Travel
A long-awaited Inauguration
Today at our partner church, Iglesia Emanuel, we held our long-awaited Inauguration/Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the Medical Clinic. It was quite the event. People came from all over to be involved. Representatives from IPEE’s Administrative Council and Pastoral Council were there
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Categories: 501c3, Cayambe, Clinic, Ministry, Reflections, Travel, Updates
Tags: 501c3, Answered prayers, Cayambe, Churches, Ecuador, Evangelical Covenant Church, FACE, Family Fun, IPEE, Ministry, Reflections, The Santiago Partnership, Travel, Trips, Updates
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Asamblea 2016
We recently attended IPEE’s Asamblea 2016. The Asamblea is IPEE’s Annual Meeting which is held every year in January at the church’s campgrounds in Santo Domingo. Joel was there representing FACE with his position on the Board of Directors. Kim
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Categories: Ministry, Santo Domingo, Travel, Updates
Tags: Ecuador, Evangelical Covenant Church, Friends, IPEE, Ministry, Santo Domingo, The Rocha Family, Travel, Trips, Updates
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A Visit from Times Past
We had the unique and wonderful opportunity to meet and host former Covenant Missionary Marlan Enns. Marlan is 94 and was one of the original Covenant missionaries to open the Ecuadorian field. He planted the Covenant’s first church, Iglesia Betel
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Categories: Ministry, Santo Domingo, Travel, Updates
Tags: Ecuador, Ecuador Info, Evangelical Covenant Church, Friends, IPEE, Ministry, Santo Domingo
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See the new kitchen!
Thanks to the team from Northwest Covenant Church and our Ecuadorian partners, we made incredible progress on the home for at-risk kids this week – tiling, skim coating, sanding, painting, digging, hauling, installing cabinets and appliances, and more – and
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Categories: 501c3, Cayambe, Construction, Home, Ministry, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Travel, Updates
Tags: 501c3, Answered prayers, Cayambe, Ecuador, Evangelical Covenant Church, Ministry, Mission Teams, Northwest Covenant Church, Prayer Requests, The Santiago Partnership, Trips, Updates
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South American Missionary Retreat
This past week we had the pleasure of hosting all of the missionaries from South America (Colombia and Ecuador) as well as many folks from Chicago for a Missionary Retreat. It was a wonderful time of connecting, sharing, praying, and
…Sabbath Retreat
Here is the group photo of the group that I was a part of for my recent Sabbath Retreat. I have to say that I have been so extremely blessed to be a part of such a wonderful experience and
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Categories: Ministry, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Travel, Updates
Tags: Answered prayers, Evangelical Covenant Church, Family Fun, Ministry, Prayer Requests, Travel, Trips, Updates
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Sabbath Retreat
On Friday Joel will be leaving for a Sabbath Retreat so he can continue on his goal to reduce the stress and overall workload in his life. You can read about when he last talked about this and his beard
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Categories: Ministry, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Travel, Updates
Tags: Answered prayers, Evangelical Covenant Church, Ministry, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Travel, Trips, Updates
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Women’s Health A Focus This Week
This week we conducted a Women’s Health Medical Caravan in the communities of Zuleta and Cayambe as we had the blessing of a visiting Medical Team from the area of Chicago. Over 100 patients received an exam over a 4
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Categories: 501c3, Cayambe, Clinic, Construction, Ministry, Travel, Updates
Tags: 501c3, Cayambe, Churches, Ecuador, Evangelical Covenant Church, FACE, Ministry, Prayer Requests, The Santiago Partnership, Travel, Trips, Updates, Zuleta
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Accidents Happen…
Accidents do in fact happen, we all know it. Unfortunately, it’s never fun when they happen. Joel was involved in an accident this week on the way to pick up friends who were going see the ministries in Cayambe. He …
Categories: Reflections, Travel, Updates
Tags: Prayer Requests, Travel, Trips, Updates
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Small Victories…
A license plate…it seems pretty simple huh? In the States, getting your license plates is a very simple process that takes 1, maybe 2 weeks right? Well, the process has proven to be a little longer here, about 15 months! …
Categories: Ministry, Reflections, Travel, Updates
Tags: Ecuador, Reflections, Travel, Trips, Updates
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