I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. - CS Lewis
Yes, we are officially the gringas with the hot paws, so to speak. What that really means is that we are on the go all the time and since in about two hours I will leave Quito on a bus to return to Olón once more, it is pretty true. We have had a great week here in Quito doing research, gathering things we needed materially and spending time with our wonderful EcuaFamily, the Arroyos. This family has been unbelievably wonderful to us and we have been more than well cared for this week, we have been truly loved and welcomed.
Just yesterday, in celebration of El Dia de Los Difuntos (All Souls), we were invited over to Papito´s parent`s house, now our newly adopted dear abuelitos (grandparents). We had a wonderful meal, complete with the traditional colada morada and guaguas de pan (bread shaped like babies) and then played Rummykub for hours, laughing harder than I have in quite some time. And today, our papito lindo (Mr. Arroyo) and our abuelitos took us out for my first experience of eating cuye (guinea pig...yes, i´m serious, check out the pics) and then to El Mital del Mundo, where the equator runs through Ecuador (yep, that´s how it got it´s name) and you can stand in two places at once - northern and southern hemispheres. What a life we have lead this past week!
The reflection on it all pertains a bit to one of my favorite quotes from CS Lewis (above). That is, for me, all of this profound love and welcome would not make any sense (considering I can hardly have a proper conversation with the family what with my broken Spanish) outside of the love of Christ that is so absolutely present in the people of Ecuador and especially in this family that we just happened upon and have now adopted us as part of their family, en serio. And yet, the faith that I have been given allows me to understand that the Lord put this family in my life to bring His love to me while I am pouring out His love to the children in Olòn. Things like this ¨coincidence¨ are so much cooler when you can see them as purposefully given gifts.
That is my story for now. We return to base tomorrow morning (bus through the night) and resume work as usual on Monday. Despite the wonderful week here, I have dearly missed our little niños and the missioneras and am looking forward to being with them again. I promise another update next Sunday, in the meantime, I have added even more pics so enjoy those, note the phone number change and know that I am thinking of and praying for you all.
New pics: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AasmjFi0ZNGEo
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Me & the paws of my cuye (guinea pig)
Mariya and I at the center of the world
6 comments:
well, let me just say those look pretty tasty...and by the way, your tan is ridiculous
every time I visit your blog now, I just can't get over how gross that picture is with you and the feet. oh my maribeth. P.S. speaking of critters, you and the scorpions have become a regular prayer intention! FYI... :)
HI MARIBETH! WHATS UP? I MISS YOU SO MUCH! I HEAR AUNT DEB IS COMIN 2 SEE YA THIS WEEKEND! LET ME KNOW HOW THAT GOES! HA HA HA! ANYHOW I AM TAKING ART CLASS RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE MAKING A POTERY TRAY! I GOTTA GO PLAY WITH DANI! LOVE YA BYE! LOVE JENNA
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