Step into last year’s Youth Venture trip to Ecuador
through this photo journal. The group, led by Monica Miller and
Courtney Mast, served in Ecuador from June 11, 2014 to July 2, 2014, where mission
worker David Shenk introduced them to the city and people of Quito,
Ecuador.
Youth Venture participants, Laura Haskin, Megan Boardman, Paige Allison Purnell, Lindsey Short, and Monica Miller have a quick roadside lunch in Quito.
Fish for sale at the outdoor market in Ofelia.
The 2014 Ecuador Youth Venture team explores an outdoor market together.
Ecuador Youth Venture participants visit a waterfall on the way to Otavalo. From left: Paige Allison Purnell, Lindsey Short, Laura Haskin, Megan Boardman, Jessica Jushchysyn, Monica Miller, and Courtney Mast.
Lindsey Short and Paige Allison Purnell help their host mother, María José Chavez, shell beans to be used at her restaurant.
David Shenk, Laura Haskin, Megan Boardman, Lindsey Short, Monica Miller, Jessica Juschchysyn, and Paige Allison Purnell take a hike around Cuicocha, a huge volcanic crater lake.
Monica Miller and Paige Allison Purnell take a boat tour of Lake Cuicocha.
Monica Miller, Megan Boardman, and Lindsey Short load a wheelbarrow to help lay the foundation for a bathroom at a youth center in Quito.
The Ecuador 2014 Youth Venture team picture during a hike. Back, from left: Courtney Mast, Lindsey Short, Megan Boardman, Paige Allison Purnell. Front, from left: Monica Miller, Jessica Jushchyshyn, and Laura Haskin.
Team Ecuador on the Equator! Left: Monica Miller, Lindsey Short, and Megan Boardman; Right: Jessica Jushchyshyn, Laura Haskin, Paige Purnell, and Courtney Mast.
Together, the Youth Venture team preps a wall for painting at a church in Riobamba. From left: Monica Miller, Megan Boardman, Paige Purnell and Laura Haskin.
Harnessed up for bungee jumping in Baños de Agua Santa! From left: Courtney Mast, Megan Boardman, Jessica Jushchyshyn, Lindsey Short, Paige Purnell, and Laura Haskin.
Megan Boardman gets ready for zip-lining in Baños de Agua Santa.
Monica Miller swings off the edge of a mountain.
The 2014 Youth Venture team hikes through the jungle to a river in Arajuno.
Buen provecho! At the end of the day, fill yourself with a delicious meal of fish (eyes and all!), plantains, tomato and onion salad, and boiled yucca wrapped up and served on a banana leaf.
