This past weekend we had the pleasure of visiting La Victoria Covenant Church in Manta, Ecuador. This is one of the largest cities in the country and one of the hardest hit places from the earthquake that occurred last April …
Kitchen gardens in the amazon
Earlier this month I traveled to the amazon region to do some workshops on “kitchen gardens”. In communities outside of the town of Lumbaqui man people grow only cacao and coffee, a cash crop that they can sell. Unfortunately because …
Back to Business
Long time no write! Sorry for the radio silence. As most of you know, our son Soren Atlas was born on November 14th, 2016 and since then our time has been very consumed by him! We are slowly re-adjusting to …
Colada Morada y Guaguas de Pan
In North America it may be all-things-pumpkin season (maybe throw in some apples, too) but here in Ecuador it is time for “colada morada” and “guaguas de pan”.
Grocery stores have started stocking all the necessary ingredients for making this …
Let Your Grace Rain
We’ve all heard about “worship wars”, where churches are forced to create extra services to accommodate the varying worship style preferences in a congregation. This seems to mostly be a “first world problem”, and often refers mostly to the musical …
Field Trip
Friends, rejoice with us! It’s not very often that plans come through so successfully as anticipated. Like we have mentioned before, it’s much more common that plans change, and things fall through. That’s why we are so thrilled that this …
El Salinerito
Taking advantage of a slow season, coupled with the coinciding of friends visiting, our wedding anniversary, my impending birthday, and a particularly easy and energetic second trimester of pregnancy we decided it was the perfect time to take a short …
A time for everything
If May was a whirlwind, June was a bit sluggish.
We started the month without a vehicle for a while which forced us to lay low and get work done around the house. Then some sudden and unexpected leadership changes …
Month of May recap
May was a whirlwind month for us. I ( Erik) was travelling every week. Originally Kristina and I were scheduled to travel together but because of her pregnancy and the risk of getting Zika she stayed in Quito and worked …
Mixing it Up
As we reel from two strong aftershocks in the past 18 hours (6.8 and 6.9) following the earthquake that happened a month ago, I am even more glad for last week’s change of pace and scenery. Erik and I were …