" To the World You May be One Person, But to One Person You May be the World"

That post seems to sum up the opportunity we have down here in Ecuador. We have to change to be that one person who makes a difference in the life of one person. Who knows what a change that can have on the world. Today we were back in the same community for the last day and I was so sad about it! We have really started to build up a great relationship with the people and especially with the Gias that we have. One family we had seen in the community clinic yesterday was one of the doors we knocked today. It was so cute because the little girl ran out and hugged us, and then would not let us leave later. We can't go around the community without having a guide so that we don't end up getting into trouble. We have had the same guides for the past two days, and they were so excited to have us back today. It was funny because they always introduced Abby as being from Hawaii and me as being from the United States. They also nicknamed me Sarita, which seems to happen anywhere I go that the people speak Spanish. I actually think it is funny that they introduced us to everyone today because now they know that we actually do care and that we were not just there because we had to be. I think they knew that we were there because we wanted to be and even though we couldn't communicate without issues, we could understand the love we all had for the people of the community. The hardest part was that all the people wanted to feed us or give us something to drink. We didn' t know how safe anything was , but we would take it anyway if we couldn't get out of it before it was offered. We really didn't want to offend anyone, so I ended up drinking far more Coke than I ever wanted to. Of course that is any Coke because the taste is nasty, but hey, nothing lives in Coke so it was probably a good thing for us!