My Sister´s Birthday

Friday March 20

Today is Sharon’s birthday (my sister), she is 62 years old! It’s hard to believe that we are getting this old.

I told our worker, Gonzalo, that we will only need him one day a week because everything has been repaired. Now, we will only need him to do gardening work, which is what he done today. So, he said that he’ll be in a week from Monday. I’m sorry that we have to do this as he’s been a good worker. I expect him to look for another job, but I hope he can still come by once a week to do the weeding or painting touch up (as the paint comes off in places because of the dampness all around.

Richard had called to say that a military plane crashed into a building down the street from him! He said that it happened Wednesday about 5.30pm and all he heard was a bunch of sirens. The fog (clouds) was so thick that he couldn’t see the crash. It was the next day that he saw it from his window, so he took a picture of it.

Richard lives on the edge of Quito, where his street is on the edge of a raven. The planes come to the airport over his street, but further down. He found out that it was a training exercise for the polit. Can you imagine having this when the cloud cover was so heavy?

Anyhow, all five crew members were killed and two who lived in the building. Richard said a few days later that the pilot had brought along his wife and baby child. Only in Ecuador would this happen!