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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!

Agua Potable Prayer Request

We just wanted to let everyone know of a prayer request so you can be praying.  Tomorrow, September 8th, at 9:00 a.m. (CST) we will be having an important meeting over the “Fresh Water” project in Santo Domingo,  so your …

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Evergreen Covenant Vision Team

We just finished hosting the Vision Team from Evergreen Covenant Church in Sanford, ME.  We had a great time with them.  In the end we visited 7 different possible locations that they could partner with for future ministry.  Six of …

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Vision Team from Maine

Starting today, August 22nd, we’ll be hosting a Vision Team from Evergreen Covenant Church from Sanford, ME including the pastor and three members of the congregation.  What is a Vision Team you ask?  Well, a vision team is a group …

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Update on Ruth and Earl

We were just talking about it and realized that we hadn’t given you all an update on Ruth and Earl (Joel’s parents) and their medical situations as of late.  As you probably know, Earl had a successful hip replacement back …

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Meeting in Santo Domingo

The family and I (Joel) just got back from a successful trip to Santo Domingo and the Covenant Church campgrounds there.  I had a meeting on Saturday which lasted around 5 hours and things seemingly went very well.  We were …

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Off to Santo Domingo

Well, we are off to Santo Domingo again tomorrow, Thursday, August 17th and will be there through Sunday, August 21st.  We’ll, as always, have limited internet access and communication in general.  Your prayers for safe travel are always appreciated.

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Tragedy Hits Ecuador Mission Field

On Thursday, August 4th, a tragedy struck the Ecuadorian Mission Field. A young man, by the name of Joshua Kim, of 21 years of age who was here visiting the Amazon region of Ecuador with his Presbyterian church from Orlando, …

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Renewal of Vows Service

Yesterday, I (Joel) had the opportunity to lead a Renewal of Vows service at our friends’ (Olguita and Henry) church in south Quito.  They have been hold the Marriage Course (similar to the Alpha Course) at their church and whenever …

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Simeon and the Wave!

We have had a pretty crazy schedule lately, basically since the middle of January.  We had the opportunity with a couple of days off so we were able to take a 3 day vacation to Same beach which is close …

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Mission Team from Willmar, MN

We had the privilege of meeting and getting to know a group from Willmar, MN who were working at the Covenant Camp in Santo Domingo.  They are a group that have been here in Ecuador before and we considered it …

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