Ecuador Day 38

I can't help but wonder how many days we are going to be up to by the time Flor and I leave here...any guesses? I hope we get home sooner rather than later.

We are trying to make the most of our time here, but we are running out of things to do. Today we took another trip downtown to the Centro Historico to go to the Albert Mena Caamano Museum. One of the missionaries at church recommended it to us, so we thought we would give it a try. The museum is right smack in the middle of the historical district, just up from the Presidential Plaza. It gives a history of Ecuador's independence.

We were the only souls at the place, which as pretty nice. When we got there, a guard at the door went inside to verify with the clerk that it was okay for us to go through. Not sure what that was all about, but they let us in. They offered us a tour, but it was in Spanish, so we opted just to walk ourselves through. The missionary had told us that the museum is wax museum. Upon first glance, all we saw was a timeline pained onto the wall, some books in glass cases, and three wax figures depicting something or other. We were rather disappointed...that is until the guard pointed us through another door, which led to a whole huge museum! Everything was really fascinating and the wax figures were so well-done it was almost creepy. I got spooked a few times thinking that there were people around the corner looking at us. All in all, it was very interesting and worth the $1.50 it cost to get in. Here are just a few of the pictures of some of the figures:

Check out that background! It looks totally 3D, right? It was actually just a painting on the wall behind the figures.

Well at least they are both looking. Smiling, no. Looking, yes. We'll take it.

Just a little picture outside the museum. I am pretty sure we will never again have a decent picture of all three kids, looking and smiling. Oh,well.

After the museum we had a little snack of bon ice. You can't go wrong at 15 cents for a delicious treat like bon ice.

This afternoon we just stayed inside the apartment as the kids napped late and the dark  clouds were rolling in. We watched a movie with the kids and just hung out together.

Tomorrow is the day that we will go to the court house for "signature verification". Remember when we had a big issue a few months before we traveled because Devin's passport signature did not match his signature from our application? Signatures are apparently very important in this process. So tomorrow, we get to go just to sign some documents for the court to verify we are who we say we are. Devin gets to revert back to his pre-mission signature for all these documents, which is very, very different from his current signature. Wish us well with this venture.