Adventures

We have had several different adventures recently.

First, we had the pleasure of hosting our first guest! Phil Pendergraft stayed with us for a couple short days. We got to catch him up on how we are doing do far, plus talk about some Ranger baseball and Fantasy Football. Jake was especially happy about those last two. 

Saturday afternoon on our way to drop Phil off at the airport, the van started to makes funny noises. Come to find out, it is overheating and the transmission was going out. The van wouldn't shift past about 3rd gear, so we slowly crawled our way to the airport so that Phil could get off in time. We then called a tow truck to tow us back. It normally is about a one and half hour drive to/from the airport. This ride in the tow truck was about two and a half hours... Sitting four people in the front seat of a 3 person truck. Good times.

On Monday, while y'all were relaxing and enjoying your day off, we had the adventure of the first day of school. It was a bit chaotic but overall, went very well. We currently have about 153 kids with the possibility of a few more registering within the next couple of days. 

I think we feel like there is a large learning curve for us. This past couple of days we have sat back a bit and watched what the "normal" routine is so we know how to approach making changes. 

I'll let Jake writ more later on the administrator perspective of the first week of school.

Right now,  am on my own adventure! There are 6 of us teachers from the English side if classes that are going to a curriculum conference. In Lima, Peru, I am currently typing while siting on a bus. It is going to be a LONG trip!

 We took a bus this afternoon from Cayambe to Quito. But it took us about 3 hours instead of the normal 1 &1/2 because we had to take a detour. There was a landslide yesterday that is blocking the Pan-American highway. It has caused a big stir in our area, especially for a few of our teachers who travel from Quito.  Anywho. Once we got to Quito, we took a taxi to the next bus station. There we ate dinner at KFC (yes, we have a KFC!) and boarded the next bus. We will be driving for 12 hours to the boarder of Ecuador and Peru. Good thing the seats lean back pretty far! Once we get to the border, we have to take a taxi across and then go through customs. In Peru, we will board another bus to Lima. The bus rise to Lima is 23 hours long! Luckily, the we got is a deluxe. It is basically sitting in first class on the airplane... Seats cline all the way back, personally TVs and WIFI! 

 So in total, we will be on the bus for about 48 hours.... For a conference that last less than 48 hours. And then we get to do it all over on the way back! I told you it was an adventure!

So, that is what is going on with us right now.

Please keep us in your prayers as we travel and also we'd like specific prayers for wisdom and patience as we continue to learn.