On Friday, all of our Disciple-Making Partners families took a day and a night to do a bit of scouting for some of the teams that will come later to work in gospel-centered camps in the days and months ahead. Some teams want to stay in the Quito area, but some teams next year want to venture out a bit into the varied people groups and terrain of Ecuador. So, we combined work with a bit of fun in an effort to make our kids feel like this area is more like home. We ventured about 4 hours south into the incredibly steep and beautiful portions of the Andes Mountains near a small town called Baños (Not “bathrooms”, but “springs”). It is an area where the gorge views are dizzying and the roads are cut into the sides of the towering peaks. The mist and thick jungle canopy along the roadside is dotted with homes of some of the Quichua people group, along with others that farm the almost vertical hillsides.
Well- no excursion is complete without some risk. We took Friday afternoon to pilot some white-water rafts down a portion of a major tributary of the Amazon River.
Let’s describe it this way. The glory of God in creation is clear in the people of this area and the landscape of this area. Several of the more thrill-seeking members of our team decided to try their hand at a few different activities on Saturday on the trip home. See Kelsey getting prepared to jump off a bridge, literally, on a rope swing over a knee-knocking high point over a raging stream. Words and pictures cannot really do justice. Everyone made it home to Conocoto in one piece, and we are grateful for His grace in this.
Blessings!
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