Tomorrow I will be joined by four other members of the US-based Partners Worldwide team to travel to 3 cities and 5 provinces in the course of the following five days. All four team members fly in tomorrow evening so that we can get an early start on Monday with a flight out to Cuenca. There we will spend 2 full days meeting with church leaders, visiting businesses, and getting to know the city. On Wednesday, we plan to return to Quito for two meetings before catching another flight, this time to the jungle city of Coca. We will spend two days there in order to visit communities along the Napo River and below the Sumaco Volcano before returning to Quito for one last meeting before team members catch their flights on Friday evening and early Saturday morning.
Sound like a whirlwind? Maybe, but it's full of anticipation for great things. We are looking forward to signing a partnership agreement to begin formally working together with the Cuenca Partners group based at the Verbo Church there, and the trip to the jungle will be the start of a potential connection with Kaya Foundation, which works in rainforest conservation through business innovation with jungle farming communities. I look forward to giving updates on the highlights from this trip.
