Family Fun
Simeon Update and Request for Help
First off, the update. After almost an entire year since Simeon’s bad knee injury where he tore his ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) as well as other significant damage to his left knee, he has now officially returned to the soccer
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Categories: Family Fun, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Simeon, Updates
Tags: Answered prayers, Blog, Family Fun, Friends, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Request, Simeon, Updates
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Merry Christmas and Christmas Newsletter
Categories: 501c3, Cayambe, Ephraim, Esther, Family Fun, Home Assignment, Ministry, Ministry Assignment, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Reverse Mission Tripe, Simeon, Travel, Updates
Tags: 501c3, Blog, Churches, Ecuador Info, Ephraim, Esther, Evangelical Covenant Church, FACE, Family Fun, Friends, Home Assignment, IPEE, Ministry, Ministry Assignment, Newsletter, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Simeon, The Santiago Partnership, Travel, Trips, Updates
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Our Dream Come True: First Ever Celebration Dinner
On Saturday, November 8, 2025, one of our dreams came true! A celebration event that brought supporters and longtime friends together to celebrate how far the ministry has come, and included our friends from Ecuador, and we offered a
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Categories: 501c3, Family Fun, Ministry, Reflections, Reverse Mission Tripe, Travel, Updates
Tags: 501c3, Ecuador Info, Evangelical Covenant Church, FACE, Family Fun, Friends, IPEE, Ministry, Mission Teams, Reflections, Reverse Mission Trip, The Santiago Partnership, Travel, Trips, Updates
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Worship and Potluck with Church of the Good Shepherd
During our Reverse Mission trip, the Ecuadorian staff collaborated with members of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Joliet, IL, for a multicultural church service. Church of the Good Shepherd has been a long supporter of the Santiago Partnership
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Categories: 501c3, Family Fun, Ministry, Reflections, Reverse Mission Tripe, Travel, Updates
Tags: 501c3, Church of the Good Shepherd, Churches, Evangelical Covenant Church, FACE, Friends, IPEE, Ministry, Mission Teams, Reflections, Reverse Mission Trip, The Santiago Partnership, Travel, Trips, Updates
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Mission In Reverse
Toward the beginning of November, we welcomed a Mission Team from Ecuador consisting of 5 staff members from the project in Cayambe and the President of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Ecuador.
Our time together here in the States was
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Categories: Family Fun, Ministry, Reflections, Reverse Mission Tripe, Travel, Updates
Tags: 501c3, Ecuador Info, Evangelical Covenant Church, FACE, Friends, Home, IPEE, Ministry, Mission Teams, Reverse Mission Trip, The Santiago Partnership, Travel, Trips, Updates
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An Night to Remember
Join us for our First Annual Celebration Event on Saturday, November 8th! This will be a night of fellowship, inspirational stories, and celebrating our ministry and people.
Six staff members from Cayambe and a local pastor are traveling to Chicago
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Categories: 501c3, Cayambe, Family Fun, Home, Ministry, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Travel, Updates
Tags: Cayambe, Churches, Clinic, Evangelical Covenant Church, FACE, Friends, Home, IPEE, Ministry, Mission Teams, Prayer Requests, Reflections, The Santiago Partnership, Travel, Trips, Updates
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The good and the hard
We recently came back from a trip to Ecuador. So many people have asked, as is a normal question, “how was it?” If you have ever been on a team with us in Ecuador, I usually give feedback and advice
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Categories: Anger, Cayambe, Clinic, Devotions, Ephraim, Esther, Family Fun, Home, Ministry, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Simeon, Updates
Tags: Cayambe, Churches, Clinic, Ecuador Info, Ephraim, Esther, FACE, Family Fun, Friends, Home, IPEE, Ministry, Mission Teams, Reflections, Simeon, Travel, Trips, Updates
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Gather 2025
At the end of last month we were so happy to visit Orlando, FL where we were there as a family to celebrate the 140th Anniversary of the Evangelical Covenant Church at Gather 2025, which is the Annual
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Categories: Ephraim, Esther, Family Fun, Home Assignment, Ministry, Ministry Assignment, Reflections, Simeon, Travel, Updates
Tags: ECC, Ephraim, Esther, Family Fun, Home Assignment, IPEE, Ministry Assignment, Simeon, Travel, Updates
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Simeon’s Words of Gratitude
We are just so, so incredibly thankful for the wonderful love and support shown to Simeon with his birthday and his knee surgery that fell on his birthday. The knee injury was a big blow to his spirits and receiving
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Categories: Family Fun, Home, Home Assignment, Ministry Assignment, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Simeon, Uncategorized, Updates
Tags: Answered prayers, Blog, Family Fun, Home, Home Assignment, Ministry, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Simeon, Updates
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End of Year of Updates
Happy New Year!
As we close out 2024 as a family here in Romeoville, we are just filled with such a deep sense of peace and gratitude for so many blessings in 2024. Whether it be a joy filled
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Categories: Cayambe, Ephraim, Esther, Family Fun, Home Assignment, Ministry, Ministry Assignment, Simeon, Travel, Updates
Tags: 501c3, Cayambe, Ecuador Info, Family Fun, Friends, Home Assignment, Ministry, Prayer Requests, Reflections, The Santiago Partnership, Travel, Trips, Updates
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