{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Richard + Elizabeth in Ecuador","provider_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana","title":"One month and Riverside. - Richard + Elizabeth in Ecuador","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Ls3OKAUy9w\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/2017\/07\/01\/one-month-riverside\/\">One month and Riverside.<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/2017\/07\/01\/one-month-riverside\/embed\/#?secret=Ls3OKAUy9w\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;One month and Riverside.&#8221; &#8212; Richard + Elizabeth in Ecuador\" data-secret=\"Ls3OKAUy9w\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Wow, so, so much has happened since our last blog post! In fact, it has been almost one month since we&#8217;ve been back here in Ecuador! It was one of my goals to write a blog post,\u00a0at least, once a week.\u00a0 Well, that did NOT happen but now that we are a little more settled with the Merge trips and planning and I am reviving my goals! So here we go! (although for these next two weeks I can&#8217;t promise much since we might not have internet where we are going). Well, we arrived to Ecuador and two days later we received our first team of the Merge summer: Riverside Covenant Church from Indiana. We spent the week partnering with dear friends from the church, Buen Pastor and the community in Cangahua (which is a town high up in the mountains in Ecuador, near the city of Cayambe). Some of us stayed in host families, had s&#8217;mores with the local youth group, did some construction, helped out with the churches annual VBS, and taught English classes in the local elementary school. It was so wonderful, but two activities\/ministries that really stuck out to me were the community road-side clean up and the field days. We were able to go with some members of the church and the team and go [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/resantana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2017\/07\/19692491_10155320375971287_1194901141_n.jpg"}