Good morning to all.... You maybe waking up to the news that there was an EARTHQUAKE .... yes EARTHQUAKE in Quito, Ecuador..... yes we felt it! It happened about 7 AM and it was a good shaker... I got out of my seat at my desk to get ready to get out of the building when it stopped... Carol was just waking up and was out the door of our bedroom in a good flash.... I can only imagine what it was like in Quito .....
Of course this should go without saying ... but you have got to know that TGC was not affected by this event... as they are in the USA right now.... from now on our travel plans will be mimicking theirs ... just kidding .... about the travel plans that is .... not the fact they are back in the States while we live through the natural disaster...
Of course the friends down here have insisted that they don't have natural disasters here in Ecuador ... maybe they will change their view after this episode..... LOL!
We are fine .....
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
TGC debut in Ecuador
Hello to all ....
We hope this blog finds you all doing well..... we're also doing well, as we just finished the District Convention in Guayaquil .... each year the branch here in Ecuador provides the program in English for all the "need greaters" that are serving here, it's a very loving provision, as we are far from home and yet we have the convention in our mother tongue .... everyone who lives down here anxiously looks forward to it, as it gives us all the opportunity to see friends we haven't seen in a year or so .... Brent and Kassi have something similar in Nicaragua at the branch ... with the same kind of feel .... what is that feeling? Like your at an international convention .... nothing like it... and to think we get something like an international each year.... The reason I can say that, is because there are brothers serving from all over the world here in Ecuador... for example we had a brother and his wife from Finland on the bus we rode on today .... there are friends from Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, friends serving in Chile, were at the convention, as well as Peru ... and of course we had the missionaries that serve here from places like Sweden and Italy and other European countries.... Mini international ... we had 1,268 for the peak attendance today. ALL IN ENGLISH... ENGLISH, ENGLISH, ENGLISH!
PURO INGLES!
Getting back to the purpose of this blog, ... it was to give you an update on our favorite people .... TGC ..... remember them? Yes ...... The Golden Couple! .... Oh yes things are as golden as ever ..... for example, .... we stay at the same hotel, we are on the 4th floor, they are on the top floor over looking the .... well ..... semi beautiful area of Guayaquil ..... of course they get the TOP FLOOR! they are TGC!!! I almost forgot one thing regarding the room ..... During the various days we stayed at the Hotel Howard Johnson, each day we had to get our Room door lock card updated, because if you didn't it wouldn't work .... so sometimes you could jump in the elevator, to go to your room when someone who had already updated the card (you needed it also updated to use the elevator) unknown to you and then when you got to your room, your card wouldn't work, now the problem is you need to get back down the elevator... not as easy as going up from the lobby..... TGC never needed to reset their card .... YES I KNOW, it is unbelievable .... I don't make this stuff up, this stuff really happens.
Then on the bus trip down, they are part of a two bus group, that came from Cuenca .... while the other bus had problems, their bus had none ... after speaking to some of the friends in the group of the other bus, I assumed they too had problems (TGC that is.... I know, I know, what was I thinking?) they are The Golden Couple NOTHING goes wrong from them.... But then when I mentioned something about the problems they had with the buses Mr. TGC informed me they had no problems on their bus and he didn't know what I was referring to .... then he reminds me of a simple and important point, they are TGC .... no problems on their bus. Got it MR.TGC! And I wont forget it! ;-)
Then to take the cake .... On Saturday Mr. TGC sees me, an asks if he can borrow my lapel badge (he is part of TGC but he's not perfect) .... I ask, what, your going to be on the platform? Yep! ....... Here for 6 months and already on the program ..... Well, I wasn't sure, exactly what part or when so I wasn't totally prepared for the DEBUT but below you can catch a part of the demonstration they did ......
We hope this blog finds you all doing well..... we're also doing well, as we just finished the District Convention in Guayaquil .... each year the branch here in Ecuador provides the program in English for all the "need greaters" that are serving here, it's a very loving provision, as we are far from home and yet we have the convention in our mother tongue .... everyone who lives down here anxiously looks forward to it, as it gives us all the opportunity to see friends we haven't seen in a year or so .... Brent and Kassi have something similar in Nicaragua at the branch ... with the same kind of feel .... what is that feeling? Like your at an international convention .... nothing like it... and to think we get something like an international each year.... The reason I can say that, is because there are brothers serving from all over the world here in Ecuador... for example we had a brother and his wife from Finland on the bus we rode on today .... there are friends from Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, friends serving in Chile, were at the convention, as well as Peru ... and of course we had the missionaries that serve here from places like Sweden and Italy and other European countries.... Mini international ... we had 1,268 for the peak attendance today. ALL IN ENGLISH... ENGLISH, ENGLISH, ENGLISH!
PURO INGLES!
Getting back to the purpose of this blog, ... it was to give you an update on our favorite people .... TGC ..... remember them? Yes ...... The Golden Couple! .... Oh yes things are as golden as ever ..... for example, .... we stay at the same hotel, we are on the 4th floor, they are on the top floor over looking the .... well ..... semi beautiful area of Guayaquil ..... of course they get the TOP FLOOR! they are TGC!!! I almost forgot one thing regarding the room ..... During the various days we stayed at the Hotel Howard Johnson, each day we had to get our Room door lock card updated, because if you didn't it wouldn't work .... so sometimes you could jump in the elevator, to go to your room when someone who had already updated the card (you needed it also updated to use the elevator) unknown to you and then when you got to your room, your card wouldn't work, now the problem is you need to get back down the elevator... not as easy as going up from the lobby..... TGC never needed to reset their card .... YES I KNOW, it is unbelievable .... I don't make this stuff up, this stuff really happens.
Then on the bus trip down, they are part of a two bus group, that came from Cuenca .... while the other bus had problems, their bus had none ... after speaking to some of the friends in the group of the other bus, I assumed they too had problems (TGC that is.... I know, I know, what was I thinking?) they are The Golden Couple NOTHING goes wrong from them.... But then when I mentioned something about the problems they had with the buses Mr. TGC informed me they had no problems on their bus and he didn't know what I was referring to .... then he reminds me of a simple and important point, they are TGC .... no problems on their bus. Got it MR.TGC! And I wont forget it! ;-)
Then to take the cake .... On Saturday Mr. TGC sees me, an asks if he can borrow my lapel badge (he is part of TGC but he's not perfect) .... I ask, what, your going to be on the platform? Yep! ....... Here for 6 months and already on the program ..... Well, I wasn't sure, exactly what part or when so I wasn't totally prepared for the DEBUT but below you can catch a part of the demonstration they did ......
Oh and need I mention ..... they nailed it!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)