Auction Results

THANK YOU to everyone at Northwest Covenant Church and the church’s Mission Board for your support of the Santiago Partnership with this weekend’s auction!  The auction was a huge success!!!  And it was  a lot of fun!  Over $5,000 was raised at the auction which puts us at slightly over $20,000 in fundraising efforts towards all that we are planning to accomplish this year.  See some pictures from this weekend!

Everyone had fun with delicious food and fellowship as people placed bids on the silent auction items.

Everyone had fun with delicious food and fellowship as people placed bids on the silent auction items.

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Kassie’s reaction when she won this American Girl doll was unforgettable.

Kassie’s reaction when she won this American Girl doll was unforgettable.

A perfect ending to the evening as we worshiped together during Northwest’s Contemporary service.

A perfect ending to the evening as we worshiped together during Northwest’s Contemporary service.

 

 

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List of Items to be Auctioned off Saturday

For this Saturday’s auction at Northwest Covenant Church in Mt. Prospect, IL, there will be a bunch of great items up for sale.  Here’s what they will be selling:

Here are some of the items for the auction:

handmade wooden nativity puzzle
American Girl doll
Handmade shawl
6 homemade cheesecakes plus 1 cheesecake that night
Swedish Christmas supper prepared for 8-10 people
AMC movie package
Heavenly Spa massage gift certificate
One night stay at Hyatt Itasca
One night stay at Geneva Bay Center
Two night stay at Hotel Indigo on Gold Coast
Yard/Garden work
Tastefully Simple gift basket
Painting of one room
Babysitting
Half day fishing trip in Lake Geneva
Two hours of home staging
Pool table in good condition
Fitness 19 three-month membership with
two personal training sessions in Arlington Hts.
Two Bulls tickets January 27 (Bulls vs. Timberwolves)
One year free oil changes at Grandt’s Shell
Dinner for four at Avanti Italian Cafe
$20 coffee gift basket
31 handmade gift bags
and various other items!
There is something for everyone!

Again, the auction is Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at Northwest Covenant Church (300 N. Elmhurst Ave., Mt. Prospect, IL).  Please come out and support the Santiago Partnership and buy something great for a great cause!!!!

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Ministry Schedule

  • January 11: Auction to benefit the Santiago Partnership – Northwest Covenant, Mt. Prospect, IL
  • January 11 & 12: Northwest Covenant Church, Mt. Prospect, IL
  • January 19: New Community Covenant Church – Bronzeville, Chicago, IL
  • February 2: Kim’s last day of work!!!!
  • February 21: Covenant Community Church & Redeemer Covenant Church – Farfield, OH
  • February 22: Packing container for shipment to Ecuador –  Coshocton, OH
  • February 23: Faith Community Covenant Church, Youngstown, OH
  • February 27: Off to Ecuador!

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Announcing Auction to Benefit the Santiago Partnership

auction_soldThere will be a silent auction to benefit the Santiago Partnership held at Northwest Covenant Church (300 N. Elmhurst Ave., Mt. Prospect, IL) on Saturday, January 11th at 4:30 p.m.  If you live in the Chicagoland area, please come out to attend and support our ministries.  A wonderful pasta dinner will be served and many great items will be up for bid and all proceeds go to benefit the ministries of the Santiago Partnership in Ecuador.  Also, if you would like, you can donate items to be auctioned off.  Popular items that have been auctioned off in the past include sports memorabilia and tickets for Chicago sports teams, vacation/timeshare packages, new electronics, and other tickets for concerts, plays, etc.  Contact us at info@santiagopartnership.org or 574-238-0589 if you have something to donate.  Please come out and support the Santiago Partnership and have a lot of fun in the process!

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Happy New Year!

Happy-New-YearHappy New Year from the Delps!  We wish you and your family the happiest New Year and pray that 2014 will be a very healthy and happy year for you!

We have extremely good news to report.  We are now fully approved to return to Ecuador in February and have already purchased our return tickets.  We will be flying back on February 27th.

We are so extremely happy to be at this point and to be planning our return. And so we can’t thank you all enough for all of the love and support that you have shown and given to us not only in 2013 but throughout our ministry.  We love you all!

We have big, big plans in store for 2014.  Here is a brief list of what all we are planning:

– Send a container to Ecuador filled with medical supplies and other donations from Coshocton, OH on February 23rd

– Move to Quito, Ecuador on February 27th

– Take 3 months of language study in Quito

– Move to Cayambe, Ecuador the end of May

– Have our second child the middle of June

– Open the first Medical Clinic in Cayambe in July or August

– Begin construction on the first  home for at risk children in Cayambe in August

So, there are a lot of specific things to be praying for this year.  But you can also be getting involved if you would like.  We’ll be sending the supplies down in February so people can donate items for the shipment.  More details will be coming out about the shipment a little bit later.  We are going to be having 6 of our supporting churches coming down to Ecuador this year so folks can come down and help out.  That is always an option.  Thirdly, we are still needing a lot of support for the project’s expenses.  We are fully supported now as missionaries, but our project, the homes and clinics are still in need of funding.  And the support for the project costs go through the Santiago Partnership, the charity organization that we have setup with our friends to administer the projects.

If you have a late end-of-year tax-deductible gift that you are wanting to make, the Santiago Partnership could use your help.  You can read all about it and donate here:  https://www.santiagopartnership.org/

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Christmas Newsletter

Happy Advent, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!!!

 

We wanted to share our Christmas newsletter with all of you who have not received a paper copy.

Please click below to download our newsletter in PDF format:

 

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In this newsletter, we share about the exciting news that we have that you can now go to the Santiago Partnership website (https://www.santiagopartnership.org/) and Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/SantiagoPartnership)

The Santiago Partnership is the organization that we have been in the process of founding this year with friends in the States and in Ecuador that will be supporting the ministries to at risk children and the medical clinics in Ecuador.  You can learn more about it at those two places.  Please be in prayer for the Santiago Partnership!

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The Santiago Partnership RELEASED!!!

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The Santiago Partnership has gone public.  Check us out on the web:  https://www.santiagopartnership.org/

In case you don’t remember, the Santiago Partnership is the non-profit organization that we have been setting up this year with a group of friend in the States and Ecuador that will be supporting our ministries in Ecuador.  You can read all about it on the website.

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Update on Ruben

RubenRuben has been released from the hospital again and is back at home in Santo Domingo.  Praise the Lord!  This is a picture that was taken in the hospital before he was released.  You can see how much weight he has lost through this whole ordeal.  I hardly even recognize him!  But, it is great to see a smile on his face and know that he is back home with his family and is comfortable.  Please continue your prayers as he recovers at home.

 

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Being Inspired

We were incredibly inspired and encouraged today and we wanted to share that with you!  A little girl by the age of 9 or 10 came up to us today after church, after we had shared our story and said ” You know how you guys are at like 89% and are needing that additional amount so you can go back to Ecuador…. how can I help you get what you need?”  Her father was there standing next to her with his checkbook open ready to write a check.

Safe to say, we were just taken back by this amazing young lady and her desire to help us.  After our conversation, she understood that she wouldn’t be able to help get us everything we were needing to get us to 100% but they did contribute a large check that will go to our Setup Costs.

We were just so surprised, encouraged and humbled by this young lady’s desire to help us.  We have been so encouraged by so many people this whole year and this is definitely another example of that.

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Thank you New Harvest!

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We wanted to say THANK-YOU to New Harvest Christian Church of Orgeon, OH for our visit with them this morning!  It was wonderful to be with you all, worship with with you and fellowship around a meal with you afterward.  You all are very caring. loving and supportive folks it was a job to spend time with you today.  God bless!

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