Hello friends and family! Hola from Ecuador! What a week it has been. Flying with small humans is no small task. Trekking through airports, managing all the carry-ons… It was quite the ordeal. But, with God's grace we made it to Ecuador.
The family arrived in the capitol city of Quito and adjusted quickly to the high elevation.
In Atlanta, we boarded our plane and they discovered a maintenance issue. So we went back to the gate, de-boarded, walked through the airport to a different gate and plane and left Atlanta 4 hours later than anticipated. When we arrived in Quito, we discovered only ONE of our eight totes full of luggage arrived. We talked to the baggage people and hoped the rest would arrive before we left Quito on Thursday morning.
Exhausted is right! A well deserved nap.
Saturday we went down the road about 10 minutes to Puyo with hope that our luggage would arrive. And praise the Lord that it did. He provided what we needed at the right time. The last 5 totes came in time to get unpacked and settled before Paul leaves for the jungle on Monday.
On Tuesday morning, we packed up the car to drive to Kansas City Airport. Scarlett had a rough day. She was not feeling well before breakfast, she was sick again while we were going through security checkpoints, and once more right after take-off! Since then she has been slowly getting back to eating normally.
Scarlett didn't waste any time roaming the long halls of the airport.
By the time we arrived to Reach Beyond's guest house it was 5 am Wednesday, and everyone was exhausted. We slept for a few hours and then went to lunch. Paul and another missionary went back to the airport late that night to retrieve the rest of the luggage. We got 2 more totes. We were told the rest of our luggage would be delivered to Puyo on Saturday. We were thankful to have enough clothes in our carry-ons for our time in Quito. God showed that He is in control as the luggage that did arrive was enough for Silas to be comfortable and for Paul to be able to work right away once we arrived in Shell.
How you can pray for us this week:
Pray for God's Will to be done
Pray for Paul going into the jungle
Pray for Katrina while Paul is away
Pray for the kids adjusting to living here
Pray for us to find a routine that works
It has been quite the week. Every day we are learning to be content in all circumstances. We are thankful for the missionaries here in Ecuador that have made sure we got to the right places and very thankful for those that can translate for us. We thank God for familiar faces. We are thankful for you! Thank you for praying for us this week.
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