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Prayer Requests

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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Prayer Request

  Just a quick prayer request: We are at a bit of low point in terms of our Spanish acquisition.  We believe that we have just hit one of those plateaus where we haven’t seen as much practical results recently so …

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Birthdays in September

We celebrated 3 Birthdays in September with a big Birthday Party on Tuesday evening.  It’s was Caleb’s (the son of Henry and Olgita Burbano’s) first birthday and Chris and Jenny Hoskins both celebrated their birthdays this month.  It was lots …

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Currently experiencing technical difficulties…

We just needed to let you know that we are currently experiencing technical difficulties, as the saying goes.  Our laptop (and only computer) is falling apart and though we bought it only 6 months ago, HP doesn’t want to help …

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Immediate Prayer Requests!

We have two immediate prayer requests this morning.  First off, we have an appointment at 11:00 a.m. Central Time today with the Ecuadorian Consulate in Chicago to get our two year Missionary Visas.  Please pray that everything goes well.  If …

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