Thursday

Mission: Ecuador

October 2006 : Oakland Baptist Church

Thursday

As with most days, we did something different in the morning, then off to a church for the afternoon and evening. Today we went to the Botanical Gardens of Quito to enjoy the variety of flowers and butterflies that exist in Ecuador. There are more types of orchids in Ecuador than anywhere else in the world. It was very peaceful and relaxing in the midst of a hard week of work.

We later went to "Parada Siete" Baptist church, where we had some time to walk the neighborhood and pass out tracts before we went to work at around 2pm with the Kids.

As usual, we had a wonderful praise service at the end, with music, testimonies, and the presentation of two missionaries from the church for next year's work in the mountains.

Waterfall pool	Jan enjoying the lush greenhouse	The team in the garden	Some exotic flowers	An orchid
Butterfly on flower	The ladies enjoy a coke at the pond.	Orchids	Orchids	A butterfly in the hand is better than...
The team at the top of the waterfall	A large, beautiful butterfly	Orchids	The orchid house	A prehistoric looking palm
The neighborhood.	The games	Volcano Antizana was visible while out sharing tracts	Out sharing tracts, we found this interesting fence.	The crafts the kids made, all with the butterfly theme.
Joane loving on a small boy	Linda made a few friends as well	Billy shares a tract with the fruit vendors.	Edwin gives his testimony.	This is how they wash their dishes here.
Boys	Part of the team while out sharing	Dr. Ronnie and Salome demonstrate flossing.	Ronnie gives his testimony through Fernando.	Presenting the missionaries for the coming years' work.
Kids hug during one of the songs.	Kids reciting the theme verse from memory.	The inside of the church.	Kids enjoy a snack after the program.	Sharing the gospel and tracts with construction workers.
Visiting at the Bond house at the end of the evening.	Special music in the night's service.	Dr. Ronnie shows the transformation.	Kids at work.	Showing off her work.
Billy got stickers put all over him by the kids.	Supper	Linda gives her testimony.	A cutie	The games outside.

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