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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!

Gracias Rolando!

Yesterday, the Board of FACE (the Development arm of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Ecuador) got together for a day of fellowship and an opportunity to say “GRACIAS!” to our Project Coordinator Rolando Escola.  We were thanking him for his

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Time in the States

We just got back and are still recovering from a whirlwind trip to the States.  To explain, we had planned to go to the States over the Holidays (Christmas and New Year) this year but had discovered over the course …

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Thank you Pleasant Community!!!

This past week we had the pleasure of having a team back from Pleasant Community Church of Warren, PA. They helped this week on construction working on the offices for the project as well as helping our partner church, Iglesia

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The Truth Hurts

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For the past few weeks as I have watched news, read Facebook posts, read articles, my heart just hurts.  I haven’t purposefully been silent on these issues of race and my response to it, I just had so many thoughts …

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Trip to the Beach

We will be heading to the States on August 7th for about 3 weeks to spend some time there since we will not be able to travel over the holidays this year.  We hope to be able to see many

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New Partner Joining Forces

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We are so excited to announce that we are going to have a new short term missionary coming to Ecuador!  Her name is Annalea Egging.  She was recently commissioned at the Covenant Annual Meeting (pictured above) to be a …

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Update on Office Construction

Thank you so much for your support of the Santiago Partnership, especially Church of the Good Shepherd in Crest Hill, IL as they have given a special gift toward this project. Here is how we are progressing with the office

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Update on Earthquake Relief

Thank you so, so much for your support of our relief efforts to those affected by the recent earthquake. Through your support, we have begun the process of building 4 homes for the people of Mejia who lost theirs that

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Gracias Valerie!!!

The past couple of weeks we had the pleasure of having a volunteer with us from Faith Covenant Church in Farmington Hills, MI by the name of Valerie Johnson.  Valerie came to help in the clinic, help with a work …

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“I surrender…SOME?”

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life

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