These were the GMU kids. Children of missionaries affiliated with the Gospel Missionary Union. We lived and went to school in Quito, the capitol city of Ecuador.
Our parents lived and worked in many different places throughout the country. We spent 3 months with our parents in the summer and 3 weeks over Christmas. In case you're wondering, I'm the one wearing cowboy boots.
The walls were made of split bamboo, the roof was palm leaves, and there were no screens in the windows. It may not look like much, but to me, this play house was like a palace. It was my own place to play make believe, and pretend to be grown up.
This little boy made this little canoe in Daily Vacation Bible School, and he is very proud of it. It was carved out of Balsa wood, a very soft light wood from which even very large canoes are made.
This picture is one of my personal favorites. The children loved to have their pictures taken, and they loved Bill Gibson. He was gentle, and funny, always loving and kind with them. They loved the attention he gave them, and crowded eagerly around whenever he brought out his camera.
By the Grace of God I am what I am,
and his grace toward me has not been in vain.
1 Cor. 15:1
Shuar children.Ecuador SA, 1958
Photo by Bill Gibson
The children loved to have their pictures taken, and they loved Bill Gibson. He was gentle, and funny, always loving and kind with them. They loved the attention he gave them, and crowded eagerly around whenever he brought out his camera.
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Thought for Today
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls. ~Mother Teresa
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