Guayaquil and Bethel - Kel

In Guayaquil now waiting for the English convention. Just after arriving in the bus terminal Mikayla and I of course sat down in the food court an decided what we were going to eat from several different restaurants. We both decided on some KFC. So I went to order. As I was ordering a woman who was clearly American came up and began ordering next to me. We finished ordering and at the same moment we looked at each other and said: "Where are you from?" Then dissolved into laughing before actually answering. Sure enough from the States. So I asked her why she was here, she responded that her and her husband were long term missionaries.....my mind instantly went to ??Witness??. "With who?"I asked (my eloquence failed me and I couldn't think of how else to figure out of she was a witness). "I'm a Jehovah's witness" she said. And here comes my over excitement..... "Me too!!" lol. Turns out she was there for the English convention with another sister. How cool! We will hopefully see them again tomorrow.

 After arriving to our accommodations Mikayla and I instantly passed out in the sisters house and when we woke up it was dark. We were hungry so we took a little walk to the Mall just to gawk like country folk at all the pretty clothes and eat ice cream... And part of a napkin..... This morning we woke up and got ready to tour the branch. Went down to the main house and Kary's mom made us coffee and patacones for breakfast. Super sweet sis! Tommy, a bro from South Carolina that serves in chili, was eating breakfast with us. I tried to have a conversation but he was much more interested in his food and phone so I eventually gave up and tried my hand at speaking Spanish with Gloria. Which then ended in my silence again because I didn't understand lol. We arrived at the branch about an hour early for our tour so we were released to basically wander around as we pleased. We went to the library, because thats were nerds like us go. After Guayaquil, the branch looks like a piece of paradise randomly placed in the middle of a well arranged dump. Everything is green, well manicured and clean. People smile and everything smells good. The library in the Ecuadorian bethel smells like vanilla :) in case anyone was wondering. Because Kary was working that day, she came and gave us a little pre-tour, showing us some things like the living room and the literature counter. We met a sister named Toni from South Carolina. She had us sign her book and have us a magnet she had hand painted. "If a parrot can speak Spanish she told us (lol) so can you!!" The magnet has parrots on it :)  Had a wonderful tour and met lots of people that will be at the English convention tomorrow. Love the brotherhood.

 Kel