It is the rainy season here in Ecuador, and near the mountains here, there have been numerous mudslides and flooding. As a result, mountain provinces have delayed the start of school until April 28th, as some schools are under water, or covered with mud. That makes sense. Then there’s La Concordia.
La Concordia, which sits on the border of Esmeraldes and Pichincha, is sort of a political no-mans-land. Classes here at Luz del Evangelio have been in progress since April 2nd, and things have been going smoothly. Yesterday, the principal of the school, and my good friend, Sandro got a call from the government stating that if the school stays open it would have to pay a hefty fine. When asked why this was, the government representative stated it was because of the mudslides and flooding. When Sandro informed him that we were in the coastal region, and in no danger of flooding, the representative stated that it didn’t matter, since some of the schools were closing, all of them had to close.

To our understanding, since Luz del Evangelio is a private school, technically the government cannot tell us when to be opened and when to be closed, they just have to regulate the number of hours and days we are open. Oh well, at least the kids are excited for a vacation.

This Friday, our family will be taking a trip up to Quito for a few days to get some things for the computer lab, and to plan out some things with our friends Manuel and Elvia regarding our ministry service that we will be participating in Quito in June. It’s a 5 hour bus ride each way, so please pray for safe travels!

P.S. A note about photos… We are uploading photos as we can… the Internet here is unreliable, and very slow. Remember that the Photos Page has more than what we put in the posts!

Thanks all! God Bless You!

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