June 8th 2007

Hey!

I had a good day today. ummmm. i got up and helped fred do some work around the house. we built a shelf for their laundry room and i scaped loose paint off of one of their walls in their garage which will need to be repainted during my stay. then we had lunch and desi and i went to the mall. it was a good time, and really interesting. most of the food is cheaper here except for the imported stuff, like canned goods which are like 2 times the price of those in the US. i also looked around in the mall. im not really sure how the ecuadorians afford to shop at the mall, i dont think i could! ha! desi says that since they have switched over to the dollar they are able to get credit cards and many of them are really in debt because they dont have the realization that they have to pay it back. (so in effect they have become good little consumers as we are in the US!!!)

Anyways, while kyle went out with his friends, jake, another kid who is staying with the schmidts, went bowling with some other kids from the alliance academy which was fun. we also went out for some baskin robins ice cream. then we walked around quito for a bit and dropped the girl who was with us off at her house before jake and i went home.

oh man. yawn.

tomorrow is the Ramate, or big garage sale, that the families of kids at the alliance academy put on. all the families have tables in a covered basketball court and sell their stuff. this should be interesting because of all the people who will be showing up.

anyways..... thats all i got.

-david

pictures to come soon.

-david