Scholl's Serving at Hacienda El Refugio

El Refugio was closed over the holidays to give all our workers their vacation time off. This allowed time for our family to travel around Quito with Kevin, Jay and Nicole. As many of you know, Kevin is a photography major at BIOLA University. While he was here, in under 3 weeks he shot over 1000 pictures. Here is a picture of what Kevin was taking pictures of...

The Basilica del Voto Nacional, is an imposing church, neo-Gothic in style, with gargoyles representing the national fauna. It is built on a high spot in the city center. It was started at the end of the 19th century and is yet to be finished. Typically, we take visitors to tour the Basilica simply because it is such a beautiful cathedral.

Contrasting the old with the new. Bridget was not able to visit for the holidays. On December 24th she delivered our first grandchild, a boy named Anchor Viviano. Over Valentine's Day weekend, Anchor's dad, Viviano Aguilar asked Bridget to marry him and we are pleased to announce she said yes! They are planning a fall wedding.

As you can imagine, we are really looking forward to meeting this little guy :)