Sunday, October 19, 2008

We made it! We arrived here at the Mayfield's about midnight on Saturday. It was a long day of travelling and we were all exhausted after travelling all day. We had an hour delay in Miami so they could fix the toilet and video player on our plane. We made it through customs and immigration without any problems, and Kevin, Dale, and Sandy were waiting for us when we got off the plane. All 7 of us travelled the 3 1/2 hours back to Kevin and Trina's in a ford ranger pickup. It was a double cab, so just Andrew and Dave road in the back. I think they had the most comfortable place to ride. Kevin put a foam matress back there so they got to lay down and rest. It was quite an experience travelling through Equador. Like nothing we had ever experienced. It was dark, but just the city lights on the hillsides were amazing. The "good" roads were a little rough. I cannot imagine the rough roads. We are excited to be here and to attend the church service today. Sandy said she would try to keep us up to date so we at least knew what was going on. I think we are all adjusting well to the altitude. It kind of feels like someone is sitting on your chest. Even while I was sleeping I could feel myslef take a really long breath. Andrew said I was a woman. We will see how the working goes at this altitude. Well I need to finish getting ready for church, so I will sign off for now. Hopefully I will be able to post a few pictures later on this evening.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glad to see you all made it ok. I was hoping you would have something on today about the trip and your safe arrival. Praying that you all adjust to the change and have a safe and profitable time there.

Art and Ruth Nutzhorn

Anonymous said...

You should use the "woman" comment Andrew made to your advantage later on. Have him do the hardest jobs since he is such a MAN! That's amazing you can watch the Bears play, I can't even do that in Guam unless they play on NBC:) Anyway, I'm praying for you all and that Andrew doesn't get left behind.

Robin

Anonymous said...

What? Are women the only ones who can't breathe at high altitudes? Andrew!! I am glad to see that all of you made it safely. I am looking forward to the updates! Jan

Bob Nutzhorn said...

Robin, I think I will take your advice. Andrew gets all the bad jobs from now on.