Back in the saddle

We made it back this afternoon from a marathon trip to the capital city of Quito. We were there for many reasons. My parents left on Sunday morning, and the past few days we have been working on passports for Madison at the Ecuadorian and US embassies. We are happy to report that Madison is now an official citizen of both Ecuador and the USA. We have an Ecuadorian passport in hand, and the American will follow shortly next week. I may go into all the details in a later blog of how we shouldn't have even recieved the Ecuadorian one, but God truly cleared the way for us, and I don't want to bore everyone with the details right now.

On a national note, Ecuador inaugurated their new president this past Monday. It was interesting to watch some of the proceedings on TV and especially wonder what is going to happen in Ecuador after seeing some of Rafael Correa's guests. They included none other than the presidents of Venezuela, Bolivia, and a very "special" president. (see picture below)

We happened to be at our hangar when some of the presidents and diplomats were leaving. Just before the president of Iran left, the president of Brazil left on his "Air Force One" as well.

I will be back at work tomorrow and we will be sure to start posting more now that things might "settle down" as the new year gets going. Thanks for hanging on with us...