Still Chugging Along

Since we will be moving to Shell soon, we wanted to make sure everyone knows our new mailing address:

Dan Benedick
Hospital Vozandes del Oriente
Shell, Pastaza
Ecuador, South America

We love receiving mail : )

It’s amazing to us that our time in language school is winding down! We’ll have three more weeks of intense language study here in Quito, as well as one more quick scouting trip to Shell, prior to moving to the jungle for good on December 21st. Time really flew by during this past week, as we had our moms here visiting. We had a great time! We took them to see all the sights around Quito, and they babysat the kids for us while we were in class. They sniffed out a few good deals while shopping, and Caleb and Jael had tons of fun reconnecting with their grandmas. We had a mini Christmas celebration while they were here so the grandmas could watch them open their presents. Caleb is now ready to join Buzz Lightyear in the battle against the evil emperor Zurg. The only hard part about their visit was having to say good-bye. We feel very loved by all our family and friends!

Thank you to all of you who have been praying for Caleb. He seems to be adjusting better all the time! He’s been interacting more and more with Ecuadorians without bringing out his angry eyes.

Language school is going well. I’m super-impressed by how quickly Kristina has improved. Both of us are getting much better at comprehension as well, and we’re even able to understand most of the sermons that we hear in church (even while juggling a couple of antsy kids). We heard a great sermon last week about our call to go and make disciples. Please be praying that we’ll find people in Shell that we’ll be able to disciple, and others who will come alongside and mentor us.