Serving in Cuenca, Ecuador

Monday, February 6, 2012

Cousins!


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Craig, Leah and Lena have been here now for a month. They are here to work with our teammates and ourselves as Craig completes his Master's degree. His professors agreed to giving him credit for his work here and as well he took a class with Compassion Canada in the town of Otavalo for a week so with those two things, he will have some good credits to his degree. Of course the bonus for us is that Leah, Travis' sister and our niece, Lena got to come with Craig. Of course the cousins are enjoying their special time together as you can see in the picture here. And we are enjoying the extra time with family and of course the extra help. They will be here till the beginning of March so please be in prayer for them as they work here.

Preaching in Azogues


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One of the other things that we do here in Ecuador is work with a small church about 30 minute drive from Salvador. It is a small church made up of two families. They have been needing the extra help for awhile as they haven't grown in a long time. One of the men of the families went to the Institute and took classes and he is the one that helped start the work there. We will be heading to Azogues about every two weeks, so that we are two weeks in Cuenca and two weeks in Azogues. If anything, we hope to encourage these families in their work and give them the tools that they need to help their group grow. It is fun getting to be with them as we get to know them much more quickly then we have so far with the church here in Cuenca as there are only a few of them. They have a bunch of young kids as well so our kids enjoy getting to be with them too. Please be in prayer for this group as they struggle and search for ways to influence their city for the better. Pray for growth not just numerically but also spiritually.