WEDNESDAY 16 November 2016

Ran off some church brochures while Jenny washed our final load of clothes here.  Raul and Chelita came to tell us good-bye and brought us a beautiful parting gift - not exactly sure what the correct name for it is but it is a miniature carving in wood of the front of a house.  Raul does them himself; he took it on as a hobby after he retired and he is very good. Would love to decorate our home with more but we don't have room in our luggage for them because they are very fragile and needs to be well padded for protection. So, I hope we did a good job doing that.

Went to El Centro to jewelry shop; this time, I actually spent money on myself and bought two rings - one silver with cubic zirconia stones; the other silver with a cat's eye stone. One was about $55, the other about $35, I think.  Sure can't buy anything like that in the States.

Lisa asked us to find a couple of things for her - key chains and beaded necklaces.  We found the key chains but no necklaces for what she wanted to pay.  We actually shopped in the San Francisco Plaza, then to El Arenal, then back to SFP but no luck.

We got back about 30 minutes before Church started so visited with a few friends who got here early.  Pastor Mario, from the Shekina Church that Pastor Ken started last year gave a salvation message then baptized a recent convert - Silvia Paredes' son.  We fellow shipped and said our good-byes to our friends. Jose and Ruth gave each of us nice parting gifts - a desk plaque that has a typical Ecuadorian house and "Ecuador" on it for me, a stringed necklace for Jenny.

During Church, Pastor Ken recognized us for our work for the past six weeks.