Wow.. ok... So we are all settled into our new apartment. Me, Whitney Len, and Lezlie. Whitney is a girl from Jacksonville who is here for two months. She is staying with us in our apartment. I have good news, small but a big accomplishment in my eyes. The kids from my church in Huambi are grasping the idea of memorizing the scriptures each week. It is so exciting to see them tell their verse to me. Today at a church service in Sucúa one of my kids was there and he ran up to me and told me this weeks, last weeks, and the week before´s. It was so great. He was beaming and smiling like he had just won a hundred bucks. His name is Patricio (Patrick). This week we have been working with teams going into schools and communities doing little programs and sharing the plan of salvation in a simple way that is easy for kids to understand. We´ve been taking puppets, clowns, and lots of fun stuff for the kids. Tomorrow we´re going to hike up into the jungle and do more of the same in Utunkus norte, sur, and another community that I can´t remember the name of. This week we´ve been doing special youth services at church in Sucúa. The turnout has been great. It´s been a great week for the whole team and for the youth group. Ok I am so tired I am staring into the computer without thinking or typing. I´m gong to call it a night. But some of you should email me or at least comment on something.
Goodnight! God bless! bye.
bekah

Me with an Ayampaco.. Delicious!!!!!
The view from Utunkus Norte!!! You can see the city of Sucúa.
A cute kid!

Me jumping off the bridge!!!!!!!!

Hey so sorry for lying about posting pictures... lol. I didn´t mean to. the internet connection here is a little faulty. This past week has been amazing. A team came on Sunday and then we started going hard the next day. We did medical clinics in many villages including Yampas, Utunkus Norte, San Jose Sur, and more. It was so cool. The last two communities that we went to were San Jose Sur and Utunkus Norte. To get to these communities we had to hike up into the mountains. The first day we went to San Jose Sur. This picture is of me and a precious kid named Orlin in Sah Jose Sur. He hiked down with us the whole way and went swimming. This hike was uphill a lot of the way and we went through grass higher than my head and mud who knows how deep. It is impossible to get to this community in a vehicle, even if it is four wheel drive. A motorcycle won´t even make it. As soon as we reached the village, everything evened out into a flat place with a soccer field. We brought a dentist and a regular doctor with us. We saw about 150 people that day in San Jose. There are sooo many problems with people´s teeth. They have NO dental care at all in these communities. On the hike back home, we stopped at a river and went swimming. A lot of us jumped off of the bridge into the water. I did it once and then climbed up to do it a second time but almost couldn´t do it.. ? Eventually i got up enough guts to do it a second time. It wasn´t scary the first time but the second time I almost couldn´t do it. It was fun though. Then the next day I lead the group up to Utunkus Norte. This hike was uphill the WHOLE way. No even-ing out here.. lol. We set up and did the medical clinic. Another team from Sucua arrived as we were finishing up. After we were finished seeing almost everyone in the whole village, the pastor´s wife fed us lunch. We had chicken ayampacos which are DELICIOUS!! It is chicken and heart of palm wrapped up in a palm leaf and cooked over a fire. They are so good. It is my favorite Shuar food. She served us boiled yucca and platanos (plantains) too. Probably the best food I ate all month. After lunch we had a special service. I really enjoyed this trip. I took Everett´s picture with a baby that is named after his wife.. (Everett and Marci are missionaries here too. Marci and the girls are already back in the states and Everett is returning this month.. :( ....) When the weekend came all of the Missionary wived and Lezlie and I rode up to Baños with the team and then took them to Quito. We stayed an extra day in Quito, enjoying the big city, and then came back. I was so glad to be in a big city. It was the first time to be out of Sucúa (besides going to communities) for a couple of months. We went and say a movie and went shopping at Super Maxi (a supercenter like a superwalmart). We also got manicures and pedicures. For very cheap I might add. It was nice to have a change of scenery but I was glad to come back home to Sucúa. By the way, on Monday I am moving apartments. A friend of mine found Lezlie and I a new apartment. It is SOOOOOOOOOO SOOOOOOOO nice!!!!! I am so excited about moving. This means that I will not have to share the bathroom with three other people!!!YAY! We will each have our own bathroom and shower and a big kitchen to share and a nice sized living room. And it´s not much more to rent than the other two room apartment we were in. I am sooo happy to be moving from there. THe other night I woke up with a roach crawling on me. And believe me, I am a clean freak. I mop all of the time and sweep a million times a week and do all in my power to not have bugs but my neighbors have them and therefore I have them. Not to mention the inch and a half crack under my door. I am so relieved to be moving.. However, I will miss my landlord and landlady. And their nine year old son Andrés. He always plays with me when I´m bored. lol... :) The new apartment is brand new and is very private. And is much safer too. No one can come into our hallway without a key. And the hallway is on the bottom floor and we are on the third floor. It is very nice and very pretty. I am so happy to be moving.