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Tagged With: Travel

Coming soon to a church near you!

Yes, that’s right.  Very soon we will be coming to a church near you.  On June 20th, we fly to Minneapolis, MN to be a part of the Covenant’s Annual Meeting which will be held there.  From the Annual Meeting,

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Ecuador Missionary Retreat

This past weekend we were blessed with the opportunity to be a part of the Ecuador Field Missionary Retreat.  Our Regional Coordinators, Pia & Eugenio Restrepo, were able to come down lead us in our time of devotions.  In addition

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Thank you Emersons!

A little over a week ago, we received a visit from Brad and Sarah Emerson and their kids from Grand Rapids, MI. Brad and Joel are friends from college.  They took a family vacation to visit Ecuador AND to help

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Thank you IU School of Dentistry!

We had the privilege of working once again with the Indiana University School of Dentistry this week on a medical/dental caravan. We visited the Kichwa communities of San Antonio and 4 Lote. On Friday we spent the day in Juan

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Trip to Tarapoa

Earlier in the week, I (Joel) made a quick trip to the jungle town of Tarapoa.  Since I didn’t want to leave Kim without a car, I made the by bus.  It was a whirlwind trip leaving on Sunday night,

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Thank you Indiana Wesleyan University OT Team

We just finished up a great week with the Indiana Wesleyan University Occupational Therapy Team.  It was a fantastic week of learning together and partnering together in mission as we served the Home for At Risk Children and the School

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Oh Canada!!!

Thank you to the Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada and their continued commitment to Ecuador and the Santiago Partnership.  Our friends from Canada joined us again this past week to keep moving forward on the construction efforts of our new

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Thank you Chicago friends!

Whew! What a busy yet encouraging and uplifting week! We welcomed a team of medical professionals from Lutheran General Hospital and Audiologists from the Chicago land area, led by the Santiago Partnership’s own Kristi Lundblad.  Some were returning from previous

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Thank you Riverside Covenant Church!

Thank you Riverside Covenant Church!  A little over a week ago, Riverside brought a team down to visit with us and their partner church in Cangahua.  It was an awesome week!  They helped us make a lot of progress on

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Jungle Trip

We were so  happy to be able to sneak away for a couple day trip to the Jungle where we experienced a boat trip to see wild animals, lots of time in the pool, fishing in the Amazon and a

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