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This may just look like a pile of papers to most of you, but to us, it is a representation in picture form of what this last year has entailed.\u00a0 It represents connection and conversation, sharing joys and being honest about life.\u00a0 It represents hours of preparation for sermons, devotionals and presentations.\u00a0 This picture shows a lot of the bulletins from churches or engagements that we were able to be a part of this last year during our Ministry Assignment (formerly known as Home Assignment).\u00a0 This is a time connect with churches and individuals to tell them about what is happening in Ecuador.\u00a0 To give witness to what God is doing, and God is up to a lot!\u00a0 It represents conversations over coffee and Midwest church potlucks where we reminisce with previous Ecuador team members and their visits, it represents the prayers of the people who lift us up, some daily or more than that which in turn represents miracles that we have seen.\u00a0 It catalogues hours of preparation, emails, phone calls to set up plans of connection.\u00a0 It also represents tears and exhaustion, feelings of overwhelmed in transition and loss and new.\u00a0 We visited almost all of our churches which means most Sundays we were not in our home church or even at home at all.<\/h2>\n

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Deeper in the picture you see other things, tossed sheets and an unmade bed.\u00a0 What you don’t see are the unpacked bags and the stacked books that have yet to find a place, dust bunnies and stacks of papers.\u00a0 Because the investment in time of connection which has been so valuable also represents time less spent on feeling at home, unpacking an extra 50 suitcases, organizing and feeling settled.<\/h2>\n

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We have so enjoyed these times of connection over the last year because it represents you all!\u00a0 Those who pray for us, read our newsletters, ask us questions and plan trips to Ecuador!\u00a0 It represents partnership.\u00a0 It represents connection.<\/h2>\n

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We ask that you pray for us during this next season.\u00a0 As we transition from church visits and sharing with you all about Ecuador to connecting more together as a family, trying to create stable rhythms of rest, transitioning to life in the U.S. and making our house feel more stable and a place of rest.\u00a0 Transitioning to inviting others in to our space that we create and connecting in different ways. Building friendships and investing in our community where we are and continuing to work in Ecuador through trips, phone calls, Zoom calls and mission trips and even preparing for members of our Ecuador team to teach on a reverse mission trip here in the U.S.!<\/h2>\n

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Please pray for our new.<\/h2>\n

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