Ecuador & Colombia 2014
I traveled to Quito, Ecuador for my first mission trip this summer with my church. My group missed its connection from Houston to Quito, and I was able to travel ahead with my mom through Bogotá, Colombia and into Quito where we met and stayed with my high school exchange student's family while we waited for the rest of the group to arrive. We spent time with our friends at their high-rise downtown apartment and also time doing construction on a church in La Roldos at the northern end of the city.
Some of my favorite moments from the trip were interpreting for speakers at church services, hearing a group of people sing the same song in Spanish and English simultaneously, playing with the children who visited the job site, jumping over the Equator, climbing the bell tower of the Basilica and soaking in the whirlpool on the roof of my friend's downtown apartment building - their view and the lights of Quito at night are beautiful! It was also incredibly cool to feel the passion for Ecuador's games during la copa mundial!
I traveled to Quito, Ecuador for my first mission trip this summer with my church. My group missed its connection from Houston to Quito, and I was able to travel ahead with my mom through Bogotá, Colombia and into Quito where we met and stayed with my high school exchange student's family while we waited for the rest of the group to arrive. We spent time with our friends at their high-rise downtown apartment and also time doing construction on a church in La Roldos at the northern end of the city.
Some of my favorite moments from the trip were interpreting for speakers at church services, hearing a group of people sing the same song in Spanish and English simultaneously, playing with the children who visited the job site, jumping over the Equator, climbing the bell tower of the Basilica and soaking in the whirlpool on the roof of my friend's downtown apartment building - their view and the lights of Quito at night are beautiful! It was also incredibly cool to feel the passion for Ecuador's games during la copa mundial!