Riobamba

This morning (Wednesday) Judy took an early morning walk with Daniella’s grandmother. She thought it was to be a walk around the town, but instead it was to a park where more than 300 persons gather each morning at 7 a.m. for an hour of aerobic exercise.

We visited a historic church, active convent, and museum with some of the oldest art in Ecuador. Riobamba has some of the richest and oldest religious history of Ecuador. I found the room that focused on the trinity the most interesting. It had a sculpture of Christ, the Holy Spirit as a dove, and God as Father. It is the first time I’ve seen an actual depiction of God in sculpture.

From Daniella’s roof, we can see three volcanoes capped with snow. God has extravagantly given Ecuador some of the greatest beauty on this earth.

We just got finished eating some roasted quinea pig. It was very tasty.

Justin leaves this afternoon for Quito and flies back to Memphis early Thursday morning. The rest of us have only a little over a week left in Ecuador.

Below are some pictures of Riobamba.

The first one is of one of the historic churches in Riobamba.

A man in the market waiting for someone who needs some clothes mended.

This one is for Scott. It is one of ten stands in the market selling roasted pigs.

Some indigenous ladies sitting on a street corner.