Ecuadorian life
lesson #1: BYOTP. [Bring Your Own Toilet Paper]. That awkward
moment when you're at the mall, need to pee, walk into a nice clean public
bathroom, and realize that they don't always provide the TP. ooooops.
Orientation Day
1: I was pleasantly surprised when 1. I woke up and there was still water
in our apartment! (They told us last night that the city was turning it off for
2 days) and 2. When I got in line for breakfast at Christy's (the Dean of
Students) house and saw a huge bowl of fruit and GIANT cinnamon rolls.
YEAH BABY.
Besides the food,
what I have loved most about today has been the company. Maybe it's the
RA deep down inside of me...but I LOVE figuring people out and hearing their
stories. I love listening to different perspectives and trying to answer
hard questions together. We talked this
morning about Hebrews 11 and Phil (the program director) read this passage for
us:
8 It was by faith
that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land
that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he
was going. 9 And even when he reached the
land God promised him, he lived there by faith—for he was like a foreigner,
living in tents. And so did Isaac and Jacob, who inherited the same
promise. 10 Abraham
was confidently looking forward to a city with eternal foundations, a city
designed and built by God.
Being able to
spend the day walking around Quito [trying to learn where the crap I’m going]
and talking with my wonderful new friends about how and why God sent them here
has made my heart so warm. I found out
that my internship is purely volunteer work at an orphanage which has made my
heart so warm. I get to spend this
evening eating pizza, getting way too competitive playing group games, and
vegging out college style while watching a movie with some pretty cool
people. I’m pretty sure my heart will
stay warm. Maybe some of this warmth
will make its way to the Midwest where I’m sure my friends and family are
planning an igloo construction project?!
(66° and sunny here folks!) On a scale of 1 to 10 [1 being “I want to
curl up into a ball and sleep my life away”..10 being “Holy G Force Batman this
day rocked my world and I want to repeat this day every day for the rest of my
life”] I’d say today was probably about a 7.65.
[breaking from orientation to play some games]
