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Serving Christ in Ecuador |
Kim and her fellow kitchen workers. Kim loves working in the kitchen with these ladies during the retreats. She gets to practice her Spanish a lot, learn how to make Ecuadorian dishes and build awesome relationships.
A shot of one of the conference workshops for the pastors.
Lot's of folks like to camp out while at the Pastor's Retreat.
One of the awesome games the kids were playing - Water Bottle Soccer Ball Bowling!
Simeon with his first Jack-O-Lantern
Happy Halloween from the Delps!
Kim and Simeon celebrating the Ecuadorian version of Halloween, El Dia de Difuntos ("The Day of the Dead") with Kim's Spanish teacher (Janina), our babysitter (Valeria), and our babysitter's daughter (Kelli). They are drinking the traditional holiday drink Colada Morada, which Simeon enjoyed thoroughly.
We are off to the camp in Santo Domingo but not for our normal work. This weekend the National Church is having their annual Pastor’s Retreat which the camp is hosting. Kim will be helping out in the kitchen and Joel and Simeon will be helping out with entertaining the young children. We’re leaving on Friday, the 28th, early and will be returning later in the evening on Sunday, the 30th. As always, please pray for safe travel back and forth.
We just wanted to update you all on the prayer request for the repair of the vehicle for the Rocha Family. They were able to get the car repaired and were able to get it back from the mechanic late last Friday afternoon. Praise the Lord!
They still owe quite a bit of money to the mechanic for the repair but at least at this point, they have the car and are able to get the family back and forth from Santo Domingo and are able to do the necessary work for the camp. Thank you all so much for your prayers!!!
La Familia Rocha
“A Man of Honor — Inspiration and Wisdom to Celebrate Fatherhood” is a good read for all you fathers out there. It’s filled with lots of quotes, bible verses and stories about parenting and fatherhood. There is a lot that can be learned from this short but inspirational book. I recommend it for those of you who would like to add book on parenting/being a father to your devotional reading.
Just wanted to share a real quick prayer request. The Rocha Family (the family that lives at and runs the camp) has had recent difficulty with their vehicle. They have a large van which they use to take all of their girls (they have 6 all together) as well as some of the other neighborhood kids into and back from Santo Domingo every day. The trip is about 35 minutes both ways. Ruben usually makes 3-4 trips into Santo Domingo every day to take care of all of the necessities of the camp and the family. Well, the van has had recent very bad problems. The computer went 0ut and to get it repaired its going to be a very large expense for them. Something they can´t afford. They are trying to figure out ways right now to get it fixed and paid for. We just ask that you pray for them and the situation with the van as it is critical to their lives and the camp. Thank you!!! Here´s a picture of the Rocha family.
La Familia Rocha
We just wanted to show off some pictures of the newly constructed Area de Reciclajes (“Recycling Area¨”). This small project will help eliminate much of the camp´s waste, provide income for the camp in the sold recyclables and, of course, help the environment! Yipee!!!
A picture of Pastor Rafael Canarte, his wife Monica and the maestro at the new construction at the Compassion Center in the Plan de Vivienda in Santo Domingo
Well, it has been a busy week at the camp. After having a FACE meeting in Quito, we left late afternoon on Friday to travel to Santo Domingo for the Camp Committee meeting on Saturday. Joel had a surprise out-of-the-blue meeting that popped on Friday night right when we got there but things went well. And things went well for the main Camp Comittee meeting on Saturday. We were able to work through one particularly difficult situation (thank you for your prayers!) as well as as make several other important decisions. Joel then preached on Sunday, which was his first time preaching completely in Spanish. Things seemed to go very well as the pastor was very encouraged and preached a second sermon after his sermon that further emphasized what Joel was saying in his sermon. We took that as a compliment!
Since then, we just have been hard at work at the camp with lots of things to do. This was a work week for us as we were inviting others to come join us to help better the campgrounds. No one else came this time but we are hoping that in the future with more invitations and more work weeks that other volunteers will be able to make it out. Here are some pictures of the activities that we were doing.
Simeon helping mom with the painting.
Mom and Simeon getting pumpkin seeds to plant in the new garden.
Here is our upcoming schedule:
October 14th — FACE Meeting in Quito
October 15th — Camp Committee Meeting in Santo Domingo
October 16th — Preaching at “Dios es Amor” in Santo Domingo
October 17th – 21st — Work Project at the camp in Santo Domingo
So after a FACE meeting here in Quito tomorrow, we will be heading to Santo Domingo for the Camp Committee meeting on Saturday, preaching at a local Covenant congregation on Sunday and then a work project Monday through Friday the following week. Basically, there are a lot of areas for prayer: safety in travel, good decision-making in the meetings, clarity and the Spirit’s leading in preaching and finally productivity in the work being done at the camp. Thank you all so much for your prayers and support.
The Santiago Partnership