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Serving in Ecuador this Month by Kim

In October, a team of 6 pediatric doctors, 1 endocrinologist, 1 physician, 2 audiologists, and 1 dental hygienist embarked on a pediatric caravan to bring resources to areas without medical access. Despite difficulties resulting from the protests, they served 606
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Categories: 501c3, Cayambe, Clinic, Medical Caravan, Ministry, Ministry Assignment, Prayer, Reflections, Travel, Updates, Volunteers
Tags: 501c3, Cayambe, Churches, Clinic, Ecuador Info, Evangelical Covenant Church, FACE, Friends, IPEE, Ministry, Mission Teams, Prayer Requests, Reflections, The Santiago Partnership, Travel, Trips, Updates
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An Night to Remember
Join us for our First Annual Celebration Event on Saturday, November 8th! This will be a night of fellowship, inspirational stories, and celebrating our ministry and people.
Six staff members from Cayambe and a local pastor are traveling to Chicago
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Categories: 501c3, Cayambe, Family Fun, Home, Ministry, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Travel, Updates
Tags: Cayambe, Churches, Clinic, Evangelical Covenant Church, FACE, Friends, Home, IPEE, Ministry, Mission Teams, Prayer Requests, Reflections, The Santiago Partnership, Travel, Trips, Updates
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A Very Busy Year

This picture represents a visual depiction of our all of our travel for Ministry Assignment (formerly known as Home Assignment) this past year. Really, we don’t feel like it does it justice.
In total, we visited 40 churches (or
…A Picture Speaks

This may just look like a pile of papers to most of you, but to us, it is a representation in picture form of what this last year has entailed. It represents connection and conversation, sharing joys and being honest
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Categories: Home, Home Assignment, Ministry, Ministry Assignment, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Travel, Updates
Tags: Home, Home Assignment, Ministry, Ministry Assignment, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Transition
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Visiting Ecuador for the First Time Since our Move
We were able to travel to Ecuador as a family during July, well, for the most part as a family. The kids and I (Joel) were there July 7th through July 20th and Kim was able to be there the
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Categories: 501c3, Cayambe, Ephraim, Esther, Ministry, Reflections, Simeon, Travel, Updates, VBS, Volunteers
Tags: 501c3, Cayambe, Ecuador Info, Ephraim, Esther, FACE, Family Fun, Friends, Home, Ministry, Ministry Assignment, Mission Teams, Simeon, Travel, Trips, Updates
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Redemption in the Hard

So, as a continuation from the hard I just talked about in the last post, I wanted to give you a story that was both hard and redemptive at the same time.
As I said, we had a team
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Categories: 501c3, Anger, Cayambe, Clinic, Home, Medical Caravan, Ministry, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Sumaco, Updates
Tags: Answered prayers, Cayambe, Clinic, FACE, Home, Ministry, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Sumak, Updates
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The good and the hard
We recently came back from a trip to Ecuador. So many people have asked, as is a normal question, “how was it?” If you have ever been on a team with us in Ecuador, I usually give feedback and advice
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Categories: Anger, Cayambe, Clinic, Devotions, Ephraim, Esther, Family Fun, Home, Ministry, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Simeon, Updates
Tags: Cayambe, Churches, Clinic, Ecuador Info, Ephraim, Esther, FACE, Family Fun, Friends, Home, IPEE, Ministry, Mission Teams, Reflections, Simeon, Travel, Trips, Updates
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Gather 2025

At the end of last month we were so happy to visit Orlando, FL where we were there as a family to celebrate the 140th Anniversary of the Evangelical Covenant Church at Gather 2025, which is the Annual
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Categories: Ephraim, Esther, Family Fun, Home Assignment, Ministry, Ministry Assignment, Reflections, Simeon, Travel, Updates
Tags: ECC, Ephraim, Esther, Family Fun, Home Assignment, IPEE, Ministry Assignment, Simeon, Travel, Updates
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The Altar
Sometimes I think people get nervous when they hear this word. The altar in the church can bring different connotations. Maybe some think of it as a place for scolding or that you go there when you’re convicted of you
…Simeon’s Words of Gratitude
We are just so, so incredibly thankful for the wonderful love and support shown to Simeon with his birthday and his knee surgery that fell on his birthday. The knee injury was a big blow to his spirits and receiving
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Categories: Family Fun, Home, Home Assignment, Ministry Assignment, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Simeon, Uncategorized, Updates
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