Our time here has been jam packed. After a day in Guayaquil, we made it here to Cuenca on Sunday evening. The Hotel Inca Real is absolutely marvelous! I have a suite with a living room area. The only downside is a bed as hard as a concrete floor – literally!
Monday was long and busy! We walked around town a bit and took a double decker bus tour in the morning. Then we went to Compassion for the afternoon. where the kids played hard. Dan Kerwin was exhausted and sweaty after 2 hours of soccer in the sun, and I was exhausted and going down fast.
On Tuesday we cut back a bit on our schedule and decided on just 2 hours outside at Compassion. Then we spent time inside at Verbo Christian School all morning. We had a lovely dinner at the hotel, (This team is the most adventurous regarding food. They order crepes, salmon, trout, portobella mushrooms, etc.) and then we sent the kids to crash briefly before going out to home groups, which were great!
Wednesday we had a lovely historic and cultural tour. We changed that from a 3 hour walking tour to a 3 hour bus tour with stops. The guide was a nice young man with excellent English.
Tonight the kids have gone to a big soccer game with several youth leaders from Verbo and Dan Kerwin and I beat it to the internet cafe. He’s on the phone with his wife and kids.
This is such a beautiful place and we are having lots of fun with the kids. We’ll see you all soon.
-Chris Urban
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