Hola!
We were in Fort Meyers to visit the Davalos’ the other day. They are on the our mission board. We talked about about Ecuador and swam in their pool. They are very nice. Then we went to the Ecuadorian Consulate in Miami to get our visas. Everybody spoke Spanish and it was crowded. We were there from 9:30 to 3:00 and they said to come back the next day because they were closing. So we were there from before 9:00 to 5:00. It was not fun. We did get our visas, but Abigail’s says that she is a widow because their machine was broken.
We went to Fort Cooper Baptist Church Sunday night and shared about the ministry. Abigail and I sang and then took Elijah to the nursery.
Now we are back in Oxford, Fl. And we are still doing school. But we are almost finished. I only have 16 more lessons of math. We are almost done packing. Only 28 days until we leave for Ecuador. I’m excited about meeting people and making friends, but it’s still scary.
So All May Know,
Madeline Studebaker
Hello Ms. Madeline,
Uncle Paul and I are thinking about you.
We found a little baby kitten on our road on Wednesday. It is a girl kitten. (Don’t worry, we did not name it Madeline) 🙂 She is asleep right now in a basket on my desk as I type this message to you.
We still have frogs in the swimming pool. I don’t understand how they can survive with all the chemicals.
Uncle Paul just went to the gym to exercise. He has signed up for Judo. He starts next Saturday. I am not real sure what Judo is actually. He used to do Judo when we first met. I went to a Judo match with him once a long time ago. He was kind of wrestling around on a mat with another fella. They were trying to make each other fall. Paul did make the other fells fall down on the mat. Then the other fella made your Uncle Paul fly through the air like a wounded crane. He didn’t get up right away, but when he did get up the umpire man gave your Uncle Paul a medal and the people in the stands with me clapped loudly. I am not sure if the people were impressed with Uncle Paul’s ability to make the other fella fall down or if they were just elated, like I was, that he was able to get back up. Anyway, Uncle Paul wants to play Judo again so he starts next Saturday. I will keep you updated on his progress as long as he keeps getting back up. 🙂
I think the washer just stopped, I had better go move those clothes to the dryer.
Love you,
Aunt Sandra