Well, I decided I would take part of my Sabbatical and fly to Equador to visit Andrea.  We were on Skype tonight working out all the details.   She is getting homesick and I have missed her very much so we are going to have some quality father/daughter time together.  Since I don’t speak the language I will be leaning on her pretty much for all the communication.  I have always wanted to learn Spanish – maybe this will really give me the bug for it.   One of the things we will do together there is visit an orphanage.  I’m going to see if maybe I can minister in some small way there.  I know I won’t be there long, but at least I can get a feel for what missionaries do in orphan work in 3rd world countries.  It has always been a dream of mine to work with orphans.  We will see what God has in store.    I will have lots of time while Andrea is in classes and studying to catch up on my reading.   One book I’m going to read is the controversial book:  Kite Runner.   Do you have any suggestions for other good books to bring along?