I joined Melody (another teacher at ECA) for an early morning run this
morning around 5:00 a.m. I joined her
and some other teachers around 6:20 a.m. to catch a ride in the school van to
go to ECA. I was at ECA for a few hours
this morning. Glenn spoke on “When
Helping Hurts” for two sessions (one for high schoolers and one for middle
schoolers). He did an excellent job,
especially using some fun object lessons and props! Leave it to the Science teacher…
I also had the opportunity to sit in on part of Glenn’s Science
class. He started the class with a pop
quiz and wondered if I wanted to take it, too.
Sure, why not. The students got a
kick out of me trying it out…it sure has been a long time since I studied
anything science-related, let alone tapeworms!
Needless to say, I didn’t pass the test.
J
Well, as any of you who have been involved in mission work, you know,
things do not always go as planned.
Today, I was to spend time with Eryca where she has been serving. We got our communications mixed up and never
got to meet up together. Glenda dropped
me off at a Trans-Mi station where Eryca was going to meet me. After waiting 1.5 hours, I decided something
got mixed up. Glenn and Glenda were not
picking up their cell number (since they were in school) and Eryca’s cell phone
is broken; so, I got on another Trans-Mi and found my way back to Glenn and
Glenda’s apartment. It’s all good, though—Glenda came back to meet
me at the apartment and we left to do some sightseeing. We were going to do that on Thursday, but we just
switched the days. So, I’ll be joining
Eryca tomorrow instead.
Glenda took me to a few tourist spots for the afternoon. We left around 2:00 and after about an hour
Trans-Mi ride, ended up at the other end of town for our first stop at the “Museum
of Gold.” We spent about an hour at the
museum. It was interesting to see how
some of the early people of the area lived and worshipped. One of the pictures shows all of the
different groups of people that live in Colombia.
After leaving the museum, we started walking up the mountain and
decided to stop for something to eat. We
each had Ajiaco (a Colombian soup) and maracuya juice. The soup came with some rice and an
avocado. Everything was delicious—it was
a serious bowl of carbs! After we
finished eating, we walked up some serious hills to our next tourist stop.
We took a cable car up to the top of the mountain to visit the
Monserrate (a Catholic cathedral). It
was beautiful and we had amazing views of Bogota. After spending some time there, we took the
cable car back to the bottom of the mountain to begin our long trek back to the
apartment. All of the Trans-Mi’s were
PACKED…standing room only. We got back
to the apartment around 8:00 p.m. I’ll
be calling it a night pretty soon.
Tomorrow is another adventure! I’ll
definitely be meeting up with Eryca! J
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