Day 22 in Ecuador

This morning, we found out that our team would be arriving at 11:15 tonight. This was actually good news because we were told that they may have to wait until Saturday night to come. After finding this information out, Dale and I decided to get some more financial work done in the morning. We were able to finish up the project we had been working on before going to grab some lunch with Cheng, another intern.

After lunch, we had to help move fridges from la Casablanca to Casa Elizabeth, which is right next to la Casablanca. We ended up having to take apart one of the fridges, clean out some fridges, and in total we moved 3 fridges. It was a tiring task but felt good to get done.

As soon as we were done with moving the fridges, Dale and I made our way to the U12 academy practice for Cumbre Alta. This was fun again to get to hang with the kids and try and teach them better form for kicking a ball. We then went to explore a place to eat dinner and ended up at the same place we had gone yesterday. This was actually our third time going to this mini restaurant (we usually get empanadas de pollo and ham sandwiches). The lady remembers us and we told her that we would keep coming back because we usually have time to kill after the 4:00 Academy practice until Cumbre Alta practice at 7:30. You never know how God may work and this could be another area that Dale and I could show her and the other workers there the love of Jesus. Keep her in your prayers!

Dinner was followed by soccer practice, which was a lot of fun tonight. We got to talk a lot with players, play goalie, and scrimmaged at the end. There was also a good turnout which was awesome to see because Saturday is a very important game. Keep praying for this team and amazing ministry that it is!

Dani, one of the Christians on Cumbre Alta, drove us home along with two other players. This was a good ride and chance to talk with the players more. Dani ended up asking us some deep questions about what we believe. It seems like he is still trying to figure out what he believes exactly. Keep Dani in your prayers as we continue to have these chances to talk with him and as he is discovering his faith.

Our team should be arriving to la Casablanca within the hour. I have gotten a lot more excited over the past couple of days for them to come. It's going to be a busy week with them, but I know that God is going to work in amazing ways. Keep the team and the leaders in your prayers as we seek to serve God in what we do.

After a rough day yesterday, I definitely felt all your prayers today. God helped me to maintain a positive attitude throughout the day which lead to better experiences at practice and throughout other activities I did. Keep praying that this positive attitude would keep up and that I would constantly be reminding myself that I am here to serve God and God alone.

Dios Bendiga,
Nich