hi all,
sorry for not writing for so long, but things have been busy! I got back from India a week ago and went straight into a 3 day course to prepare for the course this week! did a quick trip down to Shell to celebrate valentines day and my birthday and then we returned to Quito sunday for the Wheaton course on Theology of Development. Very interesting, although very intense! just spent the last 3 hours writing my presentation of ideas for tomorrows class and we each have three assignments still to write before monday.
when back in shell I´ll upload some India photos and tell what I was doing there.
got to go and get some sleep
hugs alex
Thursday, 21 February 2008
Friday, 11 January 2008
January praise and prayers
dear friends,
it was lovely catch up with so many of you during our month in England. We had a great time and arrived back tired but well (except for Alex's cough) in Ecuador last Friday night. after a weekend in Quito we got to our little house in Shell Tuesday night.
praise:
- for a wonderful time in England and Europe
-for the new people who have joined our prayer and support team
- that our house was safe while we were away and that Alfredo's brother looked after it for us.
- that Alex's Moody distance learning material finally got out of customs
-That the dates have changed on the development course in Quito so we can both attend in February
Prayers:
-that ECORAE and the Municipio will give us the money for the agreed projects without too many problems or delays
-Alex will be joining Sheila's healthcare team to India to visit a clinic and neighbouring communities. pray that the trip is safe and productive. Keep Alfredo in your prayers as he is being left to hold down the fort in Shell. Alex will be away 20th jan-10th feb.
-that we are able to move into a bigger house. we have found one we like but the rent is higher than we want to pay...if this is where we should be pray that the conversations with the landlady are positive.
- that Alfredo's brother Josue (who is currently living with us) can find a job - an ecuadorian couple are interested in joining us in the shell office. she is an architect and he is an environmental engineer, so they will fit in well. we don't yet know how to finance them as our current budget cannot pay them salaries. either we need to find alternative paid work for gaby in the area so Pablo can volunteer in the office or raise the funds to pay them salaries. Please prayer for wise decisions the provision of resources.
thanks you for keeping us in your prayers,
Alex and Alfredo
it was lovely catch up with so many of you during our month in England. We had a great time and arrived back tired but well (except for Alex's cough) in Ecuador last Friday night. after a weekend in Quito we got to our little house in Shell Tuesday night.
praise:
- for a wonderful time in England and Europe
-for the new people who have joined our prayer and support team
- that our house was safe while we were away and that Alfredo's brother looked after it for us.
- that Alex's Moody distance learning material finally got out of customs
-That the dates have changed on the development course in Quito so we can both attend in February
Prayers:
-that ECORAE and the Municipio will give us the money for the agreed projects without too many problems or delays
-Alex will be joining Sheila's healthcare team to India to visit a clinic and neighbouring communities. pray that the trip is safe and productive. Keep Alfredo in your prayers as he is being left to hold down the fort in Shell. Alex will be away 20th jan-10th feb.
-that we are able to move into a bigger house. we have found one we like but the rent is higher than we want to pay...if this is where we should be pray that the conversations with the landlady are positive.
- that Alfredo's brother Josue (who is currently living with us) can find a job - an ecuadorian couple are interested in joining us in the shell office. she is an architect and he is an environmental engineer, so they will fit in well. we don't yet know how to finance them as our current budget cannot pay them salaries. either we need to find alternative paid work for gaby in the area so Pablo can volunteer in the office or raise the funds to pay them salaries. Please prayer for wise decisions the provision of resources.
thanks you for keeping us in your prayers,
Alex and Alfredo
Back in Ecuador
sorry, we weren't very good at keeping this updated while we were in England! we had a great time, visiting many friends, two new church groups and spending Christmas with my family on the Isle of Wight. For new year we went on a holiday around Europe... backpacking... we visited Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. We spend new Years Eve with the thousands in Dam Square in the middle of Amsterdam, great!
When I get my photos onto a computer that has internet I'll upload some of the pictures.
:-( we didn't get to see any snow.
Alex
When I get my photos onto a computer that has internet I'll upload some of the pictures.
:-( we didn't get to see any snow.
Alex
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Bradford
we've made it up north and today the car was reading 0 degrees when we got in. Alfredo didn't understand how a sunny day is colder than a horrid cloudy day, doesn't sun mean warm!
we spent Sunday with the Ayres family and presented at Sunbridge Road Mission. on Monday we eventually arrived in the HCJB-UK office (after Alfredo finally got out of bed and enjoyed his first bath). we went to Alex and Helen's house for dinner and sleep.
we are still struggling to wake up in the mornings... a mixture of jet lag and being programmed to wake up to the sunrise and the sun not rising till 8am.
we went via Manchester on our way up from Coventry so Alfredo could tick off another major English city and we got to see the first 'mountains' from the train window (or hillocks in Alfredo's opinion)
tonight we are going carol-singing at an old peoples home with the Thurgoods.
we spent Sunday with the Ayres family and presented at Sunbridge Road Mission. on Monday we eventually arrived in the HCJB-UK office (after Alfredo finally got out of bed and enjoyed his first bath). we went to Alex and Helen's house for dinner and sleep.
we are still struggling to wake up in the mornings... a mixture of jet lag and being programmed to wake up to the sunrise and the sun not rising till 8am.
we went via Manchester on our way up from Coventry so Alfredo could tick off another major English city and we got to see the first 'mountains' from the train window (or hillocks in Alfredo's opinion)
tonight we are going carol-singing at an old peoples home with the Thurgoods.
Saturday, 8 December 2007
birmingham y leaminton spa
hola a todos
Ha sido dos dias bien cansados ... Ayer estuvimos en Birmingham (a media hora en tren), fue chevere estuvieron mike y su esposa esme; stephanie y lizzie. Comimos en la casa remodelada (les ha quedado chevere) fue una conversa muy larga... hasta la 1 a.m. y nos quedamos a dormir en su casa.
Ahora nos levantamos a las 9 (ya que amanece a las 8) y me dolia la cabeza y los ojos... el doctor dijo que posible es un virus por el frio y viento fuerte que esta haciendo... de ahi fuimos a otro pueblo que se llama Leamington spa ( donde se iba de vacaciones antes la reina a banarse y es muy caro) a un almuerzo con los ex alumnos de la carrera de la alex. estuvieron como 20 (los que viven cerca) y fuimos a un restaurante frances... no esta buena la comida francesa como dicen. es demasiado cosas crudas. Luego fuimos donde rachel (amiga de alex que estuvo en el matrimonio) y nish su ahora esposo (es de sri lanka) y estuvimos hasta la 6 (o sea ya era de noche) de ahi fuimos a una merienda con los taggarts (quienes tambien estuvieron en ecuador, mr. bean y compania) y llegamos justo cuando ellos se habian enterado que el papa de la senora habia muerto... fue muy triste... pero ya tenia 92 anos...
Recien llego a la casa donde nos estamos quedando... y estamos super cansados. manana viajamos al norte del pais, a Bradford a la sede hcjb en uk, y a visitar a iglesias y grupos que quieren colaborar y apoyar con los proyectos en la selva...
ojala me pase el dolor en los ojos ( o las vistas como dicen los manabas, ja ja ja) saludos a todos..
alfredo
Ha sido dos dias bien cansados ... Ayer estuvimos en Birmingham (a media hora en tren), fue chevere estuvieron mike y su esposa esme; stephanie y lizzie. Comimos en la casa remodelada (les ha quedado chevere) fue una conversa muy larga... hasta la 1 a.m. y nos quedamos a dormir en su casa.
Ahora nos levantamos a las 9 (ya que amanece a las 8) y me dolia la cabeza y los ojos... el doctor dijo que posible es un virus por el frio y viento fuerte que esta haciendo... de ahi fuimos a otro pueblo que se llama Leamington spa ( donde se iba de vacaciones antes la reina a banarse y es muy caro) a un almuerzo con los ex alumnos de la carrera de la alex. estuvieron como 20 (los que viven cerca) y fuimos a un restaurante frances... no esta buena la comida francesa como dicen. es demasiado cosas crudas. Luego fuimos donde rachel (amiga de alex que estuvo en el matrimonio) y nish su ahora esposo (es de sri lanka) y estuvimos hasta la 6 (o sea ya era de noche) de ahi fuimos a una merienda con los taggarts (quienes tambien estuvieron en ecuador, mr. bean y compania) y llegamos justo cuando ellos se habian enterado que el papa de la senora habia muerto... fue muy triste... pero ya tenia 92 anos...
Recien llego a la casa donde nos estamos quedando... y estamos super cansados. manana viajamos al norte del pais, a Bradford a la sede hcjb en uk, y a visitar a iglesias y grupos que quieren colaborar y apoyar con los proyectos en la selva...
ojala me pase el dolor en los ojos ( o las vistas como dicen los manabas, ja ja ja) saludos a todos..
alfredo
Thursday, 6 December 2007
un ecuatoriano en inglaterra
hola amigos
esto es antes del aterrizaje, con el amanecer recien a las ocho de la manana. que loco para una persona acostumbrada al amancer a las 6 y atardecer a las 6...que bendecidos somos en ecuador.
saludos desde tan lejos...estoy a ocho mil km. de casa. los reportes del tiempo dicen que es buen tiempo con 14 grados de temperatura en invierno...pero para mi ya es mucho. tengo dos chompas gruesas, guantes y gorro y aun asi sigue frio. y manana pronostican 6 grados...peor que de madrugada en riobamba... ahora sali un poco a comprar algo en la tienda y la farmacia...todo es mas caro para mi, por el cambio que ahora es 2 libras por dolar!!!! estuvimos en un grupo de oracion con unos amigos y estuvo chevere...
lo siento, solo conozco espanol...
alfredo
en el aeropuerto en houston
dicen que el aeropuerto de quito y gquil son modernos... como nos enganan. son caros y estamos a anos de atraso. En quito existen cuatro mangas de abordaje... en houston 110!!!! pero en un terminal, siendo cuatro terminales en total alla. Fue un viaje muy largo,pero a la vez emocionante al pensar lo lejos de estar de su gente, su comida, sus amigos y sobre todo su casa... pero ahi le damos, con la fuerza de dios y una esposa, se puede estar hasta en el fin del mundo.alfredo
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