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Today we adopted a turtle.  Now we need a name.  She is actually pretty fast for a turtle.  Going, going, gone!

Yesterday we took an outing to show Isabel the view from the Mirador San Miguel Arcangel which overlooks the city of Ibarra with a view of Mt. Imbabura in the background.  Here she is with the whole Farnsworth clan. Ibarra Marisol and Isa Joel and Isa Amelia, Jacob and Isa Another view of Ibarra The arcangel at dusk Night is falling! Ibarra after dark Good night, Ibarra!

Here are some pictures from a recording session for a song I wrote called "Puentitos de Amor" for the kids club at our church, Puente de Amor.  "Little Bridges of Love" tells how we can share the good news of God's love with others.  It will be the theme song for the club this year.  Thanks to Joel, Amelia, Norberto, Andrea, Josúe, Edison, Hugo and Emilio for all their help.

Our DEAR friend Margaret Wynn went to her heavenly reward on September 7, 2013, at the age of 89.  The last time we visited her was at Houghton, NY, in July 2011, shortly before we returned to Ecuador as missionaries with Liebenzell.  She hosted us and another friend Robert Cummings for lunch, preparing us delicious chilled meatloaf.  Marisol was pregnant at the time with Jacob and Elias and not feeling very well, but Margaret was so kind and gracious to Marisol during our visit. I met Margaret during my time at Houghton from 1983-1987.  She served as the sponsor of Swordbearers, the Bible Memory Association that I headed up for a couple years as president.  Always cheerful, upbeat and positive, she listened calmly to our concerns and offered a helping hand.  Wonderful memories include baking Christmas cookies with John and Jennifer at her apartment for our Christmas events each year; her help preparing our annual chapels; and visiting her in her off...

Future architect at work!  Futuro arquitecto en progreso. Reading with Isabel.  Leyendo con Isabel.

We also walked in Abraham Lincoln's family shadow when we visited the site of his great-great grandfather Mordecai Lincoln's house in Exeter Township, PA.  I remember as an elementary school student studying PA history and going past this house and wishing that it would be restored.  At that time it lay in ruins.  Happily it was restored in 1987-1988 but alas, since then has fallen back into disrepair.  Joel and Amelia outside the house surrounded by invasive vegetation. Sadly, in need of another restoration. Another sight to behold!  Mordecai Lincoln died in 1736, about three years after building the house pictured above.  Although not a Quaker, it is believed, curiously, that he was buried in an unmarked grave at the cemetery at the Exeter Friends Meeting. We also visited Gettysburg during out time in PA.  Here Joel and Amelia pose with Mr. Lincoln himself outside the Visitor's Center.  Amelia says that Lincoln is her...

During our time in PA we visited a few historical sites, including the remains of the log cabin of Daniel Boone's grandfather George Boone, having moved to PA from England in 1717.  George was father to Daniel's father Squire. All that remains is the chimney.  The log cabin burned in 1924. Joel and Amelia posed from a distance.  The chimney stands on private property in Exeter Township, PA. We also visited the Exeter Friends Meeting, the Quaker church where Daniel's family attended until his father Squire and some older siblings were excommunicated for marrying outside of the Quaker faith.  His mother Sarah continued to attend monthly meetings with the younger children. Boone and Lincoln family members are interred at the Quaker burial ground in Exeter.  The graves are unmarked. We also visited the Daniel Boone Homestead, the site where Daniel was born on November 2, 1734. Elías and Jacob enjoyed exploring the p...