On Orphans, Burn Units, and Other Things
Today I ate crusty bread, observed some head lice, and jump roped. It was a typical day at Zapatitos, a boys orphanage located about 40 minutes walking distance from the […]
Category Archives: Missions
La Mitad del Mundo
La Mitad del Mundo The Middle of the World Fun Fact #1: Ecuador is named after the Equator because it was where the Incans first discovered it, and where the […]
A Day in the Cloud Forest
Buenos dias mis amigos y familia. ¡Les extraño mucho! This weekend was a typical weekend in Las Tolas, Ecuador: I woke up Saturday morning at 6am to eat breakfast with […]
Definitely Not in Kansas Anymore
So one of the many things I’ve learned about the U.S. while here in Ecuador is that we waste a lot of food. And I don’t just mean leftovers. For […]
Estephania and the Seven Dwarfs
Estefy and the Seven Niños Once upon a time, there was a gringathat lived among the friendly and happy people of Las Tolas, Ecuador. Her Spanish was quite terrible, but […]
The Cloud Forest
Hola from Las Tolas, Ecuador! I am one week into my month in the beautiful Cloud Forest–a small barrio very high in the Andes Mountains, surrounded by dense jungle and […]
La Basílica Cathedral
Hello, everyone! So having lived and worked in Quito, Ecuador for a month and not having visited anything yet, I finally made it out to el Centro Historico part of […]
