7Z0Xa8-scwGex41A0Q/w400-h300/IMG_2082.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>This fish jumped into the canoe.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I officiated in 3 sessions during the week. We had a zone of missionaries from the Quito North Mission come each morning. We also attended a little party for the temple workers in the patron housing cafeteria after each shift. Some of them had gelatin salads, others bought pizza, others had chicken and rice. The workers really enjoyed getting together. We contributed a drink for most of the shifts. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb532nt-abix6qt2ScX-pZGRGVq-iKNGch8sJt_hOSm4MziiP1GJAoNvNPV7yOofOe4ALvPY8yPx14slFPHkCNH7uufbL6QrLtM5XDXdBq8ujefJ0qQg4YCRa1Wsn2018J9qx-5ldJq1b2_6fKKT7cjzRswTB0EMIv2h-QB7qVnW4ZKHpSdQxy39hwBw/s4032/IMG_4995.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb532nt-abix6qt2ScX-pZGRGVq-iKNGch8sJt_hOSm4MziiP1GJAoNvNPV7yOofOe4ALvPY8yPx14slFPHkCNH7uufbL6QrLtM5XDXdBq8ujefJ0qQg4YCRa1Wsn2018J9qx-5ldJq1b2_6fKKT7cjzRswTB0EMIv2h-QB7qVnW4ZKHpSdQxy39hwBw/w300-h400/IMG_4995.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">President Aguirre thanking all the workers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We received a much appreciatead invitation to go to dinner at President Aguirre's home for Christmas Eve dinner. We were feeling a little homesick. President Aguirre picked us up at 5:00 pm and we spent the evening at his home. Dinner was two turkeys cooked differently. 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It reminded me of when our children were small. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNto2Wm6K6zviDTJsIwHhuT6R7kNkpqsFIW7MkzKtvXWjhiFf4N46cuQI2hLnzJJk_wrjLgWWlBbAx259Rk3wsWwx0_0XzpOalT7pXJ9dxeVlv1u2vYs1m4abwARyGMRIMkhaUo6QqHLFXvIjrXlMuw9hjbSy5xgjRS-epyF0Q7zONEIrChp58p22bJg/s4032/IMG_5023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNto2Wm6K6zviDTJsIwHhuT6R7kNkpqsFIW7MkzKtvXWjhiFf4N46cuQI2hLnzJJk_wrjLgWWlBbAx259Rk3wsWwx0_0XzpOalT7pXJ9dxeVlv1u2vYs1m4abwARyGMRIMkhaUo6QqHLFXvIjrXlMuw9hjbSy5xgjRS-epyF0Q7zONEIrChp58p22bJg/w300-h400/IMG_5023.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V-fWA3wxrl4" width="320" youtube-src-id="V-fWA3wxrl4"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">The grandchildren had to dance before they could open presents.</div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrCTrEZzVRCOwusQoOwKJjZzuIpajOxsmz5kivpodXbV9Io2_O0d7nr-6exDVtHneN7GBG5O-V29YaBkDuB8d-fmTVFjr8s_OQF8Zv0lfbCc3Qlkf9P1ADjcj-Y60kQvFYzSHdjlyCsCTUYO70khVj8gGBPEL0nvuSncfIKvJJyxpyN42zNfk1-zHdw/s4032/IMG_5027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrCTrEZzVRCOwusQoOwKJjZzuIpajOxsmz5kivpodXbV9Io2_O0d7nr-6exDVtHneN7GBG5O-V29YaBkDuB8d-fmTVFjr8s_OQF8Zv0lfbCc3Qlkf9P1ADjcj-Y60kQvFYzSHdjlyCsCTUYO70khVj8gGBPEL0nvuSncfIKvJJyxpyN42zNfk1-zHdw/w300-h400/IMG_5027.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The floor was completely covered in the end.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>It was nice to have somewhere to go and it was really special to be with such a loving family. We love the Aguirre family. <b>Sunday:</b> We went to church and then President and Sister Aguirre brought us leftovers from the dinner the night before. We were able to have a video call with all our kids and grandchildren. Our grandson, Evan, had to go back into the hospital the day after he got home from his surgery for his broken leg. He had pneumonia. He was one sick kid, but was able to come home on Christmas Eve. In the evening we watched an episode of The Chosen. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjZzkSA70_mWi38_YnMtFMt_cSlnNgN6bM0niLxpWoPK9z_a88IgKhGiVbuoaoFW7fEY93kv15a9fhi4J7qS9aSjoFtRI1JrP_dBjkA8gXmcoPEoaunad_eZOemH95NnnntiS88AkBQ1lVWRhuw1t9Ia799P_7_HUG25Zitk_5LXGEOn6NVwN1yis4g/s4032/2022-11-25%2018.00.18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjZzkSA70_mWi38_YnMtFMt_cSlnNgN6bM0niLxpWoPK9z_a88IgKhGiVbuoaoFW7fEY93kv15a9fhi4J7qS9aSjoFtRI1JrP_dBjkA8gXmcoPEoaunad_eZOemH95NnnntiS88AkBQ1lVWRhuw1t9Ia799P_7_HUG25Zitk_5LXGEOn6NVwN1yis4g/s320/2022-11-25%2018.00.18.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kimball and his book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9-oDg5eZsvpDx4_zTclx-MoarxAyGH_J165UlGGTUeCNJcCE_UdjNaGpFSn-2eRiAJUBkVqJzBIhybIEunwtzuZbGXHd1sVG8NSwXS2x0xofKTJ17jVC6uQ5coMEI2FlBs4NxhLtLeRS9__b33kiMjQzgw7-nONjT-zovJwiXvUSBeA-q2hPhqmWtQ/s4032/2022-11-25%2018.00.25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9-oDg5eZsvpDx4_zTclx-MoarxAyGH_J165UlGGTUeCNJcCE_UdjNaGpFSn-2eRiAJUBkVqJzBIhybIEunwtzuZbGXHd1sVG8NSwXS2x0xofKTJ17jVC6uQ5coMEI2FlBs4NxhLtLeRS9__b33kiMjQzgw7-nONjT-zovJwiXvUSBeA-q2hPhqmWtQ/s320/2022-11-25%2018.00.25.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stanford and his book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6eY83aAmTXUSDnWLRuFCYDiN9G-moTA7MxziwzhdgajIzNFO1iNXD46rCkRw54j3tu3RKEAGBLOq2uKasVPPHOQg4Bizf0s9g86aledTQ8k23t7v_LIh36rrmI2QPSXv0iBFKigczp6Xi4tSXsfuM8QaclKipmkvZiY058SCJSk_9VLcd_IaFyKMlQ/s4032/2022-11-25%2018.00.06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ6eY83aAmTXUSDnWLRuFCYDiN9G-moTA7MxziwzhdgajIzNFO1iNXD46rCkRw54j3tu3RKEAGBLOq2uKasVPPHOQg4Bizf0s9g86aledTQ8k23t7v_LIh36rrmI2QPSXv0iBFKigczp6Xi4tSXsfuM8QaclKipmkvZiY058SCJSk_9VLcd_IaFyKMlQ/s320/2022-11-25%2018.00.06.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Abigail and her book.</div> </span><p></p>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-3575078465634964942022-12-19T10:07:00.000-08:002022-12-19T10:07:25.750-08:00December 12th through December 18th<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>December 12th through December 18th: Monday: </b>We went into Quito in the morning and made reservations for a short trip to the jungle for the weekend over New Years. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjH1XgMG93S61rG3Z_iOFu8xP-Xy-9_xlK16kaq7Sm-fGwpJ8aALAhtVcwyFCNF3HIz-7ZgnGOpANMJw-91K7BhfPBX2rgMgzJNSJfof-SDByYNEOwfUrTU_za0qlHfF5e11JIQUWpFn3UT7z5OR9ei2d6CQCRh6YMGiMVotcU6wyQ_Ku7TJId02dO_A/s2000/IMG_2146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjH1XgMG93S61rG3Z_iOFu8xP-Xy-9_xlK16kaq7Sm-fGwpJ8aALAhtVcwyFCNF3HIz-7ZgnGOpANMJw-91K7BhfPBX2rgMgzJNSJfof-SDByYNEOwfUrTU_za0qlHfF5e11JIQUWpFn3UT7z5OR9ei2d6CQCRh6YMGiMVotcU6wyQ_Ku7TJId02dO_A/w300-h400/IMG_2146.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />Genevieve and Sam and their two daughters are coming to visit right after Christmas. It will be so fun to have them here for a few days. We then went to lunch with Elder and Sister Cameron. We have not seen them since Thanksgiving and since we were already in Quito it seemed like a good chance to catch up. Church travel had been in contact with us and we now have our tickets bought for our return flights home. We will arrive on Feb. 13th, our release date. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTuzJicEOSNbNDvM4m3xLQyjeZp8h5HyFQyyjEfgDrFrDPAiULQN8GFKnuDnEiBYmyWQTvSooawccy40tGigmcAiq6c8s3EFuaLSP6YqO2oPy58X1FysqcI7UDhA81HdRHPMBRMFyXNo-raZUh1HD2uY8Gm2YJQKx0U0RCv4708bdbx_esEl00FntWA/s4032/IMG-2291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTuzJicEOSNbNDvM4m3xLQyjeZp8h5HyFQyyjEfgDrFrDPAiULQN8GFKnuDnEiBYmyWQTvSooawccy40tGigmcAiq6c8s3EFuaLSP6YqO2oPy58X1FysqcI7UDhA81HdRHPMBRMFyXNo-raZUh1HD2uY8Gm2YJQKx0U0RCv4708bdbx_esEl00FntWA/w300-h400/IMG-2291.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The nativity set was a gift from President and Sister Winters.</div>Things are going to go so fast now. The days are long but the weeks fly by. We did our weekly grocery shopping when we got home from lunch. <b>Tuesday through Friday: </b>Each day was the same. Up at 6:00am, breakfast, shower, to the temple by 7:00am, home by 12:30pm, lunch, a short nap, back to the temple by 4:00pm, home between 7:00 and 8:00pm, a quick snack, and then to bed at 9:00pm. <b> Saturday: </b>We got home from the temple at 3:00pm. Chris spent the whole day in initiatory. I split my day between initiatory and officiating a session. Saturday night we got some bad news. Charlotte's oldest son, Evan, fell on some ice on their driveway and broke both the bones in is lower left leg. Evan is a big guy and it took Charlotte, two of her neighbors, and Genevieve, to get Evan in the van. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDPTnnemk-EpTzEx7a9it32mT_fJo0SyvIEmIUBxGWiEPl84yOwQ1Pp_IjnRR29toZOtKg_NDjYHOaf0z5TIjmA-zhtoEYAYfWrfUYXKPtBtPJ5vUWqJnBC_T1qTN9mg9nt05qQM2fdS6hf080fIGK5NqzizypceoQuUZncBZWHnhOc4IkEkBkHTRdA/s4032/IMG_0546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDPTnnemk-EpTzEx7a9it32mT_fJo0SyvIEmIUBxGWiEPl84yOwQ1Pp_IjnRR29toZOtKg_NDjYHOaf0z5TIjmA-zhtoEYAYfWrfUYXKPtBtPJ5vUWqJnBC_T1qTN9mg9nt05qQM2fdS6hf080fIGK5NqzizypceoQuUZncBZWHnhOc4IkEkBkHTRdA/w300-h400/IMG_0546.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBzN5zmY_jLv4TlFHPA6y_WT67oxyXa6xW5qUvPLqLTKewNg9ZGUaBT6FHblG51tj4pxZSSfuoOx-7MfN4T_YYU92bwrplWXYa8q7EpAmxHfU6zLHlW2i3cohzfd75hs5qkGXwBOlbHy80yeId2sF4E2H0NPi-yN_hGwtG1BgsxTAU_VoJ2725wTI4A/s4032/IMG-0545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBzN5zmY_jLv4TlFHPA6y_WT67oxyXa6xW5qUvPLqLTKewNg9ZGUaBT6FHblG51tj4pxZSSfuoOx-7MfN4T_YYU92bwrplWXYa8q7EpAmxHfU6zLHlW2i3cohzfd75hs5qkGXwBOlbHy80yeId2sF4E2H0NPi-yN_hGwtG1BgsxTAU_VoJ2725wTI4A/w300-h400/IMG-0545.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBtqWaaUyakbqkRH9yGsrHJdwm--j2_yiIlrYpSMs2UsiZnDvDNXY46jCKnPWGR_MtbW2G85NV0PPmqCzbwYr_sZJwRHE_D4XrWQpaofEeYdR_OiORS8n1AyEh0GOhBgSmkH9I8sYo3FnrOtcaFECTFKL0cSMblXmU8WcVdsYktz-myf5WADtSEaThg/s4032/IMG-0548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBtqWaaUyakbqkRH9yGsrHJdwm--j2_yiIlrYpSMs2UsiZnDvDNXY46jCKnPWGR_MtbW2G85NV0PPmqCzbwYr_sZJwRHE_D4XrWQpaofEeYdR_OiORS8n1AyEh0GOhBgSmkH9I8sYo3FnrOtcaFECTFKL0cSMblXmU8WcVdsYktz-myf5WADtSEaThg/w300-h400/IMG-0548.jpg" width="300" /></a></p>He spent Saturday night in the hospital and was operated on Sunday. The surgery went well. They had to put a rod on the large bone. They say the small bone will heal on it's own. He had to stay Sunday night in the hospital. Hopefully he will be able to come home today. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKbMiujV3GnwAtVD08NdAfAF_WOVl09RBcxh99h6-6SvpG0KGABSvuTcYhy1kP-IxyMLpv76A43RJP9FqOW_nP34LmQj9FzVlRebJn0L2Vt5cFFr0Sjz8GRE-hle1BF8GU_buADbtAC5P3UCk8CeDlIiPQRo33Fm02TffHQmddG-Ffu8QZlUjNcl3GQ/s4032/IMG_0551.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKbMiujV3GnwAtVD08NdAfAF_WOVl09RBcxh99h6-6SvpG0KGABSvuTcYhy1kP-IxyMLpv76A43RJP9FqOW_nP34LmQj9FzVlRebJn0L2Vt5cFFr0Sjz8GRE-hle1BF8GU_buADbtAC5P3UCk8CeDlIiPQRo33Fm02TffHQmddG-Ffu8QZlUjNcl3GQ/w300-h400/IMG_0551.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Metal rod in place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Sunday: </b>We went to church and had a quiet afternoon in our apartment, getting updates on Evan. We have given all our kids, their spouses, and our grandchildren money to buy a book for Christmas and when they buy it they have to send us a picture. James, Kirstin, and their kids Facetimed us to show their selections. John, Jill, and Ellie are the only ones that have sent us pictures. This is a loving reminder.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCV9F8rpVzFxX3qAopfBxPPhHW4Rp4iZ0VQzwk0gfSJkUvdzwKzs-f7QDo4BegCAVnNI3BBATL0kbNe5qkPwbGXjeoUAR1EfHSKb3WtpzQ6_uJggDwGgHGZjaza13_sri2YjQnooOajBSnld8hpY7KLyaMmktGPciaV53_JWlMVUeqt51fGT78oIoKg/s4032/SWSL6370.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCV9F8rpVzFxX3qAopfBxPPhHW4Rp4iZ0VQzwk0gfSJkUvdzwKzs-f7QDo4BegCAVnNI3BBATL0kbNe5qkPwbGXjeoUAR1EfHSKb3WtpzQ6_uJggDwGgHGZjaza13_sri2YjQnooOajBSnld8hpY7KLyaMmktGPciaV53_JWlMVUeqt51fGT78oIoKg/w300-h400/SWSL6370.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicicQdsNW2LCOpXZMelHoD03r43DVxYFt6p9ah3vLr1XrKHjDGCILfjLawbgUuloAOhacNs1pMCm6yWHCXOKJagpkq_iOdMwKmBItEgBnVYGiMVwbCtI05v1Xyr3i3lKr5IgD0-I-C_jEFO4lIK7G5xKhWlqRhh8gWUUlcaF823BQPSVNBiQS6VF1JfQ/s4032/IAHK8529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicicQdsNW2LCOpXZMelHoD03r43DVxYFt6p9ah3vLr1XrKHjDGCILfjLawbgUuloAOhacNs1pMCm6yWHCXOKJagpkq_iOdMwKmBItEgBnVYGiMVwbCtI05v1Xyr3i3lKr5IgD0-I-C_jEFO4lIK7G5xKhWlqRhh8gWUUlcaF823BQPSVNBiQS6VF1JfQ/w300-h400/IAHK8529.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-48504707104394128512022-12-12T06:40:00.000-08:002022-12-12T06:40:33.189-08:00December 5th through December 11th<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>December 5th through December 11th: Monday:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We stayed in our apartment whole day trying, to get over being sick. <b>Tuesday and Wednesday: </b>Chris was feeling better and was able to go back to the temple, working both the morning and evening shifts. I stayed home and coughed and blew my nose for two days. <b>Thursday and Friday: </b>We both worked the morning and evening shifts. I officiated one on the sessions on Friday. We are both feeling a lot better, but we don't have a lot of energy. We came home from the morning shift and we both took 2 hour naps before going back over for the evening shift. <b>Saturday: </b>This was the first day that I was what I would call "at capacity". We had 6 sessions, with an average of 35 patrons each, 8 weddings, 10 women receiving their own endowment, 4 men receiving their own endowment and over 100 youth in the baptistry. Mom worked in the initiatory for 8 1/2 hours and couldn't move when she got home. I officiated one session and was the follower on another. I got to sit much of the day. Mom, on the other hand, was on her feet all day long. <b>Sunday: </b>We went to church with President and Sister Aguirre. It was the Primary program. It was fun to see their grandchildren perform. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2gC5yjiMa2ukJ1q57Vvd10cN2EeVQ9xZWFYickwEZJyds5M6RgVcSZuAPBGZwadyKIr8g3swRa98_ohSfMA5Ty0cR2Kjeuf8aVatUKj6RVjoLRgiuHogA5mR48WLuB0GY9SEHAGNA40YHyPSNGN8BREbcvAkoeykOoKqlVLQ6wr33YBJNUbzMkwbGg/s4032/IMG_4944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2gC5yjiMa2ukJ1q57Vvd10cN2EeVQ9xZWFYickwEZJyds5M6RgVcSZuAPBGZwadyKIr8g3swRa98_ohSfMA5Ty0cR2Kjeuf8aVatUKj6RVjoLRgiuHogA5mR48WLuB0GY9SEHAGNA40YHyPSNGN8BREbcvAkoeykOoKqlVLQ6wr33YBJNUbzMkwbGg/w400-h300/IMG_4944.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">After the meeting was over before they all ran off.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyVte8Og7kHOcV-B47c-chNf4EkMb87jQQ6nmSh9GIfhC38TFrSWxOLQotJgyPfgv9JUTw8CJguvVJjcB75N80xhIEn6PH0cOpAvMrIwawAmi7NEf6-nIyz4Jka0UfjhySFWBR-nRM4LMKcikgJ3BzNsPtO2Be1y0ufTi2BbZIzyVAwguXpAqodWRoA/s4032/IMG_4943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyVte8Og7kHOcV-B47c-chNf4EkMb87jQQ6nmSh9GIfhC38TFrSWxOLQotJgyPfgv9JUTw8CJguvVJjcB75N80xhIEn6PH0cOpAvMrIwawAmi7NEf6-nIyz4Jka0UfjhySFWBR-nRM4LMKcikgJ3BzNsPtO2Be1y0ufTi2BbZIzyVAwguXpAqodWRoA/w400-h300/IMG_4943.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The girls all had crowns of flowers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXffHk7pcd4AmiDiGlFtvuFxnI5VxNymo7WrvM9enIfVnOsFMMX_pm7MQZ3ErLso1vUw4_vJWdqoFRWNu1p5yyLh_KwHKvmbu_LPgcGYubcvM-10bC7rEOOL0kEzyjGwkNPos4shd5ONYkcjKH1J5cu7-ipOIvISK6_2Dtk5c3tQFL87VN2uLKujX1VQ/s4032/IMG_4942.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXffHk7pcd4AmiDiGlFtvuFxnI5VxNymo7WrvM9enIfVnOsFMMX_pm7MQZ3ErLso1vUw4_vJWdqoFRWNu1p5yyLh_KwHKvmbu_LPgcGYubcvM-10bC7rEOOL0kEzyjGwkNPos4shd5ONYkcjKH1J5cu7-ipOIvISK6_2Dtk5c3tQFL87VN2uLKujX1VQ/w400-h300/IMG_4942.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The boys all had blue bow ties.</div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMGEx_sRnD97TqJTxtp2s9_7DmHcjNtyYjdtJM6Snp25dWN0rUtgyKfIIZ91_MrjxmRSffwyxZSexi7FvGN8hjYy4UOs9pcARZmVbVCys-3O__Gj09hXRFU-KxHe6o_lXwDS_dUkMIS0Qd93JQxoZJksIVI-WcSshaj3dW8xkVdW2BRwrYlUFtpg9KQ/s4032/IMG_4947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMGEx_sRnD97TqJTxtp2s9_7DmHcjNtyYjdtJM6Snp25dWN0rUtgyKfIIZ91_MrjxmRSffwyxZSexi7FvGN8hjYy4UOs9pcARZmVbVCys-3O__Gj09hXRFU-KxHe6o_lXwDS_dUkMIS0Qd93JQxoZJksIVI-WcSshaj3dW8xkVdW2BRwrYlUFtpg9KQ/w300-h400/IMG_4947.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mom and Edu, short for Eduarda, one of President and Sister Aguirre's grandchildren.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>We came home and fixed a broccoli and bacon salad and then went next door to President's apartment for lunch. It as very enjoyable to sit and talk about the week with President and Sister Aguirre. We make each other laugh a lot. We feel so close to them. We are glad to be feeling well enough to be back in the temple and we are sure that in a day or two the sniffles will be all gone. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhNQ-tSF41bqegI9NkJT6TSN4rnZX3M-QHrCJgSZsTEnkFeoYFYxZn1WPlivSLOD27uscpcsY7HTI7fz9BoA2i2K_-ay-X8p5vvcd1Vqt0_DL3LrTY65mam5n8M7uJNWxVLEMBlGpjsN241U3hVeFDQcvSDkcUqNp29CNKNPM3P3Hc0nTAgJk8uWYrw/s4032/IMG_4948.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhNQ-tSF41bqegI9NkJT6TSN4rnZX3M-QHrCJgSZsTEnkFeoYFYxZn1WPlivSLOD27uscpcsY7HTI7fz9BoA2i2K_-ay-X8p5vvcd1Vqt0_DL3LrTY65mam5n8M7uJNWxVLEMBlGpjsN241U3hVeFDQcvSDkcUqNp29CNKNPM3P3Hc0nTAgJk8uWYrw/w400-h300/IMG_4948.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">They got up the Nativity this past week.</div> </span><p></p>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-19158348920519050732022-12-05T11:48:00.000-08:002022-12-05T11:48:08.038-08:00November 28th through December 4th<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>November 28th through December 4th: Monday: </b>We took Corinne and Cynthia, both members of the start up team from Salt Lake, to the grocery store and then I cooked orange chicken for them. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GZV9vVhyeyPCUfIu4KrIY187XHNl0vTQUrceI31lr4u66SLOjBZavVUHDh4hqVK5nZXVim1SLTKBL78Xv382EwX_oGTJ2NvEpKu-JImd9DUUujCEq20Yds-1jE0VtXEltM2paLMCM-zh-KBJ6VuIjxHcQMK813mXggWZdFPfU6ScY0l0-lVz3ZR4Rw/s4032/IMG_4941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GZV9vVhyeyPCUfIu4KrIY187XHNl0vTQUrceI31lr4u66SLOjBZavVUHDh4hqVK5nZXVim1SLTKBL78Xv382EwX_oGTJ2NvEpKu-JImd9DUUujCEq20Yds-1jE0VtXEltM2paLMCM-zh-KBJ6VuIjxHcQMK813mXggWZdFPfU6ScY0l0-lVz3ZR4Rw/w400-h300/IMG_4941.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">L to R Corinne, Cynthia, and Chris</span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">The other thing that happened Monday was Wally Cooper, a real good friend of ours, had sent me the name and phone number for a Paul Eugene Sparks. I called him and he was the missionary that baptized Dany and his wife. I have put them in contact with each other. Thanks Wally for your help. <b>Tuesday and Wednesday:</b> We worked both shifts. I took one of the sessions on the morning shift. <b>Thursday through Sunday: </b>Chris had come home Wednesday night feeling like she had a cold. Thursday morning before going over to the temple she used one of the COVID home tests we had brought with us. She tested positive. I started feeling sick on Saturday and so we spent the rest of the week holed up in the apartment, drinking lots of liquids and feeling lousy. Not much else to say. By Sunday, Chris was feeling a lot better. It's Monday and I am also feeling better. </span></p>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-18932807754454365062022-11-28T06:26:00.000-08:002022-11-28T06:26:04.049-08:00November 21st through November 27th<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>November 21st through November 27th:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Monday: </b>We cleaned and did our grocery shopping. In the evening, Orlando Hando came to our apartment and interviewed us for 3 hours about our experiences as missionaries here in the early days of the Ecuador mission. He is from the area offices in Lima and was here to interview people about the temple dedication. The area History Department is trying to write a history of all the missions and the church in each country. He also asked us about our service in Guatemala. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8Sq98UCocrcbyucqgk9pzd7jcCkLPpfmrUkhI5WPajuSeG8wahJOejkkTkDr5vgsxY4Piap3zBBFjQAdxOslBRrnXP5PC0HydQt8vvMW2eOp1YwTaPcvCdaXLoHvFV41-CJydQIAeHknKLFVNSDatSgW6qnEnS1AWnjgs_C9Q2fR89DYGcpH78mv6w/s4032/IMG_4910.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8Sq98UCocrcbyucqgk9pzd7jcCkLPpfmrUkhI5WPajuSeG8wahJOejkkTkDr5vgsxY4Piap3zBBFjQAdxOslBRrnXP5PC0HydQt8vvMW2eOp1YwTaPcvCdaXLoHvFV41-CJydQIAeHknKLFVNSDatSgW6qnEnS1AWnjgs_C9Q2fR89DYGcpH78mv6w/w400-h300/IMG_4910.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Orlando Honda, Chris and Me</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Tuesday through Friday: </b>We worked the morning shift from 7:00am till noon or 1:00pm then we would go home for lunch and go back at 4:00 until we were done sometime between 7:30 and 8:00pm. We mostly trained in initiatory and the veil. I did officiate one session in the evening when there were not enough workers. I think the last time I officiated a session was in Cochabamba more than 10 years ago. I only made one small mistake. Thursday, after the morning shift we grabbed an Uber and went to the Mission Home for Thanksgiving Dinner with the President and Sister Winters of the Quito North mission and 3 other senior couples. It was a nice get together. We had to leave early to get back to the evening shift. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnNl3eaaUmTTeyQpAQ2NpuqDCWfLbS-EVamn0JQlx7MrLKqFzLwpIkEy_LmJb5vC1vaKJ6kVOlSGWZBur_ImaIbNE9jUGvFyDzgon9P_7Br7lBD4xyc79Er4eM2ljVHmm4jOEK8mb1u3eAEoJJArgD91zzigdn69k5L8rdJLknHebWICJHH5SA-a5UA/s1280/IMG_4934.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnNl3eaaUmTTeyQpAQ2NpuqDCWfLbS-EVamn0JQlx7MrLKqFzLwpIkEy_LmJb5vC1vaKJ6kVOlSGWZBur_ImaIbNE9jUGvFyDzgon9P_7Br7lBD4xyc79Er4eM2ljVHmm4jOEK8mb1u3eAEoJJArgD91zzigdn69k5L8rdJLknHebWICJHH5SA-a5UA/w400-h266/IMG_4934.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdGoFwQdVx5elFhK_dGIbDC5Bb8QMi1MwQDQifvfGci2OiyE0DtZBdCd1mW18lKq0cfuDwdWBHeJfPzu-6m3IeTiggpnqKDHZ3pVffy6pI-Vk9Qb8mr28UVJkzyZktPF2aDJmcDa4zSQk7Yt3fw2Jnn6LtyO8hjD55bM2Auqn3LNlwrK1G5cz_5K6VA/s4032/IMG_4917.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdGoFwQdVx5elFhK_dGIbDC5Bb8QMi1MwQDQifvfGci2OiyE0DtZBdCd1mW18lKq0cfuDwdWBHeJfPzu-6m3IeTiggpnqKDHZ3pVffy6pI-Vk9Qb8mr28UVJkzyZktPF2aDJmcDa4zSQk7Yt3fw2Jnn6LtyO8hjD55bM2Auqn3LNlwrK1G5cz_5K6VA/w400-h300/IMG_4917.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Left to Right: The Ray's, The Cameron's, The Playa's, The Winters, and Chris.</span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="font-size: xx-large;">Saturday: </b><span style="font-size: x-large;">We went to the temple again at 7:00am and we got done at at 1:30pm. There were only 2 sessions. The 11:00am session was for the area seventy and the stake presidents and there wives. I officiated the session. Again, I made one small mistake, but it was a different mistake than the one earlier in the week. One of the members of the start up committee, Corinne Thornton, arrived and is helping train the laundry workers. We invited her to dinner on Sunday. <b>Sunday: </b>Janet, who is in charge of the laundry at the temple, picked us up for church. Her son, David, is waiting for his mission call. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7t4NBvjvzcu7aD8nomUFiJPnG3eqmqnBXVJozAeRmwBhWCSMrfv3VuOb0G7eD0hqkscIf9vsSkZW17KmDCc5YOyMQxmdXLyJS8fKSYzfTeAFF7fjKEojNVS5VVAdL7vUY6LuTYZ6yvo4f9daAGsAQsv1flvVmcQ9iB0eUitFxfddgnU0qoYAX9I-dtA/s4032/IMG_4926.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7t4NBvjvzcu7aD8nomUFiJPnG3eqmqnBXVJozAeRmwBhWCSMrfv3VuOb0G7eD0hqkscIf9vsSkZW17KmDCc5YOyMQxmdXLyJS8fKSYzfTeAFF7fjKEojNVS5VVAdL7vUY6LuTYZ6yvo4f9daAGsAQsv1flvVmcQ9iB0eUitFxfddgnU0qoYAX9I-dtA/w400-h300/IMG_4926.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Left to Right; Chris, David, Janet, her husband, her daughter, her mom, and Corinne.</span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sister Aguirre invited us to dinner along with Corinne. So after church, we stopped by the temple and took the pork roast we had in the oven, a bag of potatoes, and our head of broccoli to the Aguirre's home to add to their meal. It was a great dinner with their three children, their spouses, and 8 grandchildren. Afterwards I played Rumikub with Gabrielito, his father, and Ashley, one of the Aguirre's granddaughter's from Utah who came with her family for the temple dedication. Their daughter, Gabriella, married a missionary, Spencer Caldwell, from Vernal and that is where they now live. Spencer shared with me some drone video that he had taken of the temple and downtown Quito. I have included these in the links below.</span><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jt1aXNceeL0" width="320" youtube-src-id="jt1aXNceeL0"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Flying through the towers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lLwSEMf5kkw" width="320" youtube-src-id="lLwSEMf5kkw"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Quito from Panecillo.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/puzQV2nOScg" width="320" youtube-src-id="puzQV2nOScg"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Flying around the temple.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wwy4E7Fi3_I" width="320" youtube-src-id="wwy4E7Fi3_I"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">These make me want to buy a drone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />President Aguirre told me that in his coordinating council meeting that morning the area seventy said that he had learned from me how to show one's love for the Savior by the way you officiate the session. I think this was the nicest compliment I have ever received. This week was challenging and we have a lot of opportunities to do things better than we did this past week. But in the end, it is the Lord's work and He can do His work. We have had a number of tender mercies this week and these really make this all worth it. </span><p></p></div>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-80231975347533632352022-11-21T06:42:00.002-08:002022-11-21T07:20:17.988-08:00November 14th through November 20th: Temple Dedication<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>November 14th through November 20th: Monday: </b>We had training in the temple in the morning and then again in the afternoon. After the morning session, a sister, Jacqueline Espinoza de Maza, came to our apartment and explained that she was a local specialist for the Area History Committee and they wanted to come next week and do an oral interview about our experiences as missionaries in 1971-1973. Chris asked her how she joined the church. She told us she had joined the church as a teenager and then had gone on a mission. She met her husband, who was also a returned missionary, they married and had 4 children. As a young father, he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia. During his illness, the family was living in Ibarra and her husband was in the hospital in Quito, about 3 hours from Ibarra. At the time, he was serving as a counselor in the district presidency. Jacqueline asked the mission president if he would give her husband a blessing. She was sure that he would be healed, but when she talked to the mission president. he said that he had passed away following his blessing and that her husband had another assignment on the other side of the veil. She was stunned, but determined to accept his death and be faithful. She told us she didn't let herself cry. Her two oldest children were identical twin girls who were going to turn 8 at the end of December. Her husband died on the 12th of December. Her husband had been planning their baptism and the girls were excited. Now they wanted to know who was going to baptize them. Jacqueline said she did not know, but they would find someone. One of the twins said. "How about President Call, the mission president, he is our friend." So President Call baptized her twin daughters. While she was telling us this story, we started wondering if this President Call could be the father of Alan Call who became our good friend while we served in Guatemala. Alan and his wife, Sonja, served in the Coban mission and every 6 weeks they had permission to come to the temple and would always stay with us. Alan's father had been the temple president in Guatemala and then a few years after, he had been called to be a mission president in Ecuador. I got my phone out and called Alan. He answered and was surprised that I was calling from Ecuador. I asked how his father was and he said, "Well, we are at his home right now. We have been out of the state for 2 weeks visiting our kids and this is the first time we have checked on him in a few weeks. We just got here 20 minutes ago." I asked the years that his father was mission president in Ecuador and they matched up with her story, 1999-2002. I said that I had a sister here and she is telling me a story about how your father baptized her twins a few weeks after her husband had died. And then I asked if he would be willing to talk to this sister. She was so surprised that I had President Call on the phone. We switched to Facetime and they had a tender and emotional reunion. She shared how her four kids were active in the church, 2 of them are attending BYU, and the twins have both graduated from the university. President Dean Call's small acts of kindness, 20 years ago, continue to bless this family's life. The next day she sent me a text which reads: "Infinite thanks for everything you did for me yesterday. I will never forget it. I was able to tell President Call what had been in my heart for a long time. Your wife is so wonderful to lend me her shoulder to alleviate the pain that I have been carrying for 20 years. Nothing is by chance in this life, everything has a purpose. That you are here in Quito in the temple is a gift from God to my family. Give your wife a hug. We love you." She said she never cries, but last Monday she sobbed in Chris' arms. We felt her burden was lifted as she connected with someone who had blessed her life at a critical time. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaLrJ0T2qOafVb_tlsMUck7BZblf60__XKHgQ8teE3nuWtlXqYJL_tyW60CehbaR7Jbw6a5mAR6jqaSx-M2qahySoDD2yPFwSicpgaFYDRXPEQhCdSp8zxRevw0QNL0bAzc-k1QGV9TeljZvHwnAyv27gvg450jlmIzlUjI43Xcp3xstinlOXefgi0Q/s4032/IMG_4753.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaLrJ0T2qOafVb_tlsMUck7BZblf60__XKHgQ8teE3nuWtlXqYJL_tyW60CehbaR7Jbw6a5mAR6jqaSx-M2qahySoDD2yPFwSicpgaFYDRXPEQhCdSp8zxRevw0QNL0bAzc-k1QGV9TeljZvHwnAyv27gvg450jlmIzlUjI43Xcp3xstinlOXefgi0Q/w400-h300/IMG_4753.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jacqueline Espinosa de Maza</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">We have had a number of experiences helping people connect with others from their past and it has been very rewarding. We wonder if this is one of the reasons we are here. It is humbling to think that we are being coached by the Lord. <b>Tuesday: </b>We had training in the morning and evening. The last two days have been make up training for anyone who missed the first 4 training sessions. <b>Wednesday: </b>We got up and went to Otavalo. Wally and Martha Cooper invited us up to the school to see the party they have once a year for all the communities that send students to their school and volunteers from Aptive, who come to do humanitarian work at the school. We hired an Uber and it turned out that the driver is an inactive member. He and his wife were baptized about 15 years ago. I asked if he remembers the name of the missionary that baptized them. He said his name was Eugene Spark and he was from Utah. His name might be Sparks, because they have a real hard time with "s" on the end of words. I have spent a few hours trying to find this missionary, but with no luck. So I am putting it out there for anyone who reads this blog to help me find Elder Eugene Spark or Sparks. I am thinking 2002 to 2007 and he would have been in the Quito Ecuador mission. Dany, our Uber driver, first took us to an old textile factory which is now a museum to preserve the history of the abuse the Indians endured working in these factories. I had my poncho and wanted another opinion on it's value. The man there did not think it was hand made and thus had little value. </span><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLhuProPKhbynKOHAS5Rc498PUsnafHkW2JGgnUB6dieUQjrRMbuzMhe5jus7GbO5SZJ0l0oF0XwIHqRUffLA1N-qaDqlR6_GZPRYJyVnD3vNn_deuaiHBKpfXcWdc54c9zEIsKFX06dHRkTQyNNCMQrma2rgI8NXsUmSHf3KOFJK01StBy8pEOJxMw/s4032/IMG_4756.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLhuProPKhbynKOHAS5Rc498PUsnafHkW2JGgnUB6dieUQjrRMbuzMhe5jus7GbO5SZJ0l0oF0XwIHqRUffLA1N-qaDqlR6_GZPRYJyVnD3vNn_deuaiHBKpfXcWdc54c9zEIsKFX06dHRkTQyNNCMQrma2rgI8NXsUmSHf3KOFJK01StBy8pEOJxMw/w400-h300/IMG_4756.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">The museum preserves the history and culture of the Kichwa people who worked in these factories. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfLk9v15Y_A7kTYC3_VDp9sbaiA1fwxivuojYF0f6qtHRISr5oPqsu3o-XUSeY9cVbUqe7GOafy7HYifxgt0MNc9radkKfunfj7MFZGDqfPGeClHyhfaOuwSSZEm7i5Q0Y7CLE0Z3TvR5GJ-o5cLljCXgqiRpnDLoEB8cJB1CnRcgl5t3ZX6yr-nTlw/s4032/IMG_4760.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfLk9v15Y_A7kTYC3_VDp9sbaiA1fwxivuojYF0f6qtHRISr5oPqsu3o-XUSeY9cVbUqe7GOafy7HYifxgt0MNc9radkKfunfj7MFZGDqfPGeClHyhfaOuwSSZEm7i5Q0Y7CLE0Z3TvR5GJ-o5cLljCXgqiRpnDLoEB8cJB1CnRcgl5t3ZX6yr-nTlw/w400-h300/IMG_4760.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">These factory buildings are from the late 1800's to 1900's.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehYOfbcz8FRPO6zSLhvvj0GAXZo7nB0sbLs5iZZiKhAk8gwchnbNydJ1RIVCRKoJE7jCJaYnV2KiUiaC4xMTtI_EJ7tvIpuwv9BQgzj6jrHWmfN01Px68CX9okwJkQSYwt5-IPdK7I1nsbcZeKgku_FC1FikONxN-mYaNSXXqQyzeNtmct7_TkbXJFQ/s4032/IMG_4763.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehYOfbcz8FRPO6zSLhvvj0GAXZo7nB0sbLs5iZZiKhAk8gwchnbNydJ1RIVCRKoJE7jCJaYnV2KiUiaC4xMTtI_EJ7tvIpuwv9BQgzj6jrHWmfN01Px68CX9okwJkQSYwt5-IPdK7I1nsbcZeKgku_FC1FikONxN-mYaNSXXqQyzeNtmct7_TkbXJFQ/w400-h300/IMG_4763.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>These are costumes for community celebrations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTDNNJSXG87KcB7D_B7eXToxNuSteLS0TaCepXqUtSfONKZWVY0baH4WTW_r1v6u3xAGsSbrIuBbFeMWr7yp3k0j6rUALeyiSjxhzKzvJfzUR3cWxiJ-7ojay-eoDoo7fGjat6ERnRLEiX-qf4kFROo57XHAMN63MXHr5HO_eijZ9yjKuHXhRM4jsgw/s4032/IMG_4761.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTDNNJSXG87KcB7D_B7eXToxNuSteLS0TaCepXqUtSfONKZWVY0baH4WTW_r1v6u3xAGsSbrIuBbFeMWr7yp3k0j6rUALeyiSjxhzKzvJfzUR3cWxiJ-7ojay-eoDoo7fGjat6ERnRLEiX-qf4kFROo57XHAMN63MXHr5HO_eijZ9yjKuHXhRM4jsgw/w300-h400/IMG_4761.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">They have preserved the traditions and culture of the Otavalo people.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKgyD7eh0amDKnf0xWtoSd5JDLiRILcUnHnPII06X9GfLB8jlVSNiSZDpcB_inaECveWhZLJroZmSrqLVdyLj7VI7rnydaB8f94Ca_UAnbwmY2y8qtfA_mwO5AAJVhfntrYM5r2KEiBLTqBCtrGf286yNfCBCNK4OKcQzHIILpCs_5gpoxQn9UsBnwA/s4032/IMG_4767.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKgyD7eh0amDKnf0xWtoSd5JDLiRILcUnHnPII06X9GfLB8jlVSNiSZDpcB_inaECveWhZLJroZmSrqLVdyLj7VI7rnydaB8f94Ca_UAnbwmY2y8qtfA_mwO5AAJVhfntrYM5r2KEiBLTqBCtrGf286yNfCBCNK4OKcQzHIILpCs_5gpoxQn9UsBnwA/w300-h400/IMG_4767.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Demonstration of the backstrap loom. The Otavalo people are famous for their weavings.</div></span><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />We then went to the school. Wow, what a party. The pictures and videos will tell the story. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJjDYY15ZOyUKSinkZXCHuXbk8qD1IkDxtnZ7utRrw1ttOYvKZd22zbq2z4buT7Zo-jpa5Xl-Xxbhiaby6D07nrhPLGdjUsk6jS7gnoEe4tow-R61_xNkp5d9gsl_Gu_wxqdmNKkvkeekMyi-7H-ouZvy4BJc6rG-ATHjeLs-iGpmJBw5y09CDTeD2w/s4032/IMG_4773.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJjDYY15ZOyUKSinkZXCHuXbk8qD1IkDxtnZ7utRrw1ttOYvKZd22zbq2z4buT7Zo-jpa5Xl-Xxbhiaby6D07nrhPLGdjUsk6jS7gnoEe4tow-R61_xNkp5d9gsl_Gu_wxqdmNKkvkeekMyi-7H-ouZvy4BJc6rG-ATHjeLs-iGpmJBw5y09CDTeD2w/w300-h400/IMG_4773.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The girls are lining up to dance and you can see the "castle of fruit" that will be offered to the sun god, Tayta Inti.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LduqIDfiaL-P4rASQHL6ZkEAm47cWIiZl6sMRt2QU71xLYAYfagH0_kh3r5GtKERLYBTVuU4rm_lmFyJbRX-2XRjMLmIXPasw-AgsAfcaOwOUITjfIZcC-Kw8cSS26oLE8Hj8f2WZq8UbhkmtdbT6leFsCJ--ItyK5ZneHEa9RYOruf6tl90_5f2Hg/s4032/IMG_4776.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LduqIDfiaL-P4rASQHL6ZkEAm47cWIiZl6sMRt2QU71xLYAYfagH0_kh3r5GtKERLYBTVuU4rm_lmFyJbRX-2XRjMLmIXPasw-AgsAfcaOwOUITjfIZcC-Kw8cSS26oLE8Hj8f2WZq8UbhkmtdbT6leFsCJ--ItyK5ZneHEa9RYOruf6tl90_5f2Hg/w400-h300/IMG_4776.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are the caballeros who will dance with the girls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPdCXVgK-vM1CqoVJsgRrQxHepnaUSyZVptb9y-4VrLkZSDHcMOtTibgz-iinMQq9F3LCEmX-4Z86-Jfo9AZL7wpFqOi486S1_8y-6pv2euNKeM1ozaLN7bnWiJC7ig70TLz5zZ_FqaogCMbPqNFqZ-Scvo1enBtgLzbcis2F22Av-9Po5uGzQBaoDw/s4032/IMG_4780.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPdCXVgK-vM1CqoVJsgRrQxHepnaUSyZVptb9y-4VrLkZSDHcMOtTibgz-iinMQq9F3LCEmX-4Z86-Jfo9AZL7wpFqOi486S1_8y-6pv2euNKeM1ozaLN7bnWiJC7ig70TLz5zZ_FqaogCMbPqNFqZ-Scvo1enBtgLzbcis2F22Av-9Po5uGzQBaoDw/w400-h300/IMG_4780.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It started to rain, just as the dance began.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pZu0yoSlS7c" width="320" youtube-src-id="pZu0yoSlS7c"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Video of the dancing.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We finally had to go inside because of the rain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivUrnpflkzq-wNFnihbbcFf5ZaAqb0cTQQtix7uvjNxsivZXE6xY5DJTzZtBrH-me5UKSXtZPsFsYM3C6EckVnWN4UMQ8vQRQmaTq0naqLqXxeqgxSZzxLzJMtLwKqpAEDDThjCIDQ2lBvz2hXq_N3wse5f6EplOKa84Pi9LXN0y07rRiPMljBA23phA/s4032/IMG_4786.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivUrnpflkzq-wNFnihbbcFf5ZaAqb0cTQQtix7uvjNxsivZXE6xY5DJTzZtBrH-me5UKSXtZPsFsYM3C6EckVnWN4UMQ8vQRQmaTq0naqLqXxeqgxSZzxLzJMtLwKqpAEDDThjCIDQ2lBvz2hXq_N3wse5f6EplOKa84Pi9LXN0y07rRiPMljBA23phA/w400-h300/IMG_4786.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We crowded into one of the classroom buildings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqNLmg9d4DmguFvmUFRz0d97JK0AheLEFH33ETaGmugFvjQ4DZrLDzart_mb7eggijvXdwe68GgjBdVJ6BdwhCZAde-OP3orGa2Sg_fVLKb_UD4vQnFUPXcY_PGpIFZv96slDQmLyez4M7BJ9hn1q9iC2bg2zwjGLKGjCU-SOA3ArKMBuXA7ssHBegA/s4032/IMG_4810.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqNLmg9d4DmguFvmUFRz0d97JK0AheLEFH33ETaGmugFvjQ4DZrLDzart_mb7eggijvXdwe68GgjBdVJ6BdwhCZAde-OP3orGa2Sg_fVLKb_UD4vQnFUPXcY_PGpIFZv96slDQmLyez4M7BJ9hn1q9iC2bg2zwjGLKGjCU-SOA3ArKMBuXA7ssHBegA/w400-h300/IMG_4810.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">These darling girls performed a traditional dance.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MjOUOa6TozA" width="320" youtube-src-id="MjOUOa6TozA"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Video of the dancing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkkZrk8XSq8_4Af0f2WAp2Enzqqphz1Uhw7sn2CldDZR5EJsQpsNRgoAz7XdTEkGQeLmqF2IFw5v_aPgJrzMmdvNJ3T8ZkIjzcywaiC1IB1Dv3nLXc9T9umRffGx48mLmW7G8n7Xx8h0UwuZFrKcji0tsAUDLszq5ieTBkpBSoiPrNFuF_iV2iIFvMA/s4032/IMG_4796.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkkZrk8XSq8_4Af0f2WAp2Enzqqphz1Uhw7sn2CldDZR5EJsQpsNRgoAz7XdTEkGQeLmqF2IFw5v_aPgJrzMmdvNJ3T8ZkIjzcywaiC1IB1Dv3nLXc9T9umRffGx48mLmW7G8n7Xx8h0UwuZFrKcji0tsAUDLszq5ieTBkpBSoiPrNFuF_iV2iIFvMA/w400-h300/IMG_4796.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had live music!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">We then went to the cafeteria and the school cooks had prepared lunch for about 300 people.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeKTxpJKqXHgZbFBi8yAR5_tzE38p-2QImogH3Xpki1L3xhdf7_kqnllFgBQbkaU3a4yyxAou94FUsTKpH5YJ6IgEjppH8qKsNMMCZ9p97iNNAQHM4hyLIhIJRuCzsR2FykjkpC_5a1EPpIRZ-1DRVgLiQ1IUvlw9e6FuEce4pgJ1f2qK1UBRk8z_7rQ/s4032/IMG_4824.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeKTxpJKqXHgZbFBi8yAR5_tzE38p-2QImogH3Xpki1L3xhdf7_kqnllFgBQbkaU3a4yyxAou94FUsTKpH5YJ6IgEjppH8qKsNMMCZ9p97iNNAQHM4hyLIhIJRuCzsR2FykjkpC_5a1EPpIRZ-1DRVgLiQ1IUvlw9e6FuEce4pgJ1f2qK1UBRk8z_7rQ/w300-h400/IMG_4824.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mom with the head of the school cafeteria.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBU1lUSkXzI36BAcB8rUsrZ_B3XwC_IMRWNxFYzDYsQ5kaelnlL5qEApo1QQy8t7ExAA3ZGrCZT0t7w810hK8poMEuEbT1oJjOnQAOjouCVPKa4bHSLewc6gn6P1yFYNGkYCJxnqfBDDst91BQdLAkVu2nljZN-Q1q7GjvaGETdPkmE1pJLlJ4Y7HkVQ/s4032/IMG_4821.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Everyone enjoyed the food!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRmm80BeogvQStlTGb4H_oIPxhjkIbaiGdpVG8VEgCfGQg4Pwte_rGFcg-6ywFaRx4skJbVTRX9nahgEBSLIJuA1-BpBKCdyFxse_oKKGbboOIqse72mKq7eL7Py0nGqDGr_b5x4E0NhhggKIROpD6k1OZROZIV9rDKoct3lq8iU6PftsR0v7KlZ6Hw/s4032/IMG_4836.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRmm80BeogvQStlTGb4H_oIPxhjkIbaiGdpVG8VEgCfGQg4Pwte_rGFcg-6ywFaRx4skJbVTRX9nahgEBSLIJuA1-BpBKCdyFxse_oKKGbboOIqse72mKq7eL7Py0nGqDGr_b5x4E0NhhggKIROpD6k1OZROZIV9rDKoct3lq8iU6PftsR0v7KlZ6Hw/w300-h400/IMG_4836.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mom, Edwin Alvarez the principal, me and Martha.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmze3yWvvs0JUO1C5bzgc-99aJZwj-OrhCHh5kFG6BmajZy0ymGJD-BQg6mg9DOhJbrqmLdp1RGPCfv5-RrHd2gUv_aCW7afoqq71E-u-mmHvydiW1a1vtCPRfXG3HUWbO64CUJWsfi-wFZGAVUFx1rzGIrc2tuA3axWVos55A91LvfFVAk2JGwdzmEA/s4032/IMG_4832.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmze3yWvvs0JUO1C5bzgc-99aJZwj-OrhCHh5kFG6BmajZy0ymGJD-BQg6mg9DOhJbrqmLdp1RGPCfv5-RrHd2gUv_aCW7afoqq71E-u-mmHvydiW1a1vtCPRfXG3HUWbO64CUJWsfi-wFZGAVUFx1rzGIrc2tuA3axWVos55A91LvfFVAk2JGwdzmEA/w300-h400/IMG_4832.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some of the families invited to the party.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We headed home with Dany and arrived back at the temple at 7:30pm. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ajmVH_AruGi2lBiFUx2nu_Zb6KPP_Ud_knNsbXMNLvtV2NcWCNXarNPXSq78AOnH1ZikZpABsw6kGTsTb30Nr1EbLtVsTuvoaiudK1MGVUSB-C7Z5LyvpahuC_d0dFZOZYpXMTOU3Y0Rn6dW-IlchHeNmqzwdUni4FZqdjlrBknWEe-nODhJVKJrDw/s4032/IMG_4844.JPG" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ajmVH_AruGi2lBiFUx2nu_Zb6KPP_Ud_knNsbXMNLvtV2NcWCNXarNPXSq78AOnH1ZikZpABsw6kGTsTb30Nr1EbLtVsTuvoaiudK1MGVUSB-C7Z5LyvpahuC_d0dFZOZYpXMTOU3Y0Rn6dW-IlchHeNmqzwdUni4FZqdjlrBknWEe-nODhJVKJrDw/w400-h300/IMG_4844.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love how they cultivate right up the side of the mountain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KVCOMUi84Ow0nx_U9q3-KAwMwJk6gAJUMNpvV2xXEgZFFFSMcJJWlW4o6c_XGjT3RdIStUS6DDA3mNAVdbeIp2xKW1AgyxWGbIy6tThJ46aP5ACT3sII2nl1tUe-QsnjmS-QKWDbtpWhcwz1d8RTwuJyj1MGWCE7SyoG23dlZZOcIrIKBxMRgVg2VQ/s4032/IMG_4840.JPG" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KVCOMUi84Ow0nx_U9q3-KAwMwJk6gAJUMNpvV2xXEgZFFFSMcJJWlW4o6c_XGjT3RdIStUS6DDA3mNAVdbeIp2xKW1AgyxWGbIy6tThJ46aP5ACT3sII2nl1tUe-QsnjmS-QKWDbtpWhcwz1d8RTwuJyj1MGWCE7SyoG23dlZZOcIrIKBxMRgVg2VQ/w400-h300/IMG_4840.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The volcano, Imbabura, covered in clouds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Thursday and Friday: </b>We did our grocery shopping for the week and watched all the equipment get installed for the transmission of the dedication of the temple. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoxj65nOkW1lwfZK-pdjt6ofYFts8isw9f-ZEilwgJX9R8CNvXL57PMe6C5v4qJeaVdZFml8W-JsnLVJEm8QH1d8aUwArvSmBHZFRh_hKGbhhUrDdHYM-8kjpZLptiLP2tczLRY1kKwK_BXQc_Fqc032IyBeZA0kvqtKQjYvyEq8vyH_Wbl-foT5ESg/s4032/IMG_4884.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoxj65nOkW1lwfZK-pdjt6ofYFts8isw9f-ZEilwgJX9R8CNvXL57PMe6C5v4qJeaVdZFml8W-JsnLVJEm8QH1d8aUwArvSmBHZFRh_hKGbhhUrDdHYM-8kjpZLptiLP2tczLRY1kKwK_BXQc_Fqc032IyBeZA0kvqtKQjYvyEq8vyH_Wbl-foT5ESg/w400-h300/IMG_4884.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They had a lot of tents and equipment set up for the cornerstone ceremony.</div><br /><b>Saturday: </b>I went over and was making some forms for some of the activities in the temple and Elder Duncan (Elder Duncan is the Executive Director of the Temple Department and was the Area President when we served in Guatemala) and Elder Bowen arrived. Elder Duncan gave me a big hug and then told Elder Bowen that I had been a temple president in his area while he served as area president. He said some very kind things about our service in Guatemala. Later in the day, Elder Cook and Elder Ceballos arrived. As all 4 of the general authorities were leaving, a photographer from the Church News wanted to get their pictures. I was standing by the lead security man and explained that Elder Cook had set me apart as a temple president. I asked if it would it be ok if I walked over and said hello. They had finished the pictures and he said he thought it would be ok. I went over and Elder Duncan was so great, he took me over to Elder Cook and I got to shake his hand and talk to him for a few minutes. Nancy Duncan asked about my wife and I said she was up in our apartment and that she would try and she her tomorrow. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpi4MfcLqUa_gMMTfE1f8L-zqJEhmRS88JMoKZAEHqqqpM37_yCfVxV2qp1ioiQc_fFj9uhUk5V4jfMaxgcjDMbs6-xiuE3slocD-ruhdFrK1og-iSCwUb8qwQfibIlpMxHQFPwVFSmHejxw4faO2KiFe8WqpAR-E318oR4Xkw939BnwlMMCL708XDQ/s4032/IMG_4872.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpi4MfcLqUa_gMMTfE1f8L-zqJEhmRS88JMoKZAEHqqqpM37_yCfVxV2qp1ioiQc_fFj9uhUk5V4jfMaxgcjDMbs6-xiuE3slocD-ruhdFrK1og-iSCwUb8qwQfibIlpMxHQFPwVFSmHejxw4faO2KiFe8WqpAR-E318oR4Xkw939BnwlMMCL708XDQ/w400-h300/IMG_4872.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is when I went over and talked to Elder Cook and Elder Duncan and Nancy Duncan.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Then at 7:00pm we met in the patron housing building for a short meeting to show what they were putting into the metal box that would be sealed behind the cornerstone. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQKFWyQMwEPZTXWOASBnB-gli2VtNyL7wpUpsVvKHHn-q3i99mp5IbxbKm784wokjbCkGBbLJEuoCxVyI6lvEwtEI4Cl_2fGq2rsnDIOMaUsrMzHXdEh1PDRQ1qFV-QpyBSIOe65OFfG_cVdUBUUUXSthxQzPUjJCxmLb06WVcudClG_fnHnuIUDnEA/s4032/IMG_4852.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQKFWyQMwEPZTXWOASBnB-gli2VtNyL7wpUpsVvKHHn-q3i99mp5IbxbKm784wokjbCkGBbLJEuoCxVyI6lvEwtEI4Cl_2fGq2rsnDIOMaUsrMzHXdEh1PDRQ1qFV-QpyBSIOe65OFfG_cVdUBUUUXSthxQzPUjJCxmLb06WVcudClG_fnHnuIUDnEA/w300-h400/IMG_4852.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCnC_2Bq4ea8qETDwlCcO4qFVX-hO4Gb63CPRA16w9koibS2kulM1ys89gwsipoMnS6BAy1q0CYwmYkJFDq_R3eEdH37QJxMIJUmiGgKlgVybs0oMAm7581Ts8L59JIdyreIzWxqvNRaOv83m2EI9is4pCJuluOzNutHZMwG3h-w3Gy-bunJsWO_L0A/s4032/IMG_4858.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCnC_2Bq4ea8qETDwlCcO4qFVX-hO4Gb63CPRA16w9koibS2kulM1ys89gwsipoMnS6BAy1q0CYwmYkJFDq_R3eEdH37QJxMIJUmiGgKlgVybs0oMAm7581Ts8L59JIdyreIzWxqvNRaOv83m2EI9is4pCJuluOzNutHZMwG3h-w3Gy-bunJsWO_L0A/w300-h400/IMG_4858.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">President and Sister Aguirre with the scriptures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWuedyNyuL2WGge7QatJO3FLpIr3_sC3STy0SQ9-F9Zvw1G2AxtyTCbjY7j4DyhBWuPOIBcI3pGkuAwIT30RFWzqjRwWNqZcqcRpSKKU8y6MpSjyD7-w6XdLNNh5q06lKqfl0du-ePd5EcfYc8n5DmZTm7GLLXq0VrGyuBL54tEA2l8yc2_qlKOsZdQ/s4032/IMG_4854.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWuedyNyuL2WGge7QatJO3FLpIr3_sC3STy0SQ9-F9Zvw1G2AxtyTCbjY7j4DyhBWuPOIBcI3pGkuAwIT30RFWzqjRwWNqZcqcRpSKKU8y6MpSjyD7-w6XdLNNh5q06lKqfl0du-ePd5EcfYc8n5DmZTm7GLLXq0VrGyuBL54tEA2l8yc2_qlKOsZdQ/w300-h400/IMG_4854.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A painting typical of Quito was placed in the box.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQVt7plMNLkiaQm3ZXuQ3dhSuIiQi140KS8d3rOFl1meseNuBnDuW-MzcWfaKWLdf-tYQkM65GN4kUrVRJZh41MIuWhNfl2CjeoIDA9HP7Xfrje-pANnPJZ2R0WGddyYWYX2vZJa502n1ZoEKAIGrUcpCBK5zaXl9q1OlgsccN_4GYZCOSvwNvSScIA/s4032/IMG_4869.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQVt7plMNLkiaQm3ZXuQ3dhSuIiQi140KS8d3rOFl1meseNuBnDuW-MzcWfaKWLdf-tYQkM65GN4kUrVRJZh41MIuWhNfl2CjeoIDA9HP7Xfrje-pANnPJZ2R0WGddyYWYX2vZJa502n1ZoEKAIGrUcpCBK5zaXl9q1OlgsccN_4GYZCOSvwNvSScIA/w400-h300/IMG_4869.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Members of the committee for the temple open house and dedication. They all worked so hard.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Sunday: </b>We had tickets for the first session. We had seats in one of the instruction rooms. It was wonderful to be in the temple for the dedication. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rPIYVd53XFMSqmAhXyuWwtbdQAYcbb1rbsh_hI6EiYc0pnmgKks0W4j1xZiKRk9E1Uk9Z3gdhVRQuPSvna-Xkh4tIvONegW5hnVmTRDolPRljsMYYQywWUWGLflOUbB0mI1H70FZz1nuK3ZN2hVNmqsk0HmHBwvY9aDnAwyEdK4MS5ju42nmyOdkGw/s4032/IMG_4896.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rPIYVd53XFMSqmAhXyuWwtbdQAYcbb1rbsh_hI6EiYc0pnmgKks0W4j1xZiKRk9E1Uk9Z3gdhVRQuPSvna-Xkh4tIvONegW5hnVmTRDolPRljsMYYQywWUWGLflOUbB0mI1H70FZz1nuK3ZN2hVNmqsk0HmHBwvY9aDnAwyEdK4MS5ju42nmyOdkGw/w400-h300/IMG_4896.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a picture of President Aguirre's 3 children, their spouses, and grandchildren that were old enough to be at the dedication.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>After the third session they brought Elder Cook over to the patron housing building to interview him for the Church News. Chris and I were able to visit with Elder and Nancy Duncan for a few minutes. It was a very uplifting day and one to be remembered. Tuesday the real work begins.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNfgapgc-4luzFuuQTw8VlqFTOBKMMJglceAQxDjX7MWlD6d6OnHv0WTn9VRavMAf4F9y9-zyKuXUxbjPy4OsKFyE2A_PG3EY4F_pEq06CBNjig8NbWlBAzC4GaERdp584024sksw5oec1Jq2Bj9d6eUYKRzCQNqoN66ta_HxgO7PpYtQRbjjdCjzqg/s4032/IMG_4902.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNfgapgc-4luzFuuQTw8VlqFTOBKMMJglceAQxDjX7MWlD6d6OnHv0WTn9VRavMAf4F9y9-zyKuXUxbjPy4OsKFyE2A_PG3EY4F_pEq06CBNjig8NbWlBAzC4GaERdp584024sksw5oec1Jq2Bj9d6eUYKRzCQNqoN66ta_HxgO7PpYtQRbjjdCjzqg/w300-h400/IMG_4902.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Elder and Sister Cook coming to the patron housing building to be interviewed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mRQagNvDeGE" width="320" youtube-src-id="mRQagNvDeGE"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Video: We had an afternoon rainstorm that was a downpour.</div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-22390686020360499232022-11-14T05:22:00.001-08:002022-11-14T08:13:42.725-08:00November 7th through November 13th<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>November 7th through November 13th:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Monday: </b>We only had energy to clean and go grocery shopping. <b>Tuesday through Friday: </b>We had training from 7:00am to noon and 4:00pm till 9:00pm. Much of the previous training has focused on procedures and the patron experience. This week has been about learning the ordinances. On Thursday we had sister missionaries over for lunch. They are the sister missionaries in our ward and one will be transferred out next week.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDsaPRaoJvO7LrunvU6vcATXnaQCVmT_lKGYm6_O4g6ai_fUmXMLyqfEYE7pRzh_pAkI9ftnt7asnQ-Rm3nUHzxg26XyTsvORDbInsD77mN8ztp7Mk92dUEwKEh8qXvD5rCRtXAPRcKaRV8Uq-WXw76NNQihOgCtr7PakXBt7A7-4s6XDu22LQeE9Lw/s4032/IMG_4748.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDsaPRaoJvO7LrunvU6vcATXnaQCVmT_lKGYm6_O4g6ai_fUmXMLyqfEYE7pRzh_pAkI9ftnt7asnQ-Rm3nUHzxg26XyTsvORDbInsD77mN8ztp7Mk92dUEwKEh8qXvD5rCRtXAPRcKaRV8Uq-WXw76NNQihOgCtr7PakXBt7A7-4s6XDu22LQeE9Lw/w400-h300/IMG_4748.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Sister Ellie Thompson from Mesa, AZ and Sister Gillian Garmon, from Peachtree Corner, GA.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Saturday:</b> We went over to the temple for the morning training session. Our dear friends, Wally and Martha Cooper, and Martha's sister, Elaine, came to work with volunteers at the high school run by the Children of the Andes Humanitarian (COTAH). </span><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;">https://childrenoftheandeshumanitarian.org/our-school/</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Saminay--El Legado is the school that we visited several weeks ago in the mountains outside of Otavalo. Martha is on the Board of Directors as is our daughter, Genevieve. They arrived at 4:00am, checked into a hotel by the airport and after a bit of sleep arrived at the temple around noon. We fed them and then went back to the temple to finish the afternoon training session. We then took them on a quick tour of the temple. They brought me a traditional poncho from Otavalo that I had purchased and have had in storage for 50 years. I wore the poncho over to the temple and a number of the workers that were leaving the training commented the it was a very good quality and expensive. I wore it into the office and showed it to Brother Lema, the assistant recorder, who is from Otavalo. He said that they don't make this kind of poncho any longer. It takes too long. When we were at the school two weeks ago one of the teachers saw a picture of my poncho and said that her dad was the only person still making this type of poncho and it takes him 6 months to make one. After giving our friends a tour, I went back and asked Brother Lema how much he thought the poncho would be worth. To my surprise he said that it was worth $1,500.00 dollars. Our friends then took an Uber to Otavalo. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTThkvFLlrVdIFoUj1uc1YNuEDULQEuVMKhZqKxCjKPBbgL81PDRTe5wiN37wp_9FFds-MFeG2P-Z6lv4ZnRocmxNyKoPQEV9fSIrtQLSzucIsAT3PuBsXIblMpcaRnCSu7XpOOj8znAn-fFcN-A7xHg_Clmxe8RFhmWpFgYBN5DryfQrZ1RR2lFpuLA/s4032/IMG_4750.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTThkvFLlrVdIFoUj1uc1YNuEDULQEuVMKhZqKxCjKPBbgL81PDRTe5wiN37wp_9FFds-MFeG2P-Z6lv4ZnRocmxNyKoPQEV9fSIrtQLSzucIsAT3PuBsXIblMpcaRnCSu7XpOOj8znAn-fFcN-A7xHg_Clmxe8RFhmWpFgYBN5DryfQrZ1RR2lFpuLA/w400-h300/IMG_4750.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Left to right, Me in my poncho, Chris, Martha, Elaine, Wally</div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_Pg58FJjnKB4lxoRAUFLcWGmf-rvw2hgUygF9HNEsR9Eut8LAJfJQ7cuxse9oMzpybGZNOIViq-rPG_mE8rOdKfgafF1QbsmW_cM_0EqD9gFQ8Dikyc7LoBfEgRX_zzFEL4rFMfCJvrMd6VT8CCpclVMSDiXjhgkI2zjpIbUsr2vOumRazt_6es4EA/s4032/IMG-3535.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_Pg58FJjnKB4lxoRAUFLcWGmf-rvw2hgUygF9HNEsR9Eut8LAJfJQ7cuxse9oMzpybGZNOIViq-rPG_mE8rOdKfgafF1QbsmW_cM_0EqD9gFQ8Dikyc7LoBfEgRX_zzFEL4rFMfCJvrMd6VT8CCpclVMSDiXjhgkI2zjpIbUsr2vOumRazt_6es4EA/w300-h400/IMG-3535.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">The poncho is reversable.</div></span><p></p><b>Sunday: </b>We went to church and then in the afternoon I helped train all the workers that were going to officiate the first sessions. We also had another 3 hour training session with the new sealers. Next Sunday is the dedication of the temple. We found out that we will be getting a ticket to sit in the temple for one of the sessions. We can't wait. So exciting. </span><p></p></div></div></div>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-74579562790731757412022-11-07T07:58:00.003-08:002022-11-07T08:02:11.567-08:00October 31st through November 6th<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> October 31st through November 6th:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Monday: </b><span>We were invited by</span><span> </span><span>President and Sister Winters of the Quito mission to join them and 28 missionaries for a zone preparation day activity. We</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> got up early and took an Uber into Quito to meet up with the Cameron's, the office couple. We were picked up by a van and then we drove to President and Sister Winters' apartment and picked them up with coolers of food. We then drove 1 1/2 hours to the Reserva Alambi where we met a busload of young missionaries for the start of the activity. Reserva Alambi is a hummingbird reserve. There were at least 100 hummingbirds feeding on sweet nectar in about 10 bird feeders. President Winters has a great camera and got some great pictures of Chris and I holding a bird feeder in our hand and also some close up pictures of some of the different colored birds. There are 37 different variety of hummingbirds at the reserve.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkT94wckP4dQDBkFd2kYWVjPieL57fcnyfJt4TGCtNi2Tj9Yq_cVzUd5eEcg69u8ipK6o33w4pWYlTIq-3GXmtzO2btXoiS4q5o2kQ5SQiNHIbvLS-2s3QzWpKFzUwpq735XaCOS788kChEig5tMJlpXUWmXKO7KlZtlZBZFCYoO42boFNJPUGkvlrhw/s4032/IMG_4550.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkT94wckP4dQDBkFd2kYWVjPieL57fcnyfJt4TGCtNi2Tj9Yq_cVzUd5eEcg69u8ipK6o33w4pWYlTIq-3GXmtzO2btXoiS4q5o2kQ5SQiNHIbvLS-2s3QzWpKFzUwpq735XaCOS788kChEig5tMJlpXUWmXKO7KlZtlZBZFCYoO42boFNJPUGkvlrhw/w400-h300/IMG_4550.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Cayambe was out of the clouds.</span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Hummingbird Feeders</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0WwQaNCmtztzNWG3DJTDG41yVUtFGbAzsgQDwMzkFPuOjiI-K5L52Wta74veR0IgnqarcZfc1l3TIm0FqxqaehorSVBp8nlcqc-bx4XabK3jVzDRHdNQeBPLcsVn2zGvv9BMAOAjpxVN6K_JEWtgOnpKMRwAQSup4_sO-ygfSPyG-WdqjtYyYLCrylQ/s799/DAW_3972-L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="799" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0WwQaNCmtztzNWG3DJTDG41yVUtFGbAzsgQDwMzkFPuOjiI-K5L52Wta74veR0IgnqarcZfc1l3TIm0FqxqaehorSVBp8nlcqc-bx4XabK3jVzDRHdNQeBPLcsVn2zGvv9BMAOAjpxVN6K_JEWtgOnpKMRwAQSup4_sO-ygfSPyG-WdqjtYyYLCrylQ/w400-h266/DAW_3972-L.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>They would come and feed right out of your hand.</span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WzyHHy_Az6Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="WzyHHy_Az6Y"></iframe></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVqYzkby1Vl53MZireCJFedEfhdSahlEZPIwwVp1NQieR9J_4hcLlfnvuZyNS_vcUqhMhxvzO0lUttw3oyhROmbXE-Efmj82tkppAx4HXRlseynpqQDob-1vP5qvHcldweFXEjRDI34EUnjZbQMaHy3p1nohSkuvrOHa2xy80cmi79QiDj3tyD22HSA/w266-h400/DAW_4516-L.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />We then loaded up and drove to Mindo about 40 minutes from the reserve. After arriving in Mindo, we drove up into the mountains to Tarabita and took a cable car across a deep ravine. The Winters had packed lunch for us and we ate pulled pork sandwiches, very delicious.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mTzxgK2rV4MDAojUAFadVyEdw9vrBCU5jxPKY4UWn2TbtIEd-Dr9953F3ucqHMolifRsIz43VxIgd0JkVMui_fbbfe0CKgXk-f731XHEQCs-kftO6gP6EKlJdaRzPahFpUXGZ6YInx9EkO8b31oAWxDwRIwk5LrExQewjCyCqYfxicvHetRHgiYbRg/s5120/i-7GCqpVM-5K.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3413" data-original-width="5120" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mTzxgK2rV4MDAojUAFadVyEdw9vrBCU5jxPKY4UWn2TbtIEd-Dr9953F3ucqHMolifRsIz43VxIgd0JkVMui_fbbfe0CKgXk-f731XHEQCs-kftO6gP6EKlJdaRzPahFpUXGZ6YInx9EkO8b31oAWxDwRIwk5LrExQewjCyCqYfxicvHetRHgiYbRg/w400-h266/i-7GCqpVM-5K.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">About 8 people could be in the cage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbFXhkd3TVTCNC50SuNUuG_ih47_zbn_qFD12MNGXMHgsbd13nx8boFUu5bt2FZbMF35zRl9TEZLYEU-8b_FY3Z5vORhItr2oR0Y2Hsby7LeU-QOAQWAqDafSlEkGZ1ZYDnSJoiWuz2UOwL74lNlItj-sfK-ECKwJJWlKUXg--Slaf95cjHiMExePEg/s4032/IMG_4657.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbFXhkd3TVTCNC50SuNUuG_ih47_zbn_qFD12MNGXMHgsbd13nx8boFUu5bt2FZbMF35zRl9TEZLYEU-8b_FY3Z5vORhItr2oR0Y2Hsby7LeU-QOAQWAqDafSlEkGZ1ZYDnSJoiWuz2UOwL74lNlItj-sfK-ECKwJJWlKUXg--Slaf95cjHiMExePEg/w300-h400/IMG_4657.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The ravine is quite wide.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PcTXuyzXkHs" width="320" youtube-src-id="PcTXuyzXkHs"></iframe></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3ll6KnfTSTDTys6JwtnoUxPnJbKhjepHv-qMhNRh0a42E6RVkH9SD2rq1-Wva6UqtdqaOEGkBhYWNRDVH-TrwVtxcK4qLg9TDIlHbmJtrejuKcyX55rRLThRtV2U0XHh4liDocFl3SyuhX89Xo7DO3enf1e5uwtewXj8B4czrgz0gNZw8k0PLAcvqw/s800/DAW_5113-2-L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3ll6KnfTSTDTys6JwtnoUxPnJbKhjepHv-qMhNRh0a42E6RVkH9SD2rq1-Wva6UqtdqaOEGkBhYWNRDVH-TrwVtxcK4qLg9TDIlHbmJtrejuKcyX55rRLThRtV2U0XHh4liDocFl3SyuhX89Xo7DO3enf1e5uwtewXj8B4czrgz0gNZw8k0PLAcvqw/w400-h266/DAW_5113-2-L.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lunch was delish. Sister Winters is on the right.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>We then started down a trail that the Winters said was only about a 20 minute hike to a water fall. After about 5 minutes, Chris decided she didn't want to continue so she went back and sat with Sister Cameron who had done the hike before. Well, the hike was down hill to the river and then back up. Maybe for a 19 year old Elder or Sister missionary it would take only 20 minutes. But for me it was more like 40 minutes each way and my knees were shot by the time I made it back. When I got to the bottom, I was the last person. I took 3 pictures and headed back because I didn't want to be the last one back to the top. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJezabYkNGVF1PzHBaCxGPxqUbz8FPxHEC-8u0iI_46AK7QHjgFJuerb3Qp0ypK-y0PaYXArrY7bhjf9b_UDNFYEIUnvOjMrP_-iJm8n9ffYDHT11VscG8cRoYSnXadj2iZr6Ox9ueNVJba8oUTL4tKatLwv2Y4gBKBOleWjY_HnAbVs3kmgNJtlNfg/s4032/IMG_4644.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJezabYkNGVF1PzHBaCxGPxqUbz8FPxHEC-8u0iI_46AK7QHjgFJuerb3Qp0ypK-y0PaYXArrY7bhjf9b_UDNFYEIUnvOjMrP_-iJm8n9ffYDHT11VscG8cRoYSnXadj2iZr6Ox9ueNVJba8oUTL4tKatLwv2Y4gBKBOleWjY_HnAbVs3kmgNJtlNfg/w300-h400/IMG_4644.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFIIWlEu0MRfec99r7BC9d0KQdovAKAnexcI_IwzsA-iEcgunQYQNQO-Wu27R8Aug0Za0cjL1d0tY3THcHgOmNUCwWATpmmayXdc9-lNujjgYUsMzmPLPPq6ooE2NfHp3L7LjfvTf3AMlhTUArMWGHLSt5IKS_5y8jk1PyCyY247l23qb-2Gbr6CvKA/s4032/IMG_4669.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFIIWlEu0MRfec99r7BC9d0KQdovAKAnexcI_IwzsA-iEcgunQYQNQO-Wu27R8Aug0Za0cjL1d0tY3THcHgOmNUCwWATpmmayXdc9-lNujjgYUsMzmPLPPq6ooE2NfHp3L7LjfvTf3AMlhTUArMWGHLSt5IKS_5y8jk1PyCyY247l23qb-2Gbr6CvKA/w400-h300/IMG_4669.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots and lots of stairs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsdde88MkL-XsUzIz6afi40fj2Pavv5dL9-ou7rKbpF4G1vgP5QOUj3nuRGXnkqYSxC82D0xtkNRKt-wFcywl-KPlySFKJo7p3k31Lz917pkGgh3m1pdermm9MOIQ-vjdM8QuLAKot8bViNO2ZptA31onmOkKdDm7l9X8-adhJSZ3H9g70E7BAeJwr-Q/s4032/IMG_4664.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsdde88MkL-XsUzIz6afi40fj2Pavv5dL9-ou7rKbpF4G1vgP5QOUj3nuRGXnkqYSxC82D0xtkNRKt-wFcywl-KPlySFKJo7p3k31Lz917pkGgh3m1pdermm9MOIQ-vjdM8QuLAKot8bViNO2ZptA31onmOkKdDm7l9X8-adhJSZ3H9g70E7BAeJwr-Q/w400-h300/IMG_4664.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The missionaries all walked across the river.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>We then rode the cable car back across the ravine and loaded up and headed home. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcLFdjKbPBf2MFxXDFRHMCf9WK6YYmBHaz5X6-0XWH1_4OVNIjswQCcAxeGgCEF4-T_iYHdNupH6O0XFaHcSUWXHlEMQT5Pz-_WiJPc6qVRHOGM3cSUvf5cnprIontcXAhG9nJ65h0gdOGH2uyJLnVx_690KJ6N9O7uH4mYTemCGFOGpzloPNkd7NHQ/s4032/IMG_4647.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcLFdjKbPBf2MFxXDFRHMCf9WK6YYmBHaz5X6-0XWH1_4OVNIjswQCcAxeGgCEF4-T_iYHdNupH6O0XFaHcSUWXHlEMQT5Pz-_WiJPc6qVRHOGM3cSUvf5cnprIontcXAhG9nJ65h0gdOGH2uyJLnVx_690KJ6N9O7uH4mYTemCGFOGpzloPNkd7NHQ/w400-h300/IMG_4647.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My hand is in the air.</div>We got back to the Cameron's apartment about 6:00pm and tried for 20 minutes to get an Uber with no luck. So we walked a few blocks to a busy street and took a taxi. It took 3 days for my legs and knees to recover. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d2S_BHsTPyM" width="320" youtube-src-id="d2S_BHsTPyM"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">View from Cameron's apartment in downtown Quito. The city is 4 X's bigger than we remember.</span></div><br /></span><b style="font-size: xx-large;">Tuesday through Saturday: </b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> </b><span>Each day we</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> spent about 5 hours in the morning and 5 hours in the evening in training sessions in the temple. Saturday went from 7:00am to 3:30pm, back to back. It was so nice to be back in the temple after being off for the open house. </span><b style="font-size: xx-large;">Sunday: </b><span style="font-size: x-large;">We took a taxi to church and after the taxi dropped us off, Chris realized that her cell phone had slipped out of her dress pocket and was still in the taxi. We have not been able to get it back. In Sunday school, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">the lesson was on Daniel and his interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the stone cut out of the mountain without hands that destroyed a great image of gold, silver and brass. The teacher then asked about the history of the church in Ecuador. I explained the following:</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">1965 Elder Spencer W. Kimball dedicated Ecuador for the preaching of the gospel. 4 missionaries from the Andes Mission were sent to Quito. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">1970 the Quito Ecuador mission was organized with Louis Latimer as the first president, about 20 missionaries and about 1200 members. (I arrived in May 1971 and Chris arrived in October 1971)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2022 there are 6 missions with </span>approximately<span style="font-family: inherit;"> 510 missionaries and 253,000 members.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The teacher then made the comparison that the stone cut out of the mountain without hands was the Kingdom of God and that the growth of the church in Ecuador is an example for the </span>fulfillment<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of that </span>prophecy<span style="font-family: inherit;">. I could not agree more. We marvel at what has happened since we were here in 1971 to 1973. Sunday afternoon I spent 3 1/2 hours in the temple helping train the 9 new sealers. It was a great week for us, except for the fact that Chris lost her phone. </span></span></p><p><br /></p></div>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-52985308631428268222022-11-01T02:09:00.000-07:002022-11-01T02:09:15.262-07:00October 24th through October 30th<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> October 24th through October 30th:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Monday: </b>We got a text over the weekend from our son John, saying that Matthew Keddington, a friend from water polo would be here on Monday with some friends to see the temple. Matthew is a returned missionary from the Guayaquil Mission and he coached with John and his younger brother played water polo with Badger, our grandson. Mom made Locro, a traditional potato soup, and we had 4 visitors for lunch. They then went through the temple. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKYu0ctOe1T5kYjNOeMm4jladnwvTtY9l2q9qox_3kXm52wDRzgVYEMQyeP7xcqYJg-aGMa_qWqqLgw-ceTIeXjn3aIJJDA-SVPVBk0xa3JV3EsKa-sVyR_IpuQy6CyMEKW7FqMcbhs4ZJbcf9KX0xMUaDmZOgI7Ys-w9x8gkgbHf3lOYgc-GrurRRw/s3922/IMG_4522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3922" data-original-width="3018" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKYu0ctOe1T5kYjNOeMm4jladnwvTtY9l2q9qox_3kXm52wDRzgVYEMQyeP7xcqYJg-aGMa_qWqqLgw-ceTIeXjn3aIJJDA-SVPVBk0xa3JV3EsKa-sVyR_IpuQy6CyMEKW7FqMcbhs4ZJbcf9KX0xMUaDmZOgI7Ys-w9x8gkgbHf3lOYgc-GrurRRw/w308-h400/IMG_4522.JPG" width="308" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Elias Flores, a member from Guayaquil, two other former missionaries, Matthew, and us in front of the temple.</div><b>Tuesday: </b>We had our Zoom meeting with the start up committee. I indicated that we were in the neighborhood of 35,000 people who have come to the temple open house. <b>Wednesday: </b>We went to TGI Fridays for lunch and I had a real hamburger. Mom made chocolate chip cookies and we had two of the sister missionaries come for cookies after their shift helping with the open house. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtVx-e-E49dpUEabRJAMRZPNnHqJnhhMZT-_p71Xb5_24S7V9Yn6aX3pPBp6MJlCC-U6NPv_9PF9XfEjvt6mudNgPRd4GAsp84jf7NZxnqFPVVVBRp7ESKmF6jZv9Hf-OXbBgr4O35AGFI9IxoWsH2GwE3otXIpx-zj_K3RpsrMYQ9vv-iqOM59N7oA/s4032/IMG_4524.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtVx-e-E49dpUEabRJAMRZPNnHqJnhhMZT-_p71Xb5_24S7V9Yn6aX3pPBp6MJlCC-U6NPv_9PF9XfEjvt6mudNgPRd4GAsp84jf7NZxnqFPVVVBRp7ESKmF6jZv9Hf-OXbBgr4O35AGFI9IxoWsH2GwE3otXIpx-zj_K3RpsrMYQ9vv-iqOM59N7oA/w400-h300/IMG_4524.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cute sister missionaries.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Thursday: </b>We went into Quito and to go to lunch with the Camerons, two office elders, and one returned missionary. We got caught in a downpour. We are heading into the rainy season and e</span><span style="font-size: xx-large;">ven if the sky is blue, </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">we should never leave the house without our umbrellas. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wqAqBOocDaJrknazNb1onvbVCjqaicUXEBXRJUxXLcUxFvGkg7RZZh8sRWr_wyXVKauD2NaEXBEMxYcZCkWY26F4S-FkC40Jkt9Q7e-IOhLu1bzGNMWkMtZfP_RKWws-ghvSi6PVMFhPkpznBRGfsVx47Yo7V5PEMo-gyfhIkuFi-m09gnBtJF_VTA/s4032/IMG_4529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wqAqBOocDaJrknazNb1onvbVCjqaicUXEBXRJUxXLcUxFvGkg7RZZh8sRWr_wyXVKauD2NaEXBEMxYcZCkWY26F4S-FkC40Jkt9Q7e-IOhLu1bzGNMWkMtZfP_RKWws-ghvSi6PVMFhPkpznBRGfsVx47Yo7V5PEMo-gyfhIkuFi-m09gnBtJF_VTA/w400-h300/IMG_4529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sfoxc5zue_I" width="320" youtube-src-id="Sfoxc5zue_I"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">The rain storm at lunch.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;">Friday: </b><span style="text-align: left;">I went shopping so that we could</span><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> cook two large pots of soup, taco and locro. We then had 8 sister missionaries to lunch after their shift here at the temple helping with the open house. It is really fun to see their enthusiasm. </span></p></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVq3FO9WsAMYJUjaHmmOYfRX1XPbS_VXK37PbGfh45iqM6iT2T_-YcM5xFVlhUFFMsAV2KWbdr-wZyhr0bvtkrViKEK1ltp8NRahlDkNWF8xb7APvKARox9O9GNPEiFntYxyNTZWPtcjWffv1XfEG7bF6BYzRgkT0wnQn1NntrUJ15X0sCHh6QGg1vg/s4032/IMG_4535.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVq3FO9WsAMYJUjaHmmOYfRX1XPbS_VXK37PbGfh45iqM6iT2T_-YcM5xFVlhUFFMsAV2KWbdr-wZyhr0bvtkrViKEK1ltp8NRahlDkNWF8xb7APvKARox9O9GNPEiFntYxyNTZWPtcjWffv1XfEG7bF6BYzRgkT0wnQn1NntrUJ15X0sCHh6QGg1vg/w400-h300/IMG_4535.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Darling sister missionaries from the Santo Domingo District.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Saturday: </b>I went shopping again because the group of sisters we had originally invited for lunch on Friday, got their dates wrong and wanted to come on Saturday. So we invited a different set of sisters yesterday. This time we cooked as much spaghetti as we could fit in our largest pots and we had 10 sisters to lunch. Today is the last day of the open house. We will be able to get back to work starting tomorrow. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9OhZXKCByom8nP9YTAU3OJ3ieipKEZvDnmYnnTeh_0wrDQT6_d_aboc3yygiA6d6V-E8QZaeEfLtRmlnND3nEqMDtnuw_mS5MRbzxwFCz3h9ac2rIq2hQMHPIRN1FeLeanr-pDEQ0xTmNXiveFt8eRLcJH3UEu4cdvHoUoQAuHMeFr191MiZAJus-g/s4032/IMG_4539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9OhZXKCByom8nP9YTAU3OJ3ieipKEZvDnmYnnTeh_0wrDQT6_d_aboc3yygiA6d6V-E8QZaeEfLtRmlnND3nEqMDtnuw_mS5MRbzxwFCz3h9ac2rIq2hQMHPIRN1FeLeanr-pDEQ0xTmNXiveFt8eRLcJH3UEu4cdvHoUoQAuHMeFr191MiZAJus-g/w400-h300/IMG_4539.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Elias Flores returned with his family to see the temple. He brought his wife, Laura, daughters Valentina and Alma, and his son, Elion. They loved mom's cookies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRO3zRYVNPB7ZrCcxaLXNBFQocl93R7weG3pgXAxKdVRck622DMQ08RceaGooRXvB6TleQhGHsixo_C3gN42R-25M7LDUC_jGlukHo8S-Gb964wNGSplA5MxaSRyHRKCGhspN4RuhKzVpucdM9ARmNI5FzofDMLi0NACqCX4TDiD2adCr1P7vry7E1Tg/s4032/IMG_4543.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRO3zRYVNPB7ZrCcxaLXNBFQocl93R7weG3pgXAxKdVRck622DMQ08RceaGooRXvB6TleQhGHsixo_C3gN42R-25M7LDUC_jGlukHo8S-Gb964wNGSplA5MxaSRyHRKCGhspN4RuhKzVpucdM9ARmNI5FzofDMLi0NACqCX4TDiD2adCr1P7vry7E1Tg/w400-h300/IMG_4543.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">They ate all the spaghetti and lots of cookies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OOZW2MAjxSk" width="320" youtube-src-id="OOZW2MAjxSk"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Crowds at the open house Saturday</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGImp3C643D4MrntPDfGJE2HpjX9PdClQ42R8zbaMxM5UEKid_LCZqU3_TxLPAPLSy_JrsPD4l1E4alWaQy7BwSoOSENwHWyztk2cNPmrNU0BExPNbXBt_hzosKhmYiMk5waKgqBRWjI7WowGEhh7e1bl_xYhWWUnrJyGPZiv_oDM2sjy4GVZmnwzUxA/s4032/IMG_2483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGImp3C643D4MrntPDfGJE2HpjX9PdClQ42R8zbaMxM5UEKid_LCZqU3_TxLPAPLSy_JrsPD4l1E4alWaQy7BwSoOSENwHWyztk2cNPmrNU0BExPNbXBt_hzosKhmYiMk5waKgqBRWjI7WowGEhh7e1bl_xYhWWUnrJyGPZiv_oDM2sjy4GVZmnwzUxA/w300-h400/IMG_2483.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">This amazing couple headed the open house committee. They were at the temple every day for 15 days, sometimes for more than 10 hours. The final count for the number of people who attended the open house is 51,189. Remarkable!</p><b>Sunday: </b>We took an Uber to church and then hurried home to watch our home ward's sacrament meeting on Zoom. They changed the Bishopric. It was fun to see our new Bishop, Steve Broadhead, and we think he will be great. We went to the temple and trained the shift, veil, and initiatory, coordinators. They asked Chris and I to train in the initiatory and they had all three groups rotate so they all got the same training in each area. It was good to be back in the temple. </span><p></p>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-91529767771070867302022-10-25T08:31:00.000-07:002022-10-25T08:31:28.178-07:00October 17th through October 23rd Part 2:<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> October 17th through October 23rd Part 2:</b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thursday: </span></b><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">We got picked up at 8:00am for our trip to Otavalo. We got Natali, one of the Uber drivers we have used, to drive us. As we got close to Otavalo, we saw a group of restaurants advertising hot chocolate and bizcochos. We had a little discussion about bizcochos and being a little unsure of what they were, we pulled into one of these restaurants. It was in the middle of 3 in a row. As we walked in, the woman working there said, "Hi Elder, how are you, I am a member of the church also." We ordered hot chocolate and bizcochos. She was very helpful and explained how to make bizcochos (flour, water, salt and a lot of pressing, NOT kneading). We finished our hot chocolate and bizcochos and then her husband came in. As we talked, we realized that he was one of the counselors to President Lema. President Lema is the new Assistant Recorder in the temple and one of the 3 stake presidents in Otavalo. He is going to be released soon because he has to live in Quito to be closer to the temple. It is such a small world in the church. Wearing the black name tag really does have some advantages. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh37DLWrEhMuWwyye0GLSGixDL50wi-Pu_KeerNqzw-xXG4U74GovcIevECRlJXN41Y-vq4S8ZQ7CgSTVZQtBOa6gQH350_JjF6xf4NBGLOVXl45v41uVaCNmYNjid_OavkiXALmaFkszRzb0zIA640srr135XgSFAaudiRowScorCtUhnmuE6x47MFFA/s4032/IMG_4306.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh37DLWrEhMuWwyye0GLSGixDL50wi-Pu_KeerNqzw-xXG4U74GovcIevECRlJXN41Y-vq4S8ZQ7CgSTVZQtBOa6gQH350_JjF6xf4NBGLOVXl45v41uVaCNmYNjid_OavkiXALmaFkszRzb0zIA640srr135XgSFAaudiRowScorCtUhnmuE6x47MFFA/w300-h400/IMG_4306.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">On the way up, we pulled over at a lookout and there was a family there from Arizona. The father had served a mission in Guayaquil 20 years ago. Many former missionaries have come back for the temple open house.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8I_gEqjPWHJ3Fb-ktNkSkhp8P1fE4OcnlTx6tso_EhAKpQFGhOPubyW75V4m5u2r_7yp_JO3L7vxoSh1AbUx41iLkSFO9WBoo71JYomyMGksefVidlrM1ojm_hRAvLv-VD6Y0zdmTe_vyhAsE0CDDe-Qt-Mqe8gwGu0s1Gee4KhNrwUNWh21AQKzpw/s4032/IMG_4309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8I_gEqjPWHJ3Fb-ktNkSkhp8P1fE4OcnlTx6tso_EhAKpQFGhOPubyW75V4m5u2r_7yp_JO3L7vxoSh1AbUx41iLkSFO9WBoo71JYomyMGksefVidlrM1ojm_hRAvLv-VD6Y0zdmTe_vyhAsE0CDDe-Qt-Mqe8gwGu0s1Gee4KhNrwUNWh21AQKzpw/w400-h300/IMG_4309.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is Natali, our Uber driver.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYu8qmg7Mip2uVrWXVFBt2ytZnmoXEYzottkYaLUvzV_2CjbNT9jj5MuhjUGE6jEX9mIXXwcKawkY7Ja5cIewJxB1VmmwR2VQPkFp2pNMoQaPawr5tMCLjxQ0DJLcLvg0Tte3rNrlMapTI-Uch18jAHa6YqdAHpeq0fg_nDMnvo29xiGzybSmDFL9pYw/s4032/IMG_4312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYu8qmg7Mip2uVrWXVFBt2ytZnmoXEYzottkYaLUvzV_2CjbNT9jj5MuhjUGE6jEX9mIXXwcKawkY7Ja5cIewJxB1VmmwR2VQPkFp2pNMoQaPawr5tMCLjxQ0DJLcLvg0Tte3rNrlMapTI-Uch18jAHa6YqdAHpeq0fg_nDMnvo29xiGzybSmDFL9pYw/w400-h300/IMG_4312.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Elena de Fernandez</span></span></div><span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">We then drove on to our hotel, Hacienda Cusin. What a magical place. We wanted to stay at this hacienda because during our mission 51 years ago we had a zone conference at this hacienda and Chris and Judy stayed here with Chris' parents on their way home after their missions. I will let the pictures show you how very special this place really is. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiuiXVLGZ19sK1CffoJaUpMHGZMFejIrAkl7ZSh53mx8MtyTosd5XCSuLvMWcF0xR-UrGOI0eNupCrffLoMTiiIFftz2eErNJdQyF1mhDFjx-0pZfPAduW7pL-vdZLBr82_IpsP0Kf_cyQKNMxqmnXTnqCVPtUJyXyn-FWLIS518PC4HDH5GZaq0OEQ/s4032/IMG_4359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeiuiXVLGZ19sK1CffoJaUpMHGZMFejIrAkl7ZSh53mx8MtyTosd5XCSuLvMWcF0xR-UrGOI0eNupCrffLoMTiiIFftz2eErNJdQyF1mhDFjx-0pZfPAduW7pL-vdZLBr82_IpsP0Kf_cyQKNMxqmnXTnqCVPtUJyXyn-FWLIS518PC4HDH5GZaq0OEQ/w400-h300/IMG_4359.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The property was bought in an auction in Seville Spain in 1602 by the Luna family. They gave it as a dowry to their daughter when she married Ernesto de Chiriboga. It stayed in the Chiriboga family until about 1980. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFC-ZDWOqq0AcRCKRGuVOfA-nvVTJEmNdsg7I8ayHJm7Ji0RRtHwWZoZ07DqiiNnEwiXar9dddpEDdpHiSGzsgM3J8vBSQ30kWr4MDLUSwBybaup63u8pQs_CdLr2yUTbIS6EHJWngMM6NjYwuDlmjLLSkFLUnEo0L-Yv_gT4gcUoaqOT9_jR2p8Flg/s4032/IMG_4380.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFC-ZDWOqq0AcRCKRGuVOfA-nvVTJEmNdsg7I8ayHJm7Ji0RRtHwWZoZ07DqiiNnEwiXar9dddpEDdpHiSGzsgM3J8vBSQ30kWr4MDLUSwBybaup63u8pQs_CdLr2yUTbIS6EHJWngMM6NjYwuDlmjLLSkFLUnEo0L-Yv_gT4gcUoaqOT9_jR2p8Flg/w300-h400/IMG_4380.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRiEU1xwGuSAtqBzNYjccU6Jfp3UwmKRaMFG5aGg77s4YsppUwp6gAMYKR0jGB4P4qbKaUeE7SB-dlz8ZBoo6XhZ4hmIPZ7Fwbczn3cEX2GOh77QQTPZ71qg4uZOfKVTRfG4gW96-PTMoc12oRZfUGC9cDij5SXszon7fIei-_L4uzf48YGZfXlOlQA/s4032/IMG_4378.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We were happy to spend the evening here around a cozy fire.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlNyCnT3_r31ZrSx5w-oK7cCwwa5vOYCvDsFy9-X2pbCWz8Awrt24w_te4XHXonsV2w5okAQCHNTIzjyeiEbfn6d9GUBUuasspgVqk9ZiDVb7cToOyOKjWMZ_tNZ-qh0XGNhKY3QcaRifSgWLuZ9_n9s6ofZgG8PG0W1yZ62SFr_83SVem_QlnVW96g/s4032/IMG_4376.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlNyCnT3_r31ZrSx5w-oK7cCwwa5vOYCvDsFy9-X2pbCWz8Awrt24w_te4XHXonsV2w5okAQCHNTIzjyeiEbfn6d9GUBUuasspgVqk9ZiDVb7cToOyOKjWMZ_tNZ-qh0XGNhKY3QcaRifSgWLuZ9_n9s6ofZgG8PG0W1yZ62SFr_83SVem_QlnVW96g/w400-h300/IMG_4376.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Englishman who has owned the property for over 30 years has collected a lot of religious artifacts and old paintings. This is the other side of Salon Bolivar opposite the fireplace.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6x0BccJpNYGdtZi6CPHGirnQW3kssow8MG8oqZ6OL7sBsy8gbDJsJHQoO3xh8kB_ZeXbELNQkzjFf_6qucNxEggT7qyrbhLtoGp8a5GK58oGgR5vTGWTNOXjrrbohxG5Qdr2YGq1cE5hAx7ej6gRKfk_U_ffZrNg6vD8W1es0BWpqgAMfmdbvf1zcgA/s4032/IMG_4324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6x0BccJpNYGdtZi6CPHGirnQW3kssow8MG8oqZ6OL7sBsy8gbDJsJHQoO3xh8kB_ZeXbELNQkzjFf_6qucNxEggT7qyrbhLtoGp8a5GK58oGgR5vTGWTNOXjrrbohxG5Qdr2YGq1cE5hAx7ej6gRKfk_U_ffZrNg6vD8W1es0BWpqgAMfmdbvf1zcgA/w400-h300/IMG_4324.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVBsiwiOiKU9UCODNkSjSVs8ORw06ZDF5VE9y7Y1LpTIGKxdLP9wrKE1xxzoA18ih2tZDApfwF6q5SMxUxEnMRma2ZC7qkFhvSapnenxSnL-bCbjoXDgKSRgEHEyZDpsZzS_dTmKLS_jzJ5HjzMMbQWxJWF2SZQnLvFK9h5dwWcU4T2v7ZCwRtKlFtA/s4032/IMG_4398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVBsiwiOiKU9UCODNkSjSVs8ORw06ZDF5VE9y7Y1LpTIGKxdLP9wrKE1xxzoA18ih2tZDApfwF6q5SMxUxEnMRma2ZC7qkFhvSapnenxSnL-bCbjoXDgKSRgEHEyZDpsZzS_dTmKLS_jzJ5HjzMMbQWxJWF2SZQnLvFK9h5dwWcU4T2v7ZCwRtKlFtA/w300-h400/IMG_4398.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is kind of like staying in a museum.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_KwHvT8El66Nfb4eN60OKQY7iAQgveBzeo5pJVDaYlwo1ifKlxdSfTvn_aBJ5rQJ7rfFNWNvRlBIMt2AobZfykDoHdZl6C1cy2Qg9A7RWtbTaq0yYp7v9afnBhepwRLaOpHiK2yEeWLQXA0Jls-2REJ-EoPVxOlgTLqxlp3vVnCjZ9KM8a703ZzW7w/s4032/IMG_4350.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_KwHvT8El66Nfb4eN60OKQY7iAQgveBzeo5pJVDaYlwo1ifKlxdSfTvn_aBJ5rQJ7rfFNWNvRlBIMt2AobZfykDoHdZl6C1cy2Qg9A7RWtbTaq0yYp7v9afnBhepwRLaOpHiK2yEeWLQXA0Jls-2REJ-EoPVxOlgTLqxlp3vVnCjZ9KM8a703ZzW7w/w400-h300/IMG_4350.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is our room. They put hot water bottles in our bed at night.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkO-N17aLMAyS20n88-1iuM2juNKVpdy68dbVtCXC7lKZMFrKZx13rbZG-z7G233PA8TknG6sa7d8hpG6XqJj4HdnHXkXRuKvCUFSZK4Mk2AWcHcCTN0oeLm1bkUyWkzg66ugkkoH8BBTibwFK_LSkWV8S_vh55Bged8_O5IeCeUlSCJorCeOgsc7A5g/s4032/IMG_4353.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkO-N17aLMAyS20n88-1iuM2juNKVpdy68dbVtCXC7lKZMFrKZx13rbZG-z7G233PA8TknG6sa7d8hpG6XqJj4HdnHXkXRuKvCUFSZK4Mk2AWcHcCTN0oeLm1bkUyWkzg66ugkkoH8BBTibwFK_LSkWV8S_vh55Bged8_O5IeCeUlSCJorCeOgsc7A5g/w300-h400/IMG_4353.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We had a fireplace and they came and made a roaring fire in every evening.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcK0EbJEvkVxlTMIV-41GYzC-aAblFeDj_9Ry9HotixshJgadT483JY6Av08lnwqhgk81KWDIvU4Vulf56RJ9KxHiVWNGPMmf38Ejoxd_21XclMoiA104DK6d_xmWylU4MllsamTXko33slChzPX875UQ7_YaZUwsumFIcU0n60RRkdEj0zEdYkI2dA/s4032/IMG_4357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcK0EbJEvkVxlTMIV-41GYzC-aAblFeDj_9Ry9HotixshJgadT483JY6Av08lnwqhgk81KWDIvU4Vulf56RJ9KxHiVWNGPMmf38Ejoxd_21XclMoiA104DK6d_xmWylU4MllsamTXko33slChzPX875UQ7_YaZUwsumFIcU0n60RRkdEj0zEdYkI2dA/w400-h300/IMG_4357.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the reading room next to the library.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Later that afternoon we took a taxi into Otavalo and passed this chapel in San Pedro. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCki3e3tdnviOL1XDsIOE-pbzpPEv86UlZFiY8u5m5CqGMesEKL5Ni1mrIDwD2xWOqzR73j1ut-G1ygjlDiHhvi0fTaqa1Q4iK5AfjT_AYzFUSNSmLaUe1zF1XyMbH8-p7CP0FA1bQEJK2zA57iCqZnv5P1tgXwLWJ2FLgWlRUuI-jYMiYq6NWmkyqg/s3564/chapel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2038" data-original-width="3564" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCki3e3tdnviOL1XDsIOE-pbzpPEv86UlZFiY8u5m5CqGMesEKL5Ni1mrIDwD2xWOqzR73j1ut-G1ygjlDiHhvi0fTaqa1Q4iK5AfjT_AYzFUSNSmLaUe1zF1XyMbH8-p7CP0FA1bQEJK2zA57iCqZnv5P1tgXwLWJ2FLgWlRUuI-jYMiYq6NWmkyqg/w400-h229/chapel.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Friday: </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">We got picked up by Edwin Vinueza, the chief administrator of the Saminay El Legado high school. This school is sponsored by the foundation, Children of the Andes Humanitarian, and our good friend, Martha Cooper, is the Executive Director of the foundation. Our daughter, Genevieve, is also a member of the board of directors of the foundation. We visited with Martha and Wally Cooper here in 2008 when it only had 2 classrooms and the old farm building. Now it has a cheese processing building, a large cafeteria and kitchen, new bathrooms, and a large building with 6 classrooms. There are also 4 buildings that they hope to get funding to turn into a restaurant and an eco hotel. We were fed lunch at the school and we then visited the classrooms and helped with the English class.</span> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBP_zBzwq1UutXd8GwumOroYbvBg5DlUKbO2xiN19XIn-LXuBsZmRy2bkWMq8RMcfwj5e24LY0Ltp9ihG4SlIzEhoII0W46kJkltkRNdkVfDGIp3G7mAFNOjvSBLZil6XICXUNRDAyua-9i06cZaj0-C087rEdFITWRXoaK0iAJ4iqjIOXenf_XRLlA/s4032/IMG_4423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBP_zBzwq1UutXd8GwumOroYbvBg5DlUKbO2xiN19XIn-LXuBsZmRy2bkWMq8RMcfwj5e24LY0Ltp9ihG4SlIzEhoII0W46kJkltkRNdkVfDGIp3G7mAFNOjvSBLZil6XICXUNRDAyua-9i06cZaj0-C087rEdFITWRXoaK0iAJ4iqjIOXenf_XRLlA/w300-h400/IMG_4423.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the new building with 6 classrooms.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTD_J3Kr9qA5d61Abgf1fS9QqGPp288pj--Hg8qd75FEn4StPUBHlACQh9mqYwvyiQyM2p36wS6b4DhYDAL5yvg4ucoK1CEFnVjGtptxQ3rwv0mNQNXQH4rEAwl9p9082G5wKoGYCBifiQHagxa3dp2Pw0RMslLysrp2fS3U4evPrSWedCUkgCClHrUA/s4032/IMG_4414.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTD_J3Kr9qA5d61Abgf1fS9QqGPp288pj--Hg8qd75FEn4StPUBHlACQh9mqYwvyiQyM2p36wS6b4DhYDAL5yvg4ucoK1CEFnVjGtptxQ3rwv0mNQNXQH4rEAwl9p9082G5wKoGYCBifiQHagxa3dp2Pw0RMslLysrp2fS3U4evPrSWedCUkgCClHrUA/w400-h300/IMG_4414.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The view from the top of the property is extraordinary and this was a cloudy day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqn6Cb3nR6ejNC58k_wB2JDMLA0wQwHhNyAnIuAzwZB1W9ohYW7GymIMa2M1LcwhVYA7y_FNRTqOM7agERsh_LCFVXNGxMajnUQZ73R2zjabwtfpAxHEZQG3G5OgxVY1KUoUnvFhz8auNK-B_DA67-yf6tzASBcF2umDTRQeIjq_srBkyrAKLo_jhvPg/s4032/IMG_4421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqn6Cb3nR6ejNC58k_wB2JDMLA0wQwHhNyAnIuAzwZB1W9ohYW7GymIMa2M1LcwhVYA7y_FNRTqOM7agERsh_LCFVXNGxMajnUQZ73R2zjabwtfpAxHEZQG3G5OgxVY1KUoUnvFhz8auNK-B_DA67-yf6tzASBcF2umDTRQeIjq_srBkyrAKLo_jhvPg/w400-h300/IMG_4421.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Buildings they hope to covert to an eco hotel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4rpVlgDTDQ8gVAL5KWF71hoGZphDEL3YeYi6H_VrCTjisHmSu9hLvuTJw411Tjm4rBv0xQeW6DtjqDKTgqbQy7GpHCR12ZPawhxw87l86e0q_IwoLp8wWMteQ6gW7lW8z1yOWISdv06HwIFfbEa_SmqHbZJdpfdvupxxT9cAx47yrdxGaL_sFPR6cw/s4032/IMG_4416.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4rpVlgDTDQ8gVAL5KWF71hoGZphDEL3YeYi6H_VrCTjisHmSu9hLvuTJw411Tjm4rBv0xQeW6DtjqDKTgqbQy7GpHCR12ZPawhxw87l86e0q_IwoLp8wWMteQ6gW7lW8z1yOWISdv06HwIFfbEa_SmqHbZJdpfdvupxxT9cAx47yrdxGaL_sFPR6cw/w400-h300/IMG_4416.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The campus view from the top of the property.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftY0FVNX1YbkMy6tjc-WnfKSRYx_d3MOKO7cXHzUXzemeUcHQqeHJ6inVyhFzobnQXRuJEC2rB1kJjUj5FH5IHG2FKv4mbYjtYr_bKTaihYN5mOdXAl6OEE_QdX3MXLdqqi0p2Mb9i5WHjFsHQsGt-HapaaffC3VLX8BUvzMp0z8Gj4FoCVjyHBVgrw/s4032/IMG_4424.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftY0FVNX1YbkMy6tjc-WnfKSRYx_d3MOKO7cXHzUXzemeUcHQqeHJ6inVyhFzobnQXRuJEC2rB1kJjUj5FH5IHG2FKv4mbYjtYr_bKTaihYN5mOdXAl6OEE_QdX3MXLdqqi0p2Mb9i5WHjFsHQsGt-HapaaffC3VLX8BUvzMp0z8Gj4FoCVjyHBVgrw/w300-h400/IMG_4424.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lunch. They serve the students breakfast and lunch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JvmpV_mvzputxTLmTZpNSdvo1WQXr5rHeqgRh8NFmX7w_cLU11Z21S8BlibT1PTq1IedjkzDzoq7TfaK_xdJ_-FLi0El5n-s10-vQdxRbq-3PYGqVdQ5QCtR64yQJhK_7wRSRurqGcGzqI5RhOV5U-5xt6kxEBxOZmZI83edroLGfq4gLjlzHYhtDg/s4032/IMG_4426.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JvmpV_mvzputxTLmTZpNSdvo1WQXr5rHeqgRh8NFmX7w_cLU11Z21S8BlibT1PTq1IedjkzDzoq7TfaK_xdJ_-FLi0El5n-s10-vQdxRbq-3PYGqVdQ5QCtR64yQJhK_7wRSRurqGcGzqI5RhOV5U-5xt6kxEBxOZmZI83edroLGfq4gLjlzHYhtDg/w400-h300/IMG_4426.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">One of the classrooms in the new building.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwI-i4IvVb8_fVrvwSD0F6fmYGMUgC6I3TN4wO_1CJujePZKUL8fSU7kAhtxAwZTZA4u4vY48sYBj6tQ_zdSSM4XGVD_6mBhSLPjtzeb9fSOFC-HU9e_-yNIyooXcswwKl6nFK2sr4F-mQ2q9NIexl5Hi5SprFkrlHFJUNkxGl1HuVM71Y-wt7yQD6w/s4032/IMG_4427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwI-i4IvVb8_fVrvwSD0F6fmYGMUgC6I3TN4wO_1CJujePZKUL8fSU7kAhtxAwZTZA4u4vY48sYBj6tQ_zdSSM4XGVD_6mBhSLPjtzeb9fSOFC-HU9e_-yNIyooXcswwKl6nFK2sr4F-mQ2q9NIexl5Hi5SprFkrlHFJUNkxGl1HuVM71Y-wt7yQD6w/w400-h300/IMG_4427.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The students in the English class. We each took a group of students.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ArePR2gHqDyT5w4kwTMsgUV0p59d2tDss5uTtoVQYkfxXerWxaN4ssBrKC_ZvYtVrPeRzERnd-zBTtM76GsJKTl306PLLvREQ_1bgup6obHw1yiKg_LnrRCwitdbfHsqD3rIJI3HcdYYpjDzO0Eh_vUk2Jw4MpT0Tgm6jeRUHlhonwm-e2EaqvLCqA/s4032/IMG_4430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ArePR2gHqDyT5w4kwTMsgUV0p59d2tDss5uTtoVQYkfxXerWxaN4ssBrKC_ZvYtVrPeRzERnd-zBTtM76GsJKTl306PLLvREQ_1bgup6obHw1yiKg_LnrRCwitdbfHsqD3rIJI3HcdYYpjDzO0Eh_vUk2Jw4MpT0Tgm6jeRUHlhonwm-e2EaqvLCqA/w400-h300/IMG_4430.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mom helped this group of kids with their English assignment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJ_eth1dc0vsCqEhRDdmhpS3a-Hq4-dVdMT9u55x_9AguP9x16TG2RXZa3CspQMTUeuy0eeStOYXC6rsp9x0rESVvY5hC47tTNcAsEjAix3fMsGSL1jio5t-AZhznPzXW8pv2wBbol4uv09XTnApPS0xle6J4o0JNSXv-jhHAGYAd9qd76LwGRNWecQ/s4032/IMG_4435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJ_eth1dc0vsCqEhRDdmhpS3a-Hq4-dVdMT9u55x_9AguP9x16TG2RXZa3CspQMTUeuy0eeStOYXC6rsp9x0rESVvY5hC47tTNcAsEjAix3fMsGSL1jio5t-AZhznPzXW8pv2wBbol4uv09XTnApPS0xle6J4o0JNSXv-jhHAGYAd9qd76LwGRNWecQ/w400-h300/IMG_4435.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This was my group.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIk4AFyFfrfK1xkeBaJD6EA6G4VNc9kxIzic-XeQ5vvoy_yrGHpjXFR7CfPWH8WUNoa4Ppb-gqQsppVQpPHwMs0jTYHbBO601ZxZ-g_iiU-L0-pZONz0Y3bpl5NE0Tfj4i8NnIAmElp_0InKp31_sqiRXOZBG7hxdGLB_3kFzBuC1ZeffCMqwFiRJX4g/s4032/IMG_4438.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIk4AFyFfrfK1xkeBaJD6EA6G4VNc9kxIzic-XeQ5vvoy_yrGHpjXFR7CfPWH8WUNoa4Ppb-gqQsppVQpPHwMs0jTYHbBO601ZxZ-g_iiU-L0-pZONz0Y3bpl5NE0Tfj4i8NnIAmElp_0InKp31_sqiRXOZBG7hxdGLB_3kFzBuC1ZeffCMqwFiRJX4g/w400-h300/IMG_4438.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This was another class working on an assembly they were going to have in a few months.</span></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When we got back to the hacienda, Judy realized that she did not have her cell phone. We checked the truck and looked everywhere. Edwin called the school and they could not find it. He went back to the only stop we had made on the way down the mountain and could not find it. So we went to our room and said a prayer. I went looking all over the grounds where we had been walking prior to Judy realizing she did not have her phone. Judy went to her room and got on her knees and prayed again. She came and found us and said she got the impression after praying that we should call the phone. I had the idea that we should have Edwin listen in the truck to see if he could here it ring. I called him and he said he had already left the truck at the office in Otavalo, but that he would go back to the truck and listen. He had given the keys to someone else and got a hold of him and told him to meet him back at the truck. We called Edwin and he could only listen from outside the truck. Finally the guy with the keys got there and before we called again Edwin called and said he had found the phone on the floor under a big plastic tarp. He had to then drive 20 minutes back to the hacienda to bring us the phone. This whole process took about 3 hours, but our prayers were answered and we found Judy's phone. Edwin was so gracious and accommodating. <b>Saturday: </b>A</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">fter breakfast, I put Mom's and my suitcase in a taxi that I had hired to take us back to Quito and he left with his passenger and agreed to meet us in Otavalo. Mom and Judy did not think that this was a great idea. We then took a different taxi to Otavalo. When we got to Otavalo, we asked the taxi driver to take Judy's bags to Freddy, the taxi driver that had our suitcases. They both were from the same taxi company. Again, mom and Judy were not comfortable with my plan. They wondered if all our bags would end up in the same taxi and they also wondered if Freddy would show up to take us back to Quito. I, on the other hand, had all the faith in the world that this was a great plan. We walked through the poncho market and Chris and I had on our missionary name tags. About every 15 or 20 feet someone would, say "Hola, Elder", or "Hola, Hermana, I am also a member of the church." One member was helping Judy find the tablecloths she wanted to buy and we were walking to another stall. Another sister stopped me and we began talking. I had the idea to show her a picture on my phone of two little girls. I took this picture at a District conference in Quito 50 years ago. She was intrigued with the photo and asked if she could take a picture of the photo on my phone. She then sent it by What's App to all the Relief Society sisters in her stake to see if anyone could identify the two little girls. </span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSOi1QcEmPzMXuJ17RwNBetsoq6clj779UYIC0Zka3kj4RRsKgM6PDDgxd0jiM-GLHsKiMYdhjAIoJGt6vWFHFnLSLBTyquNQ7-dwel-s2_9R2kNV7mIuE2kugoYjvwC7OKxcs0_3Rk4p6LBWhQmzMGwqJ2n-4A3f6u0HW-W-Sl_HA1FG2g2KwpQM-g/s1818/FH000029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1818" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSOi1QcEmPzMXuJ17RwNBetsoq6clj779UYIC0Zka3kj4RRsKgM6PDDgxd0jiM-GLHsKiMYdhjAIoJGt6vWFHFnLSLBTyquNQ7-dwel-s2_9R2kNV7mIuE2kugoYjvwC7OKxcs0_3Rk4p6LBWhQmzMGwqJ2n-4A3f6u0HW-W-Sl_HA1FG2g2KwpQM-g/w400-h270/FH000029.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the picture I showed the sister who sent it to all the RS sisters.</span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">By this time Judy had her tablecloths we had to head to the main plaza to meet Jim Bird. Jim is another missionary who served with us 51 years ago. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBkEo3i3LV2W2vDcBvoZyBQP9lyp0qRXhdaEKHWYQ5zvksun0Ippxo-UYsFN9AZYhZdvCniLHevjCytSI49oNUMH58D7izR1E3ygLgN3eIfwzFTdAfCB0E1rPQAozj00PhkBHiYUoaK8qNBC3wJtbk1wHNaSkdSeT3mOgxmW9NjMnNI6rcXxDf108kQ/s4032/IMG_2891%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBkEo3i3LV2W2vDcBvoZyBQP9lyp0qRXhdaEKHWYQ5zvksun0Ippxo-UYsFN9AZYhZdvCniLHevjCytSI49oNUMH58D7izR1E3ygLgN3eIfwzFTdAfCB0E1rPQAozj00PhkBHiYUoaK8qNBC3wJtbk1wHNaSkdSeT3mOgxmW9NjMnNI6rcXxDf108kQ/w300-h400/IMG_2891%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the church at the main plaza.</span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">After we met up with Jim, Chris wanted to go see an old church we had walked past on our way to the main plaza. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNv_d7OfWx-a8DpcAYNUYe3IXP3w2FRQJ5hlHnpA2CeEhxBHuN0zW-1qt66pUTkXvf7opbdYOKmSqH9ENXgEMlpvjwc6VFYO4r6mVO6kSBwCN7-a6gLwNwSWdjeasUcOsubnWdsNIymTmZHGq3b5KVKtgfmNzgGUcjnxJ2GsqpWkAQV2lUvXc6A330Q/s4032/IMG_4463%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNv_d7OfWx-a8DpcAYNUYe3IXP3w2FRQJ5hlHnpA2CeEhxBHuN0zW-1qt66pUTkXvf7opbdYOKmSqH9ENXgEMlpvjwc6VFYO4r6mVO6kSBwCN7-a6gLwNwSWdjeasUcOsubnWdsNIymTmZHGq3b5KVKtgfmNzgGUcjnxJ2GsqpWkAQV2lUvXc6A330Q/w300-h400/IMG_4463%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the old church Chris wanted to see.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlPRLUmMOnJpT-QB1nT38-f8aTtDDSnVEpm_qZXXRQnxvnlyvptLPuXbectytc9OGMO0GtKQCRduj-_tN3E8lCXDfDZf2Pn2qsFcG4fwWelQV96JxCe6VuNIoaZ-WJFrgbVDwP-zjy76dz2ue9DeDJo5kByQCUzrGnZ7j00k2QCpmLo7Zhn1WwDZ34g/s4032/IMG_4469%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlPRLUmMOnJpT-QB1nT38-f8aTtDDSnVEpm_qZXXRQnxvnlyvptLPuXbectytc9OGMO0GtKQCRduj-_tN3E8lCXDfDZf2Pn2qsFcG4fwWelQV96JxCe6VuNIoaZ-WJFrgbVDwP-zjy76dz2ue9DeDJo5kByQCUzrGnZ7j00k2QCpmLo7Zhn1WwDZ34g/w300-h400/IMG_4469%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I love all the carved doors on the churches.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktz1OlZU19y2wJprf-ricNBuC-Av-ngyZ0W8epKGTK2DPeoUhsqfykK7A8DZeJdVLJCfi8PCdxt03GyebAMkXPAZ0vxP0BTcZ9zQOxpkqw-ILIeY2_QIxzRwVmKOUdpzbyAj-Ke4FIQf1v5tWWHxgKeEsrBDOxYO1IEMptsKTb3TEWor8xRomGRmAyw/s4032/IMG_4466%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktz1OlZU19y2wJprf-ricNBuC-Av-ngyZ0W8epKGTK2DPeoUhsqfykK7A8DZeJdVLJCfi8PCdxt03GyebAMkXPAZ0vxP0BTcZ9zQOxpkqw-ILIeY2_QIxzRwVmKOUdpzbyAj-Ke4FIQf1v5tWWHxgKeEsrBDOxYO1IEMptsKTb3TEWor8xRomGRmAyw/w300-h400/IMG_4466%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">After the church, we headed back to the Plaza de los Ponchos. We walked down the same street and the sister who had sent the picture out stopped us and said that someone had showed it to their bishop and he immediately said "This is my mother!" What a surprise! The bishop has my contact information and is going to meet up with us when he comes to the temple. We finished shopping and called Freddy. I told him the corner where we were and he said it would take him about 10 minutes to get there. All I can say is, "Oh, ye of little faith." He came and had all of our bags. We all piled in, Jim in the front and Judy, Chris and I in the back. We got back to the temple at about 2:00pm. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRshlPnnTl6ImbTryq-IE1IyNGK8Ab7xeEcqsFieFiT2bNGbrwnhM-EYi9B3jy8AH7QI4xLpHKrPHoCrYrLE2W6VK8tJnKdVcrdjLUyUjhi0ri-ZRXqDYXfI6Bal_f7WBqZNnrjiZ8kxrTFbelxG9RjuALz09xHtkW6gPj5kz7xOmkoLGcg5JidmLpA/s4032/IMG_4470%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRshlPnnTl6ImbTryq-IE1IyNGK8Ab7xeEcqsFieFiT2bNGbrwnhM-EYi9B3jy8AH7QI4xLpHKrPHoCrYrLE2W6VK8tJnKdVcrdjLUyUjhi0ri-ZRXqDYXfI6Bal_f7WBqZNnrjiZ8kxrTFbelxG9RjuALz09xHtkW6gPj5kz7xOmkoLGcg5JidmLpA/w400-h300/IMG_4470%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">When we got back to the temple there were long lines. I think around 15,000 people visited Saturday.</span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">We went through all my pictures of the mission and with Jim's and Judy's help we were able to identify most of the missionaries. We laughed a lot and had a great time. We had been asked by President and Sister Aguirre to come to their house for dinner and to eat colada morada and guaguas de pan. Jim was a little hesitant to come with us, but I assured him that they knew he would be with us and that he was invited.</span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"> </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Wns5VlE4oB6xCUnvyLeYD3JANU2v2d2yzAIJi2z2j3cnA6Pix9OCw95FizSZwUdnuR8vYfZ2yXW7xQA3nh38TRz_uU0tPCUCoFW5cLFNPJ7pYeXY7xvB7_vEojPo7JjWc51aKDC1wv2fTfFa5IZLcR77So1Zk5y_JqB7XEAdyOYGPE1VkXA8oLrUow/s4032/IMG_4474.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Wns5VlE4oB6xCUnvyLeYD3JANU2v2d2yzAIJi2z2j3cnA6Pix9OCw95FizSZwUdnuR8vYfZ2yXW7xQA3nh38TRz_uU0tPCUCoFW5cLFNPJ7pYeXY7xvB7_vEojPo7JjWc51aKDC1wv2fTfFa5IZLcR77So1Zk5y_JqB7XEAdyOYGPE1VkXA8oLrUow/w400-h300/IMG_4474.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jim Bird, Sister Aguirre, mom, me and Judy Irvine Nelson learning how to make colada morada, a delicious fruit drink.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpSacp9-SCpdDIpfzoISplKAqoWIH_RbAQn3cuXjf13mksWF1O63bHs3fVNt3jkovWRaIw9jRijhc6J-lHdfJa_7fHX6LRBZiErpddHqgb-pOqyKtHFazNG0Mg7R7i5STjkNyAu2cdITwtXwsTlyae0biTVHkJZIWHP-dWSRiK6tkJeihUx15OYaElg/s4032/IMG_4472.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpSacp9-SCpdDIpfzoISplKAqoWIH_RbAQn3cuXjf13mksWF1O63bHs3fVNt3jkovWRaIw9jRijhc6J-lHdfJa_7fHX6LRBZiErpddHqgb-pOqyKtHFazNG0Mg7R7i5STjkNyAu2cdITwtXwsTlyae0biTVHkJZIWHP-dWSRiK6tkJeihUx15OYaElg/w300-h400/IMG_4472.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This traditional drink has 6 different fruits and spices typical of Ecuador. It is eaten with guaguas, a sweet bread in the shape of little babies and often filled with chocolate, pudding, or cream cheese. </span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">I knew Jim wanted to try and find some of the people he had taught and baptized and I knew if anyone could help it would be President Aguirre. We had a great time and as we were eating the colada morada and guaguas, I told President Aguirre about Jim's desire. President Aguirre asked Jim who he would like to find. The first name Jim said was, Bolivar Guerrero. President said, "Well, there is a Bolivar Guerrero that is a patriarch in the Calderon stake. I don't know if it is the same person but let me call his son". He called Edison and Jim and Edison talked and as Jim explained the family and the house where he had taught the Guerrero family it became clear that this was indeed the same family he had taught with Elder Thayne while they served together in the office. Tears flowed down all of our faces as we listened to the conversation and felt the joy of reconnection. It was decided that Edison would contact all the family and we would all get together tomorrow at the temple. President Aguirre gave us permission to use the patron housing building. The next name was a woman named Chiriboga. Jim could not remember her first name. He explained that she was the most prepared person he ever met and that she read the entire Book of Mormon in 6 days and then devoured every book and pamphlet in the commissary in the mission office. Her husband would not allow her to be baptized at the time. President said, "There is an Elena Chiriboga in our ward, but she is visiting her mother in Miami, but her sister, Patricia, is here in Quito. Let me call her". He called and she did not answer, but 5 minutes later she returned the call. Jim talked to her and started telling her about the father of the family. He remembered that he was an engineer who had studied in the states and he had a red Alfa Romeo car. To our surprise, the woman said, "That's my dad!" Once again, tears started to flow and she explained that her mother indeed got baptized and that she and her sister Elena had also joined the church and that her father asked the family to do his work vicariously when he was ill and about to pass away. Patricia called her sister in Miami and in a few minutes Elena and Jim were talking. Their mom was out, but she said she would be back in 30 minutes. Later, the mom called and Jim was able to talk to her. Jim, needless to say, was on cloud ninety nine. It was perhaps the most uplifting and spiritual evening we have been part of in a long time. President and Sister Aguirre then took us back to the temple and offered to take Judy to the airport. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXdvuW2snHWgOXSlssm-438PsXOBWTrrFO2K1zs_MZ_hfOEbdPpOVSFlK36VxKWbQIHpMLeSkl7WFL-nTreM2UQ4bFAOvar6u20u-JnlZOtZ_MX_4BwoR058UEc_yLjhoQ85Dy2FCuPfhZlGmyL2luJ-KfjdlHaxbtrmRr-9c7rWRjzQDYFdkLXSI8Q/s4032/IMG_4481%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXdvuW2snHWgOXSlssm-438PsXOBWTrrFO2K1zs_MZ_hfOEbdPpOVSFlK36VxKWbQIHpMLeSkl7WFL-nTreM2UQ4bFAOvar6u20u-JnlZOtZ_MX_4BwoR058UEc_yLjhoQ85Dy2FCuPfhZlGmyL2luJ-KfjdlHaxbtrmRr-9c7rWRjzQDYFdkLXSI8Q/w400-h300/IMG_4481%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Getting dropped off at the temple. Jim, President and Sister Aguirre, Judy, Mom, me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0iIrLivJmDzeo--KySdeyOS-waX3gl24hdQ26lAeRYYRlxLvbSA5ig8HVhbyvu_0R48DhKxWEHcE5EK26cePML2qj_1yQ4nnpVP9S1DeFpyy7jTvSRQ-a76UXTEJGjzBCih6GqG1p8DiDeAIWsCPv4ScHEWtr_YGhlHbAkJ6dr8GDlKOzg6S3anngA/s4032/IMG_4483%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0iIrLivJmDzeo--KySdeyOS-waX3gl24hdQ26lAeRYYRlxLvbSA5ig8HVhbyvu_0R48DhKxWEHcE5EK26cePML2qj_1yQ4nnpVP9S1DeFpyy7jTvSRQ-a76UXTEJGjzBCih6GqG1p8DiDeAIWsCPv4ScHEWtr_YGhlHbAkJ6dr8GDlKOzg6S3anngA/w400-h300/IMG_4483%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Some of the Trujillo family. </span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">We feel so privileged to serve with President and Sister Aguirre. They are such good people and we love them. Later that evening, mom and Sister Aguirre were texting back and forth and Sister Aguirre said, "We like sharing time with you. You are a blessing in the lives of many people. We love you and we value everything that you have done to build the Kingdom of God in our country. We see you as bringing to pass the prophecies and blessings in our lives." <b>Sunday: </b>We woke up and still felt like we were full of the Spirit. Yesterday was incredible and we feel so blessed to be here on this mission. We went to church in our ward for the first time in a few weeks. They probably think we are semi-active. We invited Jim to dinner and he came over to the apartment at 2:00pm. After dinner, I was showing Jim around and we were out looking at the guard house when the first of many cars belonging to the Guerrero family arrived. It was amazing to watch Jim connect with this family. Lots of hugs, smiles and tears. Besides Bolivar, who is a patriarch in his stake, there have been 2 bishops and 5 returned missionaries in the family of 5 generations. We finished up at 7:00pm and said goodbye to Jim. What a finish to a wonderful week with Judy and Jim. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKeXy5gphDh7uro1mHNvCj5XDdvQKBZy1p6a-zrSTL_je6uvV1VZBUkPZ8sQHsKXHnrzZIlGueUY4RT6SzCUAkH_oLooQ4Y8qfWYQ6SH5Z21dMBFC4uDS6BIlaiqc5wJIslR2lQx4WucLU3lXYVjWW2_SgepmIJ7o9dakgwLzrLMWOSW6xYSqBBKOFA/s4032/IMG_4495.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKeXy5gphDh7uro1mHNvCj5XDdvQKBZy1p6a-zrSTL_je6uvV1VZBUkPZ8sQHsKXHnrzZIlGueUY4RT6SzCUAkH_oLooQ4Y8qfWYQ6SH5Z21dMBFC4uDS6BIlaiqc5wJIslR2lQx4WucLU3lXYVjWW2_SgepmIJ7o9dakgwLzrLMWOSW6xYSqBBKOFA/w300-h400/IMG_4495.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bolivar Guerrero and Jim meeting after 50 years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvwSN66Bu7msCrrAup5cn0uhacXr7Oxh5AW9N2JH25g6FMioT545I9bNdpmZMsPGB2EkJdUd2otV_8pLeWPBRbpfqyizQbIGU4nkHw2gJEooA7tMUSS2vDXzJJzsVsOeaxMwEdns4KqZ00-oCvqXBIB8dW9EnjOFXRvcFEgscsXcbqTELe25BYDj--A/s4032/IMG_4492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvwSN66Bu7msCrrAup5cn0uhacXr7Oxh5AW9N2JH25g6FMioT545I9bNdpmZMsPGB2EkJdUd2otV_8pLeWPBRbpfqyizQbIGU4nkHw2gJEooA7tMUSS2vDXzJJzsVsOeaxMwEdns4KqZ00-oCvqXBIB8dW9EnjOFXRvcFEgscsXcbqTELe25BYDj--A/w300-h400/IMG_4492.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Wjwl8MqLnUdealwfXhtx-DK20hYBW_px5n7yVnmEV9uKsgJTGgGlTsyFfe-lvC7-N_AEqtQUeYwonrt5z1tC2hQ4VhzVEusjZMH7RGz0fM0NRy1a3lsHKjPntCKY5Wvpgx9C0--7kwyjsSrNWmQHU4P7DJgAeSFpg6_Y52W4v79WIwSKkxqyEf93Xg/s4032/IMG_4502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Wjwl8MqLnUdealwfXhtx-DK20hYBW_px5n7yVnmEV9uKsgJTGgGlTsyFfe-lvC7-N_AEqtQUeYwonrt5z1tC2hQ4VhzVEusjZMH7RGz0fM0NRy1a3lsHKjPntCKY5Wvpgx9C0--7kwyjsSrNWmQHU4P7DJgAeSFpg6_Y52W4v79WIwSKkxqyEf93Xg/w400-h300/IMG_4502.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">These pictures are of the Guerrero family.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfcTeLINna986kvg0VVCXSVpJ1AE71XB5sWRUxqEmbZTTIVDoXSECgSKIfLSnb9cBNoZvqTCEykeGpxbWmi_OG8_kNTHlWpbhGGNpj-bEXxyjFNsvtFv-byQWnhrBR0Pi6-AmxQEmurRuMU_H8XMG1whfdX6iJo3aUFwyTjdk9V7etj83au3WOF-y5w/s4032/IMG_4501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfcTeLINna986kvg0VVCXSVpJ1AE71XB5sWRUxqEmbZTTIVDoXSECgSKIfLSnb9cBNoZvqTCEykeGpxbWmi_OG8_kNTHlWpbhGGNpj-bEXxyjFNsvtFv-byQWnhrBR0Pi6-AmxQEmurRuMU_H8XMG1whfdX6iJo3aUFwyTjdk9V7etj83au3WOF-y5w/w400-h300/IMG_4501.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is Edison Guerrero who set up this meeting and talked about how the gospel has blessed his family's life. Beatriz was pregnant with him when the missionaries arrived at their home.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9MbbJcketKPnRJrkjaycFwArP4U6O89rmRT6TEQWaabhBrxBtnWpfsvO598vxHFdrl4EIqm9-VDeAMtvWY6zlSluHng9UUaDNnSunhRSlKOinDqrb7zs-h7oSS9oQAdnDE5qJ2tALK7VnyGrCTMj7YHm_gq4kZIqFDXDGLjnSS3IZed208VICC3BKjA/s4032/IMG_4499.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9MbbJcketKPnRJrkjaycFwArP4U6O89rmRT6TEQWaabhBrxBtnWpfsvO598vxHFdrl4EIqm9-VDeAMtvWY6zlSluHng9UUaDNnSunhRSlKOinDqrb7zs-h7oSS9oQAdnDE5qJ2tALK7VnyGrCTMj7YHm_gq4kZIqFDXDGLjnSS3IZed208VICC3BKjA/w300-h400/IMG_4499.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bolivar and Beatriz with Elder Jim Bird</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEojuRpG4XOZMDxd63OOC_IOiuuxdMgVrr2AvPLBvErRpVSEwXNyeXCCLtKutMcfWb3iWv1HoSYsauVa_jEyYTXaTVhp4N3vwXP4ojvKAOoDO9q1QN8QT_yoxaaeYldi9q8Cuh-aofZV2bamFQvmvcprdidetN6qoZ7KAoBeSCI1NEIc4P1UQcauSPg/s4032/IMG_4517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEojuRpG4XOZMDxd63OOC_IOiuuxdMgVrr2AvPLBvErRpVSEwXNyeXCCLtKutMcfWb3iWv1HoSYsauVa_jEyYTXaTVhp4N3vwXP4ojvKAOoDO9q1QN8QT_yoxaaeYldi9q8Cuh-aofZV2bamFQvmvcprdidetN6qoZ7KAoBeSCI1NEIc4P1UQcauSPg/w300-h400/IMG_4517.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Some of the small kids didn't make it in this group photo.</span></div></div>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-50156951064485111532022-10-24T08:33:00.000-07:002022-10-24T08:33:40.207-07:00October 17th through October 23rd part 1<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> October 17th through October 23rd part 1:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Monday: </b>We hired a taxi to take us to Banos and the Devil's Cauldron, a waterfall 20 minutes east of Banos. He picked us up at 8:00am and we had a 2 hour drive straight to the waterfall. It was nothing but amazing. It was truly one of the coolest places I have ever been. I have included a lot of pictures and videos, but I am not sure they do it justice.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kKbypKCWNQWlsZ4xpXgl-yEpXHd8zyRAt7Z_rXmkjvZCqwCdwMMlqtclc8DqRUDvaA7X4pMhj0xiEENTDK1TQB2A_T3tB51gVJ13X-ZCdBXdtnAAcVBCrXlc-r4YgDXUkCrKONMezl76N3EvQpyEoLc6vgIUgnAnS8kzOIdIulfoOokKq8r2OBk_9g/s4032/IMG_3959.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kKbypKCWNQWlsZ4xpXgl-yEpXHd8zyRAt7Z_rXmkjvZCqwCdwMMlqtclc8DqRUDvaA7X4pMhj0xiEENTDK1TQB2A_T3tB51gVJ13X-ZCdBXdtnAAcVBCrXlc-r4YgDXUkCrKONMezl76N3EvQpyEoLc6vgIUgnAnS8kzOIdIulfoOokKq8r2OBk_9g/w400-h300/IMG_3959.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The trip to Banos and the waterfall was through many valleys that were cultivated all the way up the slope of the mountain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGosfUoGG3OBG-O6aVVPSAeaELtD6bTHtYPEPNGepUqh8sSVx_ijW3iXAnOTkuyWaknY1RoGPdyUbJLRVS5GVQFZAOhLl3JakdPXFnrR0K9-xx4MAfcy2kMX3z8DKa3AK0bmmcH0uz3dvHOCgkhagYyzKgAaYXmgqahSG7jYQjMUXxnXEvQqz9UnefQ/s4032/IMG_3961.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGosfUoGG3OBG-O6aVVPSAeaELtD6bTHtYPEPNGepUqh8sSVx_ijW3iXAnOTkuyWaknY1RoGPdyUbJLRVS5GVQFZAOhLl3JakdPXFnrR0K9-xx4MAfcy2kMX3z8DKa3AK0bmmcH0uz3dvHOCgkhagYyzKgAaYXmgqahSG7jYQjMUXxnXEvQqz9UnefQ/w300-h400/IMG_3961.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are mandarin groves on steep slopes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgFLzJcMGGVWdhzZNN64fw37xuhfQw4LVArz39tlCVH6rNcjAZ1FOTkWfg_8FbQ5DluhihOFIsDVcnWJC6mQu0J7LAc5BnxFNnALUZlA63zuSh2LXFYvMVgeL17ClAl99309dIqFY3WdAeHpOBjebX_Ece1uBH1ZcVjYO5IukkYuSX43zoYgYsM_Hfg/s4032/IMG_3965.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgFLzJcMGGVWdhzZNN64fw37xuhfQw4LVArz39tlCVH6rNcjAZ1FOTkWfg_8FbQ5DluhihOFIsDVcnWJC6mQu0J7LAc5BnxFNnALUZlA63zuSh2LXFYvMVgeL17ClAl99309dIqFY3WdAeHpOBjebX_Ece1uBH1ZcVjYO5IukkYuSX43zoYgYsM_Hfg/w300-h400/IMG_3965.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a small dam just above the waterfall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lSSkqz5TRkLPb950ReG-zsMGtzdfqoX2E0EHO8lFFw8wU5Ol6PtgnvvoB4VkDL7jqhu4mo_6jt3J49VPdi_lNVimoVSmHMDJSTZXhfufOzEAAjWSSC41Os8AX1NH3CpPrevVB2CefkPGtm9gPCfXr7fqIciPpqi_2RcGTuIvU-hnL2VC7Byfd6zJFA/s4032/IMG_3966.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lSSkqz5TRkLPb950ReG-zsMGtzdfqoX2E0EHO8lFFw8wU5Ol6PtgnvvoB4VkDL7jqhu4mo_6jt3J49VPdi_lNVimoVSmHMDJSTZXhfufOzEAAjWSSC41Os8AX1NH3CpPrevVB2CefkPGtm9gPCfXr7fqIciPpqi_2RcGTuIvU-hnL2VC7Byfd6zJFA/w300-h400/IMG_3966.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the path to the waterfall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVce32zxLRbgP4cCeoOTYpVo_CT_S6HCPgRREfe5hI1EFxJvSOVg8YBtQOO9hbWhUzLyiGngX6G_N-MpJwbta2xrwDXaX85u5KovNpVJQheVJDM965-3KXiD0wrN9YLOeujU_eQ2H19LqaOgt5fR2e14Iw7qTP-lXRjTHzX4lMU6jqTorIwAQPSJ-gQ/s4032/IMG_3970.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVce32zxLRbgP4cCeoOTYpVo_CT_S6HCPgRREfe5hI1EFxJvSOVg8YBtQOO9hbWhUzLyiGngX6G_N-MpJwbta2xrwDXaX85u5KovNpVJQheVJDM965-3KXiD0wrN9YLOeujU_eQ2H19LqaOgt5fR2e14Iw7qTP-lXRjTHzX4lMU6jqTorIwAQPSJ-gQ/w300-h400/IMG_3970.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a small waterfall above the main waterfall.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4l-pVYmWMA0" width="320" youtube-src-id="4l-pVYmWMA0"></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is video of the first waterfall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBC_sFr2JoLTL5xc0Wsy02W8ssZKYmrVv2IYl3Mlrotbfe8Y6f64txUWBKFXQJaMz6fwbr6B8_2c0vjnDtBjjpltNjWUdOx2Nmla8b4O8sPZyNQVFaTA_jl1eGMz5-77KirURjVOShpjwdifi9vOOAOsdXWS5saF3NN9LYVX9u4S-7D5HRV4TE4s4nw/s4032/IMG_3983.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBC_sFr2JoLTL5xc0Wsy02W8ssZKYmrVv2IYl3Mlrotbfe8Y6f64txUWBKFXQJaMz6fwbr6B8_2c0vjnDtBjjpltNjWUdOx2Nmla8b4O8sPZyNQVFaTA_jl1eGMz5-77KirURjVOShpjwdifi9vOOAOsdXWS5saF3NN9LYVX9u4S-7D5HRV4TE4s4nw/w300-h400/IMG_3983.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There were 2 suspension bridges we had to cross.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6cFaRjvaLdcj40dQ_t1LknY27txbkJ-pkrkz5JK3Ko_JOU2xoP2mvZdDW-PcJ9-7QOwCawbPndp-W1DkwWl6j18v0YrkELwcUt35OEj6Deaq7_MDWV0ZBw7_YGf1SbjkiY3a7ZvzxDsxX3RLgRsr4kh8DDbdioK1rkdNBHbJPZIV2Z69TYVv9Z9VgHw/s4032/IMG_3984.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6cFaRjvaLdcj40dQ_t1LknY27txbkJ-pkrkz5JK3Ko_JOU2xoP2mvZdDW-PcJ9-7QOwCawbPndp-W1DkwWl6j18v0YrkELwcUt35OEj6Deaq7_MDWV0ZBw7_YGf1SbjkiY3a7ZvzxDsxX3RLgRsr4kh8DDbdioK1rkdNBHbJPZIV2Z69TYVv9Z9VgHw/w300-h400/IMG_3984.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the main waterfall.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CRfPBIubV8E" width="320" youtube-src-id="CRfPBIubV8E"></iframe></div>This is a video of the main waterfall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1bAv9rwF1OkdhMEct_fKbWk_IMQy7NTa7Zi-wvpgsBvNVRhBMBbNLThMQw3dBpjRTPolWdYL2J6ur9IACwDqhdG8aWWKDJImeFJIQ6WZPI3RILAW4mZigMOdfU0JbX6MUc2f005iGYxkJRWVPDr1xj05H1xBZ6V0fK6Mv6XITaFha3SwLJ2uYKwPjw/s4032/IMG_3997.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1bAv9rwF1OkdhMEct_fKbWk_IMQy7NTa7Zi-wvpgsBvNVRhBMBbNLThMQw3dBpjRTPolWdYL2J6ur9IACwDqhdG8aWWKDJImeFJIQ6WZPI3RILAW4mZigMOdfU0JbX6MUc2f005iGYxkJRWVPDr1xj05H1xBZ6V0fK6Mv6XITaFha3SwLJ2uYKwPjw/w300-h400/IMG_3997.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Behind the waterfall.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FUIX3v6iFUI" width="320" youtube-src-id="FUIX3v6iFUI"></iframe></div>Video of behind the waterfall.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhty4nCfkdZiMcgumsS2LfszSN5sLURI7o94Jiz0EW4LyFyUcBAsLBtKQcCMcmSJZOA-t7o5_PgOa5tDA_-nUL9h8BQ5ijuvgJpSi0wOQp7XQarhqOR5S5oYJvhHF6Z39J8OWdgeXJZeYXPDOZSHfqqyGDISlRV7tdyIfOwX7-y9uQ7E6l4BZri5ISDvw/s4032/IMG_4001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhty4nCfkdZiMcgumsS2LfszSN5sLURI7o94Jiz0EW4LyFyUcBAsLBtKQcCMcmSJZOA-t7o5_PgOa5tDA_-nUL9h8BQ5ijuvgJpSi0wOQp7XQarhqOR5S5oYJvhHF6Z39J8OWdgeXJZeYXPDOZSHfqqyGDISlRV7tdyIfOwX7-y9uQ7E6l4BZri5ISDvw/w300-h400/IMG_4001.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I climbed down to get behind the waterfall, but it was too many steps and they were very slippery for Chris and Judy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_z_AXOf_CASG3M0OK96KO1fYNQwaGZE9HUp3IO2bwIjuBH0Pr-ZV9dfIdKVFaOqrpBzpwjU_0u0AuEeBSbtiipynDdem0OM9iRuGxLQnzjqEv4SdZcetCr5KfGWJaUQiSSQMRYNxK4BKFX1PtpeqdKNhOSR-Y-lkOTXV3AeHAi1zFNwQL1DgdHYlJZw/s3088/IMG_4016.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_z_AXOf_CASG3M0OK96KO1fYNQwaGZE9HUp3IO2bwIjuBH0Pr-ZV9dfIdKVFaOqrpBzpwjU_0u0AuEeBSbtiipynDdem0OM9iRuGxLQnzjqEv4SdZcetCr5KfGWJaUQiSSQMRYNxK4BKFX1PtpeqdKNhOSR-Y-lkOTXV3AeHAi1zFNwQL1DgdHYlJZw/w300-h400/IMG_4016.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ugBAojptBGU" width="320" youtube-src-id="ugBAojptBGU"></iframe></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Another video of the main waterfall.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjniDeura3z9yZ9idgWoPn9ntnoWhRGkiqEcLGhxIm1zLNd4Za96mLS2ZL_L5kbkgaRvHyhiGh0oBcq82ZKeZf_0U5q9FFcrxd2VVXmYrzD00rqGiSqPdbD4NSpMEA4n-mf_XhvsL2tUCr1B74E25w2zigMDn4A2vTLbClP20Wf-fOkckD3LY8o04DOPw/s4032/IMG_4024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjniDeura3z9yZ9idgWoPn9ntnoWhRGkiqEcLGhxIm1zLNd4Za96mLS2ZL_L5kbkgaRvHyhiGh0oBcq82ZKeZf_0U5q9FFcrxd2VVXmYrzD00rqGiSqPdbD4NSpMEA4n-mf_XhvsL2tUCr1B74E25w2zigMDn4A2vTLbClP20Wf-fOkckD3LY8o04DOPw/w300-h400/IMG_4024.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These steps are from the lower path. We were on the upper path.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRz9TzN1X-ORl4yKeYzQ-eBpveODFbpltjIE5TtN17378fdEZYAEH7_N2rJ3o94HZtmry8GS7Ddbx1jt9cdHsBqFZ1nwJKFOTB_TsMKh-yolDX2TdtF2DOwScQqHjspzLvmvY9yW8Mut7MwsgI_yi_GSPWE2ikYwF7igDlXyOZuEBepDXGz_EUb7I9ew/s4032/IMG_4027.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRz9TzN1X-ORl4yKeYzQ-eBpveODFbpltjIE5TtN17378fdEZYAEH7_N2rJ3o94HZtmry8GS7Ddbx1jt9cdHsBqFZ1nwJKFOTB_TsMKh-yolDX2TdtF2DOwScQqHjspzLvmvY9yW8Mut7MwsgI_yi_GSPWE2ikYwF7igDlXyOZuEBepDXGz_EUb7I9ew/w400-h300/IMG_4027.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see the other bridge above.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ScxaV4I7K-zaMC_m17bWrr76qDgSPOrI_DrIu78RdJa2gZZA0UfH_FPt38MtMjW-bjEpEagaV_V1rRaw_Vf5xSe86x8fOQFxOqKMaGtg8wRKb1qXTU0cPpmSf9gwQss3pSaN6_XiXKR0jUz_3hhM-jg5IZcM64fTZCUBO2FNWrhXZMvmNIuVgvqrJQ/s3088/IMG_4031.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ScxaV4I7K-zaMC_m17bWrr76qDgSPOrI_DrIu78RdJa2gZZA0UfH_FPt38MtMjW-bjEpEagaV_V1rRaw_Vf5xSe86x8fOQFxOqKMaGtg8wRKb1qXTU0cPpmSf9gwQss3pSaN6_XiXKR0jUz_3hhM-jg5IZcM64fTZCUBO2FNWrhXZMvmNIuVgvqrJQ/w300-h400/IMG_4031.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was enjoying this so much.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CkiILn3ZcBY" width="320" youtube-src-id="CkiILn3ZcBY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another video.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We then drove to Banos and went to the Termas de la Virgen. (Hot Baths of the Virgin). We changed and got in the medium hot pool. You are supposed to soak in the medium pool, then move to the hot pool, they get out and stand under cold water shooting out of pipes on the wall. I did put my foot into the hot pool and decided against it. We took some photos of the water fall right next to the pools and got out. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1cFrlIwkzcKjFipEUBy_QiimunRCCKYBwTmccWtIQQGjz1jAjBrOvI8N286JlkKH8CwNKT_9lXEbFb5rBO9di2Glz8vF8dciO-TUX3JXzp3WFBijuctMheDe81HGvzqxIdwRgqwQFt6h9HwZWtkk8cQaeec3HvTWB5ak5y55JjfuKFdFhmbyTBCWHbw/s4032/IMG_4034.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1cFrlIwkzcKjFipEUBy_QiimunRCCKYBwTmccWtIQQGjz1jAjBrOvI8N286JlkKH8CwNKT_9lXEbFb5rBO9di2Glz8vF8dciO-TUX3JXzp3WFBijuctMheDe81HGvzqxIdwRgqwQFt6h9HwZWtkk8cQaeec3HvTWB5ak5y55JjfuKFdFhmbyTBCWHbw/w300-h400/IMG_4034.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beautiful flowers everywhere.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3l6de7wpN0K3lOStnIovhTiCHOyoxQQRhGWGYi9oP6V-SMdzCjR5MhBP_uPSetTjwhmFTkf641YWSkaKBEhhmPBmjDz7ytpRfB_w4kzkFbhg7oSjblJ0yHSxGdIKtXQBdfyVLFds6uwtrvrXdLWRIXECoYU94vy9ZHRKuOqLjSnHMoDGRPiRPBM9Fvg/s4032/IMG_4047.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We next went to the church in Banos while we waited for our driver to find a parking place for the taxi.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHG43aYW4Tcc1xj8Kyedj5796Fk_XX2iTfWE9taeAd_LsvNQ3K-GH2U69q5UYs3UjDpoPY0G4NQUmvuL2bW7l3dliIoUcRmYR0rQFnkvymrq7jFbPfrnbXnstcphFQKlYHptI2WxXpbenfAMZzxKPdrYicDM7eA3f3hAjmYJHak96m2vDoieSC6IZusQ/s4032/IMG_4060.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHG43aYW4Tcc1xj8Kyedj5796Fk_XX2iTfWE9taeAd_LsvNQ3K-GH2U69q5UYs3UjDpoPY0G4NQUmvuL2bW7l3dliIoUcRmYR0rQFnkvymrq7jFbPfrnbXnstcphFQKlYHptI2WxXpbenfAMZzxKPdrYicDM7eA3f3hAjmYJHak96m2vDoieSC6IZusQ/w400-h300/IMG_4060.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtS-l96nLFRvVRbgQwbUN7fkou7MOGIiUnQOAC9Kes6FHWXDTjqoJGpJhH2RO4lvNBMQBkcwRuCC6qzsKSV1O3wHWAzu_xPL7wySu-wUVAkfu4VEQ-nwarGu3oiBUDJ_NzwCqvjXTBDAM3xyfjLDB6wEM5l9OAnliOf750FKzOUP8qTzI4Yc2my4gYuQ/s4032/IMG_4065.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtS-l96nLFRvVRbgQwbUN7fkou7MOGIiUnQOAC9Kes6FHWXDTjqoJGpJhH2RO4lvNBMQBkcwRuCC6qzsKSV1O3wHWAzu_xPL7wySu-wUVAkfu4VEQ-nwarGu3oiBUDJ_NzwCqvjXTBDAM3xyfjLDB6wEM5l9OAnliOf750FKzOUP8qTzI4Yc2my4gYuQ/w300-h400/IMG_4065.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the beautiful carved doors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKt3z9jY0vs-n5f0asfKyNHpBp2k09cL9q_ay3GjsXzqEMsKyLGt7nSyeC4DfvfdLPjB0Ue5ycg_sBHaaz3G85Gk0CQT4V9zWCMXr-F567YlvAN53_u7gzgA1IsnoPGdvUVRRU_yt-Yq_1PkH3ozGIyVTs9GetN4Cwq621vROgPWyjHugnKu8d0yWUQ/s4032/IMG_4066.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKt3z9jY0vs-n5f0asfKyNHpBp2k09cL9q_ay3GjsXzqEMsKyLGt7nSyeC4DfvfdLPjB0Ue5ycg_sBHaaz3G85Gk0CQT4V9zWCMXr-F567YlvAN53_u7gzgA1IsnoPGdvUVRRU_yt-Yq_1PkH3ozGIyVTs9GetN4Cwq621vROgPWyjHugnKu8d0yWUQ/w300-h400/IMG_4066.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJtnkGPAIQ3sVA1LletR6H-FTEsAYZmFOjMAAntbnUnhwXubtWiEZseYvNNhUp6Vh1praNgKuYUf3H1xiwArazsitsT6xbZDo0CBJlumQRvWcvYTrUjuSgvrhg7i-Q8y8NuUBmRxh5PM1ziCOM-EFPAq48vqVBCATEGGtmEE7LZVkpegdbi238dfQdA/w300-h400/IMG_4076.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is where the priest stands and gives his message.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtF2LxgSuaMS3cOK0GuggdHOIkn2JDKCJfHqPr6a6PSoehLwjcUmRPMZmsJe1dpYHLbifpHgizXCjvM3gGAYiUolVGIV5yX6-3FTI25wJD36n2FVtCW2fh9uVV3ORgqd07F_h6tZQn5GYTFlBE-LaKnKGEfK3_GjXTnvFTJMg7yq-0qTgpRqFgRi0_Sw/s4032/IMG_4077.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtF2LxgSuaMS3cOK0GuggdHOIkn2JDKCJfHqPr6a6PSoehLwjcUmRPMZmsJe1dpYHLbifpHgizXCjvM3gGAYiUolVGIV5yX6-3FTI25wJD36n2FVtCW2fh9uVV3ORgqd07F_h6tZQn5GYTFlBE-LaKnKGEfK3_GjXTnvFTJMg7yq-0qTgpRqFgRi0_Sw/w300-h400/IMG_4077.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uf_YntxHMI35XRI-Okvfrd6lO_LOXL20oCdO5HERL5tgeHLXjXSZpAagZrxKQSmW_LFjTiF5SJvjs8vz6viguSJGuccfkmeuR2tDG4snCVhstuD0aMKaoazoTIlqK4fTcg0CsohBhUxyJqkH0fAhVi_ZlOAvZC0neNNra8Ab8c1S1sPA8M3g2tq_lw/s4032/IMG_4079.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uf_YntxHMI35XRI-Okvfrd6lO_LOXL20oCdO5HERL5tgeHLXjXSZpAagZrxKQSmW_LFjTiF5SJvjs8vz6viguSJGuccfkmeuR2tDG4snCVhstuD0aMKaoazoTIlqK4fTcg0CsohBhUxyJqkH0fAhVi_ZlOAvZC0neNNra8Ab8c1S1sPA8M3g2tq_lw/w300-h400/IMG_4079.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This confessional was so beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSyOhz4O5nCD9Z4qLKsz2Tc0fe03x9kvSs9af-7aKnr9fGjh6h4Aws6ItYk4js25E0kQNqKdhQuEP-VVZCJeCLchnIsrK5ow_FS4M7Ouk6ZPKMTiYhc2D3_HTw2XG4VprxUaHLY7gb40sTZ68dypvi_ZrDZCd-oUHy8Sew5CYQ6CeUhdLWXKZQfgNJA/s4032/IMG_4080.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSyOhz4O5nCD9Z4qLKsz2Tc0fe03x9kvSs9af-7aKnr9fGjh6h4Aws6ItYk4js25E0kQNqKdhQuEP-VVZCJeCLchnIsrK5ow_FS4M7Ouk6ZPKMTiYhc2D3_HTw2XG4VprxUaHLY7gb40sTZ68dypvi_ZrDZCd-oUHy8Sew5CYQ6CeUhdLWXKZQfgNJA/w300-h400/IMG_4080.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are the doors to the the center courtyard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuOPNlDLhob6b4P3tI4E6FafOYk0DPfFsUohPMoxSPx7hFEnnSnsPeAWL8zUoAcOLXb9c4bGAniX_0JwhCEnqczqC8dzuPMGmv7YBbp8yjlCwld8uE5JHOC4EbKXX5HwgGHuhjhqUD9NhrelbQiUb09HOzLJUVhsxAcppp7MiBbrfO44awUbI6M-sHw/s4032/IMG_4082.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuOPNlDLhob6b4P3tI4E6FafOYk0DPfFsUohPMoxSPx7hFEnnSnsPeAWL8zUoAcOLXb9c4bGAniX_0JwhCEnqczqC8dzuPMGmv7YBbp8yjlCwld8uE5JHOC4EbKXX5HwgGHuhjhqUD9NhrelbQiUb09HOzLJUVhsxAcppp7MiBbrfO44awUbI6M-sHw/w400-h300/IMG_4082.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The center courtyard at the church. It must have been a convent at one point.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> We then had lunch at KFC. While we were sitting down to eat, 14 missionaries from the Riobamba zone came down the stairs from the second floor. It was their P-day and they were visiting Banos.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieoqtJPmcO0FrwCHQ_ete6CKLsgYXaYu1XKEJPTurEv8DspUTr-n1plWpwci6HmXN5vt-4OQ6-XVEJfI5CQr4XK0rIU4ybrrhp-AtB9rmsL2FCJYUKJGszps6rKDZH1-vypsmt7tRWugCbnXV3xym7dfNK1SCUZLvbKE7j0I82W2TQcquAvVLbFH-O4A/s4032/IMG_4083.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieoqtJPmcO0FrwCHQ_ete6CKLsgYXaYu1XKEJPTurEv8DspUTr-n1plWpwci6HmXN5vt-4OQ6-XVEJfI5CQr4XK0rIU4ybrrhp-AtB9rmsL2FCJYUKJGszps6rKDZH1-vypsmt7tRWugCbnXV3xym7dfNK1SCUZLvbKE7j0I82W2TQcquAvVLbFH-O4A/w400-h300/IMG_4083.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy P-day missionaries from Riobamba.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>We headed back to Ambato and arrived 30 minutes before our 3:00pm meeting time with President Perez. We got back to the temple about 5:30pm. Other than the almost 7 hours of sitting in a car it was a really fun day.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxwr1ZTeNCqZ-Qbbeo8NVDOeA-UxRwbR4ND8jYGID_mmKPeMempArrA9G0bIHJRcxZwT3WshxPXVbCcKJIBv8F7UImqiEOx2UttqTFTKQprBO6dQqA_DsOQtodICdcO7rE-BqJrYB-wOAU4Kvsov0e5kDzImi1a95qZcPy_pEWZxm-tFCEZKoX_Rxjw/s4032/IMG_4093.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxwr1ZTeNCqZ-Qbbeo8NVDOeA-UxRwbR4ND8jYGID_mmKPeMempArrA9G0bIHJRcxZwT3WshxPXVbCcKJIBv8F7UImqiEOx2UttqTFTKQprBO6dQqA_DsOQtodICdcO7rE-BqJrYB-wOAU4Kvsov0e5kDzImi1a95qZcPy_pEWZxm-tFCEZKoX_Rxjw/w400-h300/IMG_4093.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is amazing how they cultivate all the way up the slope.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hVhNkrBcs3xdC5xb5zhJH3BtCLB3FWQtBBnxV1E_QjFu57hea6kkPRMHjY7phQjPaYIV47lMDmrmYqKnC3yx-3HMAGMR9oHhzZwR8AxZs33qFY6JZPcvYU5ZAlAeRcqQ1gETQ8QMUrHCOWGPV_INyqkzecV3OrbVb_ybEXXKLWWONCpm-oax_AICKA/s4032/IMG_4103.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hVhNkrBcs3xdC5xb5zhJH3BtCLB3FWQtBBnxV1E_QjFu57hea6kkPRMHjY7phQjPaYIV47lMDmrmYqKnC3yx-3HMAGMR9oHhzZwR8AxZs33qFY6JZPcvYU5ZAlAeRcqQ1gETQ8QMUrHCOWGPV_INyqkzecV3OrbVb_ybEXXKLWWONCpm-oax_AICKA/w400-h300/IMG_4103.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQgF58Yb2mEBJfVAiLAUKZbHnU2TO6w1GW4wy4ez4_3rehEIZoOcjvJaDShrSi40d8y4sPtX3idFrSuENFFz1JbdFGgUhqI5LDcBYur5caIBBKaPPBUtObx2_x5AUgHkdgGMArnCtq8v_ei2o00KXHDZLwlCjkuqjzXBnsZ3J_LrUffUEsQbSG_dW0A/s4032/IMG_4128.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQgF58Yb2mEBJfVAiLAUKZbHnU2TO6w1GW4wy4ez4_3rehEIZoOcjvJaDShrSi40d8y4sPtX3idFrSuENFFz1JbdFGgUhqI5LDcBYur5caIBBKaPPBUtObx2_x5AUgHkdgGMArnCtq8v_ei2o00KXHDZLwlCjkuqjzXBnsZ3J_LrUffUEsQbSG_dW0A/w400-h300/IMG_4128.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiurO6Ukz_UidNCiZzkmZ1G8fo859lrjgYANAhyWOtAZySYc23zppN8fGa7D1uGQRwbH-2C312AZZLv4rfG5TO84EertJD4fA9mqr4K-lN873fY5xtBuB4dlbsmbkUIulheD1ATeX-Is1TEyY-ByXAQO-jSEgokHTTfcuXerT_9yLdV2GEf4G9TIfPw/s4032/IMG_4147.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiurO6Ukz_UidNCiZzkmZ1G8fo859lrjgYANAhyWOtAZySYc23zppN8fGa7D1uGQRwbH-2C312AZZLv4rfG5TO84EertJD4fA9mqr4K-lN873fY5xtBuB4dlbsmbkUIulheD1ATeX-Is1TEyY-ByXAQO-jSEgokHTTfcuXerT_9yLdV2GEf4G9TIfPw/w400-h300/IMG_4147.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The road home past some of the greenest farm country we have ever seen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Tuesday: </b>We went with Judy to the temple open house. We then went and got money from an ATM at the Scala Mall.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSwftmeyMkgrVAw1X-EOzZj3CfzKLPX8Um4cUrkVlhWdPokFg8yrMeTmazAXMEHI4fV_1qzNeUjo7cqmyuM3iBa1rrDcWJuOdE05jhn8vx6Kv-376wKZPqb8cbQkqhr8npv1fxavKQOqJfwAe1rxhKqtsMk3fKsErRat0qZ84VdgyhN1p565pZb6T4GQ/s4032/IMG_4158.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSwftmeyMkgrVAw1X-EOzZj3CfzKLPX8Um4cUrkVlhWdPokFg8yrMeTmazAXMEHI4fV_1qzNeUjo7cqmyuM3iBa1rrDcWJuOdE05jhn8vx6Kv-376wKZPqb8cbQkqhr8npv1fxavKQOqJfwAe1rxhKqtsMk3fKsErRat0qZ84VdgyhN1p565pZb6T4GQ/w400-h300/IMG_4158.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOHbKQTWoHVJLpJt9LlgMTeIRUVAJvvojYbP3yUdyNknNYpY_1sP2K7wuU1noMixpHSP5ISFw-iONv9LcnKM500KIODJXUyIbHwWd8RCxtxv3uK4FJPf8W5jeUS4nLQ5aus7cdqZc3PMQ_LKQKXTwAJUfyrsuDuy3lySTqTMvpWEJELGQV6awuE7s8w/s4032/IMG_4160.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOHbKQTWoHVJLpJt9LlgMTeIRUVAJvvojYbP3yUdyNknNYpY_1sP2K7wuU1noMixpHSP5ISFw-iONv9LcnKM500KIODJXUyIbHwWd8RCxtxv3uK4FJPf8W5jeUS4nLQ5aus7cdqZc3PMQ_LKQKXTwAJUfyrsuDuy3lySTqTMvpWEJELGQV6awuE7s8w/w400-h300/IMG_4160.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SLQlKMVyFOfonw4r3Y7cxoPeRD3A5QP2UmktfL2POJbMnLeJq0HpYU2RVbZVE7xicRtvQzcIRGhQSZIA5bEsFqRZQ0-KaFi36kNvz2tJ9S4tLOajPbI0p_KBgfZJjeAKDj1LQ1o-jJIy-Rr66MYgWSdc8OyODZgWuJqp2bM64XtUp0TpqGwU5g5OZw/s4032/IMG_4161.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SLQlKMVyFOfonw4r3Y7cxoPeRD3A5QP2UmktfL2POJbMnLeJq0HpYU2RVbZVE7xicRtvQzcIRGhQSZIA5bEsFqRZQ0-KaFi36kNvz2tJ9S4tLOajPbI0p_KBgfZJjeAKDj1LQ1o-jJIy-Rr66MYgWSdc8OyODZgWuJqp2bM64XtUp0TpqGwU5g5OZw/w300-h400/IMG_4161.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />In the afternoon, we took an Uber to the Chapel of Man and the home of Oswaldo Guayasamin, probably the most famous painter and sculptor in Ecuador. His home has not been touched since his death in 1999. He wanted it to be preserved as a museum and put it into a foundation before his death. He was also a collector of pre-colonial artifacts, as well as colonial art. He was an ardent supporter of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. Many of his works are protests against oppression, racism, and poverty.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdAv9vM8Jqg5F0GtI9wFbzbpdPx7LalO-JLBpoeDRSDWzShYzyNBn7VFjPy_RtqViulCD-iPyd9lmS8eRopuyObyrr6AyXtLjKK6p7Ner6Lx0LTLLTCnOmXDM-3wvlEm08ID63TSMWIpzZwRtS16xuMF2CvxcJMAlFqv0rrjnlsYPWdLob_3jThOCyA/s4032/IMG_4165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdAv9vM8Jqg5F0GtI9wFbzbpdPx7LalO-JLBpoeDRSDWzShYzyNBn7VFjPy_RtqViulCD-iPyd9lmS8eRopuyObyrr6AyXtLjKK6p7Ner6Lx0LTLLTCnOmXDM-3wvlEm08ID63TSMWIpzZwRtS16xuMF2CvxcJMAlFqv0rrjnlsYPWdLob_3jThOCyA/w300-h400/IMG_4165.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The gardens have a lots of his sculptures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPUwFRLPKS0fsvkFG11aRGTCY_kIoyFVlpFgf1y5mcpSqpCxtWuvME61YC4gtj7XcdjxW_y4-COmDqvd8fmpWlASiaic8WLTsJQqL3wmul-7fnhhd0i9rWotZ2b4NM2jFq18yNow0WepiSnQdguYxxgY50B1axwCdyAuPGn9gjmnlTGaF6u3BfjB1mw/s4032/IMG_4163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPUwFRLPKS0fsvkFG11aRGTCY_kIoyFVlpFgf1y5mcpSqpCxtWuvME61YC4gtj7XcdjxW_y4-COmDqvd8fmpWlASiaic8WLTsJQqL3wmul-7fnhhd0i9rWotZ2b4NM2jFq18yNow0WepiSnQdguYxxgY50B1axwCdyAuPGn9gjmnlTGaF6u3BfjB1mw/w300-h400/IMG_4163.JPG" width="300" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CHJvjhY8IZEozxHq4K7rpiDInFNCfFeA3LNbD0DcKZC54wt-0zCbURjsjo5DMfEMSwyHZzDWDVuPPNTysZXHkHYEUvuB2-koPf7eW63W1IfaflnPugIzQIS-3cRSXLqITnLBJW2CURkVIzWcrrh7C-GYu2Qv6rpd14ici3PKfTgECbZXY9FbSjRWuQ/s4032/IMG_4178.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CHJvjhY8IZEozxHq4K7rpiDInFNCfFeA3LNbD0DcKZC54wt-0zCbURjsjo5DMfEMSwyHZzDWDVuPPNTysZXHkHYEUvuB2-koPf7eW63W1IfaflnPugIzQIS-3cRSXLqITnLBJW2CURkVIzWcrrh7C-GYu2Qv6rpd14ici3PKfTgECbZXY9FbSjRWuQ/w300-h400/IMG_4178.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A beautiful Spanish leather and wood chair.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuGNNMoe74XOd-suLTBQ42NpX2iO0CgH2b5LZ7_J73tTL2XFDPXD3_AHM0AKg0xybuzDOb6MnnHeDiG3knLW7ClWDJahRfWa331fX016m3UYuzhGIP3WwjpSMuAG_4NCU4aIbTe6aREnTRb7MHoLeNTGmAovmzh07eTqFDzsgljr_qqj3N2a7IRYLaQ/s4032/IMG_4172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuGNNMoe74XOd-suLTBQ42NpX2iO0CgH2b5LZ7_J73tTL2XFDPXD3_AHM0AKg0xybuzDOb6MnnHeDiG3knLW7ClWDJahRfWa331fX016m3UYuzhGIP3WwjpSMuAG_4NCU4aIbTe6aREnTRb7MHoLeNTGmAovmzh07eTqFDzsgljr_qqj3N2a7IRYLaQ/w400-h300/IMG_4172.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">He has thousand of artifacts from the pre-Colombian period.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbRVySLEocgP3zStHulpq7nf6QXObuH-HHFznnGLKO-dEYtu_y-O27u5wT9pEA41bSRpkNLoOTuZI8200n97EJT0n18NdZ1fdm7fFcjCbK3oEUuF5ZDqOmbzYQunla9vOFklS73yGRFlJJmRRbN0G0VV9BBiCcbkHvW4ZnRPzUnhEuLZbKgtOCn3jOA/s4032/IMG_4179.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbRVySLEocgP3zStHulpq7nf6QXObuH-HHFznnGLKO-dEYtu_y-O27u5wT9pEA41bSRpkNLoOTuZI8200n97EJT0n18NdZ1fdm7fFcjCbK3oEUuF5ZDqOmbzYQunla9vOFklS73yGRFlJJmRRbN0G0VV9BBiCcbkHvW4ZnRPzUnhEuLZbKgtOCn3jOA/w300-h400/IMG_4179.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Many pre-Columbian sculptures were often sold into private collections and many left Ecuador. This one is very unusual because it has a very clear form of the head and face.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozoREL2d-CMRgUNL9GY72tTQJRQ5feY8cZCLiPeZIrgzxR9-qWtqjDP8Z9gT5DXPQXCVBITKRrMPLae6njm6nanG_4CyVDvnFtLaicUdls65z9lR6uFSJf4r8Y1HKrws8TRGvR6khB4ZahSfNN3J-1W_ntRWsm0Gs1e0sWizEb-6DYWm8mF_A0ST4Ig/s4032/IMG_4174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozoREL2d-CMRgUNL9GY72tTQJRQ5feY8cZCLiPeZIrgzxR9-qWtqjDP8Z9gT5DXPQXCVBITKRrMPLae6njm6nanG_4CyVDvnFtLaicUdls65z9lR6uFSJf4r8Y1HKrws8TRGvR6khB4ZahSfNN3J-1W_ntRWsm0Gs1e0sWizEb-6DYWm8mF_A0ST4Ig/w300-h400/IMG_4174.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see that most of the faces on the figures don't really look like real people.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuFfzRlLMztoAUWRA8Jx5QnZ437joCpO8H_9c2P3S3vpudL7hX0JH2GJZaPOQevTe5y6IT370bOCw2XlEZ0K5fkUtriaoDxA_fVGg2YWx84xU6ZH4a3UhPmEgPDjf6vre3AjWph3Qjqxk2PRYX_cR7ZxbKTRYWZc2RlQD9OR8mC5rly4SUmO_su7ugWw/s4032/IMG_4181.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuFfzRlLMztoAUWRA8Jx5QnZ437joCpO8H_9c2P3S3vpudL7hX0JH2GJZaPOQevTe5y6IT370bOCw2XlEZ0K5fkUtriaoDxA_fVGg2YWx84xU6ZH4a3UhPmEgPDjf6vre3AjWph3Qjqxk2PRYX_cR7ZxbKTRYWZc2RlQD9OR8mC5rly4SUmO_su7ugWw/w300-h400/IMG_4181.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6xBakmVJpduC4ngoVkOb3FXfJzWAgm15YCTwD09in2F9fDrGiPwkUs_ifzVOna_x774ShikLiJYwV-Oum5XCV2P3fX59zKEG7Jb4dZPJ75DQAxZuBDc6flrN-v4zmLXAT5L3JdhM9TwPz7hejVzNY3R6qI274v_2GI5PIiEI1mA8zV0XQ4JHAWLAwg/s4032/IMG_4182.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6xBakmVJpduC4ngoVkOb3FXfJzWAgm15YCTwD09in2F9fDrGiPwkUs_ifzVOna_x774ShikLiJYwV-Oum5XCV2P3fX59zKEG7Jb4dZPJ75DQAxZuBDc6flrN-v4zmLXAT5L3JdhM9TwPz7hejVzNY3R6qI274v_2GI5PIiEI1mA8zV0XQ4JHAWLAwg/w300-h400/IMG_4182.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This sculpture of the Winged Virgin of Quito is often replicated. The figure stands on a crescent moon with her foot on the serpent. Her hands are raised in a graceful dancing motion. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhWMPhluGCPydjPmqT2zqcDjlE3N3FVgDsQedl3phFzDbLDmSs7AyyA8TY_Us9r4dxxrCgH9RNSwe3DnH3FeMRyJfNcGF7fOIGpEGMJE4NH_R1dqxpmTjBRMZ7yz6BOwVA6G5pQvEutRe2VF6JyikAaZ03jsi2pH-XZ5sGfRQQl0iKmmIU0x0GUGZGA/s4032/IMG_4185.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhWMPhluGCPydjPmqT2zqcDjlE3N3FVgDsQedl3phFzDbLDmSs7AyyA8TY_Us9r4dxxrCgH9RNSwe3DnH3FeMRyJfNcGF7fOIGpEGMJE4NH_R1dqxpmTjBRMZ7yz6BOwVA6G5pQvEutRe2VF6JyikAaZ03jsi2pH-XZ5sGfRQQl0iKmmIU0x0GUGZGA/w300-h400/IMG_4185.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The house has art everywhere.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EqaLUcWbnBsmQcSa1jKuqscUx7BOxGemT-MSlXVJ87jhGegAA83HmFay9PqPjormBHQ12P2j4vK8jHnqX-a2vd6merUhga_7KnrAVewuIad6RqBdLAlt7pq99A7EeZ5TR9wrQ-LbJS7epBLqaEN__n0t1UoGCX6bVM0wKxh0hvDKBdrtX1qUiJH8YA/s4032/IMG_4194.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitROZMgfRkAEeQyZMuBQ6QSjSN0e-B6n1UWUOGkvyJhox2Ur6rUDQR3V9k8HCCCDh5sRTWjJ0lMNpVFxer7K1HgPD1JUIjakuIhTGb3JBkb8dnLSlyMdlxFTT964xsaWzXVvcqGZ_XvNth6smcp6t8UUf7Q8YYSYGNWsjIhv0B5b-TfQSUJP51s4QDoA/s4032/IMG_4198.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitROZMgfRkAEeQyZMuBQ6QSjSN0e-B6n1UWUOGkvyJhox2Ur6rUDQR3V9k8HCCCDh5sRTWjJ0lMNpVFxer7K1HgPD1JUIjakuIhTGb3JBkb8dnLSlyMdlxFTT964xsaWzXVvcqGZ_XvNth6smcp6t8UUf7Q8YYSYGNWsjIhv0B5b-TfQSUJP51s4QDoA/w400-h300/IMG_4198.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beautifully carved chest.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilgNRSiQWcpUpCcrj8qHoKT6NnSDDjcOXDyKYVIyAkiE7iPPaBjh3wAXUIRcCHAua2cbSiX65gjrXFV7CGkrYpEFEF9YC-7_LitVsBBQp30g7vFeqTo5AejcXZJwKhlDYAxCNmukz6P8Wf-mrOZu-3bZo47GEEpaAJTwOSAdd8bB5e6mETm5F6F-v-Lw/s4032/IMG_4204.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilgNRSiQWcpUpCcrj8qHoKT6NnSDDjcOXDyKYVIyAkiE7iPPaBjh3wAXUIRcCHAua2cbSiX65gjrXFV7CGkrYpEFEF9YC-7_LitVsBBQp30g7vFeqTo5AejcXZJwKhlDYAxCNmukz6P8Wf-mrOZu-3bZo47GEEpaAJTwOSAdd8bB5e6mETm5F6F-v-Lw/w400-h300/IMG_4204.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a Picasso</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gwQKBxszYExfLyJOTkvVs2htgxlTxrVRzWAMwaN5QmbCsO9aPl5c84ma9nfaJ_VrJzVIgAee-OQjWxojh2OdL3efL85hZsebbr-Ts5dpUUXlIUvCV2zb2CHZ1uzgux1x785P67xAOWQe-4fFP4SnzuVEbJVv8-AL5IVd7o5OrOvGoi9whBOw_33QCQ/s4032/IMG_4209.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gwQKBxszYExfLyJOTkvVs2htgxlTxrVRzWAMwaN5QmbCsO9aPl5c84ma9nfaJ_VrJzVIgAee-OQjWxojh2OdL3efL85hZsebbr-Ts5dpUUXlIUvCV2zb2CHZ1uzgux1x785P67xAOWQe-4fFP4SnzuVEbJVv8-AL5IVd7o5OrOvGoi9whBOw_33QCQ/w300-h400/IMG_4209.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">He had art from many famous artists.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gr2hvg6BdPGD5LhHhRF-gwfGh7nfgHNcODeOyrQ6ARNPUPKAqvnw4eY4N4YjoYcbqzuqJGJvtV7gdYXD69xmBVtD6Ey5wseK3p5KLDqBgo107OTN03GeAdftmHSG_LlSfekwcb2hp25BErrkCr9beKKlRZRQ3MI8sASENhBjFStiFQMxVZ1-CCPBEw/s4032/IMG_4215.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gr2hvg6BdPGD5LhHhRF-gwfGh7nfgHNcODeOyrQ6ARNPUPKAqvnw4eY4N4YjoYcbqzuqJGJvtV7gdYXD69xmBVtD6Ey5wseK3p5KLDqBgo107OTN03GeAdftmHSG_LlSfekwcb2hp25BErrkCr9beKKlRZRQ3MI8sASENhBjFStiFQMxVZ1-CCPBEw/w300-h400/IMG_4215.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is one of his palettes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZdpHA-oFvabQ4mQNHL1B1puawm2wL_ZMPFStlxhc_V2KZ6UK7BEH9YD1KI7j7Xlyi_F2GSaol_MygCmqkcuMfu0wdYVgeTuxnyqKnelO1_c6UcCrspzDDy2RNaPf3Djk_cJWuxICCM8R-yZqOCtsIanS3lncN6Nnrs-WVbaOjQeNRKDLcDwgv1arFA/s4032/IMG_4214.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZdpHA-oFvabQ4mQNHL1B1puawm2wL_ZMPFStlxhc_V2KZ6UK7BEH9YD1KI7j7Xlyi_F2GSaol_MygCmqkcuMfu0wdYVgeTuxnyqKnelO1_c6UcCrspzDDy2RNaPf3Djk_cJWuxICCM8R-yZqOCtsIanS3lncN6Nnrs-WVbaOjQeNRKDLcDwgv1arFA/w300-h400/IMG_4214.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is an unfinished piece.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sLurqHH3p702-xtwVvxDezP3cul3GQWrqHeZIbEwwpmS20skbOjfJJw57i2LjPZzDME6-Fp9z2oG-azjN5P9xLrF-U4Q4m34sdliQGq5yg4dwtgGiEJdqeFANz4C2aNjEoqGbArdBYSgr_MfEbI6GqLmx85xv-vIHYnTD6xvWVp5D69qv2ykcv_MBg/s4032/IMG_4220.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sLurqHH3p702-xtwVvxDezP3cul3GQWrqHeZIbEwwpmS20skbOjfJJw57i2LjPZzDME6-Fp9z2oG-azjN5P9xLrF-U4Q4m34sdliQGq5yg4dwtgGiEJdqeFANz4C2aNjEoqGbArdBYSgr_MfEbI6GqLmx85xv-vIHYnTD6xvWVp5D69qv2ykcv_MBg/w300-h400/IMG_4220.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another one of his palettes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsIvTLfpDJAR6gA1gjvs-dCxZ_d-E-0M2vBSEGRSXN5AMi65uXLwja_LHCQoThLNnkhnrqR_6o0dTRyCmE0sIcVaZN0hVjHULK1oFJ6qMMVLtaUfZY2DaaJJfATG-kDb6aKoXQdBWoIwjwhm_Mc8GUbR-4nLU7iMuRqq2E5YrGOgPLqFU_zQMlE4QxYQ/s4032/IMG_4225.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsIvTLfpDJAR6gA1gjvs-dCxZ_d-E-0M2vBSEGRSXN5AMi65uXLwja_LHCQoThLNnkhnrqR_6o0dTRyCmE0sIcVaZN0hVjHULK1oFJ6qMMVLtaUfZY2DaaJJfATG-kDb6aKoXQdBWoIwjwhm_Mc8GUbR-4nLU7iMuRqq2E5YrGOgPLqFU_zQMlE4QxYQ/w300-h400/IMG_4225.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a painting of a famous musician. We watched a video of Guayasamin painting this while the man sat for the painting. He did it in 1 hour and 15 minutes. He did the painting in appreciation for the musician's work and wanted it to be part of his collection. It was never painted to be sold.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekZgCKy4vy_F3Twe6lbomtefzAYmSK2QMd8FmE1e93Ol28O-3emvimS8r2hc3d0oSdo4SN6SR_7RmunEm4kmTKyGfMQmuql0hIH6SyJnsVFktFBxjm9Y1XYgLpVlWYoP-8GPqahQWXEP67h5gP7ZWMIF-j3MxLsWw6kyTGjxAsyhH-ITEYJb_WPnd1g/s4032/IMG_4227.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhekZgCKy4vy_F3Twe6lbomtefzAYmSK2QMd8FmE1e93Ol28O-3emvimS8r2hc3d0oSdo4SN6SR_7RmunEm4kmTKyGfMQmuql0hIH6SyJnsVFktFBxjm9Y1XYgLpVlWYoP-8GPqahQWXEP67h5gP7ZWMIF-j3MxLsWw6kyTGjxAsyhH-ITEYJb_WPnd1g/w400-h300/IMG_4227.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">His desk was beautiful wood inlay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEvVdldAIDUjGYfldUIKOCfF3ZwobADJveQQdJR-MAzE2-IteuY535KReyE6jjSdRx0A-Cp1Lg-5lVklptGE3mPi9jweBvHi28v7lqZL2J2fv_mHPk5thsXWrap1t2dfXPpyqxXvRQ7CkXD7pR_pvU7tB_2ej1OTQsqkTyi__SQ9Cm-lTFN8WjvVSxw/s4032/IMG_4232.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEvVdldAIDUjGYfldUIKOCfF3ZwobADJveQQdJR-MAzE2-IteuY535KReyE6jjSdRx0A-Cp1Lg-5lVklptGE3mPi9jweBvHi28v7lqZL2J2fv_mHPk5thsXWrap1t2dfXPpyqxXvRQ7CkXD7pR_pvU7tB_2ej1OTQsqkTyi__SQ9Cm-lTFN8WjvVSxw/w300-h400/IMG_4232.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">He painted this when he was 19 and this painting was purchased by one of the Rockafellers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CaE6muMLJGUenTDI6hRUon88AWIsmxY2FBOcO6Jd7AE8zDGhFf6DM_P36eFcB4mMx5Idp973cnDK-z49LPz6WRmb5ZR3e9R9ao9EfGsI9JjHCQWsDIa40QAxtGg63FEQnTcS_8lzNUkA-Ln3bWN-weZConLN2V4yaK-t8VpFWBilT-ndfONC2cV68A/s4032/IMG_4241.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CaE6muMLJGUenTDI6hRUon88AWIsmxY2FBOcO6Jd7AE8zDGhFf6DM_P36eFcB4mMx5Idp973cnDK-z49LPz6WRmb5ZR3e9R9ao9EfGsI9JjHCQWsDIa40QAxtGg63FEQnTcS_8lzNUkA-Ln3bWN-weZConLN2V4yaK-t8VpFWBilT-ndfONC2cV68A/w400-h300/IMG_4241.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a water color.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgBb-JDqghGJ9t_ZHQddO_ce4_E3Gtk5IL3HNLkif3xMn_Lvi6G4yQWRbnlsdfxfMF5hjui-QpT3lUnEzSFSxEIQJr0tRerKLo0WimxyNqrO_d16Y8ZIbiQXOYj0W9wouL93PKFOj2yG_9C5VgcTxKhpp5NDDun6CMht6LmpXJGIuZ1V3X2z_aiQXBQ/s4032/IMG_4248.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgBb-JDqghGJ9t_ZHQddO_ce4_E3Gtk5IL3HNLkif3xMn_Lvi6G4yQWRbnlsdfxfMF5hjui-QpT3lUnEzSFSxEIQJr0tRerKLo0WimxyNqrO_d16Y8ZIbiQXOYj0W9wouL93PKFOj2yG_9C5VgcTxKhpp5NDDun6CMht6LmpXJGIuZ1V3X2z_aiQXBQ/w400-h300/IMG_4248.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another water color.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wBVKi4ab1thOhYWKsVCcMV56nY4v1WyK7Gs1FCfsC3b16KADP-1Q1nbc4I82dfuiNeZ4oym19loTi7wlRhn9BmFtafVwervZZWQMzyCKk1_yDGquKWzsU3Q_C7amIm34Z4ZxxqgRnqM4oFHTxkG_T17oSrPjb3F9i3qOlgzV2pZ1WqXCJPMSiGLQ_Q/s4032/IMG_4254.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wBVKi4ab1thOhYWKsVCcMV56nY4v1WyK7Gs1FCfsC3b16KADP-1Q1nbc4I82dfuiNeZ4oym19loTi7wlRhn9BmFtafVwervZZWQMzyCKk1_yDGquKWzsU3Q_C7amIm34Z4ZxxqgRnqM4oFHTxkG_T17oSrPjb3F9i3qOlgzV2pZ1WqXCJPMSiGLQ_Q/w300-h400/IMG_4254.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Judy and Chris bought new clothes in the museum shop to keep themselves warm.</div></span><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />The Chapel of Man is an art museum that was started before his death, but was not completed until after he had died. The paintings in the museum are enormous. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhWeBLblVBU5YEbVW1yjZYu6-YvAhKobugotUZv9iuTc05mdPRyUJyPu9_T5U5gR1YDh1MG0cuR4UIFufwTW4BoqgZykgOHRBSRVe2c_f6gPSyqEGO5WDVDCpXFcYBLzA98xAEAsQMlnI8pFZIsYRs8yD-ahjzwrAp4i3HTdOaLgg4LMP8OlIvUYSeg/s4032/IMG_4257.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhWeBLblVBU5YEbVW1yjZYu6-YvAhKobugotUZv9iuTc05mdPRyUJyPu9_T5U5gR1YDh1MG0cuR4UIFufwTW4BoqgZykgOHRBSRVe2c_f6gPSyqEGO5WDVDCpXFcYBLzA98xAEAsQMlnI8pFZIsYRs8yD-ahjzwrAp4i3HTdOaLgg4LMP8OlIvUYSeg/w400-h300/IMG_4257.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This piece is at least 50 feet long.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtP2EHDVHS99zem6zqG_dD0avEb3TP8guv5j6B4V-PfweYExSGOIis2y5QXSCszBUmvH7BcATt4hdXKS5YBtvkqwSB7O--jbC3YCm9c4REJMjUQuShJYLM7ALe82GklSkN_-ujKiIjXLcXGlIpKSlAlHOwwxIlYVvD-ck91VLCVuJyXAQoa0ydR-b0CA/s4032/IMG_4260.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtP2EHDVHS99zem6zqG_dD0avEb3TP8guv5j6B4V-PfweYExSGOIis2y5QXSCszBUmvH7BcATt4hdXKS5YBtvkqwSB7O--jbC3YCm9c4REJMjUQuShJYLM7ALe82GklSkN_-ujKiIjXLcXGlIpKSlAlHOwwxIlYVvD-ck91VLCVuJyXAQoa0ydR-b0CA/w400-h300/IMG_4260.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How big do you think this is.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiskx46Q31Cg7l965lH_rdVleiHMZa-rLIJX47CY2Ky_mK6Y3DzAHkllTCf2RyUJYCvoTHwNt0iR5H2YWRGMXQ2Xz1rDpowHzx6aMumKefswWmdaSu2DCwql613y45JU5QY8X4QJ4GWkbQaRTKR-gDrs-5HsYF6fJc3ZtjH6wYqGWId3AnF0yB7qOPVhg/s4032/IMG_4261.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiskx46Q31Cg7l965lH_rdVleiHMZa-rLIJX47CY2Ky_mK6Y3DzAHkllTCf2RyUJYCvoTHwNt0iR5H2YWRGMXQ2Xz1rDpowHzx6aMumKefswWmdaSu2DCwql613y45JU5QY8X4QJ4GWkbQaRTKR-gDrs-5HsYF6fJc3ZtjH6wYqGWId3AnF0yB7qOPVhg/w400-h300/IMG_4261.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">With Chris standing next to the painting you get an idea of how big they really are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsa6Ca0lzMAOnZCuc4tXNVK--Ev2M7kfSLJjBJx_XPYOTsPHs7DFWlSEgsIIV8-wizTVXV9ovZk2zeLbKuVClCVhkJqFeriXQQwIF88HY74nrP6-_KNyTxkE8aNQAFT3Z_K6CmmsA72RQeXLp-qcf387wMQvRTn34TF8cVy7uLc1wx_9p-X4KZ2NCQg/s4032/IMG_4266.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsa6Ca0lzMAOnZCuc4tXNVK--Ev2M7kfSLJjBJx_XPYOTsPHs7DFWlSEgsIIV8-wizTVXV9ovZk2zeLbKuVClCVhkJqFeriXQQwIF88HY74nrP6-_KNyTxkE8aNQAFT3Z_K6CmmsA72RQeXLp-qcf387wMQvRTn34TF8cVy7uLc1wx_9p-X4KZ2NCQg/w400-h300/IMG_4266.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQajXibfCS1fhbpdZ4RpYDV1bL6zwbDc-ydkXa920BBGi6TVx-ezOOLTx6Q5S5Ik83uWsOc4vbyIoHA5b2YXyydw2k5pIjoCuMMzAYsEthmMQmjOjiLMzwE0Z9op7sdgrXWPAIdYEbrxstGaiG7RSZunknbbzJBQrQtjRYWj56z43tkJEr78MYxP5EPA/s4032/IMG_4262.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQajXibfCS1fhbpdZ4RpYDV1bL6zwbDc-ydkXa920BBGi6TVx-ezOOLTx6Q5S5Ik83uWsOc4vbyIoHA5b2YXyydw2k5pIjoCuMMzAYsEthmMQmjOjiLMzwE0Z9op7sdgrXWPAIdYEbrxstGaiG7RSZunknbbzJBQrQtjRYWj56z43tkJEr78MYxP5EPA/w400-h300/IMG_4262.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is another water color of Quito. It was for sale for $2,800.00.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Wednesday: </b>President Aguirre and his wife picked us up and took us downtown to the historic district. Judy wanted to see some of the places she remembered from her time as a missionary here 51 years ago. We visited many of the places I have already blogged about. So you only get a few pictures of us together. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0CsGMleXvbyShFYwVnFlYHTtDJlRCZWNv2NrDBsNu_yCE_9C-IdLOqaMgO4HRzonZVl6DuEJYHiqg-NoccA5FFRnguZAwjKDhfL3WCbVtvlkXb5K5l5NvhrAoqgyHM29ncjixiuEpkDak00JOQrX1GMQ1Y3ueuSHxBEC59ykFszwRzwQUmJi8a8G5Q/s4032/IMG_4268.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0CsGMleXvbyShFYwVnFlYHTtDJlRCZWNv2NrDBsNu_yCE_9C-IdLOqaMgO4HRzonZVl6DuEJYHiqg-NoccA5FFRnguZAwjKDhfL3WCbVtvlkXb5K5l5NvhrAoqgyHM29ncjixiuEpkDak00JOQrX1GMQ1Y3ueuSHxBEC59ykFszwRzwQUmJi8a8G5Q/w400-h300/IMG_4268.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Plaza de Independencia </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nyuwJnYr5z2bJ4lvChb22cIhzSd4LSmiH76v9WU5Y6rBTZ-Lz7UGyOUsUnXN5rjyXAm42Fo4FJ0lE7Sp7jXUMvQx5Hmt9YfNzGx9VQNi6v_SBDyepE0CXQa4qJlJy27iGKPRRfOj5rb3aESXbowubTazyewrDNe5SUP5H4HpNf9cXWJ7mEAbNux7PQ/s4032/IMG_4273.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nyuwJnYr5z2bJ4lvChb22cIhzSd4LSmiH76v9WU5Y6rBTZ-Lz7UGyOUsUnXN5rjyXAm42Fo4FJ0lE7Sp7jXUMvQx5Hmt9YfNzGx9VQNi6v_SBDyepE0CXQa4qJlJy27iGKPRRfOj5rb3aESXbowubTazyewrDNe5SUP5H4HpNf9cXWJ7mEAbNux7PQ/w300-h400/IMG_4273.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkHwul8QM_W0kGkLUtSOuXHSN-Mqmugj6HhOCj_VgOFzI5zHjdnQex5VVUOQxnH5b-BO0g48sCVJSbPoyPVilTR032dZ9CosXBszL5wj0OEOOOQiErovY7RbTbYcLxt6tlbch9KtkMa4mBBDDmZvaym2B7bdhhhuEact5wnMpQPTGEGslbG4Yq_UaKw/s4032/IMG_4276.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkHwul8QM_W0kGkLUtSOuXHSN-Mqmugj6HhOCj_VgOFzI5zHjdnQex5VVUOQxnH5b-BO0g48sCVJSbPoyPVilTR032dZ9CosXBszL5wj0OEOOOQiErovY7RbTbYcLxt6tlbch9KtkMa4mBBDDmZvaym2B7bdhhhuEact5wnMpQPTGEGslbG4Yq_UaKw/w300-h400/IMG_4276.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">La Merced at the bottom of the street.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>We then drove up to the top of the hill Panecillo. This is where Ecuador was dedicated for the preaching of the gospel by then Elder Spencer W. Kimball on the 6th of October 1965. Ecuador was then part of the Andes Mission. The Ecuador Quito Mission was formed in August 1970 and Luis Latimer was called to preside over the mission. I arrived in May of 1971 and Chris arrived in October of 1971. If you are interested in more of the history of the church in Ecuador, the following link with take you to a short history written by David R. Crockett:</span><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.crockettclan.org/wws/ecuador.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">http://www.crockettclan.org/wws/ecuador.html</span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We had lunch at Pim's restaurant near the top of the hill. The views were amazing. Quito and surrounding or connecting cities have a population of about 4 million people. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1NtP8PfIy_6abe6E_vkcA-u1cDn5BaOrihMLAFCs_dQzj1kDNo8np8d28DwBq9_VDT6Q7ZleXzRmafpGKaspaJiKJrXK1Dh58_4wDu_t0m3zS6XdKEs8cr1Bn0bHgD7yOc8WB_hwxxaCIr9dZA419pCR9VbSW0cACtaQPjZWk3dOy_gHEBnZTOlr4g/s11250/IMG_4281%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3882" data-original-width="11250" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1NtP8PfIy_6abe6E_vkcA-u1cDn5BaOrihMLAFCs_dQzj1kDNo8np8d28DwBq9_VDT6Q7ZleXzRmafpGKaspaJiKJrXK1Dh58_4wDu_t0m3zS6XdKEs8cr1Bn0bHgD7yOc8WB_hwxxaCIr9dZA419pCR9VbSW0cACtaQPjZWk3dOy_gHEBnZTOlr4g/w640-h221/IMG_4281%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">This is looking north and the city is even bigger looking south.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwdrghUq8wd-ud4mroy04KbwRtPPRRapVOj77na-ibfU2nsug2Cmw-XWeoBDSQGHhjon4GFo3MptRK-mjIdUuC4ue0XUTqVq6c_ma-MBJ8qtS4l8ur_xVbkhAWxEOTEBg5a974h3ZXdwJZOi86TWV03_wR0gCMjGL1Y8iQ74DCN4oodg9BwWn7AM-qg/s4032/IMG_4287.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwdrghUq8wd-ud4mroy04KbwRtPPRRapVOj77na-ibfU2nsug2Cmw-XWeoBDSQGHhjon4GFo3MptRK-mjIdUuC4ue0XUTqVq6c_ma-MBJ8qtS4l8ur_xVbkhAWxEOTEBg5a974h3ZXdwJZOi86TWV03_wR0gCMjGL1Y8iQ74DCN4oodg9BwWn7AM-qg/w400-h300/IMG_4287.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can't see the end of the buildings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0onELtu-jCFIq7JunQJ2YAY0tUoQwzsDH64t3Xke2yQHj-vSO6SNqMP5_YAMz59iNUEw-MXxPYh3WFiJRyczsscuwQQCi1-V0cUHCtjFzHoHr2yOTQui1GOfzqv2t9vRIDz1SPrI7f6XIMoEpfo98e9Gx1tnnrLJxNi__H32jn4NLuwiK2hh3SYTT2w/s4032/IMG_4296.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0onELtu-jCFIq7JunQJ2YAY0tUoQwzsDH64t3Xke2yQHj-vSO6SNqMP5_YAMz59iNUEw-MXxPYh3WFiJRyczsscuwQQCi1-V0cUHCtjFzHoHr2yOTQui1GOfzqv2t9vRIDz1SPrI7f6XIMoEpfo98e9Gx1tnnrLJxNi__H32jn4NLuwiK2hh3SYTT2w/w400-h300/IMG_4296.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry the lighting is bad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9n9FP-2D16yRT1aJejNHsK_qk63xqJXucRC-ED96qAnyV7HdenTwIJ2fMUqYAXz9Zi0FPNUOsrFbQ4_-hqEuAU4iewisebSeNRG4e0f57n6X6jFTW-qBPaG073tbNJzNMOtvlH439WVOb-FbH4ekuTi8myYlPYJV9TeBH4xJvTzi-mNOJZXhaYJU7Hw/s4032/IMG_4298.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9n9FP-2D16yRT1aJejNHsK_qk63xqJXucRC-ED96qAnyV7HdenTwIJ2fMUqYAXz9Zi0FPNUOsrFbQ4_-hqEuAU4iewisebSeNRG4e0f57n6X6jFTW-qBPaG073tbNJzNMOtvlH439WVOb-FbH4ekuTi8myYlPYJV9TeBH4xJvTzi-mNOJZXhaYJU7Hw/w300-h400/IMG_4298.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a statue of the Virgin of Quito. This was not on the top of the hill when we were missionaries.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>It was so nice of President and Sister Aguirre to spend most of the day showing us their beautiful city. </span><p></p></div></div></div>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-31030204100398017442022-10-17T04:04:00.000-07:002022-10-17T04:04:05.918-07:00October 10th through October 16th<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>October 10th through October 16th:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Monday: </b>We met our guide at 6:20am and walked down to the pier and then took a boat to the island Isabela. We sat at the back, knowing that there is less movement when there are rough seas. After a 2 hour boat ride on choppy water, we arrived at the island Isabela.</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0ZOeQekfl1xrq7cSofs7omc_dCTNhnJ-7aXXZbr7TuuxjFTYSzhUrjPqWTE0RjgLkFpsV6XGnGl5Eimtdso3vfPWNGb-3B_GTaIcYyXMf_SbGwBClpIRs0ji0acz-c26h_-KeVojjzEG5XWwJ9Qzv72t__u6axnHyN5HMsYhewmnybzFyCOI8tyVjQ/s4032/IMG_3765.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0ZOeQekfl1xrq7cSofs7omc_dCTNhnJ-7aXXZbr7TuuxjFTYSzhUrjPqWTE0RjgLkFpsV6XGnGl5Eimtdso3vfPWNGb-3B_GTaIcYyXMf_SbGwBClpIRs0ji0acz-c26h_-KeVojjzEG5XWwJ9Qzv72t__u6axnHyN5HMsYhewmnybzFyCOI8tyVjQ/w400-h300/IMG_3765.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">We are ready for our trip to Isabela island.</span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqx8i5leimHYj1g-c0o0441XdNOzVw1WnQk_1RUvz01LT6ZhgKSvS3iNDo-F9IA0klLrAzbZtm_cTrUyyvd4ovZtdT7tVqFWAZe1wWXzJiv0-RpSXtnP-hEokblLXWUX2SB5MpzGA2uZaqbmHtWTTTb1o3RxXfNMxzJ5xhtWzbh2J70aC2_8wW-Hp4A/s4032/IMG_3768.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwqx8i5leimHYj1g-c0o0441XdNOzVw1WnQk_1RUvz01LT6ZhgKSvS3iNDo-F9IA0klLrAzbZtm_cTrUyyvd4ovZtdT7tVqFWAZe1wWXzJiv0-RpSXtnP-hEokblLXWUX2SB5MpzGA2uZaqbmHtWTTTb1o3RxXfNMxzJ5xhtWzbh2J70aC2_8wW-Hp4A/w400-h300/IMG_3768.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was pretty choppy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> We were transported by water taxi to the pier and there met our new guide. We got on another boat and went around the bay to see blue footed boobies and other birds. We then got dropped off on a small island that protects the bay. There we walked around and learned about the lichens that cover the rocks and saw a lot of marine iguanas, a sea lion, white tipped reef sharks, and one lonely sea turtle.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOF_1iJNNa4zJQPfS0c5qgJM_Qg3oCPsNtJxU-jEgy-VUSxYQXPAgsKyt5ag48IesRILPgEXkHRNNCCbYD5HuduV5QjKx7cgq0IR49ZSMxMwX5ArZGESFVItrSgkkUlM923cG3uiHIye336yTzCl1CH6fKt1iAKKWcBPEUT2ML__9A1FUBKcZkwStVg/s4032/IMG_3787.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOF_1iJNNa4zJQPfS0c5qgJM_Qg3oCPsNtJxU-jEgy-VUSxYQXPAgsKyt5ag48IesRILPgEXkHRNNCCbYD5HuduV5QjKx7cgq0IR49ZSMxMwX5ArZGESFVItrSgkkUlM923cG3uiHIye336yTzCl1CH6fKt1iAKKWcBPEUT2ML__9A1FUBKcZkwStVg/w400-h300/IMG_3787.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Water taxi to the small island on the bay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKMd9jFnnP0NS_-LJVzaT2PWY9dZ6myJKdYxl3uU-LB9eSV17DpKOY25oHj3dEvqdd16olv3rTPGFXPUazc_m16rjGEMNVLX6Wft0xuCr2jJFvBY3ggV0Q_h1HSjQqO56vpdR5tx_edgjjvVKYuAyBZr9KGwP99RFg75S8V7vCNuoQllb05MxVeGlUQ/s4032/IMG_3792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKMd9jFnnP0NS_-LJVzaT2PWY9dZ6myJKdYxl3uU-LB9eSV17DpKOY25oHj3dEvqdd16olv3rTPGFXPUazc_m16rjGEMNVLX6Wft0xuCr2jJFvBY3ggV0Q_h1HSjQqO56vpdR5tx_edgjjvVKYuAyBZr9KGwP99RFg75S8V7vCNuoQllb05MxVeGlUQ/w400-h300/IMG_3792.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are a lot of albatrosses.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21rgq2vl3HwkgRQDpGvwmr3dQiarsT7_6zq2qVAPdWbjACVd1IuBpoJDL-YBgSi9SBLlCK5DywKrazjca2ArDLrA8hBssnaPBfnuDtFGgrB-jfduUOgFpHC5dmCS1XSi2B7PApfzPGrVbXzf7JolwbNHtwfC-oqV9qQcR36Yrm3JM_z9AnodaOVYzMg/s4032/IMG_3795.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21rgq2vl3HwkgRQDpGvwmr3dQiarsT7_6zq2qVAPdWbjACVd1IuBpoJDL-YBgSi9SBLlCK5DywKrazjca2ArDLrA8hBssnaPBfnuDtFGgrB-jfduUOgFpHC5dmCS1XSi2B7PApfzPGrVbXzf7JolwbNHtwfC-oqV9qQcR36Yrm3JM_z9AnodaOVYzMg/w400-h300/IMG_3795.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blue footed Boobies. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They get blue feet from eating a certain kind of fish. The better they fish, the darker their feet, the darker their feet the more they mate.</div></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is hard to tell, but the bird on the right had darker blue feet than the one on the left. He will get a mate easier than the other. The females can tell and know that the one on the right is a better fisher.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMGauFbcz6JriTIL7sG2JVztR7Xnqt_dZF4djekjpaQO0JhrShxHHmgt36jLukL3NXwx9qoJTsE8X0-zAJYNnI08cugGnior2CLJz6JXYQbltFSjLpyu1Xx64vMS09zMNokHrAh8smuSj54u6xuMhNiTjfsbcxJpaGXC_apmjrOgZIGTx4tfCxOdAAw/s4032/IMG_3802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMGauFbcz6JriTIL7sG2JVztR7Xnqt_dZF4djekjpaQO0JhrShxHHmgt36jLukL3NXwx9qoJTsE8X0-zAJYNnI08cugGnior2CLJz6JXYQbltFSjLpyu1Xx64vMS09zMNokHrAh8smuSj54u6xuMhNiTjfsbcxJpaGXC_apmjrOgZIGTx4tfCxOdAAw/w400-h300/IMG_3802.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The lava field looking up wind.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqaLIT2zk05MgTBWicM558O1Tzyg4e25PyCcX-OuApL5ncmhWfxdht6NDaiJJ7O5qJELoysfTPr6DdJ2iLwyEZCyETma3FO-ekwh1T-ps72H6ja5dXQnMQmcCcAB2um6lRkIkvS8SW_s1LZQM5BYI4EyghOnrRQiL477yQFU85pk33wp9u0ejE2tpjg/s4032/IMG_3801.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqaLIT2zk05MgTBWicM558O1Tzyg4e25PyCcX-OuApL5ncmhWfxdht6NDaiJJ7O5qJELoysfTPr6DdJ2iLwyEZCyETma3FO-ekwh1T-ps72H6ja5dXQnMQmcCcAB2um6lRkIkvS8SW_s1LZQM5BYI4EyghOnrRQiL477yQFU85pk33wp9u0ejE2tpjg/w400-h300/IMG_3801.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lava field looking up wind. This side is covered with lichen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWe-Oli7iLF8UHyrGdq_uAeFzV2KoaCeDI1C9ZoNTl3DNoQhtV4ouwWbAhS_s7rh7kyS9c8wR3Lr5-ndGmlo_3sO7MSIJVeaotuUlS8rG4P73fCHjMBSSZmQ5wMXshipvf3-F5Qq3v1K4Y4gYxD7QExcu4Vi679GrvVi7KGNpgjsvahYmfbizTLjxuw/s4032/IMG_3800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWe-Oli7iLF8UHyrGdq_uAeFzV2KoaCeDI1C9ZoNTl3DNoQhtV4ouwWbAhS_s7rh7kyS9c8wR3Lr5-ndGmlo_3sO7MSIJVeaotuUlS8rG4P73fCHjMBSSZmQ5wMXshipvf3-F5Qq3v1K4Y4gYxD7QExcu4Vi679GrvVi7KGNpgjsvahYmfbizTLjxuw/w400-h300/IMG_3800.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just enjoying the sights.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidVRaOT4VQgTwCiEFdpBLIwVwdNc_i3-OszkECE4AeHBVCi4TzSJ2OKM1KTdQznnGuqAfVA6mk5hBZKSp2x_R3z-EEh-7McH3kZsDvCJ6lbg6YA2mY5GiujoonrRiueb6WOyjkwgx-e8MOJM7FgI-bKgUWyGZgkXXxloDUXfcbPJ2rWOt270cp0jYaA/s4032/IMG_3821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidVRaOT4VQgTwCiEFdpBLIwVwdNc_i3-OszkECE4AeHBVCi4TzSJ2OKM1KTdQznnGuqAfVA6mk5hBZKSp2x_R3z-EEh-7McH3kZsDvCJ6lbg6YA2mY5GiujoonrRiueb6WOyjkwgx-e8MOJM7FgI-bKgUWyGZgkXXxloDUXfcbPJ2rWOt270cp0jYaA/w400-h300/IMG_3821.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Never short of iguanas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU45TSEAQ_mszyNJ9JOkd-pq2KEYPTNsWYunISKco0mj94i9sik_6v0UXHILfb8QxcDIAbr4Nyp7qDn89SGssIAuJmW29PzGonXayH095H4gXZptznSvaHg505jmMOq9vdXcztVqTMCmZQVVD_lZF3p_p9U9lovm9INujn3Zwg_Z2YiBjXImr9Yjnp3Q/s4032/IMG_3816.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU45TSEAQ_mszyNJ9JOkd-pq2KEYPTNsWYunISKco0mj94i9sik_6v0UXHILfb8QxcDIAbr4Nyp7qDn89SGssIAuJmW29PzGonXayH095H4gXZptznSvaHg505jmMOq9vdXcztVqTMCmZQVVD_lZF3p_p9U9lovm9INujn3Zwg_Z2YiBjXImr9Yjnp3Q/w300-h400/IMG_3816.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>This baby sea lion laid on his back and posed for us.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqaSYJMqpMSZbbRs9Drhp687c-LvleUROPSfQcyjJz-nwy0Ndk1Mkrh_bvsBOPYQ3dfGJiM_7SaHmLdcEfKmo_0LMRsFeH7DPvEBuZ_Y9D2T2jJ1BaRiI1u71DGQm2JPp3TmyJ17TTVQsipYWWXOhWN2YXj602SAArMz0J3c3iBqOcjiGYBCjjtekhw/s4032/IMG_3813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqaSYJMqpMSZbbRs9Drhp687c-LvleUROPSfQcyjJz-nwy0Ndk1Mkrh_bvsBOPYQ3dfGJiM_7SaHmLdcEfKmo_0LMRsFeH7DPvEBuZ_Y9D2T2jJ1BaRiI1u71DGQm2JPp3TmyJ17TTVQsipYWWXOhWN2YXj602SAArMz0J3c3iBqOcjiGYBCjjtekhw/w300-h400/IMG_3813.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There were about 40 sharks in this channel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihw5Bx63eJbJ99Gk0R0YX3DxMikY-_Md5mkxHzzIvKV6CVInKZbpdAponz_iWYkoVVjp_rxVgtJecsQqMv6zU5RtttFJJ4XgUDRSsWk42fwXVLVE3c23s-WbClrDXiSmgFrNNfdCMlRN-UvyYvWS71mDvJU4kljjjNrSPhDvFULUvndmeryNqaNDqMA/s4032/IMG_3824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihw5Bx63eJbJ99Gk0R0YX3DxMikY-_Md5mkxHzzIvKV6CVInKZbpdAponz_iWYkoVVjp_rxVgtJecsQqMv6zU5RtttFJJ4XgUDRSsWk42fwXVLVE3c23s-WbClrDXiSmgFrNNfdCMlRN-UvyYvWS71mDvJU4kljjjNrSPhDvFULUvndmeryNqaNDqMA/w400-h300/IMG_3824.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was the only sea turtle we saw.</div> We then took the boat back to the pier and got on a bus and they took us to lunch.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZx8tzCbCeVrqYRKfGNRbdJBQ-nTvtlQd4qjUO95a_SjCVR_H-eWkxYr4lMP5fqGdq-jFaQUSJ87JpIFKdm6uemrcvVR6MMA9Egu78iOBM4sXvf6M4omZSqyeTMPTRXOmNBBXocLqtuJxSAsjTIE7HQbdvkMC_h0Dq04TYtvWL_QyYaFNy2RWrJcNNw/s4032/IMG_3848.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZx8tzCbCeVrqYRKfGNRbdJBQ-nTvtlQd4qjUO95a_SjCVR_H-eWkxYr4lMP5fqGdq-jFaQUSJ87JpIFKdm6uemrcvVR6MMA9Egu78iOBM4sXvf6M4omZSqyeTMPTRXOmNBBXocLqtuJxSAsjTIE7HQbdvkMC_h0Dq04TYtvWL_QyYaFNy2RWrJcNNw/w400-h300/IMG_3848.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a beautiful view of a bay and the ocean.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>We then went to a man made lagoon and saw a few pink flamingos. Next we went to a tortoise sanctuary where they are raising tortoises that live on this island. They rescue the tortoise eggs before they are eaten by predators and they live in the sanctuary until they are five years old and can live on their own.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8e6-gl-nb-eqlhZg4nPWGbQOrZrAg1wBFKLw6hJHC_iJH3swxEUBHwHJaX5viO081IrW77EYCQW5NAq5gsLmmlJLKtdRqyqYM1k-jGZ_EPtsyyXEj5jgkLl91I98sRvtfcVg-D6UZmzmy9w6KyRLkJzybO5_AzfXQyCBhEBCtjOmcunUNdJnZHk8-mA/s4032/IMG_3851.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8e6-gl-nb-eqlhZg4nPWGbQOrZrAg1wBFKLw6hJHC_iJH3swxEUBHwHJaX5viO081IrW77EYCQW5NAq5gsLmmlJLKtdRqyqYM1k-jGZ_EPtsyyXEj5jgkLl91I98sRvtfcVg-D6UZmzmy9w6KyRLkJzybO5_AzfXQyCBhEBCtjOmcunUNdJnZHk8-mA/w300-h400/IMG_3851.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We could not get any closer. They are the same species from Florida.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pnkTiXAYlyvso8hj9GLiYgzl4HNp0Y9ABYI1rQqh2ClNIMoGzZknl-rX4VbEgAcoH8Ggq1NBGobyyO4BukgookaDl30BfIAFB5lQNlHYbSST8uBIHj8aTrl-aCt_G5oio0X3xqGUmkWL0Stx9SDP1c5CW27Z3O5ola1TXNODzAmH-oeBKPpmf_HxNA/s4032/IMG_3856.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pnkTiXAYlyvso8hj9GLiYgzl4HNp0Y9ABYI1rQqh2ClNIMoGzZknl-rX4VbEgAcoH8Ggq1NBGobyyO4BukgookaDl30BfIAFB5lQNlHYbSST8uBIHj8aTrl-aCt_G5oio0X3xqGUmkWL0Stx9SDP1c5CW27Z3O5ola1TXNODzAmH-oeBKPpmf_HxNA/w300-h400/IMG_3856.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are adults used for breeding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCyzS2grWKzhYpjfOaT668XgPQLqjmWSbWIVdpSWxj_kdFQ9xY1-1wRC6JE2dfIUNs_6YEM-9rtUWFnQXn1u6wLXFryeqF7dmI-pq3zjd3qg90vhEMewGcfGwtyLlaLaoDWoM686RRn7thrarQTHclNjqbBZmmYM3pDHjUbY7ajVo_iGr562tUKNg7w/s4032/IMG_3860.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCyzS2grWKzhYpjfOaT668XgPQLqjmWSbWIVdpSWxj_kdFQ9xY1-1wRC6JE2dfIUNs_6YEM-9rtUWFnQXn1u6wLXFryeqF7dmI-pq3zjd3qg90vhEMewGcfGwtyLlaLaoDWoM686RRn7thrarQTHclNjqbBZmmYM3pDHjUbY7ajVo_iGr562tUKNg7w/w400-h300/IMG_3860.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCvF39BFUo0vJqtPz_eWpMZti_vkGZRWxlSIh2TeJU3njMlgwnx34OyTnMWiwXBl6pax9XIILWufDCFhD4EbM-E7a-AyZL54rS1QPrxbeAnCsve8_Ktb7MFrtcIdOYieucTMc4IiSmofC7r-6fS_PC9ll7lBzdnbCudI1iSIC7vLvzIjcOIpm850GQw/s4032/IMG_3861.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCvF39BFUo0vJqtPz_eWpMZti_vkGZRWxlSIh2TeJU3njMlgwnx34OyTnMWiwXBl6pax9XIILWufDCFhD4EbM-E7a-AyZL54rS1QPrxbeAnCsve8_Ktb7MFrtcIdOYieucTMc4IiSmofC7r-6fS_PC9ll7lBzdnbCudI1iSIC7vLvzIjcOIpm850GQw/w400-h300/IMG_3861.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These little guys are about 2 years old.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> We then went back and took a water taxi to our boat for our trip back to Santa Cruz. We walked back to the hotel and then went for pizza. It was a long day, we got home about 7:00pm. <b>Tuesday: </b> We did not have anything planned for the morning so went on a walk around the bay and then we spent the rest of the morning working on the blog. The wi-fi was really slow and it took about 4 minutes to upload one photo.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T8h268KmAP5EK-gnhyz8ZAaP0wMx5jgrap2hcvBrgQnRFf_P6sCx_BWnD8ytyPEfOHQnBLURWsNOj-iP2rsyERTKBW41VkTy_GAGsAhnaqLRPboQyT2CBHu3fGf-E4S8sNlCGydZykfTJspGfiMlXQs1-F6rUyqWSIKjt4-TRaYck3282imMsJu0nQ/s4032/IMG_2405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T8h268KmAP5EK-gnhyz8ZAaP0wMx5jgrap2hcvBrgQnRFf_P6sCx_BWnD8ytyPEfOHQnBLURWsNOj-iP2rsyERTKBW41VkTy_GAGsAhnaqLRPboQyT2CBHu3fGf-E4S8sNlCGydZykfTJspGfiMlXQs1-F6rUyqWSIKjt4-TRaYck3282imMsJu0nQ/w300-h400/IMG_2405.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some people can sleep anywhere they want to.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-CWi-Cyux8CwBc6o6GCylMEazlHctL3rcB9nEmHLvsdEiN2ZXpNinxSpZd4YxrkZ7REbPy45hKW7KO3PKjRxmmlP8WtpDQir2WHAMYxupnZX_sc4D3FKSUfd5Wh5Vo_9j8ZC_4yyrU9bf1VnNtolkWHcUKpv6tQSFPX1A9HeDzX82EeDdZpVP75hBQ/w300-h400/IMG_3865.JPG" width="300" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a little fish market right by our hotel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xH1Gn-qKA-E" width="320" youtube-src-id="xH1Gn-qKA-E"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what happens when they throw some scraps on the floor.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5fQWl7u5tGQzAYQnybzHmnG5H-AnFf14qckqttaIdfQA3q7Ep2rg-vnr5SPLcJpwEdpoeN6fkxXtj0Azc-3OvCauaZPUw8R0ScSrrJMM1pJpuS6lTjBZDXF8g4dZB2V4UYrB44z6TK41IivW8cWD3LBZE9XOrYxpMLFOcePp3ljI_JsvrdWDeOzNQg/s4032/IMG_3870.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5fQWl7u5tGQzAYQnybzHmnG5H-AnFf14qckqttaIdfQA3q7Ep2rg-vnr5SPLcJpwEdpoeN6fkxXtj0Azc-3OvCauaZPUw8R0ScSrrJMM1pJpuS6lTjBZDXF8g4dZB2V4UYrB44z6TK41IivW8cWD3LBZE9XOrYxpMLFOcePp3ljI_JsvrdWDeOzNQg/w300-h400/IMG_3870.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This bird was by our pool for breakfast.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_X4HogqYvuabGf6DTlpLMmJGgZrczMA3to4yw6LnIv4AB2RXshWGXCiAAot2Y98iG_emlxOmAdStos8XEvOGC5CeL-Ud0dkPzooWy0qEYQsN9-j1KyjY10xD6p9enRXvgtaeX7YGjuoZwC22dOqzctPMQDzXnrVj0s7UfDZqNrbzFZGct2u8n7I5Kw/s4032/IMG_3896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_X4HogqYvuabGf6DTlpLMmJGgZrczMA3to4yw6LnIv4AB2RXshWGXCiAAot2Y98iG_emlxOmAdStos8XEvOGC5CeL-Ud0dkPzooWy0qEYQsN9-j1KyjY10xD6p9enRXvgtaeX7YGjuoZwC22dOqzctPMQDzXnrVj0s7UfDZqNrbzFZGct2u8n7I5Kw/w300-h400/IMG_3896.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This guy was also on the ledge by our breakfast table.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>After lunch, we got picked up by our guide and we went to Las Grietas. I think this translates as The Cracks. We took a water taxi to the other side of the bay which can only be reached by water, then it was a 30 minute walk to Las Grietas. This is where the lava had separated and filled with water to make a deep pool.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK12VFKb4F-T_v6BBqYIpXJMbrzb_XV4tYLK8NHmNK3uAQOoHU2Qgy7uLkCBKTWFkAc_L6wWRQSJVISy1VE4APm79_ecdCi7kOt2HTj248FuGxPN6SCoFZ5pj0jk73hxVXLo88q9JIyw-czxoJTmDMf7_QUcmuR9S9-8hadv_EhMK9sx0EXElXGCkNSA/s4032/IMG_3878.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK12VFKb4F-T_v6BBqYIpXJMbrzb_XV4tYLK8NHmNK3uAQOoHU2Qgy7uLkCBKTWFkAc_L6wWRQSJVISy1VE4APm79_ecdCi7kOt2HTj248FuGxPN6SCoFZ5pj0jk73hxVXLo88q9JIyw-czxoJTmDMf7_QUcmuR9S9-8hadv_EhMK9sx0EXElXGCkNSA/w300-h400/IMG_3878.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Most of our group changed and got in the water.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4pc3RzwZC6tjset0_cPfkilOzgqho7lb-y1FEZyRl-TTG6cbIxVrBFMEXPVxKTLqjObZhidwZBz7KMbWE0efKitLL3M-FmJpqjmb_M_eOBTNPaVzJpe0bkOhH42txJkhjcoHLb3LeKUlCbaNhujlBs_JCgj6Wh6jd-v8WQ4VDJ5krZhM5pguyF8DDQ/s4032/IMG_3875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4pc3RzwZC6tjset0_cPfkilOzgqho7lb-y1FEZyRl-TTG6cbIxVrBFMEXPVxKTLqjObZhidwZBz7KMbWE0efKitLL3M-FmJpqjmb_M_eOBTNPaVzJpe0bkOhH42txJkhjcoHLb3LeKUlCbaNhujlBs_JCgj6Wh6jd-v8WQ4VDJ5krZhM5pguyF8DDQ/w300-h400/IMG_3875.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />We did not want to climb down and up all the stairs, so we took some pictures and headed back to a beach we had walked passed on our way in. We enjoyed getting into the water. It was a bit cold at first.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ilCgErWmVD5h3aAPnxFiqEXFi4FUXGS8cgsMgmcILCVniv0B_Lcs4e92O9R-0-dPUADU3ytC6vZukVNrjuLBsfIMXYsgQxSE9Y6Wi0F7D0fdZwilbm1w4TRg4V5huG_dHN3g-DWGONlXOtKxjLf71gjAX1h9o2co_eVOTeVdr1f7nvr44X4gapiXuQ/s4032/IMG_3882.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ilCgErWmVD5h3aAPnxFiqEXFi4FUXGS8cgsMgmcILCVniv0B_Lcs4e92O9R-0-dPUADU3ytC6vZukVNrjuLBsfIMXYsgQxSE9Y6Wi0F7D0fdZwilbm1w4TRg4V5huG_dHN3g-DWGONlXOtKxjLf71gjAX1h9o2co_eVOTeVdr1f7nvr44X4gapiXuQ/w400-h300/IMG_3882.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was a small protected bay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEcE9SvNdy5DvtijPTdxPvCihzdKwRgRymChEjbTdIJauoIYzALEHJ7KWhnzyGAjc6RSRtfFxTnONBr-ZmvWmjMCJC3e9Qw_4agwfQ_iu3hCrssYoWTodOCQBkwMKefZDI_lzTCRVBPFoJjiQvuW8fFqhy1DtKTSDXJrPIP3i1C45RhtlEgGfir8gIg/s4032/IMG_3887.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEcE9SvNdy5DvtijPTdxPvCihzdKwRgRymChEjbTdIJauoIYzALEHJ7KWhnzyGAjc6RSRtfFxTnONBr-ZmvWmjMCJC3e9Qw_4agwfQ_iu3hCrssYoWTodOCQBkwMKefZDI_lzTCRVBPFoJjiQvuW8fFqhy1DtKTSDXJrPIP3i1C45RhtlEgGfir8gIg/w300-h400/IMG_3887.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>This is the only proof I have that I got in the water.</span><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">We then went back by water taxi to the main part of town. <b>Wednesday: </b>We enjoyed a late breakfast, finished the blog, and then got picked up at 9:30am for our bus ride across the island, water taxi to the island where the airport is, another bus ride from the pier to the airport, and finally our flight back to Quito. We got back to the temple about 6:00pm. <b>Thursday: </b>Chris worked on getting caught up on laundry and I went down to see if I could be of any help for the open house. There was not much for me to do, but I did escort 3 American women from the US embassy through the temple. One of the women was a member and she did a great job explaining things. I added a few comments. After lunch we needed to go grocery shopping. <b>Friday: </b>I spent the morning cooking Beijing Beef and Orange Chicken for the 6 sister missionaries that were at the temple helping with the open house. It was fun to feed them. Sadly, I forgot to take a picture. We got packed for our trip to Ambato. At 7:30pm we went to the airport and picked up Judy Irvine Nelson. Judy is a dear friend of ours and she served in the Ecuador mission with us 51 years ago. She was Chris' MTC companion although it was called the LTM (Language Training Mission) 51 years ago and they served as companions here in Ecuador also.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmPZjWbE1VO9uB31B2le13JGBQFtDbiKu_W-XacfER8TLxso7S1YYKdL3O1NeTnAcPNToVMhhS3XY-zwtJJ91S74IcQ_zCVi304YiBqBccHv11ZYOnfrAdGP8B7eZB0peLeqzsjY-wM0MCfQGyxom4UCu-Cy0af4QunFrva1735cGDatDTLp06BeixQ/s4032/IMG_3907.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmPZjWbE1VO9uB31B2le13JGBQFtDbiKu_W-XacfER8TLxso7S1YYKdL3O1NeTnAcPNToVMhhS3XY-zwtJJ91S74IcQ_zCVi304YiBqBccHv11ZYOnfrAdGP8B7eZB0peLeqzsjY-wM0MCfQGyxom4UCu-Cy0af4QunFrva1735cGDatDTLp06BeixQ/w300-h400/IMG_3907.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A big hug for Judy from Chris.</span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b> Saturday: </b>The public temple open house started yesterday and this morning there was a line stretching out to the road.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoDSmyQ2ZxSZepbgd_Xr8nDoFRYSUsrYdHHEp8yAkSXs2qwjdUKPlDggjkqUWMgXcMuBofdDlrfZQsPgitAy-hVEadS091-fsfaL7YSLI0Pr9hSBcQHWcc-cfaxgBzPhk_dmaSkbn1-89xi9LnIfF8Fj3YKDk6jRFC20knsZyrHgMFy3qA8MZq-bxPw/s4032/IMG_3910.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoDSmyQ2ZxSZepbgd_Xr8nDoFRYSUsrYdHHEp8yAkSXs2qwjdUKPlDggjkqUWMgXcMuBofdDlrfZQsPgitAy-hVEadS091-fsfaL7YSLI0Pr9hSBcQHWcc-cfaxgBzPhk_dmaSkbn1-89xi9LnIfF8Fj3YKDk6jRFC20knsZyrHgMFy3qA8MZq-bxPw/w400-h300/IMG_3910.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was 8:45am and the temple opens at 9am and the line is already out to the parking lot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw67MMQFI-Y_RTVV43kAoL6h0oLop0awMmqKHm37ox4Fm8N54UP2an8wlREbRxXHQoYW4Btlse0w8oUnPTrqcbDE7e0RWvn364-qfAn_rqD5x4iCeh86nZK_3bz59BSDaOI32Yzy7CM1bHrppm42j5vVdSeXry-WG2jrEUt0s3EXwr6a96_ZPiuFvvnA/s4032/IMG_3911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw67MMQFI-Y_RTVV43kAoL6h0oLop0awMmqKHm37ox4Fm8N54UP2an8wlREbRxXHQoYW4Btlse0w8oUnPTrqcbDE7e0RWvn364-qfAn_rqD5x4iCeh86nZK_3bz59BSDaOI32Yzy7CM1bHrppm42j5vVdSeXry-WG2jrEUt0s3EXwr6a96_ZPiuFvvnA/w400-h300/IMG_3911.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There must have been 20 buses.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIt7W19gdiaXSqwa7epU7fdtzcnxB4qllnaQuRhFwz1A-ePpwX2GOt6Uh2st6EInoVNtMvTxnO_faRgZ-cb1LoyWgiiTVEKOZIzt2z7gnN7xP6t4b6hPFiNsJfVUQ1bRFmdItuvpEa9iowHRt0Gcfja3vNTLbAXcVsygIGvuuRNqGKkmVzPL4klvOyrg/s4032/IMG_3912.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIt7W19gdiaXSqwa7epU7fdtzcnxB4qllnaQuRhFwz1A-ePpwX2GOt6Uh2st6EInoVNtMvTxnO_faRgZ-cb1LoyWgiiTVEKOZIzt2z7gnN7xP6t4b6hPFiNsJfVUQ1bRFmdItuvpEa9iowHRt0Gcfja3vNTLbAXcVsygIGvuuRNqGKkmVzPL4klvOyrg/w400-h300/IMG_3912.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And a parking lot full of cars.</div>President Perez, of the temple presidency, picked us up at 9:00am and drove us to Ambato, about a 2 1/2 hour drive south of Quito. Chris and Judy had both served in Ambato as missionaries and they were anxious to return to see the city and find the house where they had lived.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QevSWjNjl6AJ35CHok241XIWnJ94jvKB2cN7NIYQSRbBOOz3GnHlRCsFDsmAKcwuYvtbWlNp2_jfwDz_84Tb7OcufWMdOJEUgNQfVxrPV7josCVrCPjfmOZJ1NywtXM2pHiBE-3lUXl774VBMb3QVh_-CA_l5VJ50B3aRnQM2EsrUFX_S5K-ONLNqQ/s4032/IMG_3914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QevSWjNjl6AJ35CHok241XIWnJ94jvKB2cN7NIYQSRbBOOz3GnHlRCsFDsmAKcwuYvtbWlNp2_jfwDz_84Tb7OcufWMdOJEUgNQfVxrPV7josCVrCPjfmOZJ1NywtXM2pHiBE-3lUXl774VBMb3QVh_-CA_l5VJ50B3aRnQM2EsrUFX_S5K-ONLNqQ/w400-h300/IMG_3914.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwN8IBdqKFHoIveH7pQ_r2N2ZVVLzEZeomL6H51S4jBxYNLwEFuRW4cNSHW61NY9PxpDnhqsWfhMWLMbw4s1sbdwMSGbb37Nf7C2t6ZaLBR1DH60JHLdK4J9Slz2k2utrdirQG6L2qWX-JneguLNc2NV1bi6cTyJfHROwqZwOf2-o0ZY0gX7pk1VzmZw/s4032/IMG_3915.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwN8IBdqKFHoIveH7pQ_r2N2ZVVLzEZeomL6H51S4jBxYNLwEFuRW4cNSHW61NY9PxpDnhqsWfhMWLMbw4s1sbdwMSGbb37Nf7C2t6ZaLBR1DH60JHLdK4J9Slz2k2utrdirQG6L2qWX-JneguLNc2NV1bi6cTyJfHROwqZwOf2-o0ZY0gX7pk1VzmZw/w400-h300/IMG_3915.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ambato is about 10 times bigger than it was 50 years ago.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">We dropped our bags at the hotel and went to find two museums Chris had read about. We first went to the Museo Casa Martinez-Holguin, the home of Luis A Martinez, a prominent Ecuadorian writer, teacher, and politician of the 19th century. The hacienda he lived in sits in a beautiful botanical garden and has had some restoration. Some of the rooms are furnished as they would have been in the 1800's and wax figures of the family have been added to create realism.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pKcSHvjQrRpRh57DdnPgOo4CxkL21XyvrVmoWaFwljA1tCqsvk3i8UjQ9Jc1rADF60A5IEcQKPqPYt9ifFijFr0qz7k_PKyN9mxTts7su9tAN6KvhuvUnTe1xDvfj_c5MG2j1IbwYH1Lz7J7Lm_bybcJvIB4aF_DSFH6gfEKrFDqgXRhHuwu4BgO-A/s4032/IMG_3923.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pKcSHvjQrRpRh57DdnPgOo4CxkL21XyvrVmoWaFwljA1tCqsvk3i8UjQ9Jc1rADF60A5IEcQKPqPYt9ifFijFr0qz7k_PKyN9mxTts7su9tAN6KvhuvUnTe1xDvfj_c5MG2j1IbwYH1Lz7J7Lm_bybcJvIB4aF_DSFH6gfEKrFDqgXRhHuwu4BgO-A/w300-h400/IMG_3923.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Qpv6k6LzTLTLAQdSrae0IfICKKSs819vu1ZLLuAmGnbkyK5xl6iphDKRAZAMyGQrtJYUixjieTyXb2bAlTbXPpFlrGrfiap5GIHos3uqE-oYl0BIE8IQMJLHbjLaSypS4nXm-vl_XD6yJAF8Il0QPs5w-w15qNAhYftPfIUzwPIhh42JxFof6HoEaA/s4032/IMG_3924.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Qpv6k6LzTLTLAQdSrae0IfICKKSs819vu1ZLLuAmGnbkyK5xl6iphDKRAZAMyGQrtJYUixjieTyXb2bAlTbXPpFlrGrfiap5GIHos3uqE-oYl0BIE8IQMJLHbjLaSypS4nXm-vl_XD6yJAF8Il0QPs5w-w15qNAhYftPfIUzwPIhh42JxFof6HoEaA/w400-h300/IMG_3924.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGZMoZz5CQ_GNB1zd-_C4IFBv67pCzMLpE75Y484g5KNraR8mTj2ANiqo2KErKaC8443dmKOAtVfVJXU87W_dKq8vm2uBtFsR7ZwVrdP-ArkkFq2_BEmA_lSUseJHh0Rlw5Wp4AO6tVNRzJ_ODAsuHntJl8xkIk86uvwULwxxSJQeMniW2FOlI9NiNw/s4032/IMG_3926.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGZMoZz5CQ_GNB1zd-_C4IFBv67pCzMLpE75Y484g5KNraR8mTj2ANiqo2KErKaC8443dmKOAtVfVJXU87W_dKq8vm2uBtFsR7ZwVrdP-ArkkFq2_BEmA_lSUseJHh0Rlw5Wp4AO6tVNRzJ_ODAsuHntJl8xkIk86uvwULwxxSJQeMniW2FOlI9NiNw/w400-h300/IMG_3926.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is from the balcony on the second floor looking out over the gardens.</div>The other house we wanted to visit was also in the huge botanical garden, La Quinta de Juan Leon Mera. Mera was an artist and poet who wrote the national anthem of Ecuador. </span><span style="text-align: left;">It was interesting to see the relative luxury they lived in.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5c-mnsKFaZ2brbUvwZIH2dsj-xTFzK291bwTI4HDIpGPmlprBAO7ICszy54G3ZXkVGosqKzwSpAPWD55o2HUi8ltXAg2pNnht3j4cPjyW7iTjxRrHBxj1lxYl-R-Vag_45sqVyMiTDRwC1R8DvfeC2lGr2wFF4NMBdFABSQY99Ssa-hSmxNhvPtkBA/s4032/IMG_3927.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5c-mnsKFaZ2brbUvwZIH2dsj-xTFzK291bwTI4HDIpGPmlprBAO7ICszy54G3ZXkVGosqKzwSpAPWD55o2HUi8ltXAg2pNnht3j4cPjyW7iTjxRrHBxj1lxYl-R-Vag_45sqVyMiTDRwC1R8DvfeC2lGr2wFF4NMBdFABSQY99Ssa-hSmxNhvPtkBA/w300-h400/IMG_3927.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ypC9Mcy2j0z1Y-BnWrulzQKXHQhykeiu-tPwS7LZEEjTS_yVrInJN-W0uZosO1L9ILu9UK1N9uar0WWKT09Rdau3ARrU7deBa9H58bVdTHuhYt_1XN54lv956J-7JNtkfLmXrnCDW7HI8molYNMwuZFTC81Lp1qbqKfOnbV7YYA0P3OgN2-3oyn67w/w400-h300/IMG_3921.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The gardens were beautiful.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">We came back to the hotel, had lunch, and then walked around the city. Chris and Judy were amazed at h</span><span style="text-align: left;">ow much the city of Ambato has grown over the years and sadly they didn't recognize anything except a park in the city center.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRDKGf2M-pNmtev0DS6LUggik8OK7ZY3Q8etIFwDcocp1-vYpdNSAyI4XB2Fh9miAmJnoF8ZdAyecWLms1KqJOedB5AmlMuz0d8Uy8CmU4n0IhAE5QgM3-d8f-wuYWOyvG8xlj0kAHQlKCQrpVOahKdIAczfLsWmT35SuAWokzWf5xVKW6KnkIKZq7A/s4032/IMG_3920.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRDKGf2M-pNmtev0DS6LUggik8OK7ZY3Q8etIFwDcocp1-vYpdNSAyI4XB2Fh9miAmJnoF8ZdAyecWLms1KqJOedB5AmlMuz0d8Uy8CmU4n0IhAE5QgM3-d8f-wuYWOyvG8xlj0kAHQlKCQrpVOahKdIAczfLsWmT35SuAWokzWf5xVKW6KnkIKZq7A/w400-h300/IMG_3920.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_mooPXUl36_vY8LYCl9bXytPQtoi65JqF7UW6SRgBVTDcHLXU-f5cTxyCDtLysnZAHg-xAQWD1qiz7aQ9PqBl5vzSxcgVtvTHhjsombDMjX44s9mrIGo-Abood4MGcjzi9hMwi-t3NPRD3KzOjuy5XdfwT1pHRikBNHCEcwgvR8zWTYsrEVwbJ9A8g/s4032/IMG_3918.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_mooPXUl36_vY8LYCl9bXytPQtoi65JqF7UW6SRgBVTDcHLXU-f5cTxyCDtLysnZAHg-xAQWD1qiz7aQ9PqBl5vzSxcgVtvTHhjsombDMjX44s9mrIGo-Abood4MGcjzi9hMwi-t3NPRD3KzOjuy5XdfwT1pHRikBNHCEcwgvR8zWTYsrEVwbJ9A8g/w300-h400/IMG_3918.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>They remembered the name of the family they had lived with, but other memories were vague or conflicted. We went for ice cream and they told the owner of the restaurant that they had lived with a family named Bucheli. She recognized the name and gave them the number of a family member. Chris was able to call the number and explain that she had lived with the Bucheli family 50 years ago as a missionary. The woman gave her the number of the daughter of the family and Chris learned that they had sold the house years ago. The daughter, Ginna, didn't remember Chris, but she remembered her companion, Sylvia Conde, from Uruguay.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUY9xeY8Pgykc-kRGL5p7V37y0EOtTDFMQUZKhEhYgbqDbW0_l4PPrA4xYJ7VeKVlQLz_82lg3jqVnJI42mJbquS_Rc0msyR87hXxZTT5GQdicFo-iVI28v1s7Jh2LNwWc1pzMLYIEVMH4MbbUfzp9G8Strvrxt_LMnyBny4frC1vH4aot8EESmNMOA/s4032/IMG_2430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUY9xeY8Pgykc-kRGL5p7V37y0EOtTDFMQUZKhEhYgbqDbW0_l4PPrA4xYJ7VeKVlQLz_82lg3jqVnJI42mJbquS_Rc0msyR87hXxZTT5GQdicFo-iVI28v1s7Jh2LNwWc1pzMLYIEVMH4MbbUfzp9G8Strvrxt_LMnyBny4frC1vH4aot8EESmNMOA/w300-h400/IMG_2430.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the woman that helped Judy and Chris find Gina Bucheli.</div></span></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><b>Sunday: </b> When Chris and Judy were missionaries in Ambato there was only a small branch with two families attending, the Mezas and the Matas. They met in a rented store front and a missionary, Elder Lee Crayk, was the branch president. It was amazing to arrive at a beautiful chapel where 4 wards meet. We were met by Edison Yanes who introduced us to the bishop and some of the ward members. It was emotional for Chris and Judy to see the chapel filled with about 120 members and that is only one ward. They asked us to sit on the stand because we are the pioneers of the church in Ecuador.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1no1J8R6N2_DniEdmXgZpPx0ELjQLjiXucBKEOKxC32wULYb5EsBAUzmUPYXeDrFlSnIUELtk-wKDRBGJscJgOzAdUNpf8iwHj2tdNmhFaPTcpy1X6DQphgTOlFk_jzwIjDUizF0wx5Jaessxogk2wDowaklj2Ker5yvFyBd9ajDT1h8AjH0uFSAJhg/s4032/IMG_3940.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1no1J8R6N2_DniEdmXgZpPx0ELjQLjiXucBKEOKxC32wULYb5EsBAUzmUPYXeDrFlSnIUELtk-wKDRBGJscJgOzAdUNpf8iwHj2tdNmhFaPTcpy1X6DQphgTOlFk_jzwIjDUizF0wx5Jaessxogk2wDowaklj2Ker5yvFyBd9ajDT1h8AjH0uFSAJhg/w400-h300/IMG_3940.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is where brother Yanes thought that the branch met where Judy and Chris lived in Ambato.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPhDQbiCgxXTQLmWExhYEg4j-XXftr9Gdre6FhR2ui57qBBBr8apwdraCrYhlsWpjWaKCbccNLrArO9g1cbuki5DwTzaWmg4q2wVxB4OzPyfj25XuCulOtS-_Kdir4iaEledhc4tI3Zpssr-ZeCskbwlT1MFG4hHs3eSIkYukuzh1npXVejA6uJJCQw/s4032/IMG_3937.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPhDQbiCgxXTQLmWExhYEg4j-XXftr9Gdre6FhR2ui57qBBBr8apwdraCrYhlsWpjWaKCbccNLrArO9g1cbuki5DwTzaWmg4q2wVxB4OzPyfj25XuCulOtS-_Kdir4iaEledhc4tI3Zpssr-ZeCskbwlT1MFG4hHs3eSIkYukuzh1npXVejA6uJJCQw/w400-h300/IMG_3937.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Brother Edison Yanes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn62GOWVknsmYeTb8dKxuXpsmXlV9K5whfVptrB2iwuqpxlNPT9ejL5GNStuH6x9dIE-ihMPI7Adz9Qoqs-6m7QbUkl7adGRqW-yb9sTEGruu2u3WH464hU1k6QlecwGve6aYjuw3_nUjhkyE9sStvJ1BJLkLrteU6rHQUdjl07-7raCqRZO7IhILIkw/s4032/IMG_3933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn62GOWVknsmYeTb8dKxuXpsmXlV9K5whfVptrB2iwuqpxlNPT9ejL5GNStuH6x9dIE-ihMPI7Adz9Qoqs-6m7QbUkl7adGRqW-yb9sTEGruu2u3WH464hU1k6QlecwGve6aYjuw3_nUjhkyE9sStvJ1BJLkLrteU6rHQUdjl07-7raCqRZO7IhILIkw/w400-h300/IMG_3933.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECg32sQIl32RxjnZFMa2rq5-NMrffDlC6yIRI7IytutFSj_Y4rIQuQCyb4zA2kVV81EijoXq_FjtbnGNQ1Nbl5wmr_xuxpDbpr29MfoY6Cbto-aChltR3K3h3btDW3s0mT0NTSBtNlJgPO4c1KH9a40c0ZUDUD62pzoPFaypFp5DsORZT5gcugnKK1g/s4032/IMG_3941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECg32sQIl32RxjnZFMa2rq5-NMrffDlC6yIRI7IytutFSj_Y4rIQuQCyb4zA2kVV81EijoXq_FjtbnGNQ1Nbl5wmr_xuxpDbpr29MfoY6Cbto-aChltR3K3h3btDW3s0mT0NTSBtNlJgPO4c1KH9a40c0ZUDUD62pzoPFaypFp5DsORZT5gcugnKK1g/w400-h300/IMG_3941.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Brother Mata, who was a teenager when Judy and Chris served here in Ambato.</div><p></p>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-19894559601443276372022-10-12T05:57:00.002-07:002022-10-13T02:12:02.336-07:00October 3rd through October 9th<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">October 3rd through October 9th:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><b>Monday through Wednesday: </b>We had training sessions in the morning and evening. These were make up sessions for those who missed any of the sessions 1, 2, or 3. Tuesday we also had our committee meeting via zoom. President Aguirre asked again if any of us here in Quito had any responsibilities during the open house. We were told that we did not. President then asked, "So, we can go on vacation?" The answer was "yes", so we booked a trip starting on Saturday to the Galapagos Islands. We are still on the island of Santa Cruz and we had a full day yesterday on the island of Isabela. That is why the update is late. <b>Thursday:</b> We had to go into Quito to pick up our tickets and the information about the tour we had booked. We decided to look for some of the old churches we remembered from when we were here 50 years ago. We started at the Iglesia del Carmen Alto. </span><span>We thought this was a monastery and in Spanish it is called a monastery, but it turns out it is really a convent for nuns. But they have a great museum. There are 21 nuns living in the cloistered convent today.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_FP882LjHWY1WlFPK1e_5D0X_onpcluMT-5KBUvdzjAuhjXi4d1xtcDN6EK6E9GCG3_K0Bj-xtxkaM8gefj30pF8P33_wGgdxy8eXBKYKPmt-yvXXX15c_Ior2uJs4y44PNtbtlfzhz9JMsiaSmxGZcY-APDxVYipKQ_cnhs8bKi-YxpMrIqFjFqfkg/s3088/IMG_3541.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_FP882LjHWY1WlFPK1e_5D0X_onpcluMT-5KBUvdzjAuhjXi4d1xtcDN6EK6E9GCG3_K0Bj-xtxkaM8gefj30pF8P33_wGgdxy8eXBKYKPmt-yvXXX15c_Ior2uJs4y44PNtbtlfzhz9JMsiaSmxGZcY-APDxVYipKQ_cnhs8bKi-YxpMrIqFjFqfkg/w300-h400/IMG_3541.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hq1Rk00BqlSRArVQpEQBW6uBy3OyBECvCZt2mFWVORsU_B-lEfTsuh-Bl4FAyfPp734mYAwjy2O1eTA4vqJyA-88xAFS1q3SuqygSMV3sWffvP4496l5DkaOpzs9dAjGJooUycswr86IKKd5KETaKgz1pw0xO9TkofJMgNV_Fm4jbAAQzQrW4um2aQ/s4032/IMG_3540.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hq1Rk00BqlSRArVQpEQBW6uBy3OyBECvCZt2mFWVORsU_B-lEfTsuh-Bl4FAyfPp734mYAwjy2O1eTA4vqJyA-88xAFS1q3SuqygSMV3sWffvP4496l5DkaOpzs9dAjGJooUycswr86IKKd5KETaKgz1pw0xO9TkofJMgNV_Fm4jbAAQzQrW4um2aQ/w300-h400/IMG_3540.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We could not go into the church, but we stole the next photo from the internet.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqME-c3Lb23wr26GkBq2PjJ17YzyWL0MibEtOxTLvqMXvFpF64iWTjYvoYE8-b1_Wv9Xl5F3BTgaZjHJVWnCIiIx3Lhd3i6v-KFXWFBhqrMuLN0efxH8Q8suB4oLWwUncaAWTvvy0jN7xvwVcSbS1JHwrn5VJZvDffmXwhzHaBjal3bKHlzccFSrcleg/s800/Interior_de_la_Iglesia_de_El_Carmen_Alto_(Quito)_Pic._04g.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The nuns lived on the second floor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wrTe-8vSigEU-RjTPvShTqLNBSXQimW9dcV_29hqK5XlhexPzRLG_4jnegstJ5tr_7AkPkH-8iFMfneDB1MKjSvtnHOiBVAxwvXqjwiA1VMGhy1xS3N0Oa2cVcMu3gUuIIFSTY03xnN5YqdzQnQSNcScMMOpFGr7BNkOnDbLn00ywkT6_qfkH32MMw/s4032/IMG_3545.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wrTe-8vSigEU-RjTPvShTqLNBSXQimW9dcV_29hqK5XlhexPzRLG_4jnegstJ5tr_7AkPkH-8iFMfneDB1MKjSvtnHOiBVAxwvXqjwiA1VMGhy1xS3N0Oa2cVcMu3gUuIIFSTY03xnN5YqdzQnQSNcScMMOpFGr7BNkOnDbLn00ywkT6_qfkH32MMw/w300-h400/IMG_3545.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Great old door.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL7OMs9Ed6QxB4BVE83xUW1FGexM13JE1RQh_uo4YjXEBeT5joqJJEJjSmgi-Vt1m7lhv0nK1mljdFwQEVyj-nGK4se-xKO-dFFPF3UQyzK6QG83Hy_UAh1sqQPVQ9awCvsIZH4Dt7JX29iG2RRrzjI9vKkqQtiYhjfBjfNq4cYTqNWKMWlZAlaNYww/s4032/IMG_3546.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOeY0Q0f51e6sTDKiYGHPsqiccnX-g3qdSJ5QVFETOazgi300pO5Lyrk6twniqklIgMyXBDjlTDDLEAdPjo1Z01Y97wFQoEDiCXe4J3aS9dItccdqz10SwlF8Yw8flkVa1DTBAf1_-9LjXc9CcfvIu_-eO4CrDwOP4kDD758ZZ-KJcDpLC61rrvtpl9w/s4032/IMG_3563.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOeY0Q0f51e6sTDKiYGHPsqiccnX-g3qdSJ5QVFETOazgi300pO5Lyrk6twniqklIgMyXBDjlTDDLEAdPjo1Z01Y97wFQoEDiCXe4J3aS9dItccdqz10SwlF8Yw8flkVa1DTBAf1_-9LjXc9CcfvIu_-eO4CrDwOP4kDD758ZZ-KJcDpLC61rrvtpl9w/w400-h300/IMG_3563.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This floor was really something.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We then went across the street to the City Museum that was a hospital for 500 years. It looked like it was going to rain so we thought we would get in out of the weather and while we were walking through the museum we had a downpour. </span></div></span><span><div style="font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30OWcI3UfyCO5ENhHN60hz7z5jwYDv-aziOMx7XanYT5hpSm4SfmzJa1f6j7eiaF1LTKdj43tsrMcC6C2cbE8J073Xs5-nHBbyKLnFdewFCF46Wu9el2JO73u70VY3ivWrhRj0nDy0MH6ly4Y04D1SQFsP6NlqZXy5BA05-oDIR4NWLl_N436ZulyKA/s4032/IMG_3568.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30OWcI3UfyCO5ENhHN60hz7z5jwYDv-aziOMx7XanYT5hpSm4SfmzJa1f6j7eiaF1LTKdj43tsrMcC6C2cbE8J073Xs5-nHBbyKLnFdewFCF46Wu9el2JO73u70VY3ivWrhRj0nDy0MH6ly4Y04D1SQFsP6NlqZXy5BA05-oDIR4NWLl_N436ZulyKA/w300-h400/IMG_3568.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This was the courtyard of old hospital</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">that is now the Museum of Quito. </span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"> </span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cEZs1PFWNMNYaXUqmShogjDyG4TU8pRJ5eQSaPv7LUyxOGgm3gx3xx2T8LeIEoZc-G_-0liM9eC6c8pVcYSjQcXW1dbwPYLCx-3dO0f_5k6CbiE-VHGGxEGCwrtQWfDhbZF-WIGuOTfVXZHYyi3CwnXusLkrQM5w1nZRfkH586cVEIK9X5CKIy3Ljw/s4032/IMG_3602.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5cEZs1PFWNMNYaXUqmShogjDyG4TU8pRJ5eQSaPv7LUyxOGgm3gx3xx2T8LeIEoZc-G_-0liM9eC6c8pVcYSjQcXW1dbwPYLCx-3dO0f_5k6CbiE-VHGGxEGCwrtQWfDhbZF-WIGuOTfVXZHYyi3CwnXusLkrQM5w1nZRfkH586cVEIK9X5CKIy3Ljw/w400-h300/IMG_3602.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">They have one room to show what it was like when it was a hospital.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQ-gARqy_-cy1N8jYAmuzu5CAviTO_zA5skruskEtOnYY11V2HWEq_4-_upwTK--cevabVPz07e5AuBxUn14R1tAyhgt5WofvZ3zigr2IWLo392AI5VkLzjORlYFP72B6bjHXGmYHdpGxrdqVKMDink24qrnaqMGIHBTArwwINw3DQIW0LJEqMHIpOw/s4032/IMG_3603.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQ-gARqy_-cy1N8jYAmuzu5CAviTO_zA5skruskEtOnYY11V2HWEq_4-_upwTK--cevabVPz07e5AuBxUn14R1tAyhgt5WofvZ3zigr2IWLo392AI5VkLzjORlYFP72B6bjHXGmYHdpGxrdqVKMDink24qrnaqMGIHBTArwwINw3DQIW0LJEqMHIpOw/w300-h400/IMG_3603.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">I'm not sure I would have wanted to be operated on with these tools.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWg7HjCxTk3s38hAgXDvdYoGM_oI384LSJi2L1-o5snPU7ZQlcQM0UTYTeW8ZKw_DZ7hTIkabHGaAWp-jqJlFIFzvm7DZ_firuATIku0_pW-zICbXKVw3VO98eIatYTVtGXtzpHOTmLsrrtYhM2EnPgHbsdadBZg7JbTWAuFGf524joQJP9UpdSlvVjg/s4032/IMG_3594.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWg7HjCxTk3s38hAgXDvdYoGM_oI384LSJi2L1-o5snPU7ZQlcQM0UTYTeW8ZKw_DZ7hTIkabHGaAWp-jqJlFIFzvm7DZ_firuATIku0_pW-zICbXKVw3VO98eIatYTVtGXtzpHOTmLsrrtYhM2EnPgHbsdadBZg7JbTWAuFGf524joQJP9UpdSlvVjg/w300-h400/IMG_3594.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">Very cool old desks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCJxPmMyZk9Z1yv6WU0NN-ytnM3W7ZS4I6IMnNT769J3BZEqdRu8alikk8P9uRAuFypKO3ffjNY1WWhoiVo5qXJ9LMeRKV3E5ch2d42QfjWWeq2jfBi1ceG0GxTLPDR9DuQDfys431t3e2-MlOEDBbK3TiGu0lApZcuwpONX5Ufk6vcx6hwYuy6npYQ/s4032/IMG_3591.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCJxPmMyZk9Z1yv6WU0NN-ytnM3W7ZS4I6IMnNT769J3BZEqdRu8alikk8P9uRAuFypKO3ffjNY1WWhoiVo5qXJ9LMeRKV3E5ch2d42QfjWWeq2jfBi1ceG0GxTLPDR9DuQDfys431t3e2-MlOEDBbK3TiGu0lApZcuwpONX5Ufk6vcx6hwYuy6npYQ/w300-h400/IMG_3591.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">This was a flagellation vest. Can you say ouch a thousand times?</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT530_jMvR3lv1c3avCjTilj_CSIinHD03VPZuU_3efcgen_qCgX4XT5jdcQotJlgklp4GH2KCoDfP78v2AW3HLbcXnX6IoQbDW--00i2f9LvNnt57LFbTrJ6Jm_5sYUvbDyNvjPYKRUBcrdLTAhhf27gXGi8EqY6rXUDZnU-0mJior_UUogwln8yotQ/s4032/IMG_3587.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT530_jMvR3lv1c3avCjTilj_CSIinHD03VPZuU_3efcgen_qCgX4XT5jdcQotJlgklp4GH2KCoDfP78v2AW3HLbcXnX6IoQbDW--00i2f9LvNnt57LFbTrJ6Jm_5sYUvbDyNvjPYKRUBcrdLTAhhf27gXGi8EqY6rXUDZnU-0mJior_UUogwln8yotQ/w300-h400/IMG_3587.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">Remembering the Spanish conquistadors.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhn2r26UpiuVIs5qJhklZPpKkAT6tlLAb6z_1xzjc2ihLR2lmvMLBfClWZ0I06F6lVeBTcI3qGxMkknvKqKPEEnLRWMYotV8sRfJHQgm3WXxwULIDJFd7MO_3vUUJvF0_mzLOlXW9mWxh82lhIx834xfJbjlzbN-62zMGrjvtIiH59yJcpApUXZ0cQQ/s4032/IMG_3578.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhn2r26UpiuVIs5qJhklZPpKkAT6tlLAb6z_1xzjc2ihLR2lmvMLBfClWZ0I06F6lVeBTcI3qGxMkknvKqKPEEnLRWMYotV8sRfJHQgm3WXxwULIDJFd7MO_3vUUJvF0_mzLOlXW9mWxh82lhIx834xfJbjlzbN-62zMGrjvtIiH59yJcpApUXZ0cQQ/w400-h300/IMG_3578.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Cool parkay floor of the old city of Quito.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xg3gK8CX3Nz5_cPnfEuMuV_xdwFXGyMduOBOxB1l2xN1Yzz2fxMvSTTO_7lU42ACsfzR2m9ov0jSJVmursoRpCmdKdwsS15WefrXkq5NNW04ILIHO6NUdWKT_DRr8KhfEYT-mw4u6qIEaouNchLbeWqPFO8DGYg6txKMl3J4QwT7emzYBNm2kVp-kg/s4032/IMG_3575.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xg3gK8CX3Nz5_cPnfEuMuV_xdwFXGyMduOBOxB1l2xN1Yzz2fxMvSTTO_7lU42ACsfzR2m9ov0jSJVmursoRpCmdKdwsS15WefrXkq5NNW04ILIHO6NUdWKT_DRr8KhfEYT-mw4u6qIEaouNchLbeWqPFO8DGYg6txKMl3J4QwT7emzYBNm2kVp-kg/w300-h400/IMG_3575.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">This was the altar of the church that was attached to the hospital. Not in use as a church now.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TdCDDLqVDwhRn9qQi7xc09Ealwid-anoP3NKixRJi09lcqsJfTDzJyro_asMOQJPzLkCD0iJM8nQIeTUAe6BxlCFLzLa3TgOVBTK8-RIK6DEwqmRcXDPGRpGntI4YISy5FAPK-IKr2Wg95Xv0E92zyc3UFk2G5ufNRlP3VXT5d5vYb5fadhReT92Zw/s4032/IMG_3574.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5TdCDDLqVDwhRn9qQi7xc09Ealwid-anoP3NKixRJi09lcqsJfTDzJyro_asMOQJPzLkCD0iJM8nQIeTUAe6BxlCFLzLa3TgOVBTK8-RIK6DEwqmRcXDPGRpGntI4YISy5FAPK-IKr2Wg95Xv0E92zyc3UFk2G5ufNRlP3VXT5d5vYb5fadhReT92Zw/w300-h400/IMG_3574.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">Same church.</div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">So after the museum we found a restaurant that was attached to the museum and had lunch.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawiDv-Wm1ft4EcPO0m1Mt1eB1saRkGvOzC1FAle61y7p9MhzCsuRUvfRHM7FcxEKvvwB5Z_5JEA725TF_k4GBGQKFTRnuEKYkOd0KSaakNzQ5ouds04TscxofoiUTDxbv85SkcL4Y5XnRB0tjn5YSgnandD6vMcu0M1lpxYzmOvK1vzhbTdrQ_CyFVA/s4032/IMG_3606.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawiDv-Wm1ft4EcPO0m1Mt1eB1saRkGvOzC1FAle61y7p9MhzCsuRUvfRHM7FcxEKvvwB5Z_5JEA725TF_k4GBGQKFTRnuEKYkOd0KSaakNzQ5ouds04TscxofoiUTDxbv85SkcL4Y5XnRB0tjn5YSgnandD6vMcu0M1lpxYzmOvK1vzhbTdrQ_CyFVA/w400-h300/IMG_3606.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a nice lunch this was our chef.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0Rn3WW0uIvSlhfqIPKYjaz44Im0NvvEqw0zVjHptnema42r1a6gio94L9aU0yuzpptTCA7IuGZjurt_iauylORz2eHo6tUW2AP9GLfSLyGnro8DocdfyxFJuW02GedVYCqDs70KhWnH8PJKRpqe4aUmZWr0WmmZObLnAx3wGrUnnQqWx8741S6N9Vw/s4032/IMG_3597.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0Rn3WW0uIvSlhfqIPKYjaz44Im0NvvEqw0zVjHptnema42r1a6gio94L9aU0yuzpptTCA7IuGZjurt_iauylORz2eHo6tUW2AP9GLfSLyGnro8DocdfyxFJuW02GedVYCqDs70KhWnH8PJKRpqe4aUmZWr0WmmZObLnAx3wGrUnnQqWx8741S6N9Vw/w400-h300/IMG_3597.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a great view of the hill Panecillo.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> By the time we were done, it had nearly stopped raining and we took a cab to our travel agent's office. When we got back to the temple they were just about finished with everything for the open house that starts Saturday for the construction workers and neighbors. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5tJGwvTEPhNJSX3Aa6Ekmo-GlOsbgvgAV6QfrfGPA7oujrvaflTjFax3XBN7fwK7XjyAujA46ZUefbnk0KrOt9L627M2Ymo-HPjOQs5tFgGjO9NASYHgxA7zATINkhfda2A-uKqI1ZzVmxuQ36daHzg3HCBpaXq0xfMtPFxDf1SYSeNu4YJ3AHUwyQ/s4032/IMG_3532.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5tJGwvTEPhNJSX3Aa6Ekmo-GlOsbgvgAV6QfrfGPA7oujrvaflTjFax3XBN7fwK7XjyAujA46ZUefbnk0KrOt9L627M2Ymo-HPjOQs5tFgGjO9NASYHgxA7zATINkhfda2A-uKqI1ZzVmxuQ36daHzg3HCBpaXq0xfMtPFxDf1SYSeNu4YJ3AHUwyQ/w400-h300/IMG_3532.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Covered walkways for the rain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbI_RS9oxgHB0cUSI1Lwj77MlwqzzSLQFJhRjbGK-PxacEprhR1txhsA00eS5O-XCuREQbXWgyKmukD8FnIxYqLv3kdPx9xwg0qvE_hV74D8TxQF8FUspW-okoDSeyz6cXZUXCF1NKHcknSsxgSzaNUPPjUSvEoi9BzXr79fpiKMjP66k-_CXFs_Bpg/s4032/IMG_3533.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbI_RS9oxgHB0cUSI1Lwj77MlwqzzSLQFJhRjbGK-PxacEprhR1txhsA00eS5O-XCuREQbXWgyKmukD8FnIxYqLv3kdPx9xwg0qvE_hV74D8TxQF8FUspW-okoDSeyz6cXZUXCF1NKHcknSsxgSzaNUPPjUSvEoi9BzXr79fpiKMjP66k-_CXFs_Bpg/w300-h400/IMG_3533.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The sister missionaries will be set up in this tent.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Friday:</span></b><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> We had to do some shopping for our trip, mostly for shoes we could wear in the water. We also had a huge rainstorm.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aHikWx3HARK-2nB_aFrM3wEe5uHKk85rorCPl6IvXHNxmxwfF6z4fgdkAbmOHLWQsNvHM9SGiLhLDky10xza2wBG4bN2Nhv2JthVsQHssAfcxYXInXXnu2j8H57VfWraCvOXdwtgycmSlfDYcEf4aHD7xL4cw-s0HDs3SAwMDbJOzkLWi2ChtWmkYQ/s4032/IMG_3614.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aHikWx3HARK-2nB_aFrM3wEe5uHKk85rorCPl6IvXHNxmxwfF6z4fgdkAbmOHLWQsNvHM9SGiLhLDky10xza2wBG4bN2Nhv2JthVsQHssAfcxYXInXXnu2j8H57VfWraCvOXdwtgycmSlfDYcEf4aHD7xL4cw-s0HDs3SAwMDbJOzkLWi2ChtWmkYQ/w400-h300/IMG_3614.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mCPPfNZ-96I" width="320" youtube-src-id="mCPPfNZ-96I"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;">Video of rain</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Saturday: </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We got up at 3:30am and our Uber showed up at 4:30am and we headed to the airport. We first had to pay a tax to go to the Galapagos and then have our bags scanned for anything that was organic. We finally got checked in and our plane left right on time. We first flew to Guayaquil. We did not have to change planes, only drop some people off and then fill up the plane. It was then only 1 1/2 hour flight to the airport on a small island just off the coast of Santa Cruz. The runway looked kind of short and on the first attempt to land the pilot decided after his first touch down that he was too far down the runway to have enough room to stop, so he put the metal to the pedal and we took off for another attempt. This time he touched down close to the beginning of the runway and we did have enough room to stop. It was kind of an exciting way to start our island experience. We were then bused to a small dock and then took a water taxi to the island of Santa Cruz.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmQB7ooGb0i0cvtMDwCxMVq_ril3h-eXpPgrsJ1ix8y4z_6fhim2ivckjWlcAPls1Zeqe9n1PgoD8YuLNlL5u2IP8s3OxtnDi0PhR9XtOS1SJxwiJUluONtxxjFfa8x10AzfUV9HLWx0j5FiySZhXT-wzP1qO5LRa0qKwHBU7lVyKF2zGxBKB0DxncQ/s4032/IMG_3626.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmQB7ooGb0i0cvtMDwCxMVq_ril3h-eXpPgrsJ1ix8y4z_6fhim2ivckjWlcAPls1Zeqe9n1PgoD8YuLNlL5u2IP8s3OxtnDi0PhR9XtOS1SJxwiJUluONtxxjFfa8x10AzfUV9HLWx0j5FiySZhXT-wzP1qO5LRa0qKwHBU7lVyKF2zGxBKB0DxncQ/w300-h400/IMG_3626.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cotopaxi in the morning sun from the plane.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuy_-GtTN4DZzchjzmrZivynjX48QY1NlGS5JwbFvjLq6X3oDThPpA1fvb7glAkplDH3zFbdeL_Wap5lArrvbGJIXqlmOKlqgUBZHYgPOR6-uzwD15eJ79J0DBbbzg4mgme85S5mAMF7cQZAeACCx6EEHMmJr405zEXln8TWAUZ1hyahS2f0lcysZClQ/s4032/IMG_3633.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuy_-GtTN4DZzchjzmrZivynjX48QY1NlGS5JwbFvjLq6X3oDThPpA1fvb7glAkplDH3zFbdeL_Wap5lArrvbGJIXqlmOKlqgUBZHYgPOR6-uzwD15eJ79J0DBbbzg4mgme85S5mAMF7cQZAeACCx6EEHMmJr405zEXln8TWAUZ1hyahS2f0lcysZClQ/w300-h400/IMG_3633.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Guayaquil and the river Guayas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdRBe3U5pQmFLEyMZQaCsHYyMs43Yx-jZ-_3sAAA8nTFYyi8uFEYHHn1L26azwJ7oX6qSGm2hQdVqmvEbNk5STcsVug1RpUwk3OswDr-vYX5OtVCThrKzckhFS5UEteQU5ul6M-rp-H0W00ehewwcM8JnNauOJueVrZjTouuk2VQ85cdOrC5X8pjXhQ/s4032/IMG_3639.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdRBe3U5pQmFLEyMZQaCsHYyMs43Yx-jZ-_3sAAA8nTFYyi8uFEYHHn1L26azwJ7oX6qSGm2hQdVqmvEbNk5STcsVug1RpUwk3OswDr-vYX5OtVCThrKzckhFS5UEteQU5ul6M-rp-H0W00ehewwcM8JnNauOJueVrZjTouuk2VQ85cdOrC5X8pjXhQ/w300-h400/IMG_3639.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The black line on the right, starting at the white square, is the runway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHzQMFIMa2WGXO7chWwu4pjPeUn6OonZtXzBpU2QfTs5lD2LIn8FHXcJdv0juVVphaZssFtD7B2mlRLw3LyTDCQhuehEzmybNjZo4UAMpKPPMgSvQ78LYd0TRjEY0GwAjcgwfYJPUd6znaqCWR445vpFyZ2ZhaHsrkUY60BzEDxD5On2fSm3CNWy6UQ/s4032/IMG_3640.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHzQMFIMa2WGXO7chWwu4pjPeUn6OonZtXzBpU2QfTs5lD2LIn8FHXcJdv0juVVphaZssFtD7B2mlRLw3LyTDCQhuehEzmybNjZo4UAMpKPPMgSvQ78LYd0TRjEY0GwAjcgwfYJPUd6znaqCWR445vpFyZ2ZhaHsrkUY60BzEDxD5On2fSm3CNWy6UQ/s320/IMG_3640.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We made it! What a relief.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uwVpfYycG0UO7mhU5LWDL-5nNKHmaFN8BeQ2EMQ9GH9zcDu_LJHaFD4N8_GXZcK8XQbAhqwaTFdY4tma0YYtt2qbNloK937uq8l_dK35CLCj4ju01XUJNYL5zgcUyHKMRewD1C7GmvpNp30wSpuBGkj23SxxMCBnv5lm8Nug8j6jlhc8o_FQfHunKw/s4032/IMG_3647.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uwVpfYycG0UO7mhU5LWDL-5nNKHmaFN8BeQ2EMQ9GH9zcDu_LJHaFD4N8_GXZcK8XQbAhqwaTFdY4tma0YYtt2qbNloK937uq8l_dK35CLCj4ju01XUJNYL5zgcUyHKMRewD1C7GmvpNp30wSpuBGkj23SxxMCBnv5lm8Nug8j6jlhc8o_FQfHunKw/w400-h300/IMG_3647.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is our water taxi.</span></div><div style="font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">We then boarded a bus and drove for 40 minutes to the other side of the island. We checked into our hotel and had lunch. After lunch, me met the Mission President's wife as we were walking around. Her husband was doing interviews and she was just out seeing the town. They have only been out 3 months so everything is new for them. We mentioned we would probably be at church tomorrow. T</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">hen we got back on a bus and drove to the the top of the island. The top of the island is almost always in clouds and it is very damp. We walked to the crater of one of the volcanos tha</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">t made this island and then walked across the road and looked at another crater. They call these two craters the Twins.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpqxi1vnP8YFDo6BGsVv4cV4lp0xpyiB4t3CJyDtbHaM7wmOQaDtkTPDIVXJpahKv7S-YlTQqxh66h3hGaqu2YfxABeKNtE1JYYlPTML-zmKSV7rOJ1sxuyD_H8EgudJ_EE0QRnlD2GI6EVa9yo68I3Quz7C7sjYW4hF6nQBWObDUd_z-HkKl6AI-LA/s4032/IMG_3662.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpqxi1vnP8YFDo6BGsVv4cV4lp0xpyiB4t3CJyDtbHaM7wmOQaDtkTPDIVXJpahKv7S-YlTQqxh66h3hGaqu2YfxABeKNtE1JYYlPTML-zmKSV7rOJ1sxuyD_H8EgudJ_EE0QRnlD2GI6EVa9yo68I3Quz7C7sjYW4hF6nQBWObDUd_z-HkKl6AI-LA/w400-h300/IMG_3662.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">You really could not see much, but it is a crater.</span></div><div style="font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">We then drove to a lava tube. We climbed down stairs to the bottom of this opening in the earth, maybe 100 feet down and began our walk through this 1/2 mile long lava tube. Somehow the sides of the lava tube become hard and allow the hot lava to flow through the tube until it comes out, usually into the ocean. It was really quite interesting.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHgSN-79Km9M4g7ZCcgm3rFjXp5ukPi1dFj26F_HjfdpS3q5AB6atsXHgjb1KuH4sg8YGQaaNOCxCuRtaVl87P2dmHQ_sbroQ21eo2QtEKr_OQpkRicWe7v5YpYl3QLbGvsFE3u6sa-BkM4G1RHXyYOKjcN5GRPzZ0PXECSvj8oIWUQlhCSc_d8Nfmw/s4032/IMG_3665.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHgSN-79Km9M4g7ZCcgm3rFjXp5ukPi1dFj26F_HjfdpS3q5AB6atsXHgjb1KuH4sg8YGQaaNOCxCuRtaVl87P2dmHQ_sbroQ21eo2QtEKr_OQpkRicWe7v5YpYl3QLbGvsFE3u6sa-BkM4G1RHXyYOKjcN5GRPzZ0PXECSvj8oIWUQlhCSc_d8Nfmw/w400-h300/IMG_3665.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Climbing down into an underground lava tube.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; 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It is a ranch, but they have a lot of giant tortoises. We put on rubber boots because there is a lot of mud and other stuff you don't want on your shoes. We then drove back to our hotel for dinner.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIx7LB2vc6bphEhfLwCqhuVewQIYb38aul4RWO8PFw2gP04RHpPXNzk8c4AALiK3AfgQ4wNY-uj47z-iA5zJDU_J0JjcRb2X1O7taLvkmVn0CvOSe2W_CVTRAEsh6G3UaD9mYNmW1TE8URg4TC8or6dwDDnVyAu8_9r33DQmoAjiJWw6hVNvDYreqQWw/s4032/IMG_3710.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIx7LB2vc6bphEhfLwCqhuVewQIYb38aul4RWO8PFw2gP04RHpPXNzk8c4AALiK3AfgQ4wNY-uj47z-iA5zJDU_J0JjcRb2X1O7taLvkmVn0CvOSe2W_CVTRAEsh6G3UaD9mYNmW1TE8URg4TC8or6dwDDnVyAu8_9r33DQmoAjiJWw6hVNvDYreqQWw/w400-h300/IMG_3710.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXecDxtApOgxVPEToaEe9WYkl5KaXYfz5wZ6lDN_ljyLpaHY4YWbD_BweUYK_eA5SfDmlC8fEGljgphbEc9ff1T9nUujedjtNqS742OzqAN5c3l_KR7n0DKJjsizQ5QKtCqT2zWht9AuverKF098AJi9bE-lahWSMlpcGW_Qv0GfZDm3jx8DXx12V2pg/s4032/IMG_3682.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This was one of the largest tortoises.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7R6ODu0M7UItMYdxNLjC8IUNpl9v2gC5m_mE4c5SUTAySJ4R_lTGqpP-oK2C1zBrG6QvhxaWoGaFnQHMTHLIJX4TGnyP75vs15IpMOPP-aBgIWNY1hKe7j9gKDZ1Oga0lF63krYb_RA5C_qo2kDjiCJaf8VY1IQNYk0MUbzm7ZMGJtL9-4Roox4BTA/s4032/IMG_3693.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7R6ODu0M7UItMYdxNLjC8IUNpl9v2gC5m_mE4c5SUTAySJ4R_lTGqpP-oK2C1zBrG6QvhxaWoGaFnQHMTHLIJX4TGnyP75vs15IpMOPP-aBgIWNY1hKe7j9gKDZ1Oga0lF63krYb_RA5C_qo2kDjiCJaf8VY1IQNYk0MUbzm7ZMGJtL9-4Roox4BTA/w400-h300/IMG_3693.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bx8Ifvz8POYuMA0fAmjjgoIbqqINj6Hu9Yhoq0oTFQWcUy-SgFkPQalu50kyzKsKUzT4PkhtKzyZWBhClbnAjUHmhvfn4S2uEz9kqf28B-Zku3ULZzu8rgZ7ebun6YaXzO-OWXY_ynctPCG2xfmzWyIiTALIcD28Au0w2vDy3e1-ZxhSkWePKwoOrQ/s4032/IMG_3694.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We wanted to go to church, so we told our guide that we would leave at 6:30am and walk there by ourselves, because we wanted to be back by 10:00am for church. We knew that it was an hour walk each way. It was a long up and down walk along a stone walkway through lava fields. Without the pathway they had built, you would not have been able to walk on the lava fields. It was very interesting to see how seeds had fallen between the cracked lava and then sprouted and grown into cactus and other vegetation. The bay was beautiful and we walked the beach for 10 minutes and headed back. We passed our guide about 30 minutes into our walk back. We got back about 9:00am and were only a block from the church.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhhae85jUmonkv2I6dn9YWWXV_sD9GK7b5rskiRcasL6QegY_GQcmprRnNaawu5ajY1ijd6cou5ItXt0l763xuO9vmR5WiJxoljDHLtXMfIOdXpa7ByZbbaS2CE4SUKSHkwL7COXvRJspBx_LN8PKWTN7_cOt3E6Ob2MCLtuH6RKwOlGgcJgFgbrC8w/s4032/IMG_3713.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhhae85jUmonkv2I6dn9YWWXV_sD9GK7b5rskiRcasL6QegY_GQcmprRnNaawu5ajY1ijd6cou5ItXt0l763xuO9vmR5WiJxoljDHLtXMfIOdXpa7ByZbbaS2CE4SUKSHkwL7COXvRJspBx_LN8PKWTN7_cOt3E6Ob2MCLtuH6RKwOlGgcJgFgbrC8w/w400-h300/IMG_3713.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The vegetation at sea level is much drier than higher up on the island.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeRCzqcJ2uYFxk5BAdvZfzxicVokSQhFWJa3diL1Fx9FIZlXmAIIM4jUDFwDnA1mbQCUs0KHGmNIxthg9KlRIhx3_EfrsyDoIiKxG8EvxaAbf1rjop-rXI_XhsBkFjqNKaQ2R1_M2Ku7B-UuLh0nBYnrdbSBGO6JgOKXGDuSob8F4H5aluoOuMjj54vg/w300-h400/IMG_3716.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This cactus is growing out of a lava rock.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUj1YZ7hXUXQe-qFGjBtx9kVoqHDfy4M94G2dpMfzxesshxYkKDBKvxfgeMyq3GTIeJkhfEBus00ur7x_fPL3K9X6GUXYCYIugoiD2TSH3OHAsPxv9XaehEiPKUtvLK-qkEEOVc6aPEXEpqxhfyi5lNRObSj25jpks8x0JI1bi26pN-yX3Zq7J8xbMA/s4032/IMG_3717.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUj1YZ7hXUXQe-qFGjBtx9kVoqHDfy4M94G2dpMfzxesshxYkKDBKvxfgeMyq3GTIeJkhfEBus00ur7x_fPL3K9X6GUXYCYIugoiD2TSH3OHAsPxv9XaehEiPKUtvLK-qkEEOVc6aPEXEpqxhfyi5lNRObSj25jpks8x0JI1bi26pN-yX3Zq7J8xbMA/w400-h300/IMG_3717.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-QOiAxQ2wnpu72_0aViePrEmVrprueCtax4Qje49juwIGiww6ipIEDjOSL-geTn6AJHyGZqdJKKlMF-J3vxsIys5d8m5iqVXxdOlsvkEQVo5PZ-8efX-YWV91KATnt0LYvsnu5qX4sZjpfyYpFHWprBQVjsiaKWK6pwKURnKY9lhb6mRxRzI8JIDKQ/w300-h400/IMG_3726.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is amazing how the plants have been able to grow on top of the lava field.</span></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Church was great. They asked Chris and I to bear our testimonies and then President and Sister Barker, of the Guayaquil South Mission spoke. We stayed for the second hour classes and enjoyed visiting with the members after. The branch has a beautiful building and about 80 members in attendance. It was wonderful to feel their commitment to the gospel of Christ.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccVX2rB7yRyeg5Ht1bnGZoo1c7IvLeTZvx3wpcq9q6RkVGIme2cBm52lv7rkhZEtUk63Y-0gH6a6VUYmVkZSSQXTUR4-EhnoTXfM1u9mFNlCxCkcS6i0rMiDpC1RiY3y2xqpBaJCG8UmDGzTR9rfdalSv4AzGOyyP7Q7vLEtM8ouuRbqwDCIUOrwwfg/s4032/IMG_3728.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccVX2rB7yRyeg5Ht1bnGZoo1c7IvLeTZvx3wpcq9q6RkVGIme2cBm52lv7rkhZEtUk63Y-0gH6a6VUYmVkZSSQXTUR4-EhnoTXfM1u9mFNlCxCkcS6i0rMiDpC1RiY3y2xqpBaJCG8UmDGzTR9rfdalSv4AzGOyyP7Q7vLEtM8ouuRbqwDCIUOrwwfg/w300-h400/IMG_3728.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7W0HuZNoaueBfGyFMl1N-35pIP-TubFM2sMtpJJHKffU9o3fUwDQVt5jyFD0jSERrrVuELO7XEwS7nywVTisaYhpKna1SwYcAiKNTRjDHEVWgDiu5A_QnEHLi6k6A-ucxnx4DGzNlRqyXHhafWztj-u0JsUvl6DTYxmxGE59PgQuRgGw9DRWA8Gw4cA/s4032/IMG_3729.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7W0HuZNoaueBfGyFMl1N-35pIP-TubFM2sMtpJJHKffU9o3fUwDQVt5jyFD0jSERrrVuELO7XEwS7nywVTisaYhpKna1SwYcAiKNTRjDHEVWgDiu5A_QnEHLi6k6A-ucxnx4DGzNlRqyXHhafWztj-u0JsUvl6DTYxmxGE59PgQuRgGw9DRWA8Gw4cA/w400-h300/IMG_3729.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The vegetation at the church was cactus trees.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTd63L-VBZM3WWHIVRZDGPid892Am8brebBu9nTM1d1Q7TlPxwS9PsFAR9DkwnsI3RFWE1EwtH3DUuDh-gOtG2kqlv6bikO_qOph-eJ9NNzGfjNO2B9ZbsDKsJ4JUWA_sMfpim_o6-e9E5fykzPRC8BsAsfjb6K7G70kwCUo677t6U0vWQSacPks5qg/s4032/IMG_3734.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTd63L-VBZM3WWHIVRZDGPid892Am8brebBu9nTM1d1Q7TlPxwS9PsFAR9DkwnsI3RFWE1EwtH3DUuDh-gOtG2kqlv6bikO_qOph-eJ9NNzGfjNO2B9ZbsDKsJ4JUWA_sMfpim_o6-e9E5fykzPRC8BsAsfjb6K7G70kwCUo677t6U0vWQSacPks5qg/w400-h300/IMG_3734.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">President and Sister Barker</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAWNkXWzo36yPFKAtDhdZUVLMlTq7FzyTwx1a1BJ4jJvnEpqJ83ZUj5D6f7MxCjDmka9z5B0yi4960kAV6DejCIcuBPBSjgaSOPqqY3aAMyqHNC4olbCM7u2-UMasxxU6oXuZZ5JBl27cKfWuwqkZRscPWBhEZEagQkCyIvhOHXt_ql3hay1mPcW8CA/s4032/IMG_3732.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAWNkXWzo36yPFKAtDhdZUVLMlTq7FzyTwx1a1BJ4jJvnEpqJ83ZUj5D6f7MxCjDmka9z5B0yi4960kAV6DejCIcuBPBSjgaSOPqqY3aAMyqHNC4olbCM7u2-UMasxxU6oXuZZ5JBl27cKfWuwqkZRscPWBhEZEagQkCyIvhOHXt_ql3hay1mPcW8CA/w400-h300/IMG_3732.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">We went back to our hotel and had lunch. We then went with our guide and group to the Charles Darwin Research Station. They raise tortoises and research a lot of other changes and problems.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5lnNvAVplb4V8JpoNwX2MsttDDXy7-a3vGuwpTcxOxX3EmawkxGYT5L80AY8ifXP3NnMLR8lhf95auL-uEayTliv8qrOBF48whZBtes40I4CdXKFSFQ1fDBn1xLcJKrUOo0HQU4_PQ5nEQkXzg7CzJxKotP-IjQnUd04luL2vHXCMDzbIvHLKi6I50A/s4032/IMG_3751.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5lnNvAVplb4V8JpoNwX2MsttDDXy7-a3vGuwpTcxOxX3EmawkxGYT5L80AY8ifXP3NnMLR8lhf95auL-uEayTliv8qrOBF48whZBtes40I4CdXKFSFQ1fDBn1xLcJKrUOo0HQU4_PQ5nEQkXzg7CzJxKotP-IjQnUd04luL2vHXCMDzbIvHLKi6I50A/w300-h400/IMG_3751.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mom found a friend taking a nap on the walk to the research station.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8TIDQIiBdb0qFnb_rLJMjzucsNr57RURSkhlDMn9d-4kr60fL-umdUpFBw2clQxTk512-0OlUvfOY4ZtJ87Bk7-xijAykO3kRDvqxywtadItiLp8ztK95DlgQOX4rFNarGVfSzNVZuNX0zfuWhZh71LpzocoIprGgMefyBht6UxvWxHYd2IcSkP1gQ/s4032/IMG_3759.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8TIDQIiBdb0qFnb_rLJMjzucsNr57RURSkhlDMn9d-4kr60fL-umdUpFBw2clQxTk512-0OlUvfOY4ZtJ87Bk7-xijAykO3kRDvqxywtadItiLp8ztK95DlgQOX4rFNarGVfSzNVZuNX0zfuWhZh71LpzocoIprGgMefyBht6UxvWxHYd2IcSkP1gQ/w300-h400/IMG_3759.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Charles Darwin was, of course, there explaining everything.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Wl57jTxS8D6h1Vm8Mh9yePh9sGPuTQHBMjUfNASUgRD_Kqcttgsm8laaVz5lDmrZmh7PrCwc7vKhMv2pEFy7jWCIEywKwDOAw09vtEqiPIA5zkCVs_Y8gRElGxywyhs5YjDv7jO3hwkrWao7z25xWZ_7C1QwAvPRZLQAc81BjtBOXD_PG2IApKMkjA/s4032/IMG_3754.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Wl57jTxS8D6h1Vm8Mh9yePh9sGPuTQHBMjUfNASUgRD_Kqcttgsm8laaVz5lDmrZmh7PrCwc7vKhMv2pEFy7jWCIEywKwDOAw09vtEqiPIA5zkCVs_Y8gRElGxywyhs5YjDv7jO3hwkrWao7z25xWZ_7C1QwAvPRZLQAc81BjtBOXD_PG2IApKMkjA/w300-h400/IMG_3754.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Most of my pictures somehow got corrupted and would not copy.</span></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">We then took a taxi to the home of the first counselor in the branch presidency, Brother Patricio Guachamboza. He is a carpenter and invited us to his house to see his workshop. His oldest son has a mission call to Cali, Columbia. It was fun to visit with this family. Afterward, we took a taxi back to our hotel and called it a day and week.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCy8fIt1GP2Qu4r--JVWr1EShFdyWlbXthUAZl8tc-o_6woJXEYQHgVwJUnB3AH5m5Nqrqs2SDVpqTuwxxQjWWUQm0jNOFRGj0Gg8HEdFKFIxhlW9T1Uo2bZk11EBnrn0NUzAHaX0_rkrevnyEstSlFpxuLIQtPPalE3_0dfA81MhWZQeCpaaJUZMWg/s4032/IMG_3763.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCy8fIt1GP2Qu4r--JVWr1EShFdyWlbXthUAZl8tc-o_6woJXEYQHgVwJUnB3AH5m5Nqrqs2SDVpqTuwxxQjWWUQm0jNOFRGj0Gg8HEdFKFIxhlW9T1Uo2bZk11EBnrn0NUzAHaX0_rkrevnyEstSlFpxuLIQtPPalE3_0dfA81MhWZQeCpaaJUZMWg/w400-h300/IMG_3763.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Brother and Sister Guachambosa, their son, Neicer, and the mother of Bro. Guachambosa.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBu8Nnp7nGOURxVa0d0RhHkuvZHHETqTucwbEhb7v_fTRF7YD9SbLElMpeVS6XZJ_zfqkbInXsZKX9Gg_Xo7AZcZWPwqk3ounzp1qPCpL7jw3UPsSiKQIhv2_5AX21-MX9dWb0cTnA6dpvRnOBguNWhdXE-Nv21D7liXWqRJn6OhmeoTSsNXtpgYm7kA/s4032/IMG_3762.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBu8Nnp7nGOURxVa0d0RhHkuvZHHETqTucwbEhb7v_fTRF7YD9SbLElMpeVS6XZJ_zfqkbInXsZKX9Gg_Xo7AZcZWPwqk3ounzp1qPCpL7jw3UPsSiKQIhv2_5AX21-MX9dWb0cTnA6dpvRnOBguNWhdXE-Nv21D7liXWqRJn6OhmeoTSsNXtpgYm7kA/w400-h300/IMG_3762.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Neicer carved these animals. He has his mission call to Cali Colombia.</span></div><br /></span></div></span><p></p>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-28046654162596067422022-10-03T05:47:00.001-07:002022-10-03T07:42:41.493-07:00September 26th through October 2nd<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">September 26th through October 2nd:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Monday:</b> We went downtown to the Plaza Grande, the principal square in Quito surrounded by the presidential palace, municipal buildings and the Metropolitan Cathedral. I have a ton of memories of going there at least once a week and setting up the story board in front of the steps of the Metropolitan Cathedral and selling copies of the Book of Mormon. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPXNxy_1woPGjAXwHoW821VBYnChHS2X7DRVqW5xPAy0-QLszzoGPfSLK8dWiAlRGZyzmkusgovULm6enN_1zflm6xlkjslzbFJJL3jEXaPnpGGeqzQqg8jct8g7j3JDhJF_dFjm-iSlDQiYTVMvaS5fCfhHbDwiX-GXqWrs3bJtLthrRprwASNc2_A/s1969/GRFHE2571.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1969" data-original-width="1969" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPXNxy_1woPGjAXwHoW821VBYnChHS2X7DRVqW5xPAy0-QLszzoGPfSLK8dWiAlRGZyzmkusgovULm6enN_1zflm6xlkjslzbFJJL3jEXaPnpGGeqzQqg8jct8g7j3JDhJF_dFjm-iSlDQiYTVMvaS5fCfhHbDwiX-GXqWrs3bJtLthrRprwASNc2_A/w400-h400/GRFHE2571.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">These are the steps in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcCCGOZny8rW2LZsXQP4TP62PU4IoTMlYT2XJPJSP8Mf_NSmB2B9rrzAOpYykt_e1gGcyWO87IyGmYLkIiMvgMz73IOUSqAkdKCKzkHYytq3wXyfobrcbBOMKR9110z4oivbOPtAvQOP7r2WDuflliapnARu7cCcTr_BAujGm53-qJPpSYmDy_l0-lQ/s3500/BSEME8802.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2177" data-original-width="3500" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcCCGOZny8rW2LZsXQP4TP62PU4IoTMlYT2XJPJSP8Mf_NSmB2B9rrzAOpYykt_e1gGcyWO87IyGmYLkIiMvgMz73IOUSqAkdKCKzkHYytq3wXyfobrcbBOMKR9110z4oivbOPtAvQOP7r2WDuflliapnARu7cCcTr_BAujGm53-qJPpSYmDy_l0-lQ/w400-h249/BSEME8802.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Elder Goodman on the left was my first companion after I had my appendix out on the 3rd day after arriving in Ecuador.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cnC8rPZCCNeA5E2wN-6DJZOJCxv81OgMe39DuewGR5hoLSBkP6cTKLzmicab23-dkegwidGPTpxsuXXlGLlplqXGIxMGnMA72NLgldnbpkvR1P6GXgIbxPWR2rJUNO7bo5R3Y2veTi3bftou-wsWu01pNqyzbdU3iuo78ZH04o92975Zbgmgx8OnOQ/s4032/IMG_3448.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cnC8rPZCCNeA5E2wN-6DJZOJCxv81OgMe39DuewGR5hoLSBkP6cTKLzmicab23-dkegwidGPTpxsuXXlGLlplqXGIxMGnMA72NLgldnbpkvR1P6GXgIbxPWR2rJUNO7bo5R3Y2veTi3bftou-wsWu01pNqyzbdU3iuo78ZH04o92975Zbgmgx8OnOQ/w300-h400/IMG_3448.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are the steps today.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We visited 4 churches close to the Plaza Grande.</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>First: </b>The </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción, the church of the immaculate conception. 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font-size: x-large;"><b>Second: </b> We visited the Metropolitan Cathedral. Construction started in 1535 and it was completed in 1572 and further additions were made after an earthquake in 1797. It is the </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial;">senior most Catholic church in the country and has an amazing coffered ceiling. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnMkdq6PZdYHf9L6i-ZzAlRumeL7c5KAAf8b0GNfFFHK_Bk9zEzeBlzG3a9vLwkPixAQijs0JzjcIo9aM0SCWganLveLvO94iIepiZ8z6hWPdtVAbrdf73C4QcZ0zj_I3-6vS-SQgb-BovTwBkHoYEWob8WCqhFt99CfaI2gF3__Ty4x4xzxXudwwNQ/s800/catedral-metropolitana-de-quito-2-22-2016-10-01-52-am.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="534" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnMkdq6PZdYHf9L6i-ZzAlRumeL7c5KAAf8b0GNfFFHK_Bk9zEzeBlzG3a9vLwkPixAQijs0JzjcIo9aM0SCWganLveLvO94iIepiZ8z6hWPdtVAbrdf73C4QcZ0zj_I3-6vS-SQgb-BovTwBkHoYEWob8WCqhFt99CfaI2gF3__Ty4x4xzxXudwwNQ/w428-h640/catedral-metropolitana-de-quito-2-22-2016-10-01-52-am.webp" width="428" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiAULEoUm6uyo7F4R404XeegHQlnUSLxToHb5IxXkjkwd4Ms14R6n3T2DuF3evMzMAIpjG_L5TNSeohITkUu3yhdLjLqBPtRg-R4I-6hmtk8G0MOp8ooS0Dr_JlXZ5OFG_9rxhLtU30hqVMDOPvoxdnWnhvstCGBqcgCF25eFMEWFOZEqJ3q1uxdx7Q/s1024/49210883721_bfedfb725c_b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiAULEoUm6uyo7F4R404XeegHQlnUSLxToHb5IxXkjkwd4Ms14R6n3T2DuF3evMzMAIpjG_L5TNSeohITkUu3yhdLjLqBPtRg-R4I-6hmtk8G0MOp8ooS0Dr_JlXZ5OFG_9rxhLtU30hqVMDOPvoxdnWnhvstCGBqcgCF25eFMEWFOZEqJ3q1uxdx7Q/w400-h300/49210883721_bfedfb725c_b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48KfTAXdS2sMJYE6b8GEvi04Q5sRzuwmkTRAQq4Q1Nl3XiqkxTg-q9OIBMUGfqtXGwwNvtoz0ewLGatsAqnfLY5w7JhjF6F2osKi_ehK7aU2rDsXLY5_IV9L6Gdd0OHlgsDA7lU--rkqP9pa0rClyp0atSoKfTVD7EgEpkV1AsxwhM_SXQOHiw-_FFg/s500/2aea28bbc6bbad290aa63e0b93615858.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="338" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48KfTAXdS2sMJYE6b8GEvi04Q5sRzuwmkTRAQq4Q1Nl3XiqkxTg-q9OIBMUGfqtXGwwNvtoz0ewLGatsAqnfLY5w7JhjF6F2osKi_ehK7aU2rDsXLY5_IV9L6Gdd0OHlgsDA7lU--rkqP9pa0rClyp0atSoKfTVD7EgEpkV1AsxwhM_SXQOHiw-_FFg/w432-h640/2aea28bbc6bbad290aa63e0b93615858.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMSelyKkzsH7hIiRw2YeV9NxPCgchdTCzAZT3QdDgsJI6DqjVp3-BKpTsXO1v4s3k9j3hmrnDMBNUjl6g4rgmpvYldxgIbdxch7nvR_JEQRzGhB1xrraoHh5HDS6_3pwrGbp9BNv6JMpT9PXEppsxqAKvl3syweSLZi0YAwtrgPECxrwHt5gHhvPkeA/s290/Museo_de_la_Catedral_de_Quito,_Quito,_Ecuador,_2015-07-22,_DD_91-93_HDR.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="290" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMSelyKkzsH7hIiRw2YeV9NxPCgchdTCzAZT3QdDgsJI6DqjVp3-BKpTsXO1v4s3k9j3hmrnDMBNUjl6g4rgmpvYldxgIbdxch7nvR_JEQRzGhB1xrraoHh5HDS6_3pwrGbp9BNv6JMpT9PXEppsxqAKvl3syweSLZi0YAwtrgPECxrwHt5gHhvPkeA/w400-h244/Museo_de_la_Catedral_de_Quito,_Quito,_Ecuador,_2015-07-22,_DD_91-93_HDR.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">These pictures were all taken off the internet because they would not let us take photos inside.</span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Third: </b>We visited </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">La Compañía de Jesús de Quito</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #202122;">, started in 1605 and finished in 1765. 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We both remembered the incredible beauty of this church and it was just as exquisite this time.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><b>Fourth: </b>We visited the </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Basilica and Convent of San Francisco. Started in 1535 and 1765.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJPFT48Ug1iOJ9W_NV-jzEnOC_v9JP931XiP9kuFViOXZEUtX7O0w1MLZXNHSy49ATpphB0-rtIJ8T7PToO_6_hy8TMKfN8BibXzeXSw7ri_wg_oaTFDVFfZ1Lxzm63DDmSPolZT5fNOp3x0UbGLlsbe2lsW4GYlU0FlyDaaLi3tqm1t_2EloFHzodg/s4032/IMG_3471.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJPFT48Ug1iOJ9W_NV-jzEnOC_v9JP931XiP9kuFViOXZEUtX7O0w1MLZXNHSy49ATpphB0-rtIJ8T7PToO_6_hy8TMKfN8BibXzeXSw7ri_wg_oaTFDVFfZ1Lxzm63DDmSPolZT5fNOp3x0UbGLlsbe2lsW4GYlU0FlyDaaLi3tqm1t_2EloFHzodg/s320/IMG_3471.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is San Francisco</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqFe4YwigSymf_MAT6etKnquEGXYUMOG0vESY_gqUA9nBO09jlCEWRl4gL6_JAVqLW_eN7deZNk9Sh6-j-afAN7YmqnXZLEBFtDaLOEj7EKu9aNvSDPL_K_zOG1KWeIzs4D5ORinA7QcMLFwYCJfD0oFuZPiJkR3psoqT3CP3hdryyS9B8Rchi9dDsA/s3088/IMG_3466.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqFe4YwigSymf_MAT6etKnquEGXYUMOG0vESY_gqUA9nBO09jlCEWRl4gL6_JAVqLW_eN7deZNk9Sh6-j-afAN7YmqnXZLEBFtDaLOEj7EKu9aNvSDPL_K_zOG1KWeIzs4D5ORinA7QcMLFwYCJfD0oFuZPiJkR3psoqT3CP3hdryyS9B8Rchi9dDsA/w300-h400/IMG_3466.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The New Basilica is at the end of this street. An adventure for another day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_fyVNUqAXPtxa6OQkzEPvAXOp5iAlPFJJoZnTiQKpblg_HA7NRlxbHRMWHAY_Sik8_sYZ5l6eH11UYRUUEWJ_m7H3tR5Kxfo4Y0WC4Y7e5AVODOqlmXD5uOrpqxbFrLweQEjy3r0-lEAYBguuKDaH1KYaU1TvIMTk4rPW2ih3hMdmYxksFwAI2NBbA/s4032/IMG_3454.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_fyVNUqAXPtxa6OQkzEPvAXOp5iAlPFJJoZnTiQKpblg_HA7NRlxbHRMWHAY_Sik8_sYZ5l6eH11UYRUUEWJ_m7H3tR5Kxfo4Y0WC4Y7e5AVODOqlmXD5uOrpqxbFrLweQEjy3r0-lEAYBguuKDaH1KYaU1TvIMTk4rPW2ih3hMdmYxksFwAI2NBbA/w300-h400/IMG_3454.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Panecillo is hill in Quito with the Virgin of Quito statue on top of it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuog0uz5uMIvYnOcimkJwp5XSOtLli4shqT9ONLOVvp09T8sqQq59y9iW8ru8mEYS72tZa11PQQEDcr0Fb0YoDSyh54NbjBtBcIa_jnswxwhneyYvwCSTrb2Q0l_WTBpkvScCUl6AHv4_HnvqlqIoSYJ-84tK7JeYujbcDYSzXC7-QMLs0bqyVSUb3A/s4032/IMG_3473.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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There are 27 historic churches in Quito.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">We then went to lunch with the Elder and Sister Cameron, who are the office couple for the Quito mission</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><b>Tuesday through Friday: </b>Were a repeat of last week with training sessions in the morning and the evening. <b>Saturday: </b>We went grocery shopping in the morning and then spent the rest of the day listening to conference. <b>Sunday: </b>We were invited to President and Sister Winters home to listen to the first session of conference and then have brunch. The Camerons were also invited and it was a great way to spend the morning. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcExceV_hJ3gKUIf9U5SfKgZSAaH-dK4eMEUqH2ZMpkc9BhzyFgNSymvP7gNPsiazhiMeH1a1MmYn6PMIVjx1XfOJCi4hgbu7xOFTdSdp8zMxVBtEARuMQNF4pXLZQDGUSznTLHOqErvMapNWCSbRrR9k2lWTVt5EKZAJelBScwXJgVo8ckP4YHyqVZQ/s4032/IMG_3523.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcExceV_hJ3gKUIf9U5SfKgZSAaH-dK4eMEUqH2ZMpkc9BhzyFgNSymvP7gNPsiazhiMeH1a1MmYn6PMIVjx1XfOJCi4hgbu7xOFTdSdp8zMxVBtEARuMQNF4pXLZQDGUSznTLHOqErvMapNWCSbRrR9k2lWTVt5EKZAJelBScwXJgVo8ckP4YHyqVZQ/w400-h300/IMG_3523.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV8rTAuB_xQDd5NL9IBlt0B2uOt-iCgUt9BsHxMUM3vBitsOrWFnx5tNbUAcVtBOZs9hVpaGmNF0h44jhtAYC4OMgXKOr7Mx4RqSpWXDJLBHIP3bNES_SyF-KRZv1JfWhw-Y5vW6LzfKgUSrDqboGcL69lzjPwK5xF5l5fpkW2gl8eG4XA2cJ30Eh1Ag/s4032/IMG_3525.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV8rTAuB_xQDd5NL9IBlt0B2uOt-iCgUt9BsHxMUM3vBitsOrWFnx5tNbUAcVtBOZs9hVpaGmNF0h44jhtAYC4OMgXKOr7Mx4RqSpWXDJLBHIP3bNES_SyF-KRZv1JfWhw-Y5vW6LzfKgUSrDqboGcL69lzjPwK5xF5l5fpkW2gl8eG4XA2cJ30Eh1Ag/w400-h300/IMG_3525.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvv3VE2aRXja0_iyeF2JxoOD0upuCJiNN1D893s3QP5M1me8j66xQSE-xXAjrn6o-FluDzdrNRXKo2ZoWXh6X8dEq8P9wkSPS8rL629sPpI5bGojDlnzJ0H1SwazbjoqWuzyMPQJYi15BJconrOd4i8TBVL0duSdBPNeckah86Vay8zDdPd2vKEvH8rg/s4032/IMG_3520.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvv3VE2aRXja0_iyeF2JxoOD0upuCJiNN1D893s3QP5M1me8j66xQSE-xXAjrn6o-FluDzdrNRXKo2ZoWXh6X8dEq8P9wkSPS8rL629sPpI5bGojDlnzJ0H1SwazbjoqWuzyMPQJYi15BJconrOd4i8TBVL0duSdBPNeckah86Vay8zDdPd2vKEvH8rg/w400-h300/IMG_3520.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uZI8kMmeLHXOqqcWS9FcbsAR9DY_Ad1d5PZo_pXui6DpmOBlrnWI6jTrkkpPIjsrfXdxDs1E8UI_emVzrszL4FnggemFUO1_uKxVATsdVjVHnG33CAMnk1L4zqgJ5gUJs3lrSj0yQxac7yCjL69cJR1ASJW63rMwNmUveNlQ3XWWTXAalJExJPsk9Q/s4032/IMG_3521.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uZI8kMmeLHXOqqcWS9FcbsAR9DY_Ad1d5PZo_pXui6DpmOBlrnWI6jTrkkpPIjsrfXdxDs1E8UI_emVzrszL4FnggemFUO1_uKxVATsdVjVHnG33CAMnk1L4zqgJ5gUJs3lrSj0yQxac7yCjL69cJR1ASJW63rMwNmUveNlQ3XWWTXAalJExJPsk9Q/w400-h300/IMG_3521.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFZtGbdXsq2NARaG43rops7sYgxX8zcOSH4T9V-gEXiWZPF3haXpTMEOUX8IsqWkiAC4O_IhpPC-so1T94qCRrsaVS6fdCMSxWNv2OtIeZaLMnu4UB-XWWKQupa-eTU9BOVu2YprW4FBDReZnJwgzcCsNiFOqJr1HlQfTDLLwiBLkfRFeQOH5aUgWgQ/s8902/IMG_3522.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3816" data-original-width="8902" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFZtGbdXsq2NARaG43rops7sYgxX8zcOSH4T9V-gEXiWZPF3haXpTMEOUX8IsqWkiAC4O_IhpPC-so1T94qCRrsaVS6fdCMSxWNv2OtIeZaLMnu4UB-XWWKQupa-eTU9BOVu2YprW4FBDReZnJwgzcCsNiFOqJr1HlQfTDLLwiBLkfRFeQOH5aUgWgQ/w400-h171/IMG_3522.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The view from their apartment is one you would never tire of. Conference was great. 7 of the 18 new temples are Spanish speaking. Just saying.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><br /> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p></div>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-36526270489145670462022-09-26T15:27:00.000-07:002022-09-26T15:27:29.165-07:00September 19th through September 25th<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">September 19th through September 25th:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Monday:</b> We went to the temple with the temple presidency and reviewed the training films and the temple president's handbook that would make up the training sessions for this coming week. There are over 300 volunteer workers, men and women, who are coming in assigned shifts to learn how to administer ordinances, work in the office or clothing area, and run the temple. It is inspiring to be with these members and to see their desire to serve. All have been to the temple, but very few have been temple workers, so there is a lot to learn about how the temple should operate. We then had a "picnic" with the temple presidency in the cafeteria in the patron housing building. <b>Tuesday through Saturday:</b> We sat in on 2 training sessions each day, each between 3 and 4 hours long. We also came early to help at the recommend desk and to answer questions. Between the training sessions on Tuesday we had our weeking zoom meeting with the start up committee. (Long days) Thursday the Church News published an article on the visit of Elder Neil Anderson to the 5 countries making up the South American Northwest Area: Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezula. It pointed out that 52 years ago there was 1 stake in the area (it was in Peru) and today there are 250 stakes and 46 districts. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zUtw1_wTCFSpUTSxm53Ci13CWBbQvVs1zj8gfcxVjekqIYSiABTX3ks1n5BvI6_VY9NYkojVHNIfI34ghOzR5kYYSj0qrcsVNKmIFi5hTsuuw6iA3Rraex6RckxlgHfVNSinQs5irESdJQeLMTFKry2TYSWynYCC1I3N-J5nAL8uBC8v1joIaa4QTQ/s732/Chart%20-%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="488" height="417" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zUtw1_wTCFSpUTSxm53Ci13CWBbQvVs1zj8gfcxVjekqIYSiABTX3ks1n5BvI6_VY9NYkojVHNIfI34ghOzR5kYYSj0qrcsVNKmIFi5hTsuuw6iA3Rraex6RckxlgHfVNSinQs5irESdJQeLMTFKry2TYSWynYCC1I3N-J5nAL8uBC8v1joIaa4QTQ/w330-h417/Chart%20-%204.jpg" width="330" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqbpDoWOF6LsY7wl3Yube3554I7u7jUgiIudDRkml-O5OhAs286dTr4hY2BNSBbtHqOnYKUYRZk7hrZDpAwsvzoBdMLHbQr0LEjMpjG8u7RvarCRHNQz9kVUQqMi3haSP-fGvRIzS1D56JE0dIZvwGeUMfZiIfPYkGmaAhDg0xOz8IKaunqvt3XFem_A/s730/download%20(1).webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="730" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqbpDoWOF6LsY7wl3Yube3554I7u7jUgiIudDRkml-O5OhAs286dTr4hY2BNSBbtHqOnYKUYRZk7hrZDpAwsvzoBdMLHbQr0LEjMpjG8u7RvarCRHNQz9kVUQqMi3haSP-fGvRIzS1D56JE0dIZvwGeUMfZiIfPYkGmaAhDg0xOz8IKaunqvt3XFem_A/w400-h240/download%20(1).webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: x-large;">These are the stake presidents, mission presidents, district presidents, temple presidents, (from Ecuador) area seventies, area presidency and brethren from Salt Lake that came with Elder Anderson. President Aguirre is standing directly behind Elder Anderson who is in the front row, in the middle. We can't stop thinking about the miracle of the growth of the church here in Ecuador. When we were missionaries here in Ecuador in 1971 there were no chapels, no wards or stakes, and only a few members. As you can see in the chart above, Ecuador didn't have enough members or priesthood holders to have a stake until 1978. But now it has 42 stakes. The numbers are interesting, but to see so many faithful people come for training is very inspirational. We have especially been touched to see so many indigenous members from Otavalo come for training. It is a four hour round trip for them. They have maintained a very distinct culture and way of dressing. The first Otavalo member to join the Church was Rafael Tobango in 1968. I met him when I was a missionary. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU50YjTDxYSuYvsHlvBACAy0ho1TTnV3jDdE4xkrlMaJBifDqYqtCABQQcOdawhSac6L9_lvCHieTc2SioP-lPV8MYSgpU7WawMay2kfXCm7OkoaLbkZZXeDwQdcKHwutODg-boPfMfAgd6OYNSOM__aDDxneaQHWK9YMwjMQJEdFi_l6lJtjGEK_kw/s3500/KURGE3624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3500" data-original-width="3018" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU50YjTDxYSuYvsHlvBACAy0ho1TTnV3jDdE4xkrlMaJBifDqYqtCABQQcOdawhSac6L9_lvCHieTc2SioP-lPV8MYSgpU7WawMay2kfXCm7OkoaLbkZZXeDwQdcKHwutODg-boPfMfAgd6OYNSOM__aDDxneaQHWK9YMwjMQJEdFi_l6lJtjGEK_kw/w345-h400/KURGE3624.JPG" width="345" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chruch News from March 4th 1972 Rafael Tabango and his wife and daughter.</div> There are now 3 stakes in Otavalo (about 3,000 member each) and they are close to forming a third stake. We never could have imagined how the church would grow in our lifetime.</span><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-large;">I thought I would share some more pictures of our first mission to Ecuador since this week we were busy in the temple and did not get many photos. </span><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcW2Gl5rTumtMWymczyY4FoalZR0eBPYbhrzKrD0zcE57iYUxqB9giAFyswgBMeQU2Aqg7YNlMOFCHvjqvSEu54XDK4ZqCLZ2zF-I9Y10wr6EbJo5dG6xfQQujy_tIss6Oxa-gQd0VWMoaSw3lp6vlMtO-Gv9C7jR8icU5fiGjouALNRVAlwOVhAxxg/s1818/FH000047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1818" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcW2Gl5rTumtMWymczyY4FoalZR0eBPYbhrzKrD0zcE57iYUxqB9giAFyswgBMeQU2Aqg7YNlMOFCHvjqvSEu54XDK4ZqCLZ2zF-I9Y10wr6EbJo5dG6xfQQujy_tIss6Oxa-gQd0VWMoaSw3lp6vlMtO-Gv9C7jR8icU5fiGjouALNRVAlwOVhAxxg/w400-h270/FH000047.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLlrigUR_z5jtYbWBOR-B_4mHRQGDYoL7_4lg_TnumywdF5hQo-cWIA6KmtvmeLNo1aobckbkpcYMMgoU35rDfnwuudUExvTnIr02nugH542H2VIWGUt6oQg1G-gvu8YBBMJKd8BrLJ4om3uFXbPV7x3WhKnsaFgpIcLdIM7F--8g5ShecOu-XceOSJw/s1818/FH000076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1818" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLlrigUR_z5jtYbWBOR-B_4mHRQGDYoL7_4lg_TnumywdF5hQo-cWIA6KmtvmeLNo1aobckbkpcYMMgoU35rDfnwuudUExvTnIr02nugH542H2VIWGUt6oQg1G-gvu8YBBMJKd8BrLJ4om3uFXbPV7x3WhKnsaFgpIcLdIM7F--8g5ShecOu-XceOSJw/w400-h270/FH000076.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Plaza Grande Quito-1971</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABMIFcZIVEGU50EOjh6imyruX2_maZRmxxeOvv27Cvi92egrRyMf5wDiCztxuNeYf4yLK9vbEIsm982T2NsFb6dnD8zLn4K9Z8-E3d6jurkDsxvofUm4kZ3bE_JAXTSMeVM29x63tw13sYmvpH-DcPsq6EZ6WmDBwi2hx98QH2haIs-AsostgwTNb4g/s1818/FH000079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1818" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABMIFcZIVEGU50EOjh6imyruX2_maZRmxxeOvv27Cvi92egrRyMf5wDiCztxuNeYf4yLK9vbEIsm982T2NsFb6dnD8zLn4K9Z8-E3d6jurkDsxvofUm4kZ3bE_JAXTSMeVM29x63tw13sYmvpH-DcPsq6EZ6WmDBwi2hx98QH2haIs-AsostgwTNb4g/w400-h270/FH000079.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rama 1 Guayaquil</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGReg1YhAQN1THhq5jkfRsy_6XG2E-hHsxn6xbnXTsL0hzPJpdvBWwEVRM57pE1RjH6e3vZU4baa_0pt_KvhP7kh1l_wy0w7oGHYoeEdalPk-CTJOo4wL9t3mS9ABdciuqdLx4o4MgmMrgK3x2YpS5JsPyxAMS-4Kl6zFf5HLxFj4wulEOhZ61Kvr1AQ/s1818/FH000081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1818" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGReg1YhAQN1THhq5jkfRsy_6XG2E-hHsxn6xbnXTsL0hzPJpdvBWwEVRM57pE1RjH6e3vZU4baa_0pt_KvhP7kh1l_wy0w7oGHYoeEdalPk-CTJOo4wL9t3mS9ABdciuqdLx4o4MgmMrgK3x2YpS5JsPyxAMS-4Kl6zFf5HLxFj4wulEOhZ61Kvr1AQ/w400-h270/FH000081.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some of the missionaries at a street meeting. Sister Irvine is the one in them middle with the big grin. She is coming to visit us on the 14th of next month.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYJgLOkt9aKET3xyUFJiInnMxaY6R8oqUim-L3rw05Zu-lqrveAbGEuVNWIM1NPJnPiF4ZVnoeEUPT5yMR-tHlVhJfQ3Q1AAiXtKqs3oTEVtNy6OZ8-dHPEEsQRJKGGWq20FXsM7pnGeDLhysFZBnSPtKfmZut_Ow3lCEKlAFGOErzS4r2L_DmgEbNA/s1818/FH000029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1818" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYJgLOkt9aKET3xyUFJiInnMxaY6R8oqUim-L3rw05Zu-lqrveAbGEuVNWIM1NPJnPiF4ZVnoeEUPT5yMR-tHlVhJfQ3Q1AAiXtKqs3oTEVtNy6OZ8-dHPEEsQRJKGGWq20FXsM7pnGeDLhysFZBnSPtKfmZut_Ow3lCEKlAFGOErzS4r2L_DmgEbNA/w400-h270/FH000029.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">District conference Quito. Some of the girls in the traditional Otavalo dress that the women still wear today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievOBEMG03XTFJ4BAtfs8kw2rLCqgH7HPS1rvKVF3taVEnqWNsYTLeSOHGP0QmFLBweFZQGgkN2AdWT4mc-O_Lrs1cNqzPPORYwrKvroCRboW8pC5wwlLh39E810xebmAW-WDCEIe12vnRPBSgMwn9alpaLnGOWmACuTLYk4tTki4jadiG-1yGcb7ZLg/s1818/FH000016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1818" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievOBEMG03XTFJ4BAtfs8kw2rLCqgH7HPS1rvKVF3taVEnqWNsYTLeSOHGP0QmFLBweFZQGgkN2AdWT4mc-O_Lrs1cNqzPPORYwrKvroCRboW8pC5wwlLh39E810xebmAW-WDCEIe12vnRPBSgMwn9alpaLnGOWmACuTLYk4tTki4jadiG-1yGcb7ZLg/w400-h270/FH000016.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxTcuRnj5fsa5fK89DnyVsbfD3CnV4RSq1-Hzyx4OITvOAUc2Gh8wOo55lT0YqFAe_WH0IUpWXPXOTIetg0YPLnhzm5yQzhvHbkw3-xz1j6_hZCfS2FWTfJlttlDp4s5tm9pTbKexucGaUceHnRRIGq4RQTUFgXn3-VMV__kH41RxFroRI7lLL1unAA/s1818/304904-R1-144-144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: justify;">Sunday we went to church. These are the sister missionaries assigned to our ward. One is from Georgia, USA and the other is from Cusco, Peru.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyupQOmX7Gk15_1B8AaTxVzPq-6wv8fJt-UeYS74-RETmPAiMlM8cbevA8CxSwuL5RCury_6Go_ksHRMHYhhTwwrs3mR-0WqIu_MN8-dhGFfCl0jCVGLZlKC36AWQQ5JJtSw_rjg66enH-Ai4y1i7FWa38437ncepgoXFaNMhC8HNBkHgr1Fue5SF0eA/s4032/IMG_3424.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyupQOmX7Gk15_1B8AaTxVzPq-6wv8fJt-UeYS74-RETmPAiMlM8cbevA8CxSwuL5RCury_6Go_ksHRMHYhhTwwrs3mR-0WqIu_MN8-dhGFfCl0jCVGLZlKC36AWQQ5JJtSw_rjg66enH-Ai4y1i7FWa38437ncepgoXFaNMhC8HNBkHgr1Fue5SF0eA/w400-h300/IMG_3424.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div></div></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p></p></div></div>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-73940065579717604612022-09-19T05:17:00.002-07:002022-09-19T10:53:12.936-07:00September 5th through September 11th, Part 3 and September 12th through September 18th:<p> </p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://johnandchristinesadventures.blogspot.com/2022/09/september-5th-through-september-11th_15.html" style="color: #05101d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">September 5th through September 11th, Part</span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> 3 and September 12th through September 18th:</span> </h3><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Saturday: </b>We were picked up by Wilson, our guide, to go to the waterfalls in Giron at 8:30am. We stopped for what we thought was gas, but it ended up he needed radiator fluid. Wilson then decided his radiator had a hole and he wanted to go to a shop and see if they could fix it. Well, the shop could fix it, but it would take the rest of the day. We took a taxi to his brother-in-law's house and he borrowed his car. We finally got on the road at 10:00am. We first stopped at a monument to celebrate the victory of the Grand Colombia Army, (Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador) which defeated the Peruvian Army at the battle of Tarqui just outside of Cuenca in 1829. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfQzaPk11XHJSnnjA-WymPzYTWCLaMyvtNpODkFFmmvhMA1i6PTwCavI3qOLWQYJ0CC4bWIz7OUVmTEHCkVxqgN2mwtFqOHwe0HAQtv37vV-nLKUAQIiGQoPUVXzboIIOyvT3_hDTz4kyrLrGo1OZ_G9JO6nVTvN1es6E9YmDu8MsG51d52mIdO4R4w/s4032/IMG_3343.JPG" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDfQzaPk11XHJSnnjA-WymPzYTWCLaMyvtNpODkFFmmvhMA1i6PTwCavI3qOLWQYJ0CC4bWIz7OUVmTEHCkVxqgN2mwtFqOHwe0HAQtv37vV-nLKUAQIiGQoPUVXzboIIOyvT3_hDTz4kyrLrGo1OZ_G9JO6nVTvN1es6E9YmDu8MsG51d52mIdO4R4w/w300-h400/IMG_3343.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4pAgircl83YjOh3JHTpf9nXdoDn2f6CpsqRexJN7OdrSQs_yNU4hnc6SSVrrXG0yiJA5kAFtyv8KCOPIbxi01QTKp7UGX-dMw7ztiqjU9qZkMRgR8muTbqRaw0uKEbVSU15KEoSn8uIg3fQ1DJ4xFtLVxrVEUxKOtkjUBJAVeE1ZhgqtdcIMUv6053Q/w400-h300/IMG_3348.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We then drove to the waterfalls.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_pCMVOCq3AsZTezYCJbwVPnP5HC8Q4VtumMawVE3yiKHEGTT_gC1dVlYnLTQeAkNsiqMYEs8JCk3NUwGGakJXuK5rJR4QtJ_navHA1i5UUCNDBUx622uuuZkbxMbuesckX39IGqnUO90ix4q-Gy89XJU4qeEGmpzpFjH0K7-2SD6QcJhX0ET4_QTzA/s900/Giron_Ecuador_Distant_Waterfall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_pCMVOCq3AsZTezYCJbwVPnP5HC8Q4VtumMawVE3yiKHEGTT_gC1dVlYnLTQeAkNsiqMYEs8JCk3NUwGGakJXuK5rJR4QtJ_navHA1i5UUCNDBUx622uuuZkbxMbuesckX39IGqnUO90ix4q-Gy89XJU4qeEGmpzpFjH0K7-2SD6QcJhX0ET4_QTzA/w400-h300/Giron_Ecuador_Distant_Waterfall.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">There are 3 waterfalls one above the other and the total drop is about 1400 feet.</div></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Sabastian, our guide on Friday, had told us about a famous restaurant in Cuenca. He said that the chef was one of the best five chefs in South America. So we called up Tiestos Restaurant and got a reservation for 6:00pm. </span><span face="Georgia, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #212529;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Juan Carlos Solano, the owner and chef, greeted us and was so engaging and fun. He ordered for us and while we waited for our first course he painted a desert plate. Dinner was amazing and we loved the whole experience. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZPCuh5eWUFs" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZPCuh5eWUFs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Video of Juan Carlos painting our dessert plate.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEk7937cUaOL0KdptF4sqIyRAejSn1tc40vGiOQeL27RD5bbtJruUY2U7yPaDRu-g5HzFR97jbGp-cDTwuxTgsmQbSgwIwzoGe0gQKzBZTV4_Q-tAfSBnXGeTbQNUY_h-QFEx5c-W-WmaCP0qUd19v7-2Igug-3ih6aPsUqWBz91-y5iiKVqMP7XNlA/s4032/IMG_2305.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEk7937cUaOL0KdptF4sqIyRAejSn1tc40vGiOQeL27RD5bbtJruUY2U7yPaDRu-g5HzFR97jbGp-cDTwuxTgsmQbSgwIwzoGe0gQKzBZTV4_Q-tAfSBnXGeTbQNUY_h-QFEx5c-W-WmaCP0qUd19v7-2Igug-3ih6aPsUqWBz91-y5iiKVqMP7XNlA/w400-h300/IMG_2305.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt32KF954ioJqNMfYjwUqjUo_NMjVqAvva-iuEp8AVRPaPuqtnA1k8-IfInpl4X-gU9UdG_5fIfc2RphPUU3xI9XhryJpceS9P6kIM2LHIl-4Daa-O_kHS0bFw786ZIFP0FlKRZxHpygYXR8gsdY5B_LfcjoMEcQmPHpHlvrUiHJrt_GHxBihvLkwQKA/s4032/IMG_2298.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt32KF954ioJqNMfYjwUqjUo_NMjVqAvva-iuEp8AVRPaPuqtnA1k8-IfInpl4X-gU9UdG_5fIfc2RphPUU3xI9XhryJpceS9P6kIM2LHIl-4Daa-O_kHS0bFw786ZIFP0FlKRZxHpygYXR8gsdY5B_LfcjoMEcQmPHpHlvrUiHJrt_GHxBihvLkwQKA/w400-h300/IMG_2298.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">All the different salsas for the soup.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWjoKTTdFUcLBYcf9qe8LwwS3UWtEiRZciuH-hzAAfLKkXKmQ7Pvg0T8NvJVGOMRJ0jg-bL21yhH9eaPY3HByyqea9_OMjvjzfFG4iKnvKWwunTvfoO4oGy4aWOKjTLpiTmw6AWe5WqQX3ml_n9REeaEbEwtreumo-da10eoGVc4HxL3unpKQbzjHBw/s4032/IMG_2306.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWjoKTTdFUcLBYcf9qe8LwwS3UWtEiRZciuH-hzAAfLKkXKmQ7Pvg0T8NvJVGOMRJ0jg-bL21yhH9eaPY3HByyqea9_OMjvjzfFG4iKnvKWwunTvfoO4oGy4aWOKjTLpiTmw6AWe5WqQX3ml_n9REeaEbEwtreumo-da10eoGVc4HxL3unpKQbzjHBw/w300-h400/IMG_2306.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our waiter would ask us to take a spoonful of shrimp and then he would add one of the salsas and it was like, "wow". Then he would ask us to take just the soup and put a different salsa and it would be a completely new experience.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8tcSvVWNA1k2IXfVy2IdoKJSEmh5S9VUrD-SaGeAruUpRYA_i4UbFQBdiG0L_fA8bAKoQm8PctneA89SM87cL19n6PcLXmCCAmc-FRFsDxcYPTseSN_Q63o1FdA5skh85_075KsoTsuES_xTl9Z5_DpaKTf_7dWVCIXVvXhyThBCG--9ZOot7fUCkqA/s640/IMG_3382.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8tcSvVWNA1k2IXfVy2IdoKJSEmh5S9VUrD-SaGeAruUpRYA_i4UbFQBdiG0L_fA8bAKoQm8PctneA89SM87cL19n6PcLXmCCAmc-FRFsDxcYPTseSN_Q63o1FdA5skh85_075KsoTsuES_xTl9Z5_DpaKTf_7dWVCIXVvXhyThBCG--9ZOot7fUCkqA/w300-h400/IMG_3382.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Second course was sea bass in a sweet glazed orange sauce and eggplant in a creamy blue cheese sauce. To die for!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fy_GqrOrdFo" width="320" youtube-src-id="Fy_GqrOrdFo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is how the food came to the table.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiT3z_22QkOPh4ebCAcELyiik7AJ7ZIVanBDPBOl1akYw38YXhXYLDjJKdN08I4GZFxpA99d7Hbhd_Tu4vFXnK-9Qd1o1QWtZXoN_8svPpOipF2C1-jI4qoC57V8IpoXQrouRdAJDQ_m4GupxXowokr6dAaZA57HUhBtx-0BrOE57kDLBJ4xFvWZQFmQ/s1706/IMG_E2313.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1706" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiT3z_22QkOPh4ebCAcELyiik7AJ7ZIVanBDPBOl1akYw38YXhXYLDjJKdN08I4GZFxpA99d7Hbhd_Tu4vFXnK-9Qd1o1QWtZXoN_8svPpOipF2C1-jI4qoC57V8IpoXQrouRdAJDQ_m4GupxXowokr6dAaZA57HUhBtx-0BrOE57kDLBJ4xFvWZQFmQ/w400-h300/IMG_E2313.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Third course jumbo shrimp in a butter sauce.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="Georgia, sans-serif" style="color: #212529;">The waiter mashed our potatoes on the plate with the butter sauce. It was so good.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-67MX3gm4R77Mamu9unuXUvBF5phzIF1ql2-iH_gFVWgvb_uZOyOkqgbdzWU7ugHo826DHZcxCTMa_tNq47zcz0q7gHvZdeaaBj0J7l3BZyYybL0JiMlLnAcYvlz1iJL3LEvQcZ6f53TbCwUvurA_or9abrQsGbrw2-UyjMQFylkl7x19TJnff-7bw/s640/IMG_3380.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-67MX3gm4R77Mamu9unuXUvBF5phzIF1ql2-iH_gFVWgvb_uZOyOkqgbdzWU7ugHo826DHZcxCTMa_tNq47zcz0q7gHvZdeaaBj0J7l3BZyYybL0JiMlLnAcYvlz1iJL3LEvQcZ6f53TbCwUvurA_or9abrQsGbrw2-UyjMQFylkl7x19TJnff-7bw/w300-h400/IMG_3380.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Dessert was a chocolate moose cake with mango ice cream. Perfect ending.</div><div style="color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif;">Sunday: </b><span face="Georgia, sans-serif" style="color: #212529;">We went to two different sacrament meetings, one at 9:00am and then one in a different chapel at 11:00am. We wanted to see the great growth of the church. I remember that there were only a few members in the branch when I served in Cuenca in 1971 and now it is a stake with 5 buildings and 7 wards in the city. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Z0o3oLk14Rsloh6cA79Gg_eZLzR6TU1llSaXn-eUINZClUkVe4tpKjJcZIxeNKL3I2EuIxLwFwyvbc4BtJKKAoqZvP6xdU5gS_kh-ejc0T3H79bfvEjjg30AR1MpL-WrkeNt9nfjy6YDd3OUtXgp5ZQ3DmHj1nnWDc_39b-l2GddWCQ6cVX-4xyTNw/s4032/IMG_3387.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Z0o3oLk14Rsloh6cA79Gg_eZLzR6TU1llSaXn-eUINZClUkVe4tpKjJcZIxeNKL3I2EuIxLwFwyvbc4BtJKKAoqZvP6xdU5gS_kh-ejc0T3H79bfvEjjg30AR1MpL-WrkeNt9nfjy6YDd3OUtXgp5ZQ3DmHj1nnWDc_39b-l2GddWCQ6cVX-4xyTNw/w400-h300/IMG_3387.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Three "gringa" missionaries serving in the first ward.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflzYUw0euLtf_rGQVjdW5_--2okeiOr7PmYfxpc9q_9glxalXETX_4A9HWV7Po7FDhpysrrARaKvYQpn6GKtnsRH84BQLPFo2SE4_MAUF-_f9wmEv8ijWf7aYCjogPV_izkW6XvxLGRtajj7Z7KWTw8am1RqAOlqY3uHUFxQu-yJMrfmALUc5xTG22A/s4032/IMG_3386.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflzYUw0euLtf_rGQVjdW5_--2okeiOr7PmYfxpc9q_9glxalXETX_4A9HWV7Po7FDhpysrrARaKvYQpn6GKtnsRH84BQLPFo2SE4_MAUF-_f9wmEv8ijWf7aYCjogPV_izkW6XvxLGRtajj7Z7KWTw8am1RqAOlqY3uHUFxQu-yJMrfmALUc5xTG22A/w400-h300/IMG_3386.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; text-align: center;">The girl in the middle was baptized the day before and confirmed in church.</div><div style="color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4ns-EDPg9ZNmd4qZTj9pSKxZtc1hzTH2gTqxQcpS9xmzRDwSREIYM18Wm3PGYFOiDbLSfSmlEbvy2r4bNhxpohN2hMkfkRK1Pn_J5BKFpgJ6438BnMOHiFvSCIvmUAD1vuRdlLoRcPQjKuNKsOSxZ30XDuGe47_kikbCSOhzffJ7wisaVFhrRyxyUA/s4032/IMG_3389.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4ns-EDPg9ZNmd4qZTj9pSKxZtc1hzTH2gTqxQcpS9xmzRDwSREIYM18Wm3PGYFOiDbLSfSmlEbvy2r4bNhxpohN2hMkfkRK1Pn_J5BKFpgJ6438BnMOHiFvSCIvmUAD1vuRdlLoRcPQjKuNKsOSxZ30XDuGe47_kikbCSOhzffJ7wisaVFhrRyxyUA/w300-h400/IMG_3389.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; text-align: center;">These are the missionaries in the second ward we visited.</div><div style="color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; text-align: left;">We took a cab back into the historic district and found lunch.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPyW7ilFsBMCMVRqOY3OP1ACI57-EuazOMP7pMHH2TFwUYvflHpaY76AWoAilt0tOHRtnEbo9SKsFq8Ibz17_FeDRuK7U046qM5CYmXwoL_J4UuzYf5G3k-vdpyUGW10GxZZvhwQFMt3Y66HMl77dGS_zm2tgMKGsb3vxVG_aHha1LgF0eKmy4ra9xBw/s4032/IMG_3394.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPyW7ilFsBMCMVRqOY3OP1ACI57-EuazOMP7pMHH2TFwUYvflHpaY76AWoAilt0tOHRtnEbo9SKsFq8Ibz17_FeDRuK7U046qM5CYmXwoL_J4UuzYf5G3k-vdpyUGW10GxZZvhwQFMt3Y66HMl77dGS_zm2tgMKGsb3vxVG_aHha1LgF0eKmy4ra9xBw/w300-h400/IMG_3394.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJRia1WpQlTu5-8haWJ38zwc8r3rRra1RQVAPsdZpiiX7rp20fTSFZ9X0rklHL9aEZjMBzYdNnJaGlUFUIFCZEGGnfGKzA1htuZcD8sXweQ5mbVizjkBFteSEl1GENCls8kjZK9I7Xo6qUdMnP5CHKHRGe1cosezVkNdKQr6l3uNprcDVHGYVZAdliQ/s4032/IMG_3395.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJRia1WpQlTu5-8haWJ38zwc8r3rRra1RQVAPsdZpiiX7rp20fTSFZ9X0rklHL9aEZjMBzYdNnJaGlUFUIFCZEGGnfGKzA1htuZcD8sXweQ5mbVizjkBFteSEl1GENCls8kjZK9I7Xo6qUdMnP5CHKHRGe1cosezVkNdKQr6l3uNprcDVHGYVZAdliQ/w300-h400/IMG_3395.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>September 12th through September 18th:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif;">Monday: </b><span face="Georgia, sans-serif" style="color: #212529;">We spent the morning posting the blog and packing. We then went to a Panama hat factory. Panama hats are not made in Panama in case you were wondering.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29rSurlf7wdljp_E8Vr-PlWnjdk4h0tuQfnGGuYLqVNVGzZ5Eo2FzB4egjSmBM2NR9cu7akTGsGkZQuy5Lvr4PZJd6jugCNbux5VDcZAEQgHMb_M5Sd1XIKKfIPQm1dyWCt4lDdfhepUH6F3WBkXIKcw8YKMzd00naeZMLoN_3shzyPFKnXymFRY8fw/s4032/IMG_3399.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29rSurlf7wdljp_E8Vr-PlWnjdk4h0tuQfnGGuYLqVNVGzZ5Eo2FzB4egjSmBM2NR9cu7akTGsGkZQuy5Lvr4PZJd6jugCNbux5VDcZAEQgHMb_M5Sd1XIKKfIPQm1dyWCt4lDdfhepUH6F3WBkXIKcw8YKMzd00naeZMLoN_3shzyPFKnXymFRY8fw/s320/IMG_3399.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face=""Google Sans", arial, sans-serif" style="color: #202124; font-size: 30px; text-align: left;">Homero Ortega Hat Factory</span> is a four generation company.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYvD0RXq9CHT3r5qFaubNEAor9aejA2WXI6IFh21Il5hOhDfMjcGtoo8yCewgWRZMqD9ZAqPI3tagEwoz0n_hcQc02G6BQAOTzb-TdtJHy2jtp-Huk_mK3mF-LAgFOxATsFWl2VWOn-X9dxyquYXUge3Gs_zoFF_miCIS3Vu4KZAZTV7LiQ5CJKQUMA/s4032/IMG_3398.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYvD0RXq9CHT3r5qFaubNEAor9aejA2WXI6IFh21Il5hOhDfMjcGtoo8yCewgWRZMqD9ZAqPI3tagEwoz0n_hcQc02G6BQAOTzb-TdtJHy2jtp-Huk_mK3mF-LAgFOxATsFWl2VWOn-X9dxyquYXUge3Gs_zoFF_miCIS3Vu4KZAZTV7LiQ5CJKQUMA/w300-h400/IMG_3398.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #212529;">They are called a </span><span style="color: #4d5156; text-align: left;">toquilla </span><span style="color: #5f6368; text-align: left;">straw hat</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4d5156;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuK36XoFjQEPSvf5vSCrFAuXBmag8WHlZITEF0i8gExFYj_UBfDOFPVFLz1DwJUKgdCQFP315GFz-kH-pt4UCSXpTPdLgn5EguJVO75W35KKCD4Wib0mqRyCP4iba1Zl7ULt9sl94_ciesT9pUPHb5czN5fKVHTPu_t3DmqQTcpYR2E66FozD0GXtWXw/s4032/IMG_3401.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuK36XoFjQEPSvf5vSCrFAuXBmag8WHlZITEF0i8gExFYj_UBfDOFPVFLz1DwJUKgdCQFP315GFz-kH-pt4UCSXpTPdLgn5EguJVO75W35KKCD4Wib0mqRyCP4iba1Zl7ULt9sl94_ciesT9pUPHb5czN5fKVHTPu_t3DmqQTcpYR2E66FozD0GXtWXw/w300-h400/IMG_3401.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;">A hat can cost from $20.00 to $1,000.00</div><div style="color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">We then found a place to have lunch and then a stop at an ice cream parlor.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDIeL1xthoapfB4hHNH2xEk2_dnD98gPW76j_q_Jtq4zgBWf1SvIm6448lNYHcb1QZ7HXxJWpJPzfyT-r2aqoku8HKvc6pfSUPNmxGlr6GAKy7Yvxj8lQHOhyGxNlyv1dCFZrUI8cxMnUre2wZ8TOaGMpnfdI-FZT59bvr7P9edZ0cuECcHSqD4J_WQ/s4032/IMG_3407.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDIeL1xthoapfB4hHNH2xEk2_dnD98gPW76j_q_Jtq4zgBWf1SvIm6448lNYHcb1QZ7HXxJWpJPzfyT-r2aqoku8HKvc6pfSUPNmxGlr6GAKy7Yvxj8lQHOhyGxNlyv1dCFZrUI8cxMnUre2wZ8TOaGMpnfdI-FZT59bvr7P9edZ0cuECcHSqD4J_WQ/w400-h300/IMG_3407.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The new cathedral in the background.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFxe1IXJAAJBxPVK2bUSdZr6bzFmIIihVvKK1pk1QhraPc7FjEZxEA3yZQ-68HE9FyqaPg7B5IPTWYhT8mvbwEWO3jmyKof87WI-Siku1qioFuHusF3V2CAHyMlEZkrJ1rSVuBbmAEOtfMzcqGXqGCuQMfYCNhKljOeRFUKBQg3o_qviHLEu53lHWQQ/s4032/IMG_3403.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFxe1IXJAAJBxPVK2bUSdZr6bzFmIIihVvKK1pk1QhraPc7FjEZxEA3yZQ-68HE9FyqaPg7B5IPTWYhT8mvbwEWO3jmyKof87WI-Siku1qioFuHusF3V2CAHyMlEZkrJ1rSVuBbmAEOtfMzcqGXqGCuQMfYCNhKljOeRFUKBQg3o_qviHLEu53lHWQQ/w400-h300/IMG_3403.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Waiting for lunch.</div><div style="text-align: left;">We then took a taxi to the airport for our trip home. We got home about 7:00pm.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Tuesday through Friday: </b>We participated in virtual trainings sessions for the office volunteers. One session in the morning and one in the evening. <b>Saturday:</b> We only had a training session in the morning. I cooked orange chicken and invited one of the managers of the patron housing building to have lunch with us. <b>Sunday: </b>We took an Uber to and from church. We then had Elder and Sister Cameron, who are serving in the Quito Mission office to lunch. They brought two of the office elders with them. We cooked a roast and had baked veggies, mashed potatoes, and gravy for lunch. It was nice to have someone else to talk to. We talked to the kids who were together for their monthly family dinner.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMo2zwRV6WElMrEDTtU2l2_F6p8ntSi8nX7QTT1IcLxsWNmF8LkLoz6abmVXo7p-unN68AvQiY-5mne2xv91XuhowR1qNDmd8CKYZ9HHDlvkYgyyQ-O8hEXJ7bkztA_5FWcUWQA1OaMgtKqdtmsYhLLJTt5N2CqIWdhqAcUDfi-awwkoNpKIY3OFpGyg/s4032/IMG_3413.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMo2zwRV6WElMrEDTtU2l2_F6p8ntSi8nX7QTT1IcLxsWNmF8LkLoz6abmVXo7p-unN68AvQiY-5mne2xv91XuhowR1qNDmd8CKYZ9HHDlvkYgyyQ-O8hEXJ7bkztA_5FWcUWQA1OaMgtKqdtmsYhLLJTt5N2CqIWdhqAcUDfi-awwkoNpKIY3OFpGyg/w400-h300/IMG_3413.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Elder and Sister Cameron</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKGYZpFpmfTq2kpfvnIW2VdroXhc6aiIEsLIysoCB-Ol6hoUALLBvW_xLFq--voHPd0HulBkq8oq_GTHegebUpgZntc-Tf_dGCGVa6ZwhrG8n8G1r__eAu5qW9Oovv9Q8TFA8Vua5L2aWIDXJ3DM47IR550L10ONE_zG13bW5AqYm18BJnkAhx7ujVA/s4032/IMG_3414.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKGYZpFpmfTq2kpfvnIW2VdroXhc6aiIEsLIysoCB-Ol6hoUALLBvW_xLFq--voHPd0HulBkq8oq_GTHegebUpgZntc-Tf_dGCGVa6ZwhrG8n8G1r__eAu5qW9Oovv9Q8TFA8Vua5L2aWIDXJ3DM47IR550L10ONE_zG13bW5AqYm18BJnkAhx7ujVA/w400-h300/IMG_3414.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Elders Oman and Rojas</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #212529; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></span></span></div>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-57518257455768643772022-09-15T06:18:00.002-07:002022-09-15T06:18:08.816-07:00September 5th through September 11th, Part 2<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">September 5th through September 11th, Part 2</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Thursday: </b>We started the day with a trip to the Pumapungo Museum. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pumapungo is an archaeological park, located in the historic center of the city of Cuenca. Pumapungo was part of the city Tomebamba, one of the most beautiful and imposing cities of the Inca empire in the late fifteenth century. Inside the ancient city were the Temple of the Sun and the Convent of the Virgins of the Sun, as well as political and admininstrative buildings. The city was destroyed by the Inca leaders before the arrival of the Spanish. In the museum are collections of the money of Ecuador, pottery, and</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> ethnographic collections that include traditional costumes, objects representative of the beliefs and rites of the peoples of Ecuador.</span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rkNz32cV1oyGLb30dQ1Au-iiSqHAmsEbJzz_SvLjiaM3QoPecVb5me-ZDUOR7A_GGyjpPUOobo39iqgOIGOPcgiDLMDqNH7n70Osq85_Tt_Y7P9aWr5MR44jD3Wu5wk7x1EfkjnxyiBeX4gen7QRhA9lXntQb83t6LsBdhxci000pMianPc036fXCw/s4032/IMG_3234.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rkNz32cV1oyGLb30dQ1Au-iiSqHAmsEbJzz_SvLjiaM3QoPecVb5me-ZDUOR7A_GGyjpPUOobo39iqgOIGOPcgiDLMDqNH7n70Osq85_Tt_Y7P9aWr5MR44jD3Wu5wk7x1EfkjnxyiBeX4gen7QRhA9lXntQb83t6LsBdhxci000pMianPc036fXCw/w300-h400/IMG_3234.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Main plaza of the ruins.</span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaI1uCSo7GK3mwLTNu1l7GFvB80HiKU12CvlG2Rsx2f7h9nes6TNxvW14ZfI1JZJhFp6SZ6Smt-CYSyxsvsQByvB9w2gxz33-EKvIleGTb9zw2zgdeTwATwVeNpThD5x87wg2ZIPbj2_TKNlms-xlugDTqvEr_UR-1pdYQ7SIlwR8hDYP72yCw6C3dfg/s4032/IMG_3240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaI1uCSo7GK3mwLTNu1l7GFvB80HiKU12CvlG2Rsx2f7h9nes6TNxvW14ZfI1JZJhFp6SZ6Smt-CYSyxsvsQByvB9w2gxz33-EKvIleGTb9zw2zgdeTwATwVeNpThD5x87wg2ZIPbj2_TKNlms-xlugDTqvEr_UR-1pdYQ7SIlwR8hDYP72yCw6C3dfg/w300-h400/IMG_3240.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Spanish coins.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHQpuoZgpt3x7Oh95PRrcbfGA4VR085LgW6tKLG5OMlnw4N-F1pojlAcIF5I3QmxRWLt6UqNtNYHVzT97AZ0J91O9OuGOiPNaJ1z0_jcNF0hEOuwFN23llpJVZHq13pttIXt-vBCk_dy8MXxcZPExIkye4882z3_fNVTI4HBIw-RboKcVMLsgfrYtlQ/s4032/IMG_3237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHQpuoZgpt3x7Oh95PRrcbfGA4VR085LgW6tKLG5OMlnw4N-F1pojlAcIF5I3QmxRWLt6UqNtNYHVzT97AZ0J91O9OuGOiPNaJ1z0_jcNF0hEOuwFN23llpJVZHq13pttIXt-vBCk_dy8MXxcZPExIkye4882z3_fNVTI4HBIw-RboKcVMLsgfrYtlQ/w300-h400/IMG_3237.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="color: #202122; text-align: center;">When we were missionaries in 1971-1973, the Sucre was the official currency of Ecuador. In 2000, the country adopted the US dollar as the offical currency of Ecuador.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7iGW1xPs1daVwEE_roYdCqJR6bwWQX3PSFO4gGjz9WQw1DkqdXGnHbCFo8C2hfaTnNOFCz4eEyDAMygSpYhivz1XfPmTZAR05F-pV1uHg0T9PrECmFB78Qf36yLMGKr5gLZQwr9czkGrFUJW6aEZWMq1Tw7H7pb4rtvfy89LPVJqDZIBekDhVovVqQ/s4032/IMG_3238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7iGW1xPs1daVwEE_roYdCqJR6bwWQX3PSFO4gGjz9WQw1DkqdXGnHbCFo8C2hfaTnNOFCz4eEyDAMygSpYhivz1XfPmTZAR05F-pV1uHg0T9PrECmFB78Qf36yLMGKr5gLZQwr9czkGrFUJW6aEZWMq1Tw7H7pb4rtvfy89LPVJqDZIBekDhVovVqQ/w300-h400/IMG_3238.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="color: #202122; text-align: center;">Old Sucre coins.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Colorado people live in the jungle in the east.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbCVOnoVayiPj5eYgsqHPfl359rvZMQr6WYCjkQ30VvYZqkfyVwiotUsfjMiw8LROpCmM-bVE6dFD2TdQ0j8nHkrbknQufIrJdeUiES1jLg6x169DbNXx9xvqlYzoTqt11EXcr08w_txMzBbh5S09ir9fiJnfh4I8lvwnICEuq8PvJo7MKJhTJN8gqg/s4032/IMG_3251.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbCVOnoVayiPj5eYgsqHPfl359rvZMQr6WYCjkQ30VvYZqkfyVwiotUsfjMiw8LROpCmM-bVE6dFD2TdQ0j8nHkrbknQufIrJdeUiES1jLg6x169DbNXx9xvqlYzoTqt11EXcr08w_txMzBbh5S09ir9fiJnfh4I8lvwnICEuq8PvJo7MKJhTJN8gqg/w300-h400/IMG_3251.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="color: #202122; text-align: center;">Canari from the mountians in the south.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I decided to try hornado, a typical pork dish. A whole pig is cooked overnight. The plate includes mote (hominy), potato, salad, pork meat and some skin. I really liked it. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5RvdI5FUwMnjyc20CCAsfAo5XEm2XeeR9MuYanGrdilb_xWdpRoLacYChV_88u8s8_zaNgMGDJ6_HfWVVZilz2z-uke8vXEAE1xEmOuqDZCNNL79XypLX7pRk3t9r0J3j5VmAZE00pE-Igr0dHczN_gE3CkZ_9vl4eiyYhheJ9aymps3Zxnh0Hclnw/s4032/IMG_3253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5RvdI5FUwMnjyc20CCAsfAo5XEm2XeeR9MuYanGrdilb_xWdpRoLacYChV_88u8s8_zaNgMGDJ6_HfWVVZilz2z-uke8vXEAE1xEmOuqDZCNNL79XypLX7pRk3t9r0J3j5VmAZE00pE-Igr0dHczN_gE3CkZ_9vl4eiyYhheJ9aymps3Zxnh0Hclnw/w300-h400/IMG_3253.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuyeNt3g3b1CM7rHkmLMxqxXvtIDS6J9NeZHy93p6h2JYCkH6DMw_C65A6GW_CnFaUGf9ichutqNQZHzpdIgklGb0jp7N9iCmpftjXbD2wN16ZoXpyg1XYu-6V7_Qt4TntRhZDtWmBvpUbaaBG0GoRfbFIH8VF3m_dR6cjAFjMh2kopSl5LnkwnyrMQ/s4032/IMG_3254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #202122; text-align: center;">Head of the pig.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Tv1XBcuW38M67s1RnWwqlYW9UpW0ZVk2L6zyNAOBbmoQm-a8Lzr0tpi8qmF74S9paEShJZNfG-P6_RFUUPUPA0Fe3n6P0ziy1qQk3KbnCWfQ3OtfyS2_tdLXfwc_8FHM9J3YHGa8cYRVS9-FZzJMnsftH1aUdj50Jad3ffAkDrTpEfjT4ICC14V8Vw/s4032/IMG_3255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Tv1XBcuW38M67s1RnWwqlYW9UpW0ZVk2L6zyNAOBbmoQm-a8Lzr0tpi8qmF74S9paEShJZNfG-P6_RFUUPUPA0Fe3n6P0ziy1qQk3KbnCWfQ3OtfyS2_tdLXfwc_8FHM9J3YHGa8cYRVS9-FZzJMnsftH1aUdj50Jad3ffAkDrTpEfjT4ICC14V8Vw/w300-h400/IMG_3255.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="color: #202122; text-align: center;">Back end of the pig.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnngi1ZeLAejSveAEc2QD_cLs0J2WlCpXpN3h38H_jagLwQFIhi3ZPNpO4zAatX8QR34FwoyX1EXWsCchBBosw-BG4M9euv34psG9RYtY3q9_z7j_9v8SmHKWn-TYFVo73787P0u4nyu1YUcxHrtU724SU3XjoYheZMcMq3cU-oi4YRgQA40K3QlzF2A/s4032/IMG_3256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">The skin was especially delicious.</div><div style="color: #202122; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122;">We walked around a bit visiting a cathloic church where they have mass in English for some of the 11,000 expats who have retired in Cuenca. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUCpZ3lzSZy6vpNm2IFBhMCpIPwf-N1OTlbze7fODTgaSKFD5kf5x2qY2O2bUEsgM-8Eou46xbJGsEyzPT8xJMcEY6S_Cn4971bVVGjgY7Y3VCwVv3oJciF7dU_XmI0qektMOOeFMifkR482foJQB2gny55CcNZmbxWc98MfrfZEPay32VnX_C27xtw/s4032/IMG_3263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUCpZ3lzSZy6vpNm2IFBhMCpIPwf-N1OTlbze7fODTgaSKFD5kf5x2qY2O2bUEsgM-8Eou46xbJGsEyzPT8xJMcEY6S_Cn4971bVVGjgY7Y3VCwVv3oJciF7dU_XmI0qektMOOeFMifkR482foJQB2gny55CcNZmbxWc98MfrfZEPay32VnX_C27xtw/w400-h300/IMG_3263.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #202122; text-align: center;">This is one of the old market buildings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEYgLaKPtTbfnaftqZPMw26eU1luMY1Xy4texG19S4n30lW9IMk9CdPtv89KHh9FsG49PyuP9_udWyK4CZbmGfYsHp6Y-ro7w6265SJOnBckKBe6jm14-47EQEbEqC4SMftfFPS_8lfzL9k2_oCjOXZ3PrinQN31tXVZx3ThyI6cdyy99Ldp1LuUylg/s4032/IMG_3264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEYgLaKPtTbfnaftqZPMw26eU1luMY1Xy4texG19S4n30lW9IMk9CdPtv89KHh9FsG49PyuP9_udWyK4CZbmGfYsHp6Y-ro7w6265SJOnBckKBe6jm14-47EQEbEqC4SMftfFPS_8lfzL9k2_oCjOXZ3PrinQN31tXVZx3ThyI6cdyy99Ldp1LuUylg/w300-h400/IMG_3264.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVKNUQiPr4TQrIvLlTa3jWiGDR89OzfB4uSVMCN30MGy3p1IkiYjgp0fq-beROgoTL3M0Vy6BTLYfecpfF7Bo-cn8CF6MUzzvvfojmuHU3XrrXlnYGb_AJxWr7DZ4-ANMTRyh_LH8Kg6DUYLHPxOHjbIKwPYSswJmqC-9lQbVakaFjCDOzwcFkA2ZIg/s4032/IMG_3268.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">We then did a hot pool and a really cold pool and then steam boxes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #202122; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxH3Vaq3cVbDa4tZv1NmB2T9wdZv0Cb6RSYFF2k5ZiEKAV-qHdI8UPAD-ADDT3948l4Iod-mDSX0bQ9Byxo2iDkRxa1X4pKWp2fQdQ2mVoomA8QThRp78CL_2fDs-Ebpgk6Ww-7yC7I4IgQLjILtfXA36iS6a46gFiRu8GfBh5Umn4VZalM5kyClZ6Pw/s4032/IMG_3278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxH3Vaq3cVbDa4tZv1NmB2T9wdZv0Cb6RSYFF2k5ZiEKAV-qHdI8UPAD-ADDT3948l4Iod-mDSX0bQ9Byxo2iDkRxa1X4pKWp2fQdQ2mVoomA8QThRp78CL_2fDs-Ebpgk6Ww-7yC7I4IgQLjILtfXA36iS6a46gFiRu8GfBh5Umn4VZalM5kyClZ6Pw/w300-h400/IMG_3278.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="color: #202122; text-align: center;">Then it was realaxing in hot pools. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They called us a taxi and we called it a day.<b> Friday: </b>We got picked up at 8:00am by Sebastian, our guide to Ingapirca. He stopped and picked up a young man from Switzerland whose mother was from Ecuador on the way out of town. Our first stop was a church built on the face of a mountain side in the small town of Biblian.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVb_Iytoo98Hi5BLFeoeGJmLs1IWwUHdNcbPzaeM6c0sFSuaXbSw1lbqODRoKyQmUo-AsNn9eru_0if2UszyipveP3Cbb8owGR75-JBd3hHUrfWLPXbrHz-9LTWA7bDi3_TnVFqyIrmT0xv87VZc-SMlKt2FtEVfCLb4_bI5iVwl2FNa8PER9tA9Jaw/s4032/IMG_3283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVb_Iytoo98Hi5BLFeoeGJmLs1IWwUHdNcbPzaeM6c0sFSuaXbSw1lbqODRoKyQmUo-AsNn9eru_0if2UszyipveP3Cbb8owGR75-JBd3hHUrfWLPXbrHz-9LTWA7bDi3_TnVFqyIrmT0xv87VZc-SMlKt2FtEVfCLb4_bI5iVwl2FNa8PER9tA9Jaw/w300-h400/IMG_3283.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is quite amazing that they could build this right on the face of a cliff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioque77fUCrK7BcVEigF9j_6eF2Re8cg0IHFKAA3cYOJSl1dFrWNszfmcazvVxgZQgE_mFsHAS_5TqQArPyoCSUiI_xE6nuBF4mBTq7Pl1aYSTkGdKz9_gbcMwpVX2YXmzE48XpADN73H_4JNXIEFcuCIYa6NYdal2-7lRXeWEpPnYKFSFSvTsg0RMqg/w300-h400/IMG_3288.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The inside of the church is only about 30 feet wide on each end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7cgpBFy8oHn-UDptye6h-JuhQTefiqSjnMV1RN7DKuT33WT0aAKODuUOx5hXvZKD6cdKbXfEmzojGPJfm-VLxRGKspGqfe9TpmQp5LyklDX8cdQXwmKHMZJhZCoH71YIG9oV5m4e3zYny3EqR9543KiX9NZsURacvkbFcy8j4H--xXm1xKTjjqxLUQ/s4032/IMG_3291.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7cgpBFy8oHn-UDptye6h-JuhQTefiqSjnMV1RN7DKuT33WT0aAKODuUOx5hXvZKD6cdKbXfEmzojGPJfm-VLxRGKspGqfe9TpmQp5LyklDX8cdQXwmKHMZJhZCoH71YIG9oV5m4e3zYny3EqR9543KiX9NZsURacvkbFcy8j4H--xXm1xKTjjqxLUQ/w300-h400/IMG_3291.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">On either side of the altar is the cliff face as the back of the building.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNEFlnXt3aaLSmpM7J5MaMfDzUn-9WY7aN4aKxUBjR7Bl4qmX4ir16qJEB5l2YVmCgmyz8_tzETCwX3IwXXOm2qWwX5TiV7wLBiYwuXZEdt7CJZeY11OOedHFXaertz9mwQTwckgm7RepiVrX6oxW2eBzUnrJN7NIwtYU7mxGUPWC_unZiPU5V0bg5w/w300-h400/IMG_3296.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The skin is different from hornado and very tasty, Chris even tried it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>We then went to Ingaprica. <span style="color: #202124;">Ingapirca, which means “Inca wall” in Kichwa, is </span><span style="color: #202124;">Ecuador's most important set of pre-Columbian ruins, located 80 kilometers (50 mi) north of Cuenca</span><span style="color: #202124;">. The sight of the Inca sun temple standing on a hill with panoramic views over the surrounding countryside is impressive. The Incas fought with the Canari people, but they became allies. There are examples of both kinds of their architecture.</span></div><div style="color: #202122; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202124;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #202122; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNdWdaSYm84S5B3bU7qQf3d11GoH1BNPik-19QBvMjlh3U9QH4nbgq7vnU4AX1_93eFXiO_K-9wzemwc6qxz1VROyYraLro6E8D81P61t98yQ4bVeTx8yxIRsoGra4xp3DcxOTDv88y-dD1KLbZSsZc0i1eO6zN96FAMQKwatskkQhA5LabYHBW2O3A/s500/inca_civililization_ingapirca_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNdWdaSYm84S5B3bU7qQf3d11GoH1BNPik-19QBvMjlh3U9QH4nbgq7vnU4AX1_93eFXiO_K-9wzemwc6qxz1VROyYraLro6E8D81P61t98yQ4bVeTx8yxIRsoGra4xp3DcxOTDv88y-dD1KLbZSsZc0i1eO6zN96FAMQKwatskkQhA5LabYHBW2O3A/w400-h400/inca_civililization_ingapirca_small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: black; text-align: justify;"><span>Trapezoid inca door and wall.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUHibrULtP_t-wrllFWMsZyqjolIdv9PL2za41wcpr0lNr3sYWakglRtl2KZyMVNKsKjtU6oLRP35GKH4QU8S9f3KY2crrmyUMSfmPgAoU5KfDdUgipuvkxUlMkvz7BsUQLnrebEgQhcUxXi0cU1j_ZkbWmQTyCGsPieRPz-ZC9PZOk74VNZQtdgA_g/s500/inca_royal_palais_ecuador_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUHibrULtP_t-wrllFWMsZyqjolIdv9PL2za41wcpr0lNr3sYWakglRtl2KZyMVNKsKjtU6oLRP35GKH4QU8S9f3KY2crrmyUMSfmPgAoU5KfDdUgipuvkxUlMkvz7BsUQLnrebEgQhcUxXi0cU1j_ZkbWmQTyCGsPieRPz-ZC9PZOk74VNZQtdgA_g/w400-h300/inca_royal_palais_ecuador_small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Canari wall.</div><span style="color: #202124;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9SAuZRMRNSNUT7ogj_U--GGxTzcq3UGajXmTInGI76rY5k1993zGlGkoz4DeXaMVTVCN99yFzlUmqvt_JEZuCQI3NkD-0_cvLW9nNnm35blI6qHKJbHPPyQSZCZA1xCx84O5oBCzMT42r1n_eARs9iFmKkauJrHrihFl1zgOq8DqDFYojKAUOwHOQw/s4032/IMG_3300.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9SAuZRMRNSNUT7ogj_U--GGxTzcq3UGajXmTInGI76rY5k1993zGlGkoz4DeXaMVTVCN99yFzlUmqvt_JEZuCQI3NkD-0_cvLW9nNnm35blI6qHKJbHPPyQSZCZA1xCx84O5oBCzMT42r1n_eARs9iFmKkauJrHrihFl1zgOq8DqDFYojKAUOwHOQw/w400-h300/IMG_3300.JPG" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These Incan ruins are nothing like Cusco or Machupichu, but they are still impressive.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4w5NkikaEw2w4FsA3HRxGtWsEPpryL-Ym2M1qQ_9IEbzO2OVRcpD_WowyoOt7dBCnAxd9KujUkVJ_6t6MGogJdxLMIAZ4MrHUpWZHeSi0fAS3rSjX7VqdyuQUg71fy2QZWoUESJ9NBFFyq7Ullfeb6ntsZdSsWwIz64z3syqLfAMw-nRI-rbBuSGNJA/s4032/IMG_3304.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4w5NkikaEw2w4FsA3HRxGtWsEPpryL-Ym2M1qQ_9IEbzO2OVRcpD_WowyoOt7dBCnAxd9KujUkVJ_6t6MGogJdxLMIAZ4MrHUpWZHeSi0fAS3rSjX7VqdyuQUg71fy2QZWoUESJ9NBFFyq7Ullfeb6ntsZdSsWwIz64z3syqLfAMw-nRI-rbBuSGNJA/w300-h400/IMG_3304.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was a Canari temple to the moon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgZa1GX0mH3vtn8SsysIk3ln1_2WLWJbLnPkjbjO1UydFJD0YwD-ExmAW7P7_hYqBgmwSpTnWOW01nkgQ0ctAhCiOm451uM6__-cm7qk_8bYEwxehFvsM_LI4OVhR5NPJv4640hlvhFyFoSsOTIWIRbn50Ux4eJtF2MB2-L1tQMpKI5ileVx9XEwmvg/w300-h400/IMG_3308.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">They think this was part of a calendar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_ZS3QuBPcpogkbs09qIUAyD5OhepOAmZeTQUYwnJRFKueROq3w0y41rm9Fq9KshpzyqKi94Up6w8BLkpyrSIl2pJUwi8X24JOf8tnZVRRmBp7Ttk8qvCFUvLJxTkf_MxEXuJ2UeVUvmaCsq-Pc8W-RYDCDljtNpc0P0AD0dLd5ja7qiEkTrdszJVZQ/s4032/IMG_3309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_ZS3QuBPcpogkbs09qIUAyD5OhepOAmZeTQUYwnJRFKueROq3w0y41rm9Fq9KshpzyqKi94Up6w8BLkpyrSIl2pJUwi8X24JOf8tnZVRRmBp7Ttk8qvCFUvLJxTkf_MxEXuJ2UeVUvmaCsq-Pc8W-RYDCDljtNpc0P0AD0dLd5ja7qiEkTrdszJVZQ/w300-h400/IMG_3309.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The two square holes were ritual baths.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They have some copper in them and they came from about 2 miles away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrU_lgVg0kEzSqNx9j-DBnXBTaLccNG0jnhZjE2tPAWCRjjtRntsHcKD6TbW7nyI4yeSs1tv31YSzjMFmCQTNdX5Ci2XI1pwUvKbbKukFdelihSamd1cClEXYUWg3qTiT0xgF35NemET9RSjeJhgO4egJDkZFGkmoKVsWwa2pZDW0XX20soovkaDrSLw/s4032/IMG_3326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrU_lgVg0kEzSqNx9j-DBnXBTaLccNG0jnhZjE2tPAWCRjjtRntsHcKD6TbW7nyI4yeSs1tv31YSzjMFmCQTNdX5Ci2XI1pwUvKbbKukFdelihSamd1cClEXYUWg3qTiT0xgF35NemET9RSjeJhgO4egJDkZFGkmoKVsWwa2pZDW0XX20soovkaDrSLw/w400-h300/IMG_3326.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksfKKJvZ36Z8sl-4aGt0DeDbCE1TDEru2alYPPAGkqPwR1HkUYqtdqXcugTUdl-fDYaH6BOoTa91BKd_L0d2sXmsDMcnu_7LUuK3FDJomfWSX0YRu9SjMv91NQEuZW4Zkq6gfVGHgfwvrjemQ-5hR8mPnQh1_N2CnHEUp_MuC2YYfXwO67Mm2JbohIQ/s4032/IMG_3327.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaSQWnWo0mXt7MXw_Vxe8rfaP8W-wM1S0QechroQJDZj9vC7nfdxQ-E0Xme035ADuxw2DumsBQgK20RAk4gFoWPI4lkZ_rs8Srdc35Vo-Pc3LGTrtf39pi35Row8YKxnFjaOd-Zy75ggJlL-aSE2i8XgcslQlDn8qgwHz1Wo8EQvt_Wt4yvmkJ8M4-LA/w400-h300/IMG_3335.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Inside the Judical building from the above picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-7j0aeUcBTdaf1y_NLqCX5NvzgTnUpun28p6GUEhDmBHoR96-Oq2FtXPbnq7rBhqCXDs4OOx6BeXHuWR3Zmj8j1j9nqWjyieSszHGxdEC1GcrpnaP_IHPg6rFgXFLjbzCmlpHTLgA-e9x5JAFLvf0jQN9KZp-ThYZwvoN8RmEgI2Kt0OFFqtN7p6MA/s4032/IMG_3338.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-7j0aeUcBTdaf1y_NLqCX5NvzgTnUpun28p6GUEhDmBHoR96-Oq2FtXPbnq7rBhqCXDs4OOx6BeXHuWR3Zmj8j1j9nqWjyieSszHGxdEC1GcrpnaP_IHPg6rFgXFLjbzCmlpHTLgA-e9x5JAFLvf0jQN9KZp-ThYZwvoN8RmEgI2Kt0OFFqtN7p6MA/w400-h300/IMG_3338.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Still smiling after a long day fo walking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dUUZDKrn-OFjKltxdj92o4LH1zVjiHtYgymuEx-7r62yC3HHEX8tk2gVnJ5SYusZTrsCG14rsPUj58bSybmfFQO3i6Uq7I1iMrMYsplYm4JLgAcUSSBTi7E1PH-HLpCfVk75Afvi287SOp8zcZkixVlTuxqV4meAOdRUQO5uTrsI8gWDfYGZqZmhUQ/s4032/IMG_3391.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dUUZDKrn-OFjKltxdj92o4LH1zVjiHtYgymuEx-7r62yC3HHEX8tk2gVnJ5SYusZTrsCG14rsPUj58bSybmfFQO3i6Uq7I1iMrMYsplYm4JLgAcUSSBTi7E1PH-HLpCfVk75Afvi287SOp8zcZkixVlTuxqV4meAOdRUQO5uTrsI8gWDfYGZqZmhUQ/w300-h400/IMG_3391.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't you just love the doors?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZ4SVemYBMEHn_xi2vahKyi2txC_l8aV4kx0Bqv8wqi1LV_lS37G5t9Ini6EFDl6FXRdqUsarSQBptwXHHcuW4wLJ8ddijZ76qNqcrJRHFFBzHSkL_22GVrp4vBOACxKvfDU-UAN2lf7PJKtgn3FZ2z6OKY4mJ6mm8YWwDwBU9KLChmbMbUvRHq1F4A/s4032/IMG_3392.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZ4SVemYBMEHn_xi2vahKyi2txC_l8aV4kx0Bqv8wqi1LV_lS37G5t9Ini6EFDl6FXRdqUsarSQBptwXHHcuW4wLJ8ddijZ76qNqcrJRHFFBzHSkL_22GVrp4vBOACxKvfDU-UAN2lf7PJKtgn3FZ2z6OKY4mJ6mm8YWwDwBU9KLChmbMbUvRHq1F4A/w300-h400/IMG_3392.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">So many cool buildings.</div></div></span><br /><span style="color: #202122;">This post took 3 hours to do. I am going to have to post part 3 of our Cuenca visit in a day or two.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></span></span><p></p>John Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02270692198405026670noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668417501294782411.post-62577523929031335162022-09-12T07:13:00.000-07:002022-09-12T07:13:12.147-07:00September 5th through September 11th Part 1<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">September 5th through September 11th, Part 1</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Monday:</b> President Perez, second counselor in the temple presidency, and his wife picked us up about 8:30am and we drove to Termas de Papallacta. As we drove east out of the city and up into the mountains, the sun was shining and the weather was warm. Once we got close to the summit we found ourselves in clouds and it began to rain. We decended the mountain into a valley. There were water falls right next to the road. We finally arrived at the thermal pools of Papallacta. It was very overcast and still raining. We paid the admission and changed into our bathing suits. We had to shower to enter the pools and with the breeze it was freezing getting from the changing rooms to the first pool. There were a number of groups of people from all over the world and some from Ecuador. We stayed in the first pool. Everyone that left always came back and said that the pool we were in was the best temperature. So why freeze trying to find another pool? We enjoyed the hot pool for about 1 1/2 hours even though it was raining the entire time. Then we got dressed and had lunch in a small resturant in the town of Papallacta. We got home about 3:00pm. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemcYT04Q3waYHY6joC384RKjd5XXvWeI6UlYYnDElwibFAaej-KVfCioeKI9oZqWdf7xAKR1leI-_5xmkEXigXFnKEd4g65SyiERqv5kx7HRbcp3bWtuprPkNr48U7fKvSxDbpNpdWlaGpeOGQv4dHANTd4UqpZXoRWJBDKcYEMle64SWg4C50_h3MA/s4032/IMG_3003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemcYT04Q3waYHY6joC384RKjd5XXvWeI6UlYYnDElwibFAaej-KVfCioeKI9oZqWdf7xAKR1leI-_5xmkEXigXFnKEd4g65SyiERqv5kx7HRbcp3bWtuprPkNr48U7fKvSxDbpNpdWlaGpeOGQv4dHANTd4UqpZXoRWJBDKcYEMle64SWg4C50_h3MA/w300-h400/IMG_3003.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I took this as we were driving by.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PtTgtOJTnX2bIpr0dF7BW5WO0UEqtfqvKwzKYylkAPlvb12p0tRtxAROxxQk6J7MdkrY5ICG73w8SYVNRLi7BSAJhw5qlPQ2UTk5ZwM1NVGXnCmR815LdWKcJuLK8UxIfwfQYzQ2Hm_vYDTvmlS4IMChDGTyTg2Wtihf_azhwMONEH_UIWsc-s9LUA/s4032/IMG_3004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PtTgtOJTnX2bIpr0dF7BW5WO0UEqtfqvKwzKYylkAPlvb12p0tRtxAROxxQk6J7MdkrY5ICG73w8SYVNRLi7BSAJhw5qlPQ2UTk5ZwM1NVGXnCmR815LdWKcJuLK8UxIfwfQYzQ2Hm_vYDTvmlS4IMChDGTyTg2Wtihf_azhwMONEH_UIWsc-s9LUA/w400-h300/IMG_3004.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the small river we had to cross to get to the pools.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdIwDLfXXtb5DjUHQ8IVbX-CzcL_jVsSG_hbCVIjXyeUBFN5FJjjYzPKlgnJxa2dDmpY7psIKQActpK1pdSOv7zvNvFRRtwO5p3MrEOg_TBfbSSGRLB6l-T_TfUoStn_dyUHlJJmbarZfuRdHXyvfvggulQrA3rp1Q2C7Y16NarlNXdfXh70If7pD7g/s4032/IMG_3013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdIwDLfXXtb5DjUHQ8IVbX-CzcL_jVsSG_hbCVIjXyeUBFN5FJjjYzPKlgnJxa2dDmpY7psIKQActpK1pdSOv7zvNvFRRtwO5p3MrEOg_TBfbSSGRLB6l-T_TfUoStn_dyUHlJJmbarZfuRdHXyvfvggulQrA3rp1Q2C7Y16NarlNXdfXh70If7pD7g/w400-h300/IMG_3013.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">President Perez and his wife.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0j_-Yyv9CAhY1LNKnHUZj7mNTpHgGMmnTcqEBwPNrClOMQRgKAOvT8b-7qWxwAca2O-JIcvG1LtXmj6ZhtycuSKvueaWSNHNKzCWTm5Uhw8JDSqXaOSBt1zSJnXhNrYiEodioxS_GYdvnBcuu-C3TJFIi9ULFX13jh2dBYE9DRKoSkyJeRLb1cxo-9g/s4032/IMG_3015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0j_-Yyv9CAhY1LNKnHUZj7mNTpHgGMmnTcqEBwPNrClOMQRgKAOvT8b-7qWxwAca2O-JIcvG1LtXmj6ZhtycuSKvueaWSNHNKzCWTm5Uhw8JDSqXaOSBt1zSJnXhNrYiEodioxS_GYdvnBcuu-C3TJFIi9ULFX13jh2dBYE9DRKoSkyJeRLb1cxo-9g/w300-h400/IMG_3015.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sister Perez and Chris.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9S5jqU0QU7mIyPlw7JDA9yb4e40ba1wLfF-T_uNkBx6kQ0fye_r93wdfGro-b0J0Y-bx-APw7c-YVBNr6mXf8MIPRHoWPQfSufIcCBeC87qbiw-QEm7jNjD3pY1cX9Pq_HHm1pYtr8l6pKsDhk4fVEGwEESRVWYpM1_6QfCYCVLeF0VAxyASlRF0myw/s4032/IMG_3023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9S5jqU0QU7mIyPlw7JDA9yb4e40ba1wLfF-T_uNkBx6kQ0fye_r93wdfGro-b0J0Y-bx-APw7c-YVBNr6mXf8MIPRHoWPQfSufIcCBeC87qbiw-QEm7jNjD3pY1cX9Pq_HHm1pYtr8l6pKsDhk4fVEGwEESRVWYpM1_6QfCYCVLeF0VAxyASlRF0myw/w400-h300/IMG_3023.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It was a beautiful setting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8z7MGcXHll2f8yW1Ri9quLA8mBISAoO0CRBLTkTygT6QgHAxKZlYdaYqZ_nksXPWPEM5OTR2JFNyIHfeMp4BReBQs6MORbNWB1ts--dTJ_IdCyT25z3TsTZBszZKT6Lxz_hYBcrSW3yMRQvxB8J95CRJIHorQlgFlQN_hCdgln6KEf-SEJfTDZjqeRQ/s4032/IMG_3031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8z7MGcXHll2f8yW1Ri9quLA8mBISAoO0CRBLTkTygT6QgHAxKZlYdaYqZ_nksXPWPEM5OTR2JFNyIHfeMp4BReBQs6MORbNWB1ts--dTJ_IdCyT25z3TsTZBszZKT6Lxz_hYBcrSW3yMRQvxB8J95CRJIHorQlgFlQN_hCdgln6KEf-SEJfTDZjqeRQ/w400-h300/IMG_3031.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">There were a lot of beautiful flowers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZOv0rOn-LyFoywHNvh2YNxyVaddjyf8EdWkX9IwbsuDZiSu8gaZTgq-LLsSiMHKdlngGf8klSUBGoJrsbffIgHmSyIDwrrMJXQ4FSRNbWbc8CUB7y_ZnGFdM0PK1bzXJFU3N2C9RVNUqvx6CTAdH9dEtjff9FzqbmASlmPfQkgxB-yYivREXtDnplg/s4032/IMG_3040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ZOv0rOn-LyFoywHNvh2YNxyVaddjyf8EdWkX9IwbsuDZiSu8gaZTgq-LLsSiMHKdlngGf8klSUBGoJrsbffIgHmSyIDwrrMJXQ4FSRNbWbc8CUB7y_ZnGFdM0PK1bzXJFU3N2C9RVNUqvx6CTAdH9dEtjff9FzqbmASlmPfQkgxB-yYivREXtDnplg/w400-h300/IMG_3040.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The drive home was very cloudy as we went back up and over the mountain.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Tuesday: </b> We had our weekly meeting and found out that we would not have access to the temple for ordinance worker training for 4 weeks. We asked President Aguirre if we could take advantage of the closure to visit Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador where I had served 51 years ago as a young missionary. He agreed and so we left late that afternoon. The flight is only an hour and we arrived in Cuenca about 5:00pm. We took the public transportation train into the old part of Cuenca. We only had one small roller bag and my backpack. We wandered around trying to find our Airbnb for about an hour. We would ask someone which way to the street we needed and we would walk in that direction a few blocks and then we would ask another person and they would tell us a different direction. Finally, I put the address in Waze and we got there. I felt really old for not thinking of that sooner. For me, the best part of the Airbnd was the patio that looked out over the roof tops. For mom, the worst part of the Airbnb was the 3 flights of stairs to get to the apartment. We went out to dinner and bought some food for the fridge.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTt574Cpf7wCtCeikZRQdAjCqZuUwxz9qcvKBb-QQY8vIx5zSRf1D8ETAgLjBm-b8L_gRyIKA72Jv1heQC9kHFQbvg8_90JcWwkRCUwYjuk-7r3EPnZ3vs1Owd0SLDrIGjVjwGSy-ESHGnKNqhWYYWzWGrvCvpVAELp0sLH-tkKwoivH4dHIxpmP9ig/s4032/IMG_3058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTt574Cpf7wCtCeikZRQdAjCqZuUwxz9qcvKBb-QQY8vIx5zSRf1D8ETAgLjBm-b8L_gRyIKA72Jv1heQC9kHFQbvg8_90JcWwkRCUwYjuk-7r3EPnZ3vs1Owd0SLDrIGjVjwGSy-ESHGnKNqhWYYWzWGrvCvpVAELp0sLH-tkKwoivH4dHIxpmP9ig/w300-h400/IMG_3058.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The were some amazing cloud formations on the flight down to Cuenca. I think this is Cotapaxi under these clouds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUdZU0jQgg0GWEhj9CFhwgMdbAO6O8nCLEkFe5XNXKiYBkyBwfy4ckmGZyo9no0UxX01KqiPrSPx3tqKPiRnHf38gsnfY71eNv9Tduv7CrJr8Yp89alRr2mZmgbzGlz-4XDAIb_gsxHUdVXtIoVlBNCxz7RPAnpdI8S4SACQ85XS7e5W3WIm7WyV7Sg/s4032/IMG_3080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUdZU0jQgg0GWEhj9CFhwgMdbAO6O8nCLEkFe5XNXKiYBkyBwfy4ckmGZyo9no0UxX01KqiPrSPx3tqKPiRnHf38gsnfY71eNv9Tduv7CrJr8Yp89alRr2mZmgbzGlz-4XDAIb_gsxHUdVXtIoVlBNCxz7RPAnpdI8S4SACQ85XS7e5W3WIm7WyV7Sg/w300-h400/IMG_3080.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">View from the plane of the new cathedral.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbHrF05qHFRoZw3wsL5EmtdyfLpyQMmajxy2lXi7SnANSAjwG7hkw-z1HOo6mNuCWmXLukQs_aH_jZTAGlDINu5FIfudvPV-gJPNUiNF6M8PsrcuSn7OnnZHMhBEvlkoZjEabYvpFmNPzOKESumimT-xovshYNGaUmABxC_hOHa53GL6Qh0v0W4wpmA/s4032/IMG_3089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbHrF05qHFRoZw3wsL5EmtdyfLpyQMmajxy2lXi7SnANSAjwG7hkw-z1HOo6mNuCWmXLukQs_aH_jZTAGlDINu5FIfudvPV-gJPNUiNF6M8PsrcuSn7OnnZHMhBEvlkoZjEabYvpFmNPzOKESumimT-xovshYNGaUmABxC_hOHa53GL6Qh0v0W4wpmA/w400-h300/IMG_3089.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">View from our patio when we arrived.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbU1EZ2eUD6pt0O3CAtdtZ__Exv0QgFdY9iHIF6SWmeqz5G4bIHyZlaO1GoB1KHQWqa1aoG3TZObpSBwFotOsLSL8WyaGmr_kIctg_8XJ7U3vke5JfmRDd2tlBXDOfM9pfEu9lOaBblh1HDFSArr3Etv0aZ_RUNKrvqcHC0y2WOJHq3aCLvr2hJnEhug/s4032/IMG_3096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbU1EZ2eUD6pt0O3CAtdtZ__Exv0QgFdY9iHIF6SWmeqz5G4bIHyZlaO1GoB1KHQWqa1aoG3TZObpSBwFotOsLSL8WyaGmr_kIctg_8XJ7U3vke5JfmRDd2tlBXDOfM9pfEu9lOaBblh1HDFSArr3Etv0aZ_RUNKrvqcHC0y2WOJHq3aCLvr2hJnEhug/w300-h400/IMG_3096.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stairs are not our friends at our age.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9qfg5aJED3_j5oNdF1bkZ4fWXb82Pr3fo3702moKmKY3YlT9Jawl7gs5dAXvr1Vqu6nTABG_JlZQflHaR9Rtw_8QcVwzKmXJ6uyWfXh9GsGIafFqbTRe2n2_PrAFtBQERPFLybSCK3bIqbLVvI8MLGS2ltvl0nCMnF4hq15VqYh8FFaI-KWedgjiFQ/w300-h400/IMG_3092.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">After dinner, I took this picture of the domes </div><div style="text-align: center;">of the new cathedral.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zY6AcB3rHncjuUzMv1zsS0d8-9TIIPQK6mFWFMevNTfW65DjBpZD21RMNaayRfRPxkWP35MwtM3-agGTZYEWyLk6ybr2QFoGe7IO8Raf7H4F-P-KPFM8qkfe_GGSXPc54prHpKCV07KkejLGe5VTmOrct3KdmQeDNapztGonAeoRzgOx2yqGI0t9qA/s4032/IMG_3094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_zY6AcB3rHncjuUzMv1zsS0d8-9TIIPQK6mFWFMevNTfW65DjBpZD21RMNaayRfRPxkWP35MwtM3-agGTZYEWyLk6ybr2QFoGe7IO8Raf7H4F-P-KPFM8qkfe_GGSXPc54prHpKCV07KkejLGe5VTmOrct3KdmQeDNapztGonAeoRzgOx2yqGI0t9qA/w400-h300/IMG_3094.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">View from our patio at night.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Wednesday:</b> I cooked eggs for breakfast. Our first stop was the new cathedral on the main square, three short blocks from our apartment. We walked through the church and then we found the entrance on the outside of the building in an alley to the stairs to the top of the towers. We had to pay a dollar each, the old people price, for the priviledge to climb 175 stairs in a circular staircase. The view was amazing.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnYbAd-i7Pq969NmP8ApwNJyi0t6e6rqB2vuRSfQNeIlzsMQRncCGfGbXuUTDGc7kqo_Qwqb8Cw2TDedUED6bLgdZyKDspJtL7X0yFBT5Wh5Hd1URH5XSk2fqDeCi_wzcN09GuvnYqDyr9j5L9uxCKWr348jcrg9dQCdeeVRlOB_-B9gjuhbPQks19w/s4032/IMG_3099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnYbAd-i7Pq969NmP8ApwNJyi0t6e6rqB2vuRSfQNeIlzsMQRncCGfGbXuUTDGc7kqo_Qwqb8Cw2TDedUED6bLgdZyKDspJtL7X0yFBT5Wh5Hd1URH5XSk2fqDeCi_wzcN09GuvnYqDyr9j5L9uxCKWr348jcrg9dQCdeeVRlOB_-B9gjuhbPQks19w/w300-h400/IMG_3099.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our day begins at the main plaza.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQuovsVY6j4XXWBFN5AYbMGmh0S7GyIwecUHyLDb5mteZvlZw-y0a4VzLKw8Uup1kv6FBv2vy9QTgHPhddTu87Ct5ZoV5QTjVc2kfTsVIgS2ZxJnMamQTElQaMmxBe3u8ha27w0W1cZRHm0PdbEDfcwVy41uVBQNAJeagpWQIeuErFnpX-uPP-VYqyQ/s4032/IMG_3101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The architect made a miscalculation and they could not finish the towers because it was determined that the foundations were not strong enough to take the extra weight. The picture on the left is how it looks today.</div> We then hopped on the city tour bus. We and 2 other people were the only ones on the top of the double decker bus. We drove around the city and ended at the Turi lookout. Where we had 30 minutes to take pictures and enjoy the view. The bus then dropped us off back at the main plaza. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3K2z68o5CU2mLFOAacy9Ed8srEbRaf3dlUXv6eT0iziTopJFA_V84vIjAfkQWfeaPU_xjSNUTmDLzLeUjqLnjzGzf1uKhoPla1d7ssp2IEiGLS2PqXNR5EuDQqBhOvTfqzIs5Xxf2V0OBI1UzpXGajm2t2FGOBcIkth8TfRsbKh5JaqjVWSlASLVTnQ/s4032/IMG_3138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3K2z68o5CU2mLFOAacy9Ed8srEbRaf3dlUXv6eT0iziTopJFA_V84vIjAfkQWfeaPU_xjSNUTmDLzLeUjqLnjzGzf1uKhoPla1d7ssp2IEiGLS2PqXNR5EuDQqBhOvTfqzIs5Xxf2V0OBI1UzpXGajm2t2FGOBcIkth8TfRsbKh5JaqjVWSlASLVTnQ/w400-h300/IMG_3138.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here we go on the city bus tour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtvUJUjAtk8T4S6mzLJtKPeb_jkt8KV4Mft6Qp426EK4ss1mQdOJfthfhZf3sZ_w5h3CoEz0JiThlB0qNNg98_ShnDl6Ajkzquayn4a9TE_VU-82EgGe9ckN2Fi6cb72cjL3mK2tJsWWqJYvjvmsIZbQlQCn0Wk-V6oTtF0tD5WsArtPZSCVctq3brw/s4032/IMG_3139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpfih598pZTUUbA48ggWAUBTgKDPY8oRVj86UaavIhk8Av8d_2IvVpYfQ8JK0xhn589wA2XiB2qCR7jMk8hPzb9TPqakABmsh2SaAgXO2M-R_U6jcjRtg-fCG32TQREVNNUNEyPNCetJNAkVxmYE6yOXg0-9qIJKSliUmWxN5gT2j80S5ME5FQEDm9A/s4032/IMG_3097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpfih598pZTUUbA48ggWAUBTgKDPY8oRVj86UaavIhk8Av8d_2IvVpYfQ8JK0xhn589wA2XiB2qCR7jMk8hPzb9TPqakABmsh2SaAgXO2M-R_U6jcjRtg-fCG32TQREVNNUNEyPNCetJNAkVxmYE6yOXg0-9qIJKSliUmWxN5gT2j80S5ME5FQEDm9A/w300-h400/IMG_3097.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></div></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Front doors to the old cathedral. Started in 1569 and completed 4 years latter.</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBe0JfeCAbnnRMXq3B-GDupT9jG_GToKmAGed9_DmDMRFpE_KMmxR2hJ8GLW0agzI3ARysS7x7h3JN6vDTffEVMIjSWy7F8p5OGOqgBmwJX09fao2Z7BDCa3kHjPSTmzrnEWxiGCI3IL3yIOeZfMxk_gIvhR3hYWpGB7re7f5_3N3r-41CyV6hB9k72Q/s4032/IMG_3197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBe0JfeCAbnnRMXq3B-GDupT9jG_GToKmAGed9_DmDMRFpE_KMmxR2hJ8GLW0agzI3ARysS7x7h3JN6vDTffEVMIjSWy7F8p5OGOqgBmwJX09fao2Z7BDCa3kHjPSTmzrnEWxiGCI3IL3yIOeZfMxk_gIvhR3hYWpGB7re7f5_3N3r-41CyV6hB9k72Q/w300-h400/IMG_3197.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></div></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Looking to the back at the organ loft.</span> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPzVImCu5iZ4yTFHjiNm-daCrgo9UWUb-jiXiUzRzlIMUTAPTi_bcRcc6yR_OPTJrASoUz_lb0cXc00xGns39YNqO1kqNKPis_sOcEhfRucsU7BvAOUbYE63BwvJKY-ddGB3qS2OOMqm9y9XPdIx1wHUWbyxIXp0JhRm_uUCavdSTy_XezpfEDtZUufQ/s4032/IMG_3185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: xx-large; 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margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPIRPQ4Gmz2Edeobp_MUWZcHHpKN5K8kw_di9gdwUsU1bsJ1CN6n2fgtiCg_NVnrF2Mluke-TmoZqRdlH1QOvnH1D5fXcumPyOQWDO9KjIUMdDI1uJ4KDWAmjdytlxxDp4vemOOzWJKK69tcPYxrCHwrK98dhqyk2kL52UW2-1tLZDoyqk6IaHxmbmg/w400-h300/IMG_3209.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Can you see where there was a painted door and then they added a real door?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrCZbeHeDVR9uJIv_kjU4TA_Xm2xCSjhry5X_RBnZjh8qx3eJQ2iahImyMJsGvu5KnaGpsait_B5e8-kxtY0c-C26UAMA2cn_1xjWBktsJcmtNpWVDUJ1CM2y4WXoJrpMFnM5VYEZUx2Ro9eWb9bSxSXz802_DT14ITgkVyK5EycJI2rkLwORW6CNjg/s4032/IMG_3208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrCZbeHeDVR9uJIv_kjU4TA_Xm2xCSjhry5X_RBnZjh8qx3eJQ2iahImyMJsGvu5KnaGpsait_B5e8-kxtY0c-C26UAMA2cn_1xjWBktsJcmtNpWVDUJ1CM2y4WXoJrpMFnM5VYEZUx2Ro9eWb9bSxSXz802_DT14ITgkVyK5EycJI2rkLwORW6CNjg/w300-h400/IMG_3208.JPG" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">These are the doors they added.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlGWAVg4rcv7Ia2Zdp8ZX9xzJRUp-v_HaSslk8Xy_2EHHTVZIqM2_yUEE4Iob2t1sCrBg6bqSK-5EokhvZ1PgIBF6tBNicScdXZMaEeseEmWkaa3caCAK16bX6BkHEa8-Dltvtr1Nj2otqgaQAOSU3WIEGCSm28aTrZ5Sn31KCJR1eFBdfWVOshQMgQ/s4032/IMG_3194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlGWAVg4rcv7Ia2Zdp8ZX9xzJRUp-v_HaSslk8Xy_2EHHTVZIqM2_yUEE4Iob2t1sCrBg6bqSK-5EokhvZ1PgIBF6tBNicScdXZMaEeseEmWkaa3caCAK16bX6BkHEa8-Dltvtr1Nj2otqgaQAOSU3WIEGCSm28aTrZ5Sn31KCJR1eFBdfWVOshQMgQ/w300-h400/IMG_3194.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There were three small chapels on the side of the main church.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9M9Y3zfU5e31SgdAwoxPjkpWtQtfHXfLiwtewuqSZIaYwvinxZyxpzwyARBOxRsstD_LZmx1e8sv3iYFb5Em5JW1SRvfLaKHAcugZLA-3XCmUWMRj4fLqgAX1wuoHvlCKX4WfVMNGNv8wipqa-q4hXSW0fGBNT4kYUZe76MhrR8hjF7y3TcOx2NdCg/s4032/IMG_3187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">The crypt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgxdSLDXO29inCfpMwN7CoqCg_9BoY9arJK4HK10YmHF5wk3lnVtAgl-k6cf2OQVrgOoFtf7fPyNgzEXI6OsAIhI2J3Puw15z-hYgVcT1LbCG3iD0wkfzm-1_TXKT8B5PA6Kl94i0XALk4EZE6k9aaYhRmkwE2cPUCQW-NHyBImbIaOeb9DK-F4fqLg/s4032/IMG_3191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgxdSLDXO29inCfpMwN7CoqCg_9BoY9arJK4HK10YmHF5wk3lnVtAgl-k6cf2OQVrgOoFtf7fPyNgzEXI6OsAIhI2J3Puw15z-hYgVcT1LbCG3iD0wkfzm-1_TXKT8B5PA6Kl94i0XALk4EZE6k9aaYhRmkwE2cPUCQW-NHyBImbIaOeb9DK-F4fqLg/w300-h400/IMG_3191.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An amazing chest.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRn0Y2wt_2BKKc4ug8U6znSBZK3PpXDDD07NCIvrNSrLjfl9gec7b5YIbZWOiijQ212xhsDybehpUzgby3Npgp-X32lBVA1sJnQMXhoaxI_j9pAJPz2vsEgy_Cyzl06GxoN1QZUscH-xL-C8iXB7v2mXN4PlVWaY9vgnTUSzJtzv_lEjSjDOhT7DDwGQ/s4032/IMG_3215.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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After lunch we went to the city museumn and then to the Mueso de Remigio Crespo Torral, a famous poet. 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This is the private collection of a history professor, Juan Cordero Iniguez, and is considered by some to be the best archeology and anthropology museum in Ecuador. Over 7,000 artifacts are displayed chronologically and by region. 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