Still on Galapagos

I will give a report from Sunday to Tuesday, today.

We went to Washingtons new ward. It is very near the House of Good and the US Embassy. Washington is moving in October. This ward is very high class. It will be good for the Zambranos.

We then picked up Bob and Dee Wake and drove to Otavalo in the CAF van. As soon as we arrived we drove to the new building. The Wakes were very surprised at how nice it was. The mayor and his group treated us to lunch and then we got down to business. We told them what we were shipping on the container. They were very excited. I had also prepared the sale of a power vac sewer truck and a bobcat. I had found these items used in SLC and Idaho Falls. They were totally excited about the price. I think they will get with me before I leave to book these to items to ship to them.

We toured Otavalo and then headed home.

We got up early Monday and flew to Santa Cruz Galapagos island. We met with the mayor and told them what we were shipping them. We visited there hospital and it is nice and new but the medical equipment is old. They were excited to hear about our equipment that is coming. I am shipping 24 hospital beds to them. They took us to dinner last night.

Funny experience. We took the Wakes to the Darwin museum with the turttles and iguanas. On the way out of the museum, Washington wanted some sushi at a restaurant nearby. He loves sushi. I gave in and we had Sushi. Dee loves Sushi.

We were out at 7 pm and the mayor wanted us to go to dinner. We rendezvoused with him and headed for the restaurant. We were on the same road as the sushi restaurant and we thought for sure we were going there. We were cooking up stories on how we knew the waiter and cook, etc at the sushi restaurant. Well, we were just one block away and we went to another restaurant. We had a good laugh.

We got up this morning and went to the volcanoes and lava caves. We meet with the mayor at 2 pm. He has some other projects he wants us to look at. This morning we went to the Red Cross and they are duplicating the work of the city hospital. We find out that the two political parties are at each other on what medically is going on. The Red Cross is much better than the city hospital but its political party has lost power. They need equipment. We wonder how it will work if we help both the city hospital and the Red Cross. Politics is getting in the way.

This afternoon they are taking us on a boat tour. Haven´t done that here. The Wakes are planning on bringing a group here in JUne. They are very excited about helping.

Washington told me about a conversation he had with a dentist, Jeff Hill, in SLC. Jeff is doing dental implants and he invited Washington to come and learn how to do a new implant system. The system costs $12000. Washington wants to do it because he can do implants on Saturday and make big dollars doing it. WE mentioned it to the Wakes and they offered last night over sushi to loan him the money and he would pay it back in one year, interest free. Not a bad deal for a plate of Sushi. I was tickled to hear them offer.

I am well and must go to lunch now. Be good and do good. Gordon Carter