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Author Archives: Joel & Kim

About Joel & Kim

We were married in May 2002 and have known for years now that we wanted to be missionaries, Kim since she was 10 years old and Joel since college. God has brought our lives together to serve Him in any aspect we can. God has given us the vision to start a home for at risk children and a medical clinic in Ecuador, South America. This blog gives you a look into our lives and dreams. We know that we are simple people and often feel like Moses making excuses why others would be better equipped for His purpose. However, we cling to the promises that God has given us and we know that if God has called us, He will also equip us. Happy reading!

Update

Joel’s surgery was successful!  Amen!  He was in surgery for about 2 hours but everything went smoothly and as planned.  He had quite a bit of nausea from the anesthesia after the surgery in the hospital and threw up numerous …

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MOM’S HOME!!!!

Simeon and I came back from the camp in Santo Domingo just in time to go pick up Kim from the airport.  It was great to see her as we both had missed her a lot.  She seems to have …

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Prayer Request

Joel will be having surgery on Monday morning (around 10 a.m.) to repair a torn Anterior Crucial Ligament in his right knee.  He tore the ligament a few months ago playing soccer but didn’t get checked out until a little …

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God’s promises

I am not much of one who searches for “signs” from God in life’s circumstances and through nature, which could be to my fault, but God spoke to me through a “sign” yesterday.

Kim and I have been going through …

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Meeting on Saturday

Hello!  We just wanted to share a prayer request with you all.  You all know that Kim will be taking off early Saturday morning to fly to the States for another week of class in MN.  Well, Joel and Simeon …

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Leaving on a Jet Plane

Leaving on a Jet Plane

On Saturday (July 21st,  (VERY EARLY), Kim will be heading to Minneapolis/St. Paul for a week for a class at Bethel University until the 28th of July.  The class is the 2nd and final …

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A Delp Family Visit

On June 24th, Joel’s parents, Ruth and Earl and his brother Eric and his family, Fumiko, Sheena and Reenna flew into Quito for the start of a two-week time together to celebrate Earl and Ruth’s 50th anniversary coming up in …

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Update

First of all, we wanted to update you all on how the meeting went on Friday.  Safe to say it went not as well as we would have liked.  It looks like there will be a lot for us to …

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June 2012 Newsletter Released

We just put together our latest newsletter.  Please click the following to download it:

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Update on Financial Needs

We have recently learned that our Ministry Account has gotten very low and will remain low or in the red the remainder of our time this year in Ecuador.  You may ask, “But Joel and Kim, how could this be?  …

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