Pictures downtown

 

Today I went with the Parra girls to take pictures of bridges in Cuenca's colonial downtown.  They are one of the homeschool families, so I considered it a photography class.  They are very creative, and always fun to be with.

 

I was hoping for a bright, sunny day, but it start to rain instead.  Soon it was pouring and we were all soaked.  I didn't get as many pictures as I had hoped, but here are a few of the better pictures.

a FIELD trip

 

Josue is one of the homeschool kids I've been working with and has a keen interest in agriculture.  His uncle is some kind of agricultural engineer who works for the province.  Last week Josue and I followed his uncle around for the day.  It was an excellent time and we both learned a lot.  Here are some pictures from the time.  See how many of the agricultural products you can identify from the pictures.

My Dad and bros just finished the video. I thought it was worth posting...

Apple harvest

Today was Paz de Dios' annual apple outing.  Right after church we made a caravan of about 15 cars and headed to the village of Jima.  Not everyone in the church has cars, so in order to accommodate, Polvio borrowed a tuck for the afternoon and about 25 (of us) youth climbed in the back of it.  Jima is about 2 hrs away from Cuenca.  Part way there we stopped at a grassy area next to the road and had a great huge church picnic.

 

On arrival at the orchard, everyone got right to work eating and picking.  While there, we could eat all we wished.  It was a good time of fellowship with the brethren.  Here are some pictures from the day.  Unfortunately, because I was taking the pictures, I didn't get in any.

Fishing Tilapia

On Saturday some brothers from the church invited German and I to go with them and harvest tilapia.  Their dad has property about 2 hours away from Cuenca and fish ponds with tilapia.  When we arrived I found out that besides the fish ponds there were all sorts of fruit trees.  The land was in a warm valley close to the pacific cost.  There was maracuya, papaya, sugarcane, guavas, guayavas, mangos, yucca, papa china, and 5 or 6 varieties of bananas.  Not all the trees were producing at this time of year, but many were.  We had a fun time fishing, exploring, chewing sugarcane, and best of all eating bananas to our hearts content.  I couldn't guess how many bananas I ate today.  It was marvelous.  I was also surprised with how many butterflies were around.  I tried to get a few pictures for Dad.  It was a good time to relax and have good Christian fellowship.

Good Friday Play

For Good Friday the Paz de Dios church put on a passion play.  I didn't act, but organized all the audio/visual effects.  I wasn't able to get pictures of everything because of my responsibilities, but here are a few shots I did manage to get.  These pictures mean more to me since I know each of the people and we practiced many hours together.  Each one is part of my church family down here.  They are a very special group of people.  God has done and is doing a work in each of their hearts.