Updates
Happy New Year from the Delps!
									
						Categories:  Ephraim, Esther, Family Fun, Ministry, Simeon, Updates					
					
													
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		Christmas family festivities!
We have had a very fun-filled Christmas break celebrating many family activities which has included a lot of Christmas cookie baking and playing soccer and fixing puzzles. Joel’s dad, Earl, came down to Ecuador to be with us for the
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						Categories:  Ephraim, Esther, Family Fun, Simeon, Travel, Updates					
					
													
						Tags: Ephraim, Esther, Family Fun, Reflections, Simeon, Travel, Trips, Updates					
					
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		Celebrating Christmas in Cayambe!
Yesterday, we celebrated the staff in Cayambe and the children in the Home for At Risk Children with a Christmas dinner. It was a beautiful night filled with delicious food, small performances put on by the kids in the Home,
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						Categories:  Cayambe, Family Fun, Home, Ministry, Reflections, Updates					
					
													
						Tags: Cayambe, Family Fun, Ministry, Reflections, The Santiago Partnership, Travel, Trips, Updates					
					
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		Constructing a Women’s Artisan Studio
For the Santiago Partnership in the end-of-year, we are starting a new initiative to construct a Women’s Artistan Studio to allow women who are the victims of domestic abuse break free from violence by starting a micro-enterprise of Jewelry Making.
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						Categories:  501c3, Cayambe, Construction, Home, Ministry, self-sustainability, Updates					
					
													
						Tags: 501c3, Cayambe, FACE, Ministry, The Santiago Partnership, Updates					
					
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		Thanksgiving
We had a fun Thanksgiving this year as we invited a lot of our friends over, twenty-two to be exact. People got to experience a lot of delicious American dishes and then we played cards afterwards. When we aren’t able
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						Tags: Ecuador Info, Family Fun, Friends, Home, Ministry, Reflections, Updates					
					
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		Merry Christmas from the Delps!
									
						Categories:  Family Fun, Reflections, Updates					
					
													
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		A Special Visit
This past week past week we had a vist from the ECC president, Tammy Swanson-Draheim, the ECC Executive Minister of Serve Globally, Grace Shim, the ECC Latin American Regional Coordinator, Pia Restrepo, and NPTS Professor Elizabeth Pierre, as well as …
									
						Categories:  Cayambe, Ministry, Updates, Volunteers					
					
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		The Delps are on Sabbatical!

During the months of June, July and August 2022, we will not be sending out our normal monthly newsletter as after 12 years in ministry (17 since Joel first served as a pastor), we are taking our very first sabbatical.
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						Categories:  Family Fun, Home Assignment, Ministry, Reflections, Travel, Updates					
					
													
						Tags: Family Fun, Ministry, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Rest, Sabbatical, Travel, Trips, Updates					
					
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		Por Mujeres y Para Mujeres
“By women and for women” is what the above title means. You may be wondering why that wording. Well, the significance is significant! You may have heard previously or read in prior blog posts that the Santiago Partnership does this
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						Categories:  501c3, Medical Caravan, Ministry, Sumaco, Travel, Updates, Volunteers					
					
													
						Tags: 501c3, Clinic, Days for Girls, Ecuador, Ecuador Info, Evangelical Covenant Church, Ministry, Mission Teams, The Santiago Partnership, Travel, Trips, Updates, Women's Caravans					
					
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		Does anyone have an Extra Car?

We are planning on being in the area of Illinois and Indiana from mid-June to mid-July. If anyone has knowledge of a car that we can borrow during this time frame, it would be a huge help for us in
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						Tags: Evangelical Covenant Church, Family Fun, Home Assignment, Ministry, Sabbatical, Travel, Trips, Updates					
					
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