Guyaquil

Now we can say we've been to Guayaquil, the largest city in Ecuador.  It was a quick weekend trip and we'll be going back in June.  It takes only 30 minutes by air or nine hours by bus going down the windy roads of the Andes.  The 30 minute flight was nicer than the bus.  Gordon did his first training the PEF Stake Specialists there.  We also had the chance to go to the Guayaquil temple.  The temple was very crowded and it's the first time lines inside a temple.  But, that was another check off our list.  I don't know if we'll try the temple when we go in June.  We saw many saints there who had traveled by bus for 10 hours or more through the night to get to the temple.  We were especially impressed with the beauty of the Otavalan Saints at the temple (they rode for 11 hours)!  Such beautiful people.