After almost 3 months of prepping, planning, an estate sale, packing up our house, getting it ready for rent, a trip to Oregon to pick up our kids from their grandparent’s, back home, 10 days of packing, rearranging, unpacking, and more rearranging…we FINALLY made it to Ecuador. Our trip down took about 3 days.    Trip Highlights… Read More Traveling to Ecuador

Question #10 – What are your goals in going? Do you feel that you’re a little idealistic? I am under no illusion that everything will be as we expect and that it will go 100% smoothly. Nothing in life is certain.  In fact, I anticipate some of our best memories will be of those situations… Read More Ecuador!! What Are You Thinking?!! (Part 3)

Question #4 – Are we going on a mission’s trip? (This is probably the top question we’ve been asked.) Not exactly.  We read some articles about an orphanage in Manta that is run on volunteers and donations.  We thought this would be a great opportunity to show our children the true meaning of being a Christian. James… Read More Ecuador!! What Are You Thinking?!! (Part 2)

A few months ago my family and I decided to go to Ecuador for six months.  This obviously brought about a lot of questions from family, friends and anyone who heard about what we were doing.  Most people wanted to know “WHY??”.  I figured what better way to start the blog than by answering most… Read More Ecuador!! What Are You Thinking?!! (Part 1)