Author Archives: Joel & Kim
Off to Tena
We are heading to Tena again today for Kim’s second week of the HIV/AIDS workshops. Please pray for safe travel and effective teaching. We’ll be back in Quito on March 8th. Thank you!
Update on Agua Potable Project
I haven’t provided an update on the Agua Potable (“Clean Water”) project in Santo Domingo in quite a while because, well basically, there hasn’t been any updates. We have been waiting for quite some time to figure out if the …
HIV and AIDS Workshop-WEEK 1
As some of you may know and others may not know, Kim was asked to help F.A.C.E. (the social outreach branch) of IPEE (the Covenant Church here in Ecuador) with an HIV/AIDS workshop in the jungle town of Tena for …
The Annual Meeting 2012
We just got back from Santo Domingo and a very successful Annual Meeting for the Covenant Church of Ecuador. Some very good decisions were made, some issues were laid to rest and some very fine new officers were elected to …
Schedule for this Week
We arrived home today (Tuesday) and are leaving again for Santo Domingo on Thursday morning. The Annual Meeting or Asamblea for the Nationaly Covenant Church is this weekend, the 24th, 25th and 26th. We will be going out a little …
Teaching in Guagua Sumaco
Last Friday, the 17th, we left for Baeza, stayed overnight there, and then traveled 2 hours or so to Guagua Sumaco. It is a small jungle village, where they have quite a large school-definitely larger than what I expected. Our …
2nd Time is a Charm…HOPEFULLY!
2nd Week
Today Joel is preaching the second sermon in a two week sermon series at El Salvador church in Quito. Your prayers are very much appreciated!
When Helping Hurts-Delp THOUGHTS!
You may be wondering, now that we have finished reading When Helping Hurts, what our opinion is/was. Well, we DEFINITELY recommend reading it, and it’s not just for those in ministry positions, but for any Christian …
When Helping Hurts-Final Chapter (9)
This is the final chapter of When Helping Hurts. Chapter 9 is a pretty ‘meaty’ chapter as far as information. We will spare you all of the meaty parts and pull out the info that we feel …



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