Random pictures of foods and such

Bananas

Here are just two of the many, types of bananas that we have in Ecuador. I think I eat bananas every day here.... :)

Stuck Truck

Here are a few pictures of the truck that got stuck on Saturday building the road.

Road Building and a Cave

Hello all!

On Saturday, we headed out to build a drive way on a piece of land in the country that the Gomezcuello's inherited. The scenery was beautiful. God has made a truly beautiful creation. We loaded two truck loads of rock by hand onto a steep, narrow roadway. The truck got stuck several times, but by God's grace, and with enough people pushing, it was unstuck again every time. No one was hurt, and we made some progress on the drivway. Trying to move all that rock by hand has made me very thankful for even the roughest gravel roads. At about 5 in the evening after working most of the day, I went with Justo and Oswaldo (Santiago's brother) for a hike to check out a cave. The hike was beautiful, and the cave was neat, even though it didn't go in very far. The last picture is of me and Oswaldo in the cave.

Today (Sunday), I am definately sore from all of the rock moving! I will be heading out with Justo at about 8:45 this morning to go to a different church where Justo will be preaching.

God bless you all!

Kimberly

English Festival Pictures

Today at the colegio bilingue was the annual English festival. It was an all morning event with games, drama, singing, competitions and art displays on the theme of family. The children are so sweet. Everyone was dressed up as either a mother, father, sister, brother or baby. Justo and I were dressed as "cousins." You can see in one of the pictures the whole group of English teachers at the school here. They are all a lot of fun. So far, I have mostly worked with Senor Patricio and Pedro in their grade 4, 5 and 6 English classes. Most mornings I will help with five classes. You can keep Senor Patricio in your prayers, as he is in need of a hip replacement, and is in a lot of pain. It is so hard in the big classes for children to recieve the attention that they need in order to learn. There are so many children, and so little time really get to know any of them. Please keep the children of the school in your prayers.

Teaching

This week, schedules have begun to fall into place for teaching English. Right now I am teaching Jose and Juan English on Tuesday mornings (friends from different families), the Abril family on Tuesday afternoon and the Parra family on Monday afternoons. These are all home school families that have just begun home schooling this year. Home schooling is a very new thing here, so it is a big challenge for these families. Please pray for perseverence for them, and that I may encourage then in having strong biblical education for their children. I see such a difference between the the big school here with over a twelve hundred students (the colegio bilingue) and the home school environment. You can see some of the students at the school in formation in the picture, and one of the class rooms. The other picture is of Jose and Juan (Jose in red). It is such a blessing to see families learning together. For one of my English classes, all the kids, the mom and the dad were there, all learning English together. It is so nice to see how families are meant to be... together helping one another, not separated into age classes with throngs of other children and not enough attention. Please continue to pray for contined Spanish comprehension for me. It is exhausting to listen to a different language all day, and difficult to communicate the ideas that I want to communicate sometimes, especially with the home school families, who don't know a much English yet.

I am spending most mornings at the colegio bilingue. This Thursday, they have and English festival at the school, and I am a judge for one of the competitions (speaking English tongue twisters), so you can pray that all will go smoothly and I will continue to have opportunities to reach people here with the love of Christ.

In Christ,

Kimberly

A Trip to the Country

Here are a few pictures from a trip that we had on Sunday afternoon to the country. I was with Justo and German, and German's grandfather (Abeulo). We ate at this fried pork place. You can see in one of the pictures how they cook the pork skin of a whole pig outside with a propane torch! It was a very cultural experience, eating with our hands and everything! Then we drove to a river where there was a broken bridge. It is difficult to tell from the pictures, but the bridge was very warped! The picture with the sunlight is of the new bridge. There are many traditional people here in Ecuador. You can see the outfit in the picture of the lady watering her cows. The last picture is of Justo and German on the new bridge.