It has been one month.

One month since we arrived in Ecuador. Time flies by so quickly! Only 59 more to go. Just kidding, we aren't counting.

We have been busy with teacher training the past two weeks. We believe that we have made some large strides in the right direction and are heading toward being a more productive and well structured school.

We have been through quite a few frustrations but have learned a lot. Jake has been trying to grasp the financial aspect of the school: how to pay everyone and how much income we have coming in. There are a lot of laws in regards to pay that we have also been learning about.

It has been a good time. I think we have finally stopped asking the question: what did we get ourselves into? For now at least. :)

So here is what we have been up to the past couple weeks:

I mentioned of Facebook that we saw a little girl pull down her pants and do her business... in our lawn. Well, a few days later here is what else we found in our lawn.

A stray calf munching on our grass.

My birthday was last week. Jauna Regeer was kind enough to bake me a cake. It didn't look so pretty but I promise you it was delicious! Many of you already know how wonderful Jauna is in the kitchen.

Jake bought me some flowers. 50 of them to be precise! So I want y'all to guess how much 50 roses cost in Ecuador... go ahead.
Nope. Sorry... too high.
Jake paid a whopping...
$4.
Crazy hu?

Yesterday the staff threw us (and the new teachers) a welcome party. They had prepared some delicious lunch and cake!

The cake was funny. Notice is says "Mike Welcome"? Well that was a little joked pulled on Mr. Hugo, our assistant principal. He is bad with names and has accidentally called Jake "Mike", so they decided to put it on the cake!

We have Phil Pendergraft, Elder at Woodland West, visiting us this weekend. We are excited about seeing a familiar face.

Well, some how after two busy weeks, this is all we have to report.
Enjoy this picture of Raquel (foster/adoptive daughter of Cathy Jones) playing in the grass.