Day 9

7/14

As Christians, we all start by hearing the gospel. We might question it, we might pursue it, and we might doubt it. During our discussion, we related this sentiment to our own experience thus far in Ecuador. The adults especially pointed out that people have been much more receptive this time around than they had in February when Auntie Louise and Uncle Larry were here, and it's likely due to the unrest and lack of safety that has arisen in recent months. As a team, we have to learn to adapt and trust God's timing.

Today is move-in day (to a new Airbnb)! 

But first! Devotion on Romans 10:12-17, led by Auntie Louise this morning:

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our message?" Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.

Discussion Questions:

After packing up and going over our daily devotion, Anna picked us up and we headed straight to our new Airbnb (our previous one has been booked for the next few days). It's pretty close to our previous place and it's furnished really nicely! The showers are cool, there's three different knobs and four different head things, a little confusing but we figured it out. For lunch, Anna brought us fried rice, fried noodles, and shrimp from her restaurant (very delish, Elaine and I both rate it a 9/10). Sadly we do not have pictures of lunch but just trust it was good

compilation of historical park!

We didn't have any visitations or anything scheduled for today so we decided to go to a historical park in Guayaquil, which basically ended up being a zoo. So many animals! There were lots of pretty (and loud) birbs, deer, some monkeys, lots of random iguanas just scattered throughout in other animals' domains, an ocelot, goats, crab-eating raccoons (a little different from our raccoons), foxes, boars, alligators and crocodiles, etc. 

We spent around an hour or so exploring, and then we waited for 20 minutes for our lost Uber driver.

As it was approaching dinnertime, we headed to a nearby supermarket to buy some ingredients for dinner--so salad, rottisserie chicken, a bunch of fruits, and some snacks for tomorrow's English camp students. We also tried some new drinks: Kola Gallito (basically just tastes like knockoff Inca Kola) and a pineapple soda. Almost all the drinks here have no sugar--which is frustrating because it makes the aftertaste kinda nasty--so we had to intentionally search for ones that had at least some sugar. Anywho dinner was really refreshing! The chicken was muy tender and flavorful--also a little more expensive than Costco but worth it. Salad was also good, and naturally so was the chicken soup. And that pretty much concludes our activites for this day.

We have a big day tomorrow (first English camp session) so please include that in your prayers! 

Thanks for catching up with us :)

Have a swaggy day,

April