April 2025
Visitors
23/04/25 17:12
Three families dropped in on us this week! Friends we haven't seen for some time and all part of our past ministry. Top photo - Wilman Mora and his family called out of the blue and wanted to visit. He pastors a church in Ambato and is well known among the Quichua communities. We held a few workshops with his congregation for his Sunday School teachers. His son also spent a month living with us before he started seminary.
That was Sunday afternoon. Wednesday the other two families came unknowingly at the same time. Bottom photo - Geovany and Sandy (on the left) were students of mine when I taught a six month course on liturgy in Quito. At that time they were single. Now they have three young boys. Leonardo (with his wife, on the right) was one of the orphans we managed way back in 1988. His two children are now on their own. We enjoyed a fruitful time of fellowship with all, and our new house is just right for such accomodations.
Good and Bad News
16/04/25 14:22
Raul and his family returned for the Tuesday night Bible study. They seem eager to study the Bible and learn about God. That's the good news! The bad news is about Pedro, whom God used to bring the family to our Bible study. Tuesday afternoon we went out to buy bread for the Bible study, when we found Pedro lying on the sidewalk, too drunk to even open the gate to his home. We rolled him inside, shut the gate, and left him there. Not much else we could do. We continue to pray for him. He needs the Lord, and he needs a family to take him in.
God's ways are wonderful
09/04/25 21:19
A new family visited us for our Tuesday night Bible study! God works in wonderful ways! Here's how: Our friend Pedro comes to our door with a new cell phone. (New to him.) He tells me it was a gift, and he wants me to unblock it. Okay. I tell him to leave it with me til Monday. He's hesitant, but gives in. The next day another friend in the park, Carlos, comes to our door with another man. They tell me the cell phone belongs to this man's son, and Pedro told them I had the phone. I hand over the cell phone, but the man, Raul, wants us to meet his son and his wife. So he brings them in his truck and we invite them inside. Turns out Raul has been looking for a Bible study and wants help for his son, who is becoming alcoholic. In the end, they came for our Tuesday night Bible study, in which we examined Colossians chapter three. All because Pedro wanted a cell phone. God works in wonderful ways!
Moving
01/04/25 19:55
It't not easy to move a piano, but friends make it less work. I took apart the piano for the move, and then we put it back together. Our new house is only 100 feet away from our present house, but it still takes time to move. For us, the process is slow. We need to reduce our belongings to less than half. Although we hope to bless others by giving them what we don't need.
