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Ministry

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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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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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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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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!Aprobada!

!Aprobada! means Approved! in English. We have good news to report. Joel went to another Camp Committee meeting in Santo Domingo this last Friday and he received good news. One of the plans in the report that he had presented …

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Northwest Covenant Church Youth Come to Ecuador!!!!

On Wednesday of last week, we returned from a 10 day trip to Ibarra with a youth team from our home church, Northwest Covenant in Mt. Prospect, IL. It was great to get a taste of home. We had a
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June Newsletter Available for Download

Newsletter_June_2011

Our June newsletter is available for download (Just click the link above!). You can see what all has been happening with us since our last official update in March.  Also, please note the address for Covenant World …

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Mucho Travel this Week

We have a couple of different trips setup for this week.  Joel’s meeting at the Camp in Santo Domingo didn’t end up happening last Friday even though we were out there.  It has been rescheduled for this Friday so he …

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Chapter 4 – When Helping Hurts

Sorry it has been a little while since we have posted an update on our book that we are reading.  We had read this chapter a little while ago but just have been so busy with travel and all that …

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