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Merry Christmas and Christmas Newsletter

 

Here is our Christmas Newsletter

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Our Dream Come True: First Ever Celebration Dinner

 

On Saturday, November 8, 2025, one of our dreams came true!  A celebration event that brought supporters and longtime friends together to celebrate how far the ministry has come, and included our friends from Ecuador, and we offered a

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Worship and Potluck with Church of the Good Shepherd

During our Reverse Mission trip, the Ecuadorian staff collaborated with members of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Joliet, IL, for a multicultural church service.  Church of the Good Shepherd has been a long supporter of the Santiago Partnership

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New Community Covenant Church Workshop

New Community Church of Chicago (Bronzeville) and Pastor David Swanson have been a longtime friends, supporters and collaborators of the Santiago Partnership and our family.  On Saturday, November 8, we had the privilege to present at a workshop New Community

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North Park Theological Seminary Panel Discussion

North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago partnered with the Santiago Partnership for our Reverse Mission Trip earlier this month by hosting a panel discussion entitled “Community Development: Joining with God for a More Just and Flourishing World.”

 

The panel

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Mission In Reverse

Toward the beginning of November, we welcomed a Mission Team from Ecuador consisting of 5 staff members from the project in Cayambe and the President of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Ecuador.

Our time together here in the States was

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Dreaming Big with Sonia

Sonia’s story is a reminder that we are all one bad experience away from living in crisis. For Sonia, what made it impossible to thrive was the lack of supportive resources surrounding her family.

A drunk driver left her injured

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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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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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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

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