Team 0306

Mission: Ecuador

Mission Team: Tishomingo Chapel Baptist Church

Tuesday: Back to Work!

After breakfast, we went off to see the old portion of Quito. After a nice visit to the Basilica (the main catholic church of Ecuador), we hit an unexpected snag. Their were protests downtown, and we could not get to the other churches we wanted to see. We had to wind all over the back, narrow streets to get to the Pancillo, a statue of Mary on a hill in the center of town.

On the way to the Panacillo

Winged Mary Statue

Look closely and see pastor Lynn

A typical Indigenous textile market

We stopped at a market place, and an area of town famous for it's baskets on the way to the church. We enjoyed all of the different, and new kinds of fruit and veggies. There were flowers for sale as well. Everyone picked up some baskets and other similar products as well.

Sector of Quito famous for baskets	Flowers at the Market	The team enjoys the fruit at the Market	More flowers at the market	Dried beans, etc. at the market	One of the strange fruits there
Team members discussing the taste of something new	An old woman selling "chochos" at the market	Dog trainers - pickup and delivery

At the church, we did all kinds of things. We were surprised with the assignment of the project of a mural on the outside wall of the church property, and Debbie Bond started it using Jonathan for a model... a bit intimidating but God provided!

We visited one of the families (Xavier, Mercedes, and their two children) and listened to their beautiful music. Kathy taught a lesson to the little children attending the daycare center at the church. From 6pm to 7pm, we also held our weekly men's small group meeting with the men from the team attending.

Kathy teaching the kids at the day care	Kathy teaching the kids at the day care	Kathy teaching the kids at the day care	One of the kids	One of the littlest ones
Corn with sweet tasting stalks at the church	Brother Miguel and his old truck	Sweet corn stalks tasted like sugar cane
Debbie sketches out the mural	Debbie sketches out the mural	Debbie sketches out the mural	Pastors Lynn and Pablo working together	Working on the painting together
Hotpeppers	"Mora" or raspberries	Salome interpretes for us on our visit	At Xavier's little house	Olivia with Xavier's kids	Xavier plays the flute and sings
Xavier and Mercedes' kids	Junk yard dog	Barn yard area	Xavier shows us some fruit in their garden	Tree tomato from their garden	Mercedes serenaids us at their house
Mercedes and Xavier's daughter	The men's group after the meeting		As with every night, we enjoyed supper cooked by the church ladies and visiting with the church members. We got home each night around 9pm.

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