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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!

When Helping Hurts: Review of Chapter 5-Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor & Their Assets

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Joel & Kim


In Chapter 4, we discussed the 3 different ways to approach poverty alleviation. To re-visit, those different approaches are Relief, Rehabilitation or Development. Chapter 5 talks about what to do AFTER you decide which approach is needed in …

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Off to Santo Domingo

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Joel & Kim

Just a quick note to let you all know that we, the whole family, will be heading to Santo Domingo tomorrow, July 20th, and will be gone through Friday, July 29th.  We will have limited email access and won’t be …

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!Aprobada!

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Joel & Kim

!Aprobada! means Approved! in English. We have good news to report. Joel went to another Camp Committee meeting in Santo Domingo this last Friday and he received good news. One of the plans in the report that he had presented …

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“Anger” Post from Kim

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Joel & Kim
 
I urge you to live a life worth of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the
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Delp Family Medical Updates

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Joel & Kim

We know many of you have been praying for Ruth and Earl, Joel’s mother and father, and their recent medical concerns, so we wanted to provide a little bit of an update to let you know what has been happening …

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Northwest Covenant Church Youth Come to Ecuador!!!!

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Joel & Kim
On Wednesday of last week, we returned from a 10 day trip to Ibarra with a youth team from our home church, Northwest Covenant in Mt. Prospect, IL. It was great to get a taste of home. We had a
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In Ibarra

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Joel & Kim

Just a quick post to let you know that we will be in the northern city of Ibarra until July 8th with a Mission Team from our home church, Northwest Covenant, in Mt. Prospect, IL.  We’ll hopefully be able to …

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June Newsletter Available for Download

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Joel & Kim

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Our June newsletter is available for download (Just click the link above!). You can see what all has been happening with us since our last official update in March.  Also, please note the address for Covenant World …

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Mucho Travel this Week

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Joel & Kim

We have a couple of different trips setup for this week.  Joel’s meeting at the Camp in Santo Domingo didn’t end up happening last Friday even though we were out there.  It has been rescheduled for this Friday so he …

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Chapter 4 – When Helping Hurts

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Joel & Kim

Sorry it has been a little while since we have posted an update on our book that we are reading.  We had read this chapter a little while ago but just have been so busy with travel and all that …

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