Cayambe
ROAD OPEN!!!
We’ve gotten some great news in the last couple of weeks: the road is open!!!! That’s right! The Pan-american Highway heading north of the city to Cayambe that had been closed since the big earthquake has recently been opened. It’s …
The past week in pictures…maybe a few words too!
This past week, Esther and I (Kim) went up to Cayambe to observe and help as we could with a Medical/Dental team from Florida. This team has been coming to Cayambe for many years so we were excited to see …
Article on the IWU Alumni Page
Here’s an article that was recently posted on he Indiana Wesleyan University Alumni Blog:
http://iwualumniblog.com/?p=894
Where are Kim and Esther???
Kim and Esther are up in Cayambe this week. There is a Medical/Dental Team working at the clinic this week and so she went to help out, getting to know them and learn from them. The team comes from a …
Cultural Inadequacy
Let’s be honest, I feel pretty culturally inadequate most days as a missionary. Language is of course how I mainly feel inadequate, every day. Even when I feel I am having a good “Spanish Day”, it is still pretty pathetic. …
3 Days, 3 Mingas
What a joy it is to have partnership in ministry!!! 3 Days = 3 Mingas = 1 Floor for the entire home. Iglesia Emanuel, our partner church in Cayambe, finished pouring the floors and they look beautiful. It was a …
Una Minga de Distrito Quechua
On Saturday, partnership in ministry was in full affect as an entire conference of the churches came together for a minga to work on the construction of the first home for at risk children. The Quechua Conference of Covenant churches, …
Una Minga de Tres Lote
What a blessing to have over 22 people from a small Quechua community called Tres Lote (“Third Lot”) come out to work on the home for at-risk children. They came on Friday because they had plans on Saturday for the …
La Minga de la Iglesia Emanuel
Good folks from our partner church in Cayambe, Iglesia Emanuel, came together yesterday for a minga, which is a Quechua word meaning that the greater community comes from all around to work on something together for the greater good. Over …
Una Minga
In Quechua, one of the indigenous languages of Ecuador, “minga” means “the coming together as a community for the betterment of all.” Community members can call a “minga” if they are in need of assistance and people will come from …
The Santiago Partnership