Hello, Quito!

In Miami, ready to board our plane to Quito!

Our day started in the Rose Drive Friends Church parking lot at 2:45am. Several family members, Pastor Dave, Don Holt, and heaven-sent Les Higa (who brought each of us a hot coffee and bag of fudge) were there to pray for us and see us off. (We counted in spirit all those who were at our “send-off” Sunday after church, too, of course.) We piled and packed into two SUV’s and headed to LAX for our 6:00am departure to Miami - thank you Chris Steiger and Don Marshburn for sacrificing your sleep for us and getting us to the airport on-time and safely! 

We left Los Angeles on time, had an easy flight that most of us slept through, and landed in Miami safe and sound. Our flight to Quito was delayed a couple of hours, but good company and Starbucks makes any sort of airport delay much more tolerable. Our team also laughed ALOT throughout today’s adventure - partially from the tired silliness,  but mostly because we are just really good at making each other laugh. If today is any indicator of how the rest of the week will go, we are in for an AWESOME week of time together and collective ministry!

On our final leg of the journey to Quito, between dinner and snippets of The Amazing Spiderman on the TV, all of our team members spent time reading our devotional books (Living the Lord’s Prayer) and preparing our hearts for this coming week. Everyone would say that we already feel God stirring something in us, prepping us for some big ways that He wants to work and move. BUT at the same time, we have no idea what it’s actually going to be like, or what God’s plan is for this week. How awesome it is to simply be in a place where we are available to the Lord and willing to experience whatever he has in store.

Thank you for praying us through our travel today. We are so thankful to have had an “uneventful” trip, and excited to finally be in Quito, Ecuador!!  It feels like a long time coming. We are all tired from a long day on planes and buses, but more-so ready for the real work to begin. It all starts bright and early in the morning! Can’t wait!