I am back in Ohio, United States of America, planet earth.
Adjusting has been easier than I thought in some ways and completely complicated in other ways.
My Christmas has been nice, and I am preparing myself for the new year and going back to my other home at Messiah College.
God is Good, and his faithfulness was clearly evident in my time in Ecuador, especially during the last few days.
Thanks for reading these blogs, I'm sorry that there weren't more.
HAPPY DAY TO YOU!!!
signing off,
kimbo
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Beautiful Quito
I love Quito.
I never imagined I would say that when I arrived and realized what a big ¨filthy¨ city I would have to be living in for the next 5 months, but now it is almost 5 months later, and I think it is beautiful.
Yesterday, I just couldn´t stop seeing BEAUTY!!! (sorry for the redundancy but its the word of the day today)
I woke up and while running around that park that I have run around so many times this semester, I looked up and the SUN was just beaming through the city buildings and illuminating everything in this very angelic way. Then I looked at the mountain, at Pichincha.
I know that there are many beautiful sights in the world, but that mountain on that morning (and numerous other mornings) will always remain in my brain as one of the grandest sights. The sunlight was shining so brightly that the mountain was defined like never before. Every hill every shadow, BRILLIANT!
Then I went to school and the whole valley on the bus ride was shining and I could see mountains and hills that i didn{t even know existed because usually they are covered in clouds (I AM up 10000 feet). and it was just like WOW.... I didn´t even know that was there.
The rest of the day was beautiful and even when the clouds rolled in it was still incredible. On my way back from the orphanage I could see for MILES!!! the hills were just accented with perfection and oh my goodness.
Then last night, I saw stars. Now I know most of you live where you can see stars whenever you please, but in the city it{s rare. But they were there last night and they were beautiful.
And so dirty, polluted, city of Quito.
In you I have found my home.
My beautiful home.
And I am going to enjoy you in the next 10 days I have with you.
the end
I never imagined I would say that when I arrived and realized what a big ¨filthy¨ city I would have to be living in for the next 5 months, but now it is almost 5 months later, and I think it is beautiful.
Yesterday, I just couldn´t stop seeing BEAUTY!!! (sorry for the redundancy but its the word of the day today)
I woke up and while running around that park that I have run around so many times this semester, I looked up and the SUN was just beaming through the city buildings and illuminating everything in this very angelic way. Then I looked at the mountain, at Pichincha.
I know that there are many beautiful sights in the world, but that mountain on that morning (and numerous other mornings) will always remain in my brain as one of the grandest sights. The sunlight was shining so brightly that the mountain was defined like never before. Every hill every shadow, BRILLIANT!
Then I went to school and the whole valley on the bus ride was shining and I could see mountains and hills that i didn{t even know existed because usually they are covered in clouds (I AM up 10000 feet). and it was just like WOW.... I didn´t even know that was there.
The rest of the day was beautiful and even when the clouds rolled in it was still incredible. On my way back from the orphanage I could see for MILES!!! the hills were just accented with perfection and oh my goodness.
Then last night, I saw stars. Now I know most of you live where you can see stars whenever you please, but in the city it{s rare. But they were there last night and they were beautiful.
And so dirty, polluted, city of Quito.
In you I have found my home.
My beautiful home.
And I am going to enjoy you in the next 10 days I have with you.
the end
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