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All Souls Day Celebration
On Tuesday, we had a special “Dia de Difuntos” (All Souls Day) Celebration at the IPEE offices on Tuesday. All Souls Day is a special and unique holiday here in Ecuador in which we are basically celebrating the lives of …
Vacay
This past week we were able to go on vacation! It’s been quite a while since we have had a vacation and with how busy things have been this was much needed. We traveled to the Coast and stayed in …
Busy Week
We’ve got a lot happening this week! We will be welcoming and hosting a Vision Team from one of our primary supporting churches, New Harvest Christian Church of Oregon, OH. They will be arriving Wednesday night and Joel will be …
We have an Ecuadorian!!!
We have us an Ecuadorian in the family!!!! Yesterday, we were successful in finally getting Esther’s Ecuadorian Birth Certificate! At the same time, we were then able to get Esther’s Cedula, which is an official identity card that shows that …
Prayer Requests for this week
We have a couple of really big prayer requests for this week. Please pray for Joel’s parents, Ruth & Earl Delp, as they have had their share of serious struggles of recent. Please pray for them and that God’s peace …
Welcome to the world Esther Ashby Delp
“I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” Psalm 9:1
It’s been a difficult road for us of late and we have sensed God’s presence along the way, but …
Quicker than we thought
This picture may accurately depict what could be our lives here very soon.
Today, we are flying back to Quito to move into our new apartment and adjust back to life in Ecuador again. We had been planning that once …
Moving Days
Well, we have been extremely busy and haven’t had much time to give updates and post pictures so we are going to try to do a bunch here today to update you on what has been going on with us.…
Simeon Sidenotes
We have gotten asked a few times about how Simeon is doing in Ecuador and the adjustment from the States. When we ask him how he likes Ecuador he says “doing good.” That’s a good sign that he’s fairly comfortable …


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