Please be in prayer for the team traveling to Cuenca, Ecuador. They leave early Wednesday, July 3, and return on July 10. This trip will include a member from the Pearland Vineyard, making this a multi-church adventure!
This trip will focus on the Cañar area and will include delivering and assembling beds for kids, working on improving two houses, and serving at a party for kids where they will receive new shoes to start school. Our suitcases include coloring books, packs of crayons, stickers, temporary tattoos, and Hershey's kisses to add to the fun! Several of us are also hoping to meet our Compassion kids that we sponsor.
Updates and pictures will be posted below!
We left at 5:30 AM on July 3! Our first flight was to Miami, then down to Quito, Ecuador, where we had a long layover. After we boarded the final plane to Cuenca, which is only a 45 minute flight, we heard strange sounds coming from the bottom of the plane. After 15 minutes, they announced mechanical difficulties and the flight had been cancelled!
That set our adventure off in an unexpected direction with an overnight stay in Quito. The airline put us up in a nice resort not too far from the airport. BONUS: The resort had LLAMAS! While we didn't get to our hotel rooms until well after midnight, we were able to sleep in the next morning, which was very much needed.
The unexpected blessing in the midst of the flight cancellation is the realization that this would be a great plan for future trips: take a day on the front end to sleep and see fun things (like the equator!) so that we arrive in Cuenca rested and ready to serve. Unfortunately for this trip, it caused us to miss the delivery of the mattresses at Trinity Cuenca and the first delivery of beds. But here are some pictures of us traveling and having some fun on the first unplanned day in Quito.
We flew into Cuenca, then headed out to deliver beds the next day! We divided into several teams and loaded up trucks with the mattresses, bedding and wooden pallets to make each bed. Each group had an interpreter, which was a huge help!
Every house you deliver to is different. Sometimes you have to carry things a long way, sometimes you have to carry everything up to the second floor, but the child receiving the bed is always excited, and we always pray for the family.
Before we had a party for the Compassion kids, we enjoyed a service the Cañar church planned, which included singing from several groups and individuals and a message. It was really cool to hear the music, see their beautiful clothing, and participate with them! Next, we had a party for the kids with crafts, story time and games that was planned by Trinity Cuenca. We brought coloring books, crayons, temporary tattoos and Hershey's kisses from Houston to share! New shoes for school were distributed, and a hotdog lunch was served. We also met many of our sponsored kids! You can tell which pictures those are because we are completely overwhelmed!
If you have any other questions, email us at info@TrinityVineyardChurch.com. We hope to see you soon!
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