Mission: Ecuador

As is traditional with our teams, we went to El Ejido park to buy souvenirs from the Indigenous there. As usual, we had fun bartering and picking up lots of beautiful hand-crafted items from the artisans.

Later, we went on to San Jose Alto, another church in the Calderon area. We spent a half day with them, attended 140 people, and ended the day with a nice service where the team was given special handmade gifts from the community.

We got to see 3 volcanoes on this day all at the same time from the same spot. We also realized that 90% of all the people we were seeing had the same problem with sun damage to their eyes. It is called "ptergyium", and is in epidemic form here in Ecuador.

Stations labeled (even if they misspelled names)	the sign in table
Exam	Chart exam	A happy man who can read his bible better	Mercedes evangelizing	The waiting line	Checking a little boy
Checking "Mom"	Checking Jonathan, a boy who's had a really rough life	Checking a little Indian girl	Here is a shot of the major problem we encountered. Eye damage due to the sun.	A man and his new glasses	The house by the church
Washing dishes	Chart exam	Exam	Indian girls	Manuel and Maria get checked. They are church members.	Volcano Antisana
The kids	Volcano Antisana	Volcano Cayumbe	Volcano Cayumbe	Volcano Antisana	The ladies in the kitchen
Ahi, the local hotsauce	Supper	The service afterwards	Dr. Mike gets to play the drum	Lisa Weeden plays another typical instrument	Ken gets the drum too
Pastor Pablo thanks the team	the team sings "Amazing Grace"	Maria and Manuel sing us a song in Quichua	Pastor Pable	The church gave us gifts in appreciation	All together (notice all the glasses)