I'M IN ECUADOR!

Contrary to the name of this blog, I will not be keeping a record of ECUADOR!!!!! or the history of Ecuador. Rather, I will just be talking about my time in Ecuador. I decided to keep a blog so that I wouldn't have to email all of you my updates on Ecuador in case you do not want to read them (if I am being perfectly honest... And I am not offended.) Instead, you guys have the option of reading this and I do not have to fill your inbox. I think that sounds like a good deal.

Anyways, I have been in Ecuador for over a week now, and I have finally finished orientation! There are 12 other interns that I have gotten to know and I really like them A LOT! I am working as a team host for Quito Quest, which basically means that I will have a pareja, or a partner, and we will be in charge of 3 to 4 short term mission teams coming down to Quito.

My pareja, Steve the Pirate, and I just went shopping for our first short term team that comes in tonight at 10:22pm, which I am SUPER excited about. Our first team coming is from my home church, so it will be really great to see some familiar faces.

But, other than the things that are to come, there are a lot of things that happened during the time that I have been here. There is no way that I will be able to touch on everything, but the major things that have happened are...

1. I met a WHOLE bunch of new people, a lot of sweet people from the US and some great people from Ecuador as well.
2. I visited a whole bunch of ministry sites getting to know the staff there.
3. My spanish has improved un poquito, but more importantly my confidence to speak spanish is increasing.
4. I have been really uncomfortable in a lot of new situations, but it has turned out to be nothing but good for me.
5. I had a hard time adjusting, but I am really hoping that by the end of the summer that I can think of Quito as familiar and homey (like home?) place to come back to.

I don't want to make this too long, so I am going to end.

If you guys want to read this and it keeps your attention, then that is GREAT! But, I always love a good email, so please send those on to me and I will be able to reply back! And I will really want to reply back as well!

BYE!

-emily