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What a day

What a day. I'm in Quito, and typing this from an internet cafe. The operating system is in spanish, and the keyboard is totally different than an english keyboard, so things are moving a bit slow right now. To get here I had to navigate crowded streets, full of exuberant people. Ecuador must have won or tied in the football game this afternoon played against Uruguay (I think). By the way, that is soccer for you North Americans.

The reason for the trip to Quito is to do some work in the MAF office here in Quito. I'm getting an e-mail server set up here. That will be e-mail server number three since we've come back in August. We made a lot of progress today, not just on the e-mail server, but on a couple other computers on the network that needed some work.

I rode up yesterday with Pablo Waris, a missionary who lives in Shell, but who has a ministry in the jungle. He works with church leaders, discipling them and also helping with some community development projects. I was all prepared to take a bus to Quito, but when I walked out the gate of the compound, I saw him across the street at the LeBouef's, packing his car. I figured I'd get a ride with him as far as Ambato, then get a bus there. He was planning to head south from Ambato, to the city of Rio Bamba. In the end he decided to go straight to Quito. Friday I'll return on the MAF shuttle flight.