Reflections
Sweet Surrender
I was standing in church the other day, trying to intimately connect with Jesus through worship. We usually sit in the back on a regular basis (with 3 kiddos that seems to be a necessity at this point). I had …
A long-awaited Inauguration
Today at our partner church, Iglesia Emanuel, we held our long-awaited Inauguration/Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the Medical Clinic. It was quite the event. People came from all over to be involved. Representatives from IPEE’s Administrative Council and Pastoral Council were there
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Categories: 501c3, Cayambe, Clinic, Ministry, Reflections, Travel, Updates
Tags: 501c3, Answered prayers, Cayambe, Churches, Ecuador, Evangelical Covenant Church, FACE, Family Fun, IPEE, Ministry, Reflections, The Santiago Partnership, Travel, Trips, Updates
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Long Time Coming by Jess Delp
(This is a reflection shared by Jess Delp who volunteered with the Santiago Partnership for two weeks in July 2015)
First off, I want to apologize for the embarrassingly late post. Unfortunately a few things came up that had to
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Categories: Ministry, Reflections, Updates
Tags: Ecuador, Ecuador Info, Ministry, Reflections, The Santiago Partnership
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Puzzle Therapy
As the holiday season comes to a close, I wanted to reflect on a holiday tradition that I enjoy and provide a little insight as to why this tradition is special to me. My (Joel’s) family has always enjoyed fixing
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Categories: Family Fun, Ministry, Reflections, Updates
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Christmas Eve Reflection from Kim
As I was feeding my newborn the other day, I was looking into his face as he was sleeping. How beautiful, peaceful and innocent he is. Unaware of the crazy, dangerous and uncertain world around us. He is reliant on
…Party in the Park
Yesterday, we had a special get together in the park with all of the missionaries in Quito as well as many pastors from the Quito area. The idea was to just have fun together and relax, not spend so much
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Categories: Family Fun, Ministry, Reflections, Updates
Tags: Churches, Family Fun, IPEE, Ministry, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Updates
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Que Viva la Quinceanera!!!
This past weekend we had the pleasure of attending our first Quinceanera! A Quinceanera is when an Ecuadorian girl turns 15 (15 is “quince” in Spanish). We went to the Quincenera birthday party for our friend Naomi, who is the
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Categories: Family Fun, Reflections, Updates
Tags: Churches, Ecuador, Evangelical Covenant Church, Family Fun, Ministry, Santiago, Updates
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See the new kitchen!
Thanks to the team from Northwest Covenant Church and our Ecuadorian partners, we made incredible progress on the home for at-risk kids this week – tiling, skim coating, sanding, painting, digging, hauling, installing cabinets and appliances, and more – and
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Categories: 501c3, Cayambe, Construction, Home, Ministry, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Travel, Updates
Tags: 501c3, Answered prayers, Cayambe, Ecuador, Evangelical Covenant Church, Ministry, Mission Teams, Northwest Covenant Church, Prayer, Prayer Requests, The Santiago Partnership, Trips, Updates
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All be well!
You may want to click play on the song at the bottom of this post so as to let the music play as you are reading.
I (Joel) wanted to share a little bit from how God spoke to me
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Categories: Ministry, Reflections
Tags: Ministry, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Travel, Trips
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Sabbath Retreat
Here is the group photo of the group that I was a part of for my recent Sabbath Retreat. I have to say that I have been so extremely blessed to be a part of such a wonderful experience and
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Categories: Ministry, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Travel, Updates
Tags: Answered prayers, Evangelical Covenant Church, Family Fun, Ministry, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Travel, Trips, Updates
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