Day 9 in Ecuador

Should I have bought this?

Today was a day of rest for us interns after a lot of activities over the past couple of days. Early in the morning, before breakfast, Dale and I had a skype meeting with Joseph Fisher, the CEO and CFO of Inca Link. We had a very productive meeting as Joseph went through many different projects he has lined up for us to do this summer. This was very exciting for me to know that we will always have things to do and that we will be able to help Inca Link out a lot this summer with our financial knowledge and expertise.

We then ate a quick breakfast and headed to the Middle of the World for a fun tourist activity. Dale and I had gone there last year with the soccer team and we actually had the same tour guide this year. After our tour, we got Chilean Empanadas at a restaraunt that were very delicious. The rest of the afternoon was for free time. This consisted of playing Euchre, hanging out, and playing some worship music.

Dale and I in opposite hemispheres.

Before dinner, the Intern coordinators (Patrick and Anna) decided to do an affirmation circle. We went around the circle focusing on one person and multiple people would talk about things that they appreciated about that person or gifts they saw in that person. It was awesome to see how many good things everyone had to say about each other. Rich Brown kept commenting on how unique of a group of interns we are and how cool it is to see how close we have become in such a short time. It was really helpful to hear words of affirmation from the many friends that I have made while being here. Pray that God would bring those to mind whenever I start to doubt myself or doubt the person that God made me.

Katie trying to balance on the Equator.

Dinner was followed by the Peru interns having to leave to catch their bus. It was definitely hard to say goodbye to these interns, knowing that we may not see each other for awhile. As I keep saying, we had such a dynamic group of interns and it's hard to see that get split up. Nevertheless, God has great things planned for them this summer and I need to be grateful for the relationships God has blessed with me so far!

A cool pic of a totem pole at the equator.

The rest of the night we were free to hang out with the interns staying in Ecuador. Be praying that this relationships would continue to get stronger. Also be praying for the rest of the interns going to Peru and Colombia!

 Dios Bendiga,
Nich