Ecuador: part 2 - Sunday

6-5
THe morning started out with breakfast, lunch building  and then we

waited for our ride. There was alot of "hurry up and wait" moments

over the course of the first two weeks.   We met our new translator,

Eric, today. 

 

We all squeezed into the van and rode out to Nigeria for

church.

The church service was wonderful. For part of it the pastor had us

break into groups and each group was to write about different ways

they would like to see the community improve and how they plan to make

those changes happen. It was the best way to truly see these people's

hearts. The church also prayed for our team. The pastor then asked us

to come up and speak to the church one at a time. I had no idea what

to say, but I wasn't nervous. I just spoke from my heart. :]

At the end of the service, the church was served a lunch. After lunch we headed out to do house to house assessments. Jen and I made a team with Andres translating, while Sheri and Manaal went with the pastor and Eric translating. 

The houses we saw were full of children with the flu.We also saw a number of women with arthritis. We didn't encounter anything serious, and  didn't have to hand out any medication. We gave the mom some advice  and then prayed for the family.
One of the cutest things was when a woman excitedly invited us into her home just to talk. She talked about how she had told the pastor that we should have stopped by her house first.
 

We spent the afternoon in Nigeria doing these house visits then headed back.
We asked about a frozen yogurt place and Andres offered to take us to one. So we and Adres and Eric walked to the Naturissmo.
What they call frozen yogurt here is different than what we are used to in the states. THe yogurt is a liquid-drinkable form, they then mix fruit and some ice in with it and blend it.
It was just the treat that the team was craving.
THe rest of the evening was spent cleaning ourselves, eating, reading and relaxing.