Reflections
A Picture Speaks
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. It represents connection and conversation, sharing joys and being honest
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Categories: Home, Home Assignment, Ministry, Ministry Assignment, Prayer, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Travel, Updates
Tags: Home, Home Assignment, Ministry, Ministry Assignment, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Transition
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Visiting Ecuador for the First Time Since our Move
We were able to travel to Ecuador as a family during July, well, for the most part as a family. The kids and I (Joel) were there July 7th through July 20th and Kim was able to be there the
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Categories: 501c3, Cayambe, Ephraim, Esther, Ministry, Reflections, Simeon, Travel, Updates, VBS, Volunteers
Tags: 501c3, Cayambe, Ecuador Info, Ephraim, Esther, FACE, Family Fun, Friends, Home, Ministry, Ministry Assignment, Mission Teams, Simeon, Travel, Trips, Updates
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Redemption in the Hard
So, as a continuation from the hard I just talked about in the last post, I wanted to give you a story that was both hard and redemptive at the same time.
As I said, we had a team
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Categories: 501c3, Anger, Cayambe, Clinic, Home, Medical Caravan, Ministry, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Sumaco, Updates
Tags: Answered prayers, Cayambe, Clinic, FACE, Home, Ministry, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Sumak, 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
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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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The Altar
Sometimes I think people get nervous when they hear this word. The altar in the church can bring different connotations. Maybe some think of it as a place for scolding or that you go there when you’re convicted of you
…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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Broken AND…
…Gather your broken pieces, every single one, and drop them at the feet of the only One that can piece you back together. And when you are WHOLE in Him, don’t you dare hide those parts of you that speak
Categories: Ephraim, Esther, Home Assignment, Ministry Assignment, Reflections
Tags: Blog, Grief, Ministry, Reflections
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Living amidst the Unpacked Suitcases
Transition feels a lot like grief sometimes. Maybe it is because, at least in my experience in transitions, grief holds a lot of space. Transition is not a one-size-fits-all experience. Each person feels it and lives it differently than another.
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Tags: Blog, Home, Home Assignment, Ministry Assignment, Reflections
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The Grief of Goodbye
The Santiago Partnership