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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!

Support the Delps on Giving Tuesday and the End-of-Year

As we are missionaries with the Evangelical Covenant Church, there are three options to support the Delps and Ecuador this year:

 

1. We are hoping and praying to be able to go on sabbatical over the Summer, June –

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Filling Up and Pouring Out

This past week, Kim was able to serve together with women from around Ecuador as well as volunteers from the U.S. and Germany to serve Ecuadorian and Venezuelan women.  After two years of not being able to do women’s caravans, …

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Nothing-Something

 

I don’t want to sound like a crashing cymbal
I don’t want to be some empty noise
I’m down on my knees Lord I surrender
Jesus help me to love with a love like Yours

Whether in the church …

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JIREH

18-20 And now I have it all—and keep getting more! The gifts you sent with Epaphroditus were more than enough, like a sweet-smelling sacrifice roasting on the altar, filling the air with fragrance, pleasing God to no end. You can

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First Day of School

It is that time of year where we see all the back-to-school pictures and we don’t want to be any different, but maybe for different reasons.  We want to CELEBRATE that the kids are going back to school IN PERSON!  …

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Baños 2021

With our recent trip to the jungle, we were also able to spend a couple of days in Baños, one of our favorite tourist areas in Ecuador to do some extreme sports, hiking and just enjoying time together with …

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Vacation #2

Yes, you read that title correctly, in August, we were able to take TWO vacations.  For me (Kim), this is one of the few vacations where I can remember coming back not feeling like I needed another week after vacation …

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Galapagos: “a little world within itself”


August was quite a full month…of vacation!  Yes, you read that correctly.  It is not often that you read that from our family, but we took some much needed time to rest, relax, explore, rejuvenate and be together as a …

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July Update – Lot’s o’ News!

We apologize for being a bit out of touch.  It’s been a busy past few months for us with a lot of ups and downs.  Additionally, the Covenant’s Blog service that this blog is hosted on has not been working

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Summer FUNd for the Santiago Partnership

Don’t let a world-wide pandemic and social distancing prevent you from serving and being a part of international missions!

During the summer months which is the high season for international mission trips, we think of all of you folks a

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