Mothers day here in Ecuador is more like mothers weekend. On Friday the school here Luz Del Evangelio a big fiesta for the moms. This included games, gifts, and cake. It was so cool to see all the moms and some grandmas of the kids!

Then on Saturday night the church had a banquet for mothers. This was really awesome because a handful of people invited their non believing mothers, who really got to see examples of Godly love and Christian fellowship. I was really excited because the next day one of the mothers that was a non believer visted the church!

And Sunday morning I got breakfast in bed pancakes (Bela stirred the batter) and fresh oranges and bananas (like right off of the tree fresh!)!

It was a great first mothers day, and a great opportunity to minister!

Hey All… SOrry about the non update for a week… We have been really busy this week… we are plannin Bela’s birthday party! We made a run to and from Quito (4 Hours each way) And I got sick again.. though not nearly as bad… For the record, Kirstie is yet to get sick!

We had a really awesome mother’s day celebration on Friday where students brought their mothers to the school, and had a time of games and words of encouragement. The church also held an event on Satuday that reached out to non-christian moms of the Christian members of the church.
Kirstie is writing about that, and we will post it ASAP.

Thanks for hanging in there… so are we!

We’ll first off, we’ll let you guys know that Bela is doing great. We went to the doctor who took a stool sample, and everything checked out ok. He recommended some dietary changes, but praise God that she doesen’{t have any bugs!

We were just in Quito visiting with our friend and surrogate parents Manuel and Elvia Rosero. We were just planning on being there for a few days while Sandro and I shopped for some computer equipment.
Manuel and Elvia run several programs for kids in south Quito (The poorest part of Quito), One of them is to help kids in the public school system with their homework and studies. Last Saturday, 40 kids came for homework help with only Elvia and a few older students to help.

If you know anything about us, is that we are horrible spectators, so we jumped in to help. Kirstie was helping students with their English, and I was helping with math. We got a little bit of a taste of what our work in June will be like. We are looking forward to pursuing God’s Guidance into what he has planned for us in our lives and ministry here.

Most of my time recently has been spent working on the student sponsorship website. We came up with a name for it, the “Padrinos Program” (Padrinos is Spanish for Godparents). I came up with this logo design, but the feeling are mixed as to which one to go with…

Leave a comment, or contact us to let us know which one you like!