We Made It!

Twelve bags, six carry-ons, one stoller, a carseat, three flights, a spilt apple juice, a lost jacket, and two tired kids, we made it to Ecuador.  (Yes! All the bags made it :)  We were greeted by a group from the Nazarene International Language Institute (NILI) who were immediately a hit with the kids when they gave them balloons.  They took us right to our apartment where fresh Ecuadorian flowers were waiting for us.  Our apartment sits on a hill and overlooks the mountains across the valley.

Yesterday we had some orientation meetings and started to unpack, which is going to take us a few days.  The kids are doing pretty well, but both came down with colds.  I think Caleb is having a little harder time adjusting to the newness, but he's already made some friends his age that live right behind us, and all the people here will "adopt" the kids.  Almost everyone we see calls Jael a muneca (doll) since all the baby dolls they get here have blond hair and blue eyes. 

Once we get a little more settled in we'll be sure to send some pictures.  Today we start laguage school and tonight we're planning on going to an Ecuadorian "ballet".