Experience Ecuador: December 2008

It has been awhile since I have written. First and foremost, I trust that you all are having a blessed holiday season. We have been busy in the past few months taking trips to the North and taking a trip to the jungle. We have also been very busy getting things around the church ready for Christmas time. I had the opportunity to go with Phil and Deanna to a town called Atuntaqui where Phil and Deanna had started and helped build a church, but they have had no chance to go back to visit the church. So, Phil had the privilege of preaching there, and we got to see the church. The church has been well maintained and looks great.

I also helped with our churches' Christmas tree. They want a "living Christmas tree" to be built so that the kids from our church could stand on it and play Christmas songs with bells. So we did our best to make the structure look like a tree.

And last, but not least, we had the opportunity to go to the jungle. I had been looking forward to this for several months. We began to prepare a few days before we went. I bought some supplies that I needed: a big backpack to hold everything I needed for 4 days, ponchos to protect me from the rain, and bags to contain everything , such as jeans , shirts , etc, just in case things got wet.

The first day, we left from the airport here in Quito. The Air Force flew us into the town where the boats were. So, after we arrived, we loaded up all our supplies packed them in the boat and headed out. Six hours and two rainstorms later we arrived at our destination.

We had the opportunity to give each child in all four of the communities we visited ( Zabal, Cuyabeno, San Pablo and Dureno) a bag of candy and teddy bears. We also showed a video of Christ's life from Christmas until His death and His resurrection. We visited Quechuan , Cofan and Secoyan tribes.

As we traveled up and down the river, we saw a few monkeys and 2 fresh water dolphins. There were also plenty of mosquitos. We slept in mosquito nets at night, and bathed in the river. It was also really hot, but it was a good time, and I look forward to going many more times.

The pictures from the trout farm on, are pictures from when Phil, William, Freddy and I drove back from the jungle to Quito. This is the reason that it was so cold because we were in the mountains. The drive was suppose to be 7 hours , but with Freddy stopping at every monument and national park it turned into about a 11 hour drive. Anyways, we got to see some cool stuff out of it.

As always, I appreciate your prayers and monthly support. Please continue to pray for us as we begin to step up our work in the Jungle and on the coast.

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas.

Thanks,

Adam