flights booked

We booked our flights for Ecuador yesterday and it felt good to finally get it done. We are about two months behind where we wanted to be but that was our schedule and not the Lord's so hopefully we are now in harmony with His.

Here is our itinerary:

CO2957 20NOV TORONTO HOUSTON 1400 1640
CO 810 20NOV HOUSTON GUAYAQUIL 1845 0110 ARR. NOV 21

So we are flying Continental and it will be a long day as although we leave at 2pm Tuesday afternoon it will be after 1am on Wednesday when we arrive (just in case you have trouble figuring out military time). I don't know how good my Spanish will be at that time of night but I know it won't be very good!

We have a number of details to tidy up before we leave including disposing of two vans, a final visit to the doctors office, and a trip or two to government offices. The remainder of the time we would mostly like to spend with family and friends and to that end we had an overnight at my parents on Tuesday night which was a hoot.

Verse for the day:


Romans 10:17-18
17Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. 18But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did: "Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."

This verse was originally directed at those Jewish people who had chosen to reject the Messiah but it is also applicable to all who choose to say that they have never heard the truth about Christ. I certainly would not consider Playas to be the ends of the earth but it is out there a bit and we do want to make sure that people in that area get a true and accurate presentation of the gospel. The passage includes a quote from Psalm 19 that teaches that Creation itself displays the message that there is a supreme creator of the universe and that He is visible to us through His creation that we see all around us.

Our goal is that people would come to faith in Christ by hearing the message.
You can read the passage in context at:

www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=52&chapter=10&version=31&context=chapter#en-NIV-28192