Banos!!!!

Today was our free day and it was the coolest thing ever!!! First I had to lead the devotion this morning and it actually wasn't as bad as I was expecting. I spoke about having faith and used the verse Hebrews 11:6. If you go back to my post on march 24, you will see what I talked about. :) I had to do my devotion on the bus which I wasn't too thrilled about. But oh well. We went to the house of Jim Elliot and the other four missionary men that died here in Ecuador. That was pretty cool because I read Elizabeth Elliot's books and I have always heard of what happened. Then we went across the street to see the airplanes they take into the villages. After we finished up there we went to this EXTREMELY nice restaurant. It had a little forest outside and there were parrots! And it was right by the river so we went down there and it was so pretty! Once we were finished eating we headed up to the place where we could hike down the mountain to the waterfall. And words cannot express how BEAUTIFUL it was!!! I mean how can you go to places like we did today and not believe in God??? I mean really? We climbed through this cave and got to stand behind the waterfall where we got soak n wet. And then when we were hiking back up there was this man with a huge snake and you could pay a dollar to take a picture with it around you. Well I've never done that before so I did it and it was so scary!!! But so cool!!! When we had all made it back to the top we went to this place where you could ride a cable car across this valley thing. That was very neat also. After that we headed to Banos and walked around for about an hour. It had such cool stuff!! Tons of shops and it was sooooo cheap. I mean very very cheap!!! I bought everyone souvenirs and myself stuff and I wish we could have stayed longer because I wanted to shop more!!! Then we headed back to the hotel and our group time tonight, oh my goodness, was very emotional. It was our last night in Ecuador and just wow. Too emotional for me. I cried. Bryan washed Kyle's feet and pretty much everyone was crying. It was awesome but sad at the same time. A bittersweet moment. I enjoyed today so much and I would love love love to go back to Banos. It was just so beautiful!!!