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Prayer Requests

In Santo Domingo

Joel traveled to Santo Domingo yesterday and will be there through Saturday.  He arrived yesterday safely with no problems.  This is a trip that got rescheduled from last weekend since the country was in a State-of-Emergency caused by the waves …

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State-of-Emergency Lifted

The State-Of-Emergency was lifted today for Ecuador. We had been under a State-Of-Emergency while we were preparing for the waves from the Japan tsunami to hit the Pacific Coast. Over 200,000 people from the coastal areas of the country had …

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The National Assembly

This past weekend we went back to Santo Domingo, but this time it wasn’t for the direct work that Joel has been doing.  This last weekend was IPEE’s (The Evangelical Covenant Church of Ecuador) Asamblea Nacional or “National Assembly”.  It …

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Out of Reach

Hello all!  Just a quick note to let you all know that we are out of reach again this week.  Joel is in Santo Domingo again and Kim and Simeon are staying with our babysitter Martita and her family this …

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Ministry Update

Here is a recent newsletter update that we sent out to Northwest Covenant Church in Mt. Prospect, IL and just thought everyone might be interested in reading:

“Our first month being back home in Ecuador has been an eventful one.  …

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Update on Earl

Thank you so much for all your prayers for Earl, Joel’s dad.  He is finally home from the hospital, we pray, for good.  His blood pressure is much more stable, but not perfect yet.  He has had his ups and …

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Holidays in the States

We spent Christmas and New Year’s in the U.S. to visit family and friends. We left December 21st from Quito and got to spent an evening with one of Kim’s best friends and (her now fiance). It was a great …

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Back in Ecuador

After a 24 hour weather related delay in Atlanta, we finally made it back to Quito late last night!!!  It feels really, really good to be back!  Thank you for your prayers for the travel!

We are returning with heavy …

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God’s Blessings

Thank you everyone for your prayers for my father, Earl Delp.  A successful Triple Bypass surgery was performed this morning and since his heart is in such good condition (the heart disease was only in his arteries), he is expected …

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Delay in Return to Ecuador

We just wanted to let everyone know that our return to Ecuador is being delayed.  My (Joel) dad is having open heart double bypass surgery tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. EST.  We are going to stay for a bit to …

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