The phrase "chichay" is a colombian exclamation meaning "Frio!" Or "its cold!".
Friday morning we woke up and took a bus with one of the friends from Quito, Andres Borja. It was a 5 hour bus ride up to Tulcan, Ecuador, and then the workers picked us up at the bus stop in town and drove us up to Ipiales, Colombia. Going through the border, you have to get stamped out of Ecuador and stamped into Colombia. We arrived at the friends house and met a lot of the workers. Then we went to the home of a newly married couple, and then went to the man's mothers house for dinner. Many people were there, and we ate really yummy food, and then sang hymns.
Saturday morning we went to one of the friend's homes for making sandwiches for everyone. We met 3 girls, one from Canada, one from North Dakota, and one from Colombia, who are going to be with us on the convention rounds with the workers! What a great privilege! They rent a hall for convention, so off we go in a taxi, 4 girls squished in the back seat of the taxi! Wonderful meetings and we ate dinner afterwards at 9 pm. We were exhausted, and couldn't get to bed soon enough! The couple we stayed with for friday and saturday night were the cutest couple, with the most brilliant countenances! Most all the people here are so thoughtful, welcoming, and accommodating!
Sunday we went to the man of the home's mother and had breakfast with the same group of people as the night before! Off to the hall we went for another day of convention! The couple offered to give us a tour of a part of town where the famous church of Ipiales is. The church is built in between 2 mountains and one of the mountain sides is the church wall. Very interesting to see the religious people lighting candles and applying plaques to the mountain side as petitions for favors from the virgin Mary. Then we went to a house high up on the hill of Ipiales of a family with 2 children, and we got to hear their stories. They had a big Saint Bernard dog named Miel (honey). A sister worker stayed with us. The food was once again delicious. We have heard stories similar to our experiences here but it is a completely different thing to experience in real life that words cant describe. You just sit back in awe and wonder what the best thing to do is, and how we could ever repay any of the friends or workers on this trip who have done so much for us out of their care.
Then we were picked up by the workers this morning and we went across the border back to Ecuador. We took the 5 hour bus ride back to Quito and stayed at David Lansdale's house for lunch (3 pm mind you). Then we are staying tonight at the house of one of the friends and she has a son and daughter, and she showed us pictures of the towns we are going to! Fun to see beautiful views, and we got to see some large insects! Good to have some pictures to prepare our minds for these large insects! Off to Las Mercedes in the morning for convention!
Friday morning we woke up and took a bus with one of the friends from Quito, Andres Borja. It was a 5 hour bus ride up to Tulcan, Ecuador, and then the workers picked us up at the bus stop in town and drove us up to Ipiales, Colombia. Going through the border, you have to get stamped out of Ecuador and stamped into Colombia. We arrived at the friends house and met a lot of the workers. Then we went to the home of a newly married couple, and then went to the man's mothers house for dinner. Many people were there, and we ate really yummy food, and then sang hymns.
Saturday morning we went to one of the friend's homes for making sandwiches for everyone. We met 3 girls, one from Canada, one from North Dakota, and one from Colombia, who are going to be with us on the convention rounds with the workers! What a great privilege! They rent a hall for convention, so off we go in a taxi, 4 girls squished in the back seat of the taxi! Wonderful meetings and we ate dinner afterwards at 9 pm. We were exhausted, and couldn't get to bed soon enough! The couple we stayed with for friday and saturday night were the cutest couple, with the most brilliant countenances! Most all the people here are so thoughtful, welcoming, and accommodating!
Sunday we went to the man of the home's mother and had breakfast with the same group of people as the night before! Off to the hall we went for another day of convention! The couple offered to give us a tour of a part of town where the famous church of Ipiales is. The church is built in between 2 mountains and one of the mountain sides is the church wall. Very interesting to see the religious people lighting candles and applying plaques to the mountain side as petitions for favors from the virgin Mary. Then we went to a house high up on the hill of Ipiales of a family with 2 children, and we got to hear their stories. They had a big Saint Bernard dog named Miel (honey). A sister worker stayed with us. The food was once again delicious. We have heard stories similar to our experiences here but it is a completely different thing to experience in real life that words cant describe. You just sit back in awe and wonder what the best thing to do is, and how we could ever repay any of the friends or workers on this trip who have done so much for us out of their care.
Then we were picked up by the workers this morning and we went across the border back to Ecuador. We took the 5 hour bus ride back to Quito and stayed at David Lansdale's house for lunch (3 pm mind you). Then we are staying tonight at the house of one of the friends and she has a son and daughter, and she showed us pictures of the towns we are going to! Fun to see beautiful views, and we got to see some large insects! Good to have some pictures to prepare our minds for these large insects! Off to Las Mercedes in the morning for convention!
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