{"id":826,"date":"2011-03-02T18:16:49","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T22:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=826"},"modified":"2011-03-02T18:27:46","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T22:27:46","slug":"roughing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=826","title":{"rendered":"Roughing It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two weekends ago we had our annual staff retreat, staff meaning all of the missionaries from the US in Ecuador.\u00a0 Safe to say it was a blast!\u00a0 On Friday night, we went out to eat at\u00a0a nice restuaraunt in Old Quito called Vista Hermosa (&#8220;Beautiful View&#8221;) that is up on the top of a fairly large building and has, quite literally, a beautiful view of the city.\u00a0 Our dinner was, as you would expect, delicious.<\/p>\n<p>Most of our retreat consisted of on Saturday and Sunday morning a trip to Papallacta, which is an area up in the mountains that has natural hot springs.\u00a0 It&#8217;s good we weren&#8217;t paying for things because we stayed in a very nice resort which actually had the hot springs in them.\u00a0 It was, as you might guess, a wonderful time to relax and to just spend time with our fellow missionaries.\u00a0 We all took turns sharing our stories and how we had become missionaries.\u00a0 It was great to hear everyone&#8217;s story and learn more about one other.\u00a0 Here are some pictures to give you an idea:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_828\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Team_Vista_Hermosa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-828\" class=\"size-full wp-image-828 \" title=\"Team_Vista_Hermosa\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Team_Vista_Hermosa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here is a picture of the team at the restaurant Vista Hermosa<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_836\" style=\"width: 492px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Delps_Vista_Hermosa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-836\" class=\"size-full wp-image-836\" title=\"Delps_Vista_Hermosa\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Delps_Vista_Hermosa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"482\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family portrait at Vista Hermosa.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_829\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Termas3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-829\" class=\"size-full wp-image-829\" title=\"Termas3\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Termas3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Termas de Papallacta were beautiful.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_830\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Termas1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-830\" class=\"size-full wp-image-830\" title=\"Termas1\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Termas1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another shot of the resort.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_831\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Papallacta_Fire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-831\" class=\"size-full wp-image-831\" title=\"Papallacta_Fire\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Papallacta_Fire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We tried making a fire but we struggle with lighting it at that altitude.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_832\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Papallacta1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-832\" class=\"size-full wp-image-832\" title=\"Papallacta1\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Papallacta1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is where the title &quot;roughing it&quot; came from.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_833\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Simeon_Mandy_Termas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-833\" class=\"size-full wp-image-833\" title=\"Simeon_Mandy_Termas\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Simeon_Mandy_Termas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simeon getting tired in the hot springs, resting on Mandy<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_834\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Dad_Simeon_Termas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-834\" class=\"size-full wp-image-834\" title=\"Dad_Simeon_Termas\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Dad_Simeon_Termas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Father and son playing in the hot springs.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_835\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Family_Termas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-835\" class=\"size-full wp-image-835\" title=\"Family_Termas\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2011\/03\/Family_Termas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The family definitely liked the Termas de Papallacta. 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