April
I tried to put up a few pictures for the few of you who check up on me now and again. I have had little success with pictures, but every now and again I get motivated to try.These pictures show a bit of what I have been up to regarding work. Organizing, training, and working alongside my friends and neighbors. I have focused on beekeeping for about the past year; forming, training, and strengthening three community beekeepers associations. In the past 6 months I have been actively helping a foundation-supported tree nursery get started. It has been a challenge to help 90 families scattered across a few different communities get organized and stay motivated; however, things are still going forward and I am just now starting to see a few positive results.
In other news, I am very close to finishing a whopping 650pg book on church history – sobering stuff. It is amazing that I have never heard most of this stuff before. I am also enjoying hanging out with my adopted Ecuadorian parents/grandparents (they call me their son and I call them “Grandpa” and “Grandma”). My self-declared caretakers are already mourning my imminent departure, which is planned for August of this year.
A funny story – the other weekend, along with some other American friends, I accompanied a large group of Ecuadorian women to plant trees about 13,000ft up on a local mountain. After the long climb up, we started to dig the holes in order to plant the trees. All of a sudden one of my (American) friends excitedly turned to me and said, “Look, a gringo!” I stared for a few moments at the older white man who had not come up the mountain with us but who was evidently hiking up the mountain to the peak. All of a sudden, we realized what we were doing… we broke down laughing at our typical Ecuadorian reaction to foreigners, realizing that only hours before the majority of the women with whom we had come had reacted to us in the same way that we had so quickly taken notice of the elderly hiker.
posted by Steve @ 8:16 AM
8 Comments:
Awesome pictures. It's very cool to see a bit of the progress of what you have been doing in the last year and a half. It's hard to believe your time is finishing up in just several more months. It is obvious that you have become a part of your various communities. Just the little stories you share show how much a part of the people's lives you have become and how you have become such a part of theirs as well. God does some pretty amazing things. I pray that this last stretch is a blessing and a continual learning and stretching experience. And I pray that you have peace in your next steps and the whole transition process. Know that you are thought of back here in the states too... even though communication is limited. Praying for you.
Steve!
Really cool stuff man. Looks like the Bee stuff is going well. Well man looking forward to seeing you sometime in the future. Nothing new in my life, just married, school, youth ministry..."Living the Dream". My sister did have a baby on Dec. 21st. A little girl named Eowyn. Miss you man, but certainly glad for you all of your great experiences. Cool Stuff dude.
Catch you sometime
Matt
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