ecuador pictures/fotos

I've posted my pictures from my trip (check out the link under My Pictures, which is after the links for my friends' blogs). It sure was hard to leave, but now I'm back an into the FULL swing of things.

Tengo mis fotos de mi tiempo en Ecuador, si quieren verlos. Vayanse a "My Pictures" (al lado derecho, mas bajo en mi pagina) y asi estan. De verdad, tuve un tiempo cheverissimo con ustedes. Les extrano y quiero mucho!

colds in summer...

they just should not be! Especially when it´s 30+ outside! I guess I had it coming--for the past week and a half or so, I´ve been crazy busy and just ran myself down.

Right now I´m in the city of Cuenca. It´s in the mountainous region and has a cooler climate. It´s one of these neat colonial-style towns with narrow, cobblestone roads and cathedrals everywhere. I´m here with an American missionary who´s working at the church. Tomorrow we´re off to Ingapirca, an Incan ruin.

fruit juice, ice cream and ceviche

I think that I´ve been walking enough so that I won´t have gained much weight--´cause man is the food good here! I went to the beach on Sunday and got to eat ceviche (shrimp cocktail)......SO GOOD! And of course, there´s nothing like fresh watermelon or pineapple juice!

Time is flying by--in many ways it still is like a dream that I´m actually here. I definitely regret only giving myself 3 weeks here...still, I´ve been able to catch up with a lot of people.

I was talking with Ludy, my ¨Ecuadorian mom¨, and I was just blown away by her positive attitude. Life hasn´t been easy for her--but she has such faith and joy!

My time here has managed to make me more uncertain about my future, though. I had planned on coming back to Ecuador to work--but this summer I had started to explore other options. Being here, though....I love this place (and at the same time am sometimes incredibly frustrated by it!) I feel like my heart is in two places and that whatever decision I make, there will be both joy and pain. I know that God is leading me but right now there´s so many things/ideas/desires going around in my head and my heart that don´t quite make sense or fit together. Waiting periods can be a little frustrating (especially when every one´s asking what my plans are!)