Cold Quito!

wowsers...

if you can believe it, it was almost freezing cold last nite. yep... you can shiver even at the Equator - of all places!

i had a pyjama party with some gals from HCJB last nite. we went over to Janine's (Spotlight Listeners' Club Coordinator) house, and watched a movie, and set a fire in her fire place! yeah..it was THAT cold. actually, it proly wasn't that cold but i think we've all be climatized to the warmer weather here, that it was cold.

i slept with 5 blankets last nite! a couple sheets and a couple fleeces.

i went for a run this morning and saw my breath, so that can give you a general idea of how chilly it was.

but seriously, since "winter" started, we experience extremes each day. you go from killer heat... to killer cold. doesn't surprise me though, this country is so diverse in culture, landscape, regions...why not weather too!

oh i forgot to mention, Ecuador made it into the World Cup 2006 in Germany! ok, so im not the biggest soccer fan usually, but it's contagious here. today, we're playing Chile, for some placement or something..but we're in. what's exciting is that one of my friends here from Germany works at the stadium and will be working there during the World Cup. that's fun. earlier this year, i mistakingly referred to the World Cup as "that game in Germany." yah, i guess i understated the importance of such game...esp in a soccer-loving nation here.

sooo, if all goes well, it looks like i'll be heading to Shell next Thursday. you guys remember Shell right?? the jungle location of Hospital Vozandes del Oriente. well...i won't be doing web-related stuff...but one of my main responsibilities will be to train the english speaking missionaries there on how to start a Spotlight Listeners' Club! im super excited about this opportunity... Shell will be the 4th Listener's Club in Ecuador, aside from Quito, Ibarra, and Santo Domingo. it's so exciting that im here to be a part of this - this is proly one of my favourite ministries. the website for the Club is on its way, and it will be done in time for Janine when she heads of to Bolivia to present the Listeners' Club at a Christian Broadcasting Conference. we're hoping to spread this throughout Latin America, and then the world! i already mentioned that there is a woman in Ontario that wants to start one, as well as someone in Albania.

alrighty, im out.

peace

dL