Well, today was the last day of clinic, and the end to an amazing week with
some amazing people! I have loved getting to know some folks that I hadn´t met
before the trip or didn´t know as well (shout out to Rachel, Christie, and the
D1 gals) and just laughing with everyone, as well as learning an absolute TON
from Dr. Wilson, Dr. Foster (aka Darren), Matt, and Hunter.
With that said, here are a few of my highlights from the week:
- Captain of the ever faithful Delta Airline flight comes over the speaker
interrupting my rom-com to tell us that there is ¨bad news¨and we have ¨cabin
pressure issues¨ so we must turn around and go allllllll the way back to
Atlanta. But no fear, we´re still able to fly, and they are giving us $6 food
vouchers to get dinner at the airport! Yay! I´m not too happy about this, but at
first Í´m kind of excited because cabin pressure issues can only mean one thing
right? I´m finally going to get to use the oxygen masks that fall from the
ceiling! YESSSS!!! But, alas, no O2 masks fall...although I´m fairly certain I
would´ve had to adjust my own masks and then help Mary and Rachel because I
think they both were on the verge of a heart attack...but in the end we made it
to Quito and I got to watch another movie with all the extra flight time
:)
- Today at lunch, after we had all eaten, Dr. Roberto announced that we had
a special ¨second meal ¨ made just for us to help us experience Ecuador!
Naturally, I´m thinking, awesome more food! But oh no no no...what they bring
out is a cooked guinea pig. That´s correct a GUINEA PIG..like the furry house
pets..but this thing looks like a rat, with teeth and legs and claws..but no
fur. It was surrounded by potatoes to make it look more edible, but oh buddy I
wish it hadn´t had a face staring back at me. The pastor´s wife began to cut
pieces and hand it out to everyone to try, and yes, I can now say I have tried
guinea pig. It tasted mostly like tuna to me..but I was too focused on
swallowing to think about taste. Nicole and I also noticed that it still had
it´s kidneys in tact (gag..), so naturally I tell Blain he should eat them, not
thinking he would...but alas he does. I have to give props to Blain´s stomach
and immune system..I think they could survive a nuclear meltdown.
- After our special dinner tonight at an extremely nice restaurant, SIFAT
treated us to a ride on the party bus around Quito, and let me tell you it was a
PARTY. Just imagine a bus with large open windows, disco balls, standing room
only with ropes to hold onto, a live band, and speakers playing rave music...we
also had whistles. Let´s just say people on the street were taking pictures as
we drove by..and I can only imagine they were thinking ¨Crazy Americans..¨ But
it was so so fun, and watching Blain ¨dance¨ was probably the highlight of my
whole month! Hopefully video will uploaded to do it justice..
Of course, the ULTIMATE highlight was being able to meet and help so many
people, and hopefully show the love of Christ, if even a little, to them through
our service this week. It´s been a great trip, and awesome confidence-building
experience...who could ask for more? God has truly blessed me here, and I look
forward to many future mission trips to come!
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