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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!

Dr. Lundblad continues her service in Ecuador

For the last three years one of the Santiago Partnership Board members, Dr. Kristi Lundblad (pictured below in the first photo), has brought down a team to do pediatric medical caravans.  Kristi and two audiologists have come down each year

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Kim’s Covenant famous

Check out this article on the Covenant newswire that quotes Kim: https://covenantcompanion.com/2019/02/15/j2m-journey-in-midwest-conference-stirs-pain-hope/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+covchurch%2Fnews+%28Covenant+Newswire%29

 

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Journey 2 Mosaic

Here are a couple of posts from Kim:

Just 2 weeks ago, I had the opportunity to be involved in Journey to Mosaic (J2M). It was in the Denver, Colorado area during our denominations annual conference for missionaries and pastors. …

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From Dassel to Rumipamba

Last week, our team in Ecuador served alongside Dassel Covenant Church of Dassel, Minnesota and partnered with the church in Rumipamba. Rumipamba is a Kichwa community outside of the city of Ibarra. Dassel Covenant has partnered with this church before,

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Our Project 2018 Year in Review by Numbers

The goal of our home for at risk children is reunification of children with their families and just before Christmas 6 children were able to go home to their families, just in time for Christmas!

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Thank you Little Artists International!

Last year, the International Little Artist Foundation in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin partnered with the Santiago Partnership and specifically the Home for at-risk children. Children from Turtle Creek Elementary school made and decorated backpacks to send to each child in the …

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Falling into Good Health

We’d like to share a prayer request for you.  We have had a plan for this year and we are finally getting to the point where we are slowing down enough that we can finally start to enact that plan.  …

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Updated Church Visit Schedule

Pictures from our visit to North Park Covenant Church in Machesney Park, IL this past Sunday.

And here is our updated church visits schedule:

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Meet Jenniffer

Meet the newest employee of our Medical Clinic in Cayambe, Jenniffer Gordon.


Jenniffer started this past week as we launched a brand new service for the community of Physical Therapy.  You can see our new Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy room that …

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Crazy landing in the U.S.

It was crazy for us once we made it to the U.S. arriving from Ecuador.  Since landing in Minneapolis a little over a month ago, we had put over 5,000 miles on the vehicle, visited 13 churches, met with 18 …

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