Reflections
The Loss of a Dear Friend
Kim and I lost a dear friend yesterday, Pastor Paul Thompson. Paul was a member of the Board of the Santiago Partnership but more than that he was the pastor of our Home Church, Northwest Covenant Church in Mt. Prospect,
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Categories: 501c3, Reflections, Volunteers
Tags: 501c3, Partnerships, Reflections, The Santiago Partnership
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Press On
1 Thessalonians 5:18 New International Version (NIV)
18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
As some of you may have seen on social media, Joel and I took a weekend spiritual …
Reflection from Kim on the Women’s Caravan
Yesterday marked the completion of the first Women’s Holistic Medical Caravan in wonderful collaboration of the Women’s Ministry of the Covenant Church of Ecuador, the Santiago Partnership, Covenant missionaries from the States and Sweden, and volunteers from Ecuador, the United
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Categories: 501c3, Clinic, Family Fun, Medical Caravan, Ministry, Reflections, Travel
Tags: 501c3, Cayambe, Churches, Clinic, Ecuador Info, Evangelical Covenant Church, Friends, IPEE, Ministry, Mission Teams, Partnerships, Reflections, The Santiago Partnership, Travel, Trips, Updates
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LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD
I (Kim) am keenly reminded quite often how our pasts can come back around. That is definitely a loaded comment. Of course, the negative parts of our pasts can. We can think of them and be angry or upset or
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Categories: 501c3, IWU, Ministry, Reflections
Tags: 501c3, Ministry, Reflections, The Santiago Partnership, Updates
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Ecuador Elections
Shortly after seeing the U.S. elect a new president and then in January our denomination here, IPEE or the Covenant Church of Ecuador, now we are seeing a new president elected for the country of Ecuador. On February 19th, we
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Categories: Prayer, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Updates
Tags: Ecuador, Ecuador Info, Prayer Requests, Reflections, Updates
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Santiago Partnership 2016 Year in Review
We will provide a year in review of what all transpired in 2016 through pictures. Each picture can be clicked on to follow the link to read about it. Thank you for all of your support in 2016!!!
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Categories: 501c3, Cayambe, Clinic, Construction, earthquake, IWU, Medical Caravan, Ministry, Reflections, Travel, Updates, Volunteers
Tags: 501c3, Cayambe, Clinic, Coast, Ecuador, Ecuador Info, Evangelical Covenant Church, Ministry, Mission Teams, Partnerships, The Santiago Partnership, Trips, Updates
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What I would tell my 23 year old self…
I remember right before Joel and I got married, I was 23 and thought, of course, that I knew it all. During bridal showers and other events leading up to our wedding, there were some people that were pretty negative …
Goodbye Jonathan!
We want to celebrate the life of our friend Jonathan Swanson of Duluth, MN who recently passed away and whose memorial contributions have been donated to the Santiago Partnership. Joel was able to attend Jonathan’s funeral in Duluth while we
…Time in the States
We just got back and are still recovering from a whirlwind trip to the States. To explain, we had planned to go to the States over the Holidays (Christmas and New Year) this year but had discovered over the course …
Categories: Ephraim, Esther, Family Fun, Home Assignment, Ministry, Reflections, Simeon, Travel, Updates
Tags: Evangelical Covenant Church
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The Truth Hurts
For the past few weeks as I have watched news, read Facebook posts, read articles, my heart just hurts. I haven’t purposefully been silent on these issues of race and my response to it, I just had so many thoughts …
Categories: Anger, Prayer, Racism, Reflections
Tags: Blog, Evangelical Covenant Church, Friends, Prayer Requests, Racism, Reflections
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