{"id":7884,"date":"2019-08-31T08:33:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T12:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=7884"},"modified":"2019-08-31T10:27:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T14:27:43","slug":"off-to-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=7884","title":{"rendered":"Off to the Beach!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>We were so happy to be able to be back in Ecuador and to take our annual family vacation before school starts in the Fall.\u00a0 Every year we try to go to the beautiful beach in Ecuador, see the Humpback Whales as well as visit the Isla de la Plata (or &#8220;Poor Man&#8217;s Galapagos&#8221;) where see the amazing blue-footed boobies and have a chance to snorkel with sea turtles.\u00a0 It was a great week and we had so much fun exploring Ecuador&#8217;s amazing coast.\u00a0 And on our way there, we were able to stop in Santo Domingo to visit our friends in the Covenant Camp in Santo Domingo.<img 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