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Serving Christ in Ecuador |
We recently welcomed Colin McLaughlin to Quito to work with us and IPEE over the summer months. Colin is a pre-med student at Wheaton College and a member of Thornapple Covenant Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He wanted to volunteer as a missionary over these summer months and wanted to work in the area of medicine if at all possible, so we are glad and happy to have him wih us over the next few months. In addition to helping at the clinic in Cayambe, he will also be helping in various ministries of IPEE while he is here. Welcome to Quito Colin!!!
We are pleased to announce that the Evangelical Covenant Church has created a VBS mission project curriculum about and in support our project in Cayambe, Ecuador. You can see the website for the curriculum here: Covenant VBS Website
However, as you can see on that site, the final version for the curriculum has not yet been created though you can download a temporary version here:
With this version all of the content is the same as that of the final version, just the final version will look a little bit nicer.
Here is what it says on the Covenant’s Website about the curriculum:
Each year, a new vacation Bible school (VBS) project is available as a learning and giving opportunity to increase awareness of the ministries among children in countries where Covenant World Mission has ministry partnerships. This project also offers children in the United States and Canada the opportunity to learn about international mission, other cultures, and the children their gifts will assist that year. Each project will remain available to use for up to three years. Your church can feel free to use any of the available projects that best suits your needs!
The Mission Moments for VBS 2015 will focus on children living in Ecuador and helping the Covenant Church of Ecuador to build a home and medical clinic for at-risk children. Through this project, children in your VBS program will learn to:
These free enrichment materials are available to you to use as you plan for summer activities. Your children will make a difference in the lives of children as they grow in understanding of God’s love. For more information contact Covenant World Mission.
We just wanted to offer a prayer request for you all out there to pray for in the next few days. Joel has been working tirelessly on getting our Visas renewed. The great thing is, we are not trying to get the same type of Visa we have had that has to be renewed every 1-2 years. Since the birth of Esther and the fact that she is Ecuadorian, we are able to use her as our sponsor to what is called a Visa de Amparo. This basically means that we can get a permanent type Visa here in Ecuador because of Esther; it will not have to be renewed every 1-2 years. We will get a Cedula which is an official identification card here in Ecuador. Please pray that this process will go smoothly and quickly so that we are able to obtain this type of Visa. Thanks prayer warriors!
Joel had the opportunity to preach this past Sunday at Iglesia Emanuel, our partner church in Cayambe, and will be preaching again there this Sunday. He is sharing a two week sermon series with them. Your prayers are appreciated!
The Santiago Partnership
