Visa update...

We went to the Ecuadorian Embassy this morning. Actually, we took Brooklyn to school first, picked up our passports with current Costa Rican visas (Praise the Lord!) and then we spent the next hour or so on 3 differnet buses to get to the Embassy for Ecuador. We finally made it and got in line, which thankfully was short, and shortly thereafter we were talking to the "middle man" for the consulate. We had all of our paperwork in order, and it looks like our actual visas will be ready to pick up sometime next week. There was a very funny moment during our meeting, or maybe a tense moment, depending on your perspective. One of the items on the general visa application asks for the "estado civil," or married status. Rebecca with her much nicer handwriting filled in the applications and put "cansado" in the blank. What she should have put was "casado." The first answer meant "tired," "casado" means married. So the "middle man" had a very good laugh at us while we wondered if our appointment was over because of it. He asked us if we were tired because we are married, and we said "sometimes." Anyway, after the dust settled we left with some good handshakes and smiles. We did not get our shipment list approved yet, although it looks very promising as there are a few more things we need to do first. So thank you all for your prayers for this logistical stuff, it surely made a difference.