Okay so now for the updates......
Sunday-
In the morning we went to a Swedish park in quito, and then went to church at Jipijopa, it was really fun, the pastors name was Paul. After church we ate at crepes and waffles..IT WAS AMAZING FOOD! Once we were finished eating, we got on the bus to go to Otavalo. On the way we stopped by an equator monument and it was rainy but fun. Got to the hostal and hung out with the kids and played soccer. Its really nice, but you cant put toilet paper in the toilet.
Monday-
So we woke up fairly early and had leche caliente with breakfast, it is sooooo good. We then went to the worksite for the first time. We are helping out the Santa Cruz family(sp?) by taking apart old desks to later fix, and other random work. Matilda brought us lunch and after lunch we worked more. We went back to the hostal for dinner and then went back to the worksite to help out with the showing of the Jesus movie(the witch doctors daughter even came!)
Tuesday-
Started off with another good breakfast, worked in the morning, had lunch, and then played with the kids all afternoon, the little kids think that the Soderstroms are hysterical for being so tall.
Wednesday-
Today was our tourist day! we woke up really early and went to the Otavalo market, we bought so much! After the market we went by bus to the leather town, shopped there, and then we went to the condor park, everyone got to hold a really cute bird there and got to watch them fly a hawk and an eagle. After that we got ready for the game!!!! VIVA LIGA! it was so much fun but so nerve racking. once they won, the city was soooo loud. the car horns and people screaming and some fireworks did NOT stop until after 5. party time!
Thursday-
This morning we painted the wood to go onto the desks and helped to clean up the park area a little. In the afternoon we did VBS with the kids again. Then we went into town, and had a surprise dance session with some quichua dancers, it was awesome!
Friday-
today we did the same work stuff, made trenches for tires as a fence and stuff like that. We did VBS again, they just love playing soccer! We are really excited because the family is coming to dinner at the hostal with us tonight!
Gotta run back up the hill for dinner...hope we dont pass out!
