The Ecuador 2 group arrived last week and have been busy bees ever since. They spent the first day and a half in Quito, riding zip lines and touring around before heading to Cuenca to start work at the orphanage.
The HEFY Ecuador groups this year have been working at building more facilities for volunteers to come stay at the orphanage. The girls have taken shifts working on the project and working with the orphans. For legal reasons, we have been asked not to publicly share pictures of the young children at the orphanage. You'll have to wait until your girls get home to see pictures of those sweet children.
I have spoken briefly with Allison about the young women in the group. She says they are all having a great time working together. She also expressed how impressed she is at how hard the young women in the group work.
“The Savior taught His disciples, ‘For whosoever
will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for
my sake, the same shall save it.’
“I believe
the Savior is telling us that unless we lose ourselves in service to
others, there is little purpose to our own lives. Those who live only
for themselves eventually shrivel up and figuratively lose their lives,
while those who lose themselves in service to others grow and
flourish—and in effect save their lives.”
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