by Phillip (admin) | Jun 1, 2012 | Art, Front Page, Photos, Travel
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but that didn’t help much in English class. Now, however, there is no word count requirement or final grade on the line, so I’ll be posting several of my favorite shots from our church mission trip to Ecuador....
by Phillip (admin) | May 31, 2012 | Front Page, Travel
The mudslides had carved deep furrows in the earth and the trenches remained; reminders of the fragility of life. Clouds hung low over the green patchwork mountains as we passed the artificial canyons dug by mudslides in 2001. Daniela Schwartz told us of people whose...
by Phillip (admin) | May 27, 2012 | Front Page, Travel
When you’ve been waking up at 5:45 all week, 7:30 feels like a luxury. Morning came with a leisurely delay on the seventh day of our mission trip to Ecuador. After a week’s worth of early mornings and hard work, the team was treated to a day filled with...
by Phillip (admin) | May 25, 2012 | Front Page, Travel
If there’s one thing that construction workers hate worse than a hot sun, it’s rain. As morning dawned in Misahualli on Day 6 of our mission trip to Ecuador, the skies were filled with charcoal clouds and sporadic drips of rain. By breakfast, the inconsistent drizzle...
by Phillip (admin) | May 24, 2012 | Front Page, Travel
You know you’re in the jungle when a monkey steals your seat. As Day 5 of our Ecuador mission trip began, the monkeys were up and ready to go from the break of dawn. Whether playing in the park or running all over the roof of our hostel during breakfast, they...
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