Little Late update

Hola!
This is day 2 of my Ecuadorian journey.
So, I am going to catch everyone up.

I departed at Indianapolis Airport at 2:30pm, There was a technical difficulty so they had to wait for the ok and then we had a new route that was a little longer. I landed at Atlanta, GA at 4:15PM. I came in at gate A and needed to go to gate E15 before 4:45PM so I had to take the underground train to get me there. That flight was about 10 mins late on boarding and none of us knew why, until...a mechanic came in and put a window back in.
While at Indy I had to check 5 bags and at Ecuador I found out that they had sent one (the one with my favorite things in it and my socks...which I am missing right now because its very cold.) to another place and they are trying to get it to me here in Ecuador. I spent 2 hours trying to talk to the Delta Rep about my luggage.
I then went through customs very quickly. This little Ecuadorian man just grabbed my things and threw them through and kept saying, ¨tips? tips?¨ I am finding very quickly that everyone wants a tip.
Í was greeted by Pastor Edison and Teresa, Pastor Angel and Caty and their two kids, and Pastor Henry. They had some flowers for me and had been waiting for almost three hours.

I did not get to sleep until 2:30 AM Indiana time...and they all got up at 6AM Indiana.

I barely get an English conversation, which is at times difficult. muy dificil.
I have been to the school where I will be teaching and all of the children are so precious. They all told me ¨hello¨ in English as best as they could. They all want to hold my hand and just show off for me. It was so sweet.

Food is much different, but it is good. I will eat almost anything. I have been told that in the mountains, if you do not eat all that they give you, it offends them. Im praying that they will not put guinea pig on my plate.

Right now, I am getting to know the culture and customs. One thing I found out right away is everyone hugs and kisses everyone. And when you walk into a room, you kiss everyone on the cheek and you do the same when you leave.

The most difficult challenge is communication. I left my country, my family, my friends, my church, my customs and came (alone in the flesh) to a place I had never been before. I have already had to rely on the Lord to pull me through, when I didn´t get enough rest and I was missing my loved ones. When I was the only English speaker for 9 hours. I am finding I am spending more time in His Word daily than I did before. One, it´s in English and two, it´s my comfort and my direction.

I am very thankful to have been taught how to seek His face and be in the quiet place with my God. Thank you Pastor Jan and Pastor Martie. Thank you to my Mama and Papa bear. Thank you IGO and Susan and Monty Scales! I love you guys very much.

Prayer requests: Language to be absorbed, customs to be learned, relationships to be built.

Dios te bendiga!
Bendiciones!