Rachel visited us here in Ecuador from Aug 5-26th...here are some fotos of the time God gave us together - in no particular order! |
| Rachel - enjoying her vacation! |
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| Glenn and Rachel went horsebackriding! |
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| Rachel and Susie just b4 doing the Canopy - yes, I was scared! |
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| Rachel agreed to zipline first and Glenn went last so he could takes the fotos! |
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| I was smiling - but scared stiff! I ONLY did this b/c I promised Gissela I would! |
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| double proof - I really did the canopy! |
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| The after zipline/canopy hammock rest! |
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| Visitng Las Cascadas de Peguche with the Vivas family! |
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| Glenn and Rachel got super close to the Peguche waterfall! |
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| We took a tour of an indigenous cave and Condor Rock! |
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| Visiting the Peguche campgrounds |
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| Rachel and Dayana |
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| back in the Peguche parking lot...Rachel finds more animals to befriend! |
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| Rachel helped make our house a home with her amazing meals... |
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| and by making "curtains" out of Susie's birthday roses! |
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| We toured Cochasqui and saw the pre-Inca pyramids and this reconstructed home |
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| on one of our two LONG walks...Glenn and Rachel race to pick fruit! |
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| Rachel brought Elmo everywhere....and missed her boyfriend who gave Elmo to her for the trip! |
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| Rachel meeting our neighbors across the street! |
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| At the Las Octavas festival with friends from church! |
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| Rachel decorated an action packer for us so we could entertain guests the nite we got our sofa-bed! |
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| We had special mom/daughter times here - watching Gilmore Girls! |
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| that's Rachel bundled up on the left - with David Meyer and some youth - about to climb Mt Cayambe! |
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| Glenn and one youth climbed the highest - over 15,000 feet! |
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| Glenn's view from where he hiked to on Mt Cayambe - that's Rachel and Susie way below! |
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| After being super cold on Mt Cayambe, the next day we went to the beach with the church-planting team! |
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| Pablo and Glenn made a sand dolphin so Rachel and I wouldn't be afraid of dolphins after our scare! |
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| Beach roomies - Rachel, Estefany and Gissela |
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| At the beach in Same...missing Josh! |
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| Next we took a bus to Rio Muchacho Organic Farm - our open air room! |
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| The dining area - the food was amazing! |
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| Rachel did the tour and got to see and taste the fresh coffee beans - they're sweet on the outside! |
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| The view from our Rio Muchacho bedroom- SO peaceful! |
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| Rachel making chocolate - a happy girl! She shared with us - delicious! |
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| The steep steps to our bedroom- saving space! |
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| Our 2nd LONG walk - this time with luggage! |
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| Elmo joined us for the walk- so Rachel was content! |
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| Our final trip with Rachel was to Mindo - we stayed in a treehouse! |
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| No hot water and the house moved when you walked - but it was beautiful! |
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| Awesome! |
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| Another set of steep stairs! |
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| The best part of our time in Mindo was this hot tub...our treehouse cabin in back! |
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| The sunset from our treehouse - amazing! |
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| we all tasted "chicha" - a fermented corn drink- at the Las Octavas festival |
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| with Estefany -at Las Octavas - notice the Phillies hat :) |
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| some of the many traditional dancers at Las Octavas |
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| The Primero de Mayo church-planting team on our team-building retreat! This is why we're here...thanks for your prayers! |
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