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Prayer Requests

Special Prayer Request

We would like to share a Special Prayer Request.  This Friday, March 15th, Kim and I will be having our Final Interviews in the process of being commissioned as Long-term Missionaries.  These interviews are the final “test” in our process …

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Hope Covenant, here we come!!!

On Saturday, after celebrating Simeon’s birthday with friends and family at Chuck E. Cheese (Simeon is going to love it!), we will be traveling down to Indianapolis, IN to speak at Hope Covenant Church on Sunday.  This is an exciting …

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A Lenten Reflection from Joel

Lent is a season of soul-searching, repentance and reflection.  It is a season for contemplation and taking stock.  Lent originated in the earliest days of the Christian Church as a preparatory time for Easter, when the faithful rededicated themselves and …

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Quick Updates

Here are some quick updates that you can read through to find out what is new with us:

  • We are up to 48% in support (Yeah!!!) and have setup some more church visits but there’s still a long way to
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Off to Midwinter

Joel will be leaving for San Diego, California tomorrow (the 4th) for the Annual Covenant Pastors Conference which is called Midwinter.  Midwinter is a time when Covenant pastors, missionaries and chaplains come together to learn, worship and fellowship.  This conference

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Updated Monthly Support Level / Advocates Needed!!!

This will be our first update of many that will let you know how we are progressing in our goal of getting back to Ecuador.  Remember we need to be 100% funded in order to continue our ministry in Ecuador.…

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Prayer

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.  And he who searches our hearts knows the mind

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Church Visits Calendar… anyone want a guest missionary speaker???

Would anyone like to have Joel & Kim (and Simeon of course!) come speak at their church or small group sometime this year?  We are looking to setup dates for visiting churches during the calendar year 2013.  At this point, …

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Introducing the Santiago Partnership

As you all know, we met with 5 other couples on the weekend of January 11-13th in Marion, IN.  This is our first meeting to begin the process of starting a non-profit organization which will be the development organization for …

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Answered Prayer

We just wanted to let you all know of a little way that God has been blessing us recently.  Some of you may know (we never told everyone formally at any one point) that Joel has suffered from migraines for …

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