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7/16
7/16
Today was our last day in Ecuador and day 2 of our English camp. Church also took place at the same time.
Two of the students from yesterday sadly could not make it, but we had two new attendees today! We started again with introductions, some vocab, read about Noah's Ark, and then went over the gospel pamphlets with Spanish translations, leaving some with the students for them to take home. Since Elaine and Auntie Connie had their flight at 12pm, they left at around 10 today. Praying for a safe flight!
After seeing them off and a short food break, we continued the camp, going over compound sentences and prepositions and then watching the first episode of Phineas and Ferb. All of our students were really diligent and engaged, and we are grateful for an overall successful and fun two days with them.
Once we finished, we had one last lunch at Anna's restaurant--delicious as always--with the missionaries and one of the students. Will definitely be missing the food here ;(
After resting up back at the Airbnb we departed for Cerro Santa Ana, a famous tourist spot in Guayaquil.
Cerro Santa Ana is a 465-foot staircase hill area with lots of colorful houses, a lighthouse, and a stunning view of Guayaquil at its peak. Before we climbed the staircase, we stopped to pass out some of our remaining pamphlets--the first was outside a barbershop where we found two Chinese guys smoking. They seemed pretty open to it and were surprised that there was a Chinese church in the area. We also went to a boba place, found lots of Chinese people there, and gave our remaining pamphlets to a group of students sitting next to us. We walked around some more, explored several small art galleries in the area, and then made our way to the stairs.
So yeah Auntie Eileen and I climbed to the top while Uncle Larry and Auntie Louise waited for us somewhere in between. Along the way we passed by several very colorful houses, food vendors, and stray cats and dogs. The view is actually pretty crazy, definitely recommend if anyone is looking to go to Ecuador in the future!
Back at the Airbnb, we made dinner out of some leftovers we had (tuna, rice, salad, chicken) and had devotion on Hebrews 7:25, led by Auntie Eileen:
Therefore He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, because He always lives to intercede for them.
Discussion Questions:
How can we come to God's presence?
What does it mean to save completely?
What did Jesus do for after he ascended to heaven?
We will soon be leaving the short term mission field, what can we do for them?
For our last devotion, we recapped our work in Ecuador and discussed some issues that we can pray for the church here. As a whole, Uncle Larry and Auntie Louise noticed that people tended to be more receiving of these pamphlets than in the past, though they also seemed to be wary and alert due to some very recent instability in the area. As for the missionaries, it was truly inspiring to see their hard work for the church and we will continue to pray for their health, safety, and continued growth for the church.
With that, our work in Ecuador has come to a temporary end. It's been an inspirational experience for all of us, and we thank God for this opportunity to experience His work in our lives and the lives of others. Special thanks to the missionaries who took care of us and guided us throughout the week, the church members who treated us (multiple times) to their restaurants), and the students and friends we made along the way.
Dios los bendiga y hasta la próxima - God bless you and until next time~
Signing off,
April
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