Tagged With: 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 …
Report on Women’s Caravan
Our team for the week was made up of a diversity of women. All of the missionary women from the U.S., a missionary from Sweden, women from the national women’s organization for the Ecuadoran Covenant church, and three women from
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Categories: 501c3, Clinic, Medical Caravan, Ministry, Prayer, Travel, Updates, Volunteers
Tags: 501c3, Clinic, Ecuador, Ecuador Info, Evangelical Covenant Church, Friends, Ministry, Mission Teams, Partnerships, Prayer Requests, Reflections, The Santiago Partnership, Trips, Updates
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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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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
…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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“I surrender…SOME?”
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life
Categories: Prayer Requests, Reflections
Tags: Lessons, Life Lessons, Prayer Requests, Reflections
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