Ecuador Day 8 – Friday March 21
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Ecuador Day 7 – Thursday March 20
Today we talked with a hotel manager, a missionary and the operations director for DHL. We also jumped off mountains and drove through downtown Quito in a bus and a private band. Hotel Quito We talked with Joseph Sugels the director food and beverage service at Hotel...Ecuador Day 6 – Wednesday March 19
Today we visited a university, radio station and Hospital. Univserdad San Francisco de Quito The university has 5000 students and no dorms. Students either live on their own, with their families or with a host family. Since there is no where to sleep during the day...Ecuador Day 5 – Tuesday March 18
Today we visited a flower plantation a coffee company and a plastics factory. We also almost fell off a mountain in our bus. Some of the roads here are crazy. Some drivers are too. Flower Plantation One of the most interesting things about the flower industry is its...Ecuador Day 4 – Monday March 17
We visited the U.S. commercial services today. And by “we” I mean everyone else because I was as sick as a dog with a bacterial infection in my stomach. The U.S. commercial services is a business that works with American companies helping them do business in Ecuador....Ecuador Day 3 – Sunday March 16
Today we visited a Ecuadorian Baptist church. We missed the regular service and only got to visit the Sunday School which didn’t make a lot of sense since it was in Spanish. Yes. This is Popcorn and dried banana slices. Its an appetizer and not that bad Iglesia Means...Ecuador Day 2
Today we studied micro entrepreneurship by visiting a local open air market. The breakfast bar at our hotel. The food here is good and amazingly inexpensive. I got a fillet mignon for $6. Permission Permission based marketing may be a new concept to us westerners but...A New Adventure
I am setting of on one of the biggest, most exiting and dangerous adventures of my life. And I am not talking about my trip to Ecuador. Grace Chambers and I are now officially courting. And by official I mean Facebook official. After several meetings with her dad he...Ecuador Day 1
This spring break Cynthia and I are going to Ecuador for International Business. Part of the course requires us to keep a journal of each days events. I thought I would share the trip with you. Today I learned that life does exist at 4am. My dad dropped me off at the...Thomas Umstattd Jr.
I'm a Christ Follower, in love with Margaret Umstattd, Father of four children, CEO of Author Media, Podcaster, Marketer, Homeschool Graduate, and Political Trouble Maker.