Monday

Mission: Ecuador

October 2006 : Oakland Baptist Church

Monday

As with other days, we did something cultural in the morning before going to the churches. This day we went to the "old city" that's between 300 and 500 years old, and saw a couple of amazing catholic churches, covered in tons of gold. In the midst of much poverty, it seemed out of balance.

Later, we went to for a two hour ride to a small Quichua church in Tupigachi. The people were warm and gracious, and we got a complete imersion into the agriculturally based Quichua culture. For dinner, we ate pork, guinnea pig, corn, home made cheese, and potatoes. We were treated like royalty and could sense that they were giving us the best they had to offer. We had a special service at the end, as we did every evening, and were really touched by their love and God's presence. We were given gifts at the end, presented by different members of the church in appreciation for our work with the children.

Downtown	Downtown in front of "La Compania" church	El Panacillo, "winged Mary" is visible from downtown	The team in front of "San Francisco" church, 500 yrs old	"La Basilica" church, the main church of Ecuador
"San Francisco" church square	Rod and the two translators, Fernando and Salome	Linda receiving her gift	Supper	The church at Tupigachi, and our bus
Service at night	Walking to church	The team shares a music special	The church founder's house	The games
Supper after the program was for all	Teresa holds a wet baby	Singing for the church	The message of transformation using the butterfly	Our supper before it was prepared
A special song by two ladies from the church	Salome gets into the games	Carlos, a church leader, passes out bread to the kids	The games	Watching from the sidelines
One lady from the church	View of Cayumbe from the church	Linda and Marcelino help the kids during the games	Marcelino, the church founder, working in the fields beforehand	Fernando taught us a song on the way
The kitchen	Kids	One lady and her baby	The traditional clothing of the older members was normal	Carlos playing guitar
Cayumbe close up	Marcelino and Carlos' farm	Teresa shares her testimony	Two kids dancing to the music	Marcelino, and Pastor Lincango of San Jose Alto
Evening service	Dr. Ronnie demonstrates teeth care	The adults were interested	Another view of Cayumbe	One little girl with her little sister
Giving out the gift bags at the end	Supper table	This church was in a farming community	Going to church	Watching the games

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