Praise the Lord!!! The highlight of our day was going to the Ecuadorian Embassy and finally receiving our missionary visas. It has been a long and drawn out battle, about 2 months, but we have them now. Also we have our shipment list aproved which will enable us to get the shipment out of customs in Ecuador tax free. And now, I just got done buying our airplane tickets to Quito for the 27th of April, just over two weeks away. The funnest part about the tickets is they are First Class. I upgraded because we get to take 3 bags instead of the allowable 2 in Economy Class. We are going to have to take a few extra things, and upgrading to 1rst Class enables us to take the extra luggage and save $20. Hows that for a bargain?! As we look over the whole visa process, the ups and downs, we realized that the folks at the embassy were really on our side the whole time. Many of our personel in Latin America are new to their posts, and because of this we were given wrong information or documents that ultimatly delayed the process. Thankfully, the folks at the Embassy were patient with us and continued to tell us what we needed and how to go about getting it. In the end, it is only important that we have them before we have to leave for Ecuador, which 2 hours or 2 weeks, it is the same difference.
We have been enjoying a fairly busy and productive week "off" from school. We are starting the packing process and are also busy with dinners and meetings and things. This is good, as the alternative boredom is enough to kill a man.
I have also been logging some serious hours on the ol' Microsoft Flight Simulator lately. This has helped dust a few of the cobwebs off, although there "ain't nothing like the real thing baby..."
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