Packing our bags . . .

. . . for the CSO retreat this weekend! Our high school is set to go - we have 19 great students this year who are ready to dig in and get started with the Kids Club at the dump on Wednesday afternoons. This weekend, we head to the mountains - up to Papallacta where HCJB formally had a hydro-electric plant. We are still able to use the large guest house there and it's perfect for our group - 24 beds and we have 24 people!

We have lots of activities planned - including team building games, planning for the Kids Club, great food, skits and some music and devotionals. Pray for us this weekend that we all would seek God and grow together in Him. I'm looking forward to having a chance to get to know our students better - we have a few repeats from last year (we had a lot of Seniors who graduated last year), but lots of new students. And they are from all over the world - Ecuador, the US, Asia . . . .quite the multi-cultural group!

Nathan and Isabella are staying back in Quito at home with Santi's mom who is coming to help us out for the weekend . . . we are grateful that she's able to help.