The pictures I have added to this post are from earlier this year. The "stiltwalker" is from New Years eve day on one of the busiest streets here in Quito. It is the street we walk to get to our office each day. It was a very festive day and grew even more so as the day went on. The police closed off the street to traffic and with each hour it continued to fill with more and more people.
The second picture is Elder W. and I singing at a luncheon at the end of last year for the staff working at the Church Office Building. They had asked him, because they KNOW he plays and sings "rock-n-roll", and they love it. Somehow he dragged me into it. It was kind of fun. The President of the MTC in Bogota and his wife were in attendance. Although he was not impressed, our time here is not all work, we do have some fun too.
On a most recent note; at the urging of Jamie and Elder W., I will share an experience of falling yesterday flat on the street! It's OK to laugh, after a few hours, I even laughed. I have really no idea how it happened, but we began to cross the street at a corner. A bus was stopped in front of us, we began to walk in front of the bus (because they had a red light) and somehow I just fell . It all happened so fast, I can't remember falling, just hitting the ground. I was scared because I fell on my right knee, hip and hand. I felt my cheek hit the asphalt and that really frightened me. Elder W. tried to help me up, but I just needed to lay there a minute. As I layed there, I looked up at the bus and saw all the people looking down at me. When I did get up we just stood against a wall for a few minutes while I gathered myself. My face just had a little dirt, my knee just skinned some, and some gravel in my hand and that was all. I was very blessed, I really should have been hurt much worse. As the day went on, I did begin to have some sore muscles and aches, but that's all. Angels do attend!
The funny thing is, by this time our last mission I had fallen four or five times. The streets here are so very bad. So, in reality this is a record for me.
You will be hearing in the news about Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Panama all posturing against one another. There have been many demonstrations, but we are fine. No worries.
Until I write again, we send our love, and testimony of the restored Gospel. We love serving!
The second picture is Elder W. and I singing at a luncheon at the end of last year for the staff working at the Church Office Building. They had asked him, because they KNOW he plays and sings "rock-n-roll", and they love it. Somehow he dragged me into it. It was kind of fun. The President of the MTC in Bogota and his wife were in attendance. Although he was not impressed, our time here is not all work, we do have some fun too.
On a most recent note; at the urging of Jamie and Elder W., I will share an experience of falling yesterday flat on the street! It's OK to laugh, after a few hours, I even laughed. I have really no idea how it happened, but we began to cross the street at a corner. A bus was stopped in front of us, we began to walk in front of the bus (because they had a red light) and somehow I just fell . It all happened so fast, I can't remember falling, just hitting the ground. I was scared because I fell on my right knee, hip and hand. I felt my cheek hit the asphalt and that really frightened me. Elder W. tried to help me up, but I just needed to lay there a minute. As I layed there, I looked up at the bus and saw all the people looking down at me. When I did get up we just stood against a wall for a few minutes while I gathered myself. My face just had a little dirt, my knee just skinned some, and some gravel in my hand and that was all. I was very blessed, I really should have been hurt much worse. As the day went on, I did begin to have some sore muscles and aches, but that's all. Angels do attend!
The funny thing is, by this time our last mission I had fallen four or five times. The streets here are so very bad. So, in reality this is a record for me.
You will be hearing in the news about Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Panama all posturing against one another. There have been many demonstrations, but we are fine. No worries.
Until I write again, we send our love, and testimony of the restored Gospel. We love serving!
