Somethings don't turn out as we expect them.

So, this week has been trying for all of us, because the Mills have been selling everything here in Quito and their house and everything. Something that I learned about most Ecuadorians - they don't really respect your time and you can't depend on them. The Mills had a garage sale today, but people were over here ALL week, from 1 until about 8 everyday, looking at stuff. Even when we told people not to come back until Saturday, they still came over! They were just constantly here. And you can't just tell them to leave, because they don't call before them come. They either show up after traveling for like a half hour to an hour, and you can't just tell them to leave if they came that far. Or they call you when they are on their way, as they are close. Anyways, so people have been here constantly, and nobody can get anything done that they need to. Ahhh... so anyways, yesterday, we were planning on going to Mitad del Mundo (center of the world), which is where the Equator is and everything. Well we were going to borrow a car from the Paster of the church here. We talked to him about it Wednesday and then confirmed it on Thursday, and then we go over to get the keys and his car in the morning. And he had left that morning to go 6 hours away and took his keys with him. He said his wife had a spare set of keys, but then she couldn't find them... so we ended up not being able to go there... (like I said, you just learn to not depend on people, and ALWAYS have a plan B and C). So we decided to go to the mall and then we went to the Teleferiquo, which was a railcar things that brought you up to one of the highest mountains in Quito at about 14,000 feet. We got off, and it was hard to breath. It was an absolutely beautiful view. So at least we got to do something yesterday. We were so high up that my nose was actually bleeding from the alititude, and it was so cold, we could see our breath, yet back down off the mountain (at 10,000 feet, it was 65-70 degrees.

Then, once again, Ecuadorians don't respect your time. We were planning on going to see Pirates of the Carribean at 6, and some people were supposed to come over to pick up some things that they bought at 1:30, well, they didn't show up until 4:30, and we were planning on leaving for the movie at 5. Needless to say, we tried to get everything out to them as fast as we could, but then we couldn't even take the car - we had to take a taxi because we moved everything out into the road, and they still had to load it all up. We didn't leave until about 5:45 and we were rushing but we got there right as the movie was starting. It is just absolute chaos here. Today was the garage sale, thank goodness, so it's all over, and people won't be here constantly for the next week. Please be praying for our sanity! We will be leaving to go back to the coast in a week.