You cannot do a kindess too soon,
for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Our Mission
To
follow God's will for our lives so that we can serve Him in all we do,
go wherever He leads, and share His amazing love with those around us.
2) Guayllabamba, Ecuador - Tulcanza Family - Local Missionary Church with two outreach locations
3) El Batan Missionary Alliance Church - Ninos de la calle en riesgo
4) Just For Kids Orphanage - Valle de los Chillos, Ecuador
5) Home of Hope - Malawi, Africa, Canadian Missionaries
6) Missionaries and mission trips that God plants in our hearts
7) Calvary Chapel Okinawa and Julie Millwood - Okinawa Christian School
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Local folks at the church How chocolate actually grows!!
My favorite mango lady!
Continue
to support missions around the world:
1)
Cusco, Peru - Romulo Tupa - Local Missionary2) Guayllabamba, Ecuador - Tulcanza Family - Local Missionary Church with two outreach locations
3) El Batan Missionary Alliance Church - Ninos de la calle en riesgo
4) Just For Kids Orphanage - Valle de los Chillos, Ecuador
5) Home of Hope - Malawi, Africa, Canadian Missionaries
6) Missionaries and mission trips that God plants in our hearts
7) Calvary Chapel Okinawa and Julie Millwood - Okinawa Christian School
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A fascinating caterpillar at the Butterfly Farm
Nat y
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Local folks at the church How chocolate actually grows!!
My favorite mango lady!
Monthly
News
As the new year begins, we again are looking forward to what God has in store for us. We have just returned from a mission trip to Ecuador with great stories of success and growth in the name of Jesus Christ.
Ecuador Mission Team - December 2005
It wasn't about us, but about what God could do through us to help others. In the comfortable world most of us live in in the U.S., we often get wrapped up in what's in it for us or what's God going to do for us. One purpose of participating in a mission trip is to serve others and to get out of our comfort zone so God can do good works in and through us. The compromises and inconveniences of Ecuador pale in comparison to what Jesus Christ did for us on the cross, and though we can never come even close to that ultimate sacrifice, the need to be flexible, a little uncomfortable, and to realize the big picture outside of our personal needs gives us a little taste of being more Christ-like.
For us, it has always
been a pleasure because Ecuador was planned for
us by God. When we looked for opportunity, it was the only choice. When
we went where we thought was the project we were looking for, God sent
us to where He really wanted us to go, and let us know that was the
right direction because the people told us they had been praying for us
for years and God had finally answered their prayer. Do you have any
idea what it's like to drive up to a place on the edge of not much
thinking you are just going to drop off some dry goods and do a good
deed, only to find out that you have a divine appointment set up by
God? When these people see you, they open their arms wide and are
crying because they have been praying to God for Him to send someone to
help them for years and now here you are?
We have been blessed to be a part of this grand work of God more than they have been blessed by all the resources we've been able to channel to them.
Every time we leave, my heart stays there until my body can join it again. Not everyone is called to go, though my bags can be packed in about 20 minutes, but there is a role for everyone that needs to be filled in supporting foreign missions. Find your part and fulfill it with all that is in you for the glory of God.
Philippians 4:15
"Morever, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only...you sent me aid again and again when I was in need."
Steve and I were sent to Ecuador by God to be a part of His work because He knew that that was where help was needed, that these people had been faithful and were doing His work. Thankfully He gives different people passions for various groups around the world so that if all answer the call, the world gets covered! Whether it's in Russia with the Nelms, Jamaica with the Stricklands, or a village in Africa that calls your name, if you aren't a part of local missions, God may have your name on a foreign mission field. All are equally valid in the work of God and essential to spreading the great commission. You have no idea what the help CMC has been able to provide has meant to them and what it could do ten times over all around the world. We are happy and willing to go, and pray for the support that would allow us to return full time to this area of the world.
Prayer Requests and
Praises
Prayer
the adoption situation of the pastor's family with their son, Nataniel
financial support to be full time in the mission field in Ecuador
for others to embrace the vision that we have in Ecuador and see the validity of the mission project
health of Luis, the pastor at Guayllabamba, as he has had several episodes at the hospital
continued growth of the projects and churches we have been blessed to be a part of in Ecuador
other to continue to want to be part of mission teams that bring the love and hope of Christ to those in foreign lands
sponsors to come forward to participate in sponsoring the children of the streets in the Ninos en la calle en riesgo program
Praise
continued growth in the youth department of the church in Guayllabamba and the answer to the call of a youth pastor
successful and safe completion of the projects in the December 2005 mission trip
six more people in the kingdom of God from the Christmas Day Celebrations
opportunities for Steve and I to return to Ecuador full-time by 2007
buildings, materials donated, and support equipment to the Ninos en la calle en riesgo program in Quito for the next two years
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As the new year begins, we again are looking forward to what God has in store for us. We have just returned from a mission trip to Ecuador with great stories of success and growth in the name of Jesus Christ.
Ecuador Mission Team - December 2005
It wasn't about us, but about what God could do through us to help others. In the comfortable world most of us live in in the U.S., we often get wrapped up in what's in it for us or what's God going to do for us. One purpose of participating in a mission trip is to serve others and to get out of our comfort zone so God can do good works in and through us. The compromises and inconveniences of Ecuador pale in comparison to what Jesus Christ did for us on the cross, and though we can never come even close to that ultimate sacrifice, the need to be flexible, a little uncomfortable, and to realize the big picture outside of our personal needs gives us a little taste of being more Christ-like.
We have been blessed to be a part of this grand work of God more than they have been blessed by all the resources we've been able to channel to them.
Every time we leave, my heart stays there until my body can join it again. Not everyone is called to go, though my bags can be packed in about 20 minutes, but there is a role for everyone that needs to be filled in supporting foreign missions. Find your part and fulfill it with all that is in you for the glory of God.
Steve and Monkey Boy
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on the various links to see pictures and read about the projects
we were able to participate in.| Mindo
Cloud Forest |
Iglesia Bautista, Guayllabamba |
| Cheka
Mission Outreach |
Quito
Ninos de la calle en Riesgo |
Philippians 4:15
"Morever, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only...you sent me aid again and again when I was in need."
Steve and I were sent to Ecuador by God to be a part of His work because He knew that that was where help was needed, that these people had been faithful and were doing His work. Thankfully He gives different people passions for various groups around the world so that if all answer the call, the world gets covered! Whether it's in Russia with the Nelms, Jamaica with the Stricklands, or a village in Africa that calls your name, if you aren't a part of local missions, God may have your name on a foreign mission field. All are equally valid in the work of God and essential to spreading the great commission. You have no idea what the help CMC has been able to provide has meant to them and what it could do ten times over all around the world. We are happy and willing to go, and pray for the support that would allow us to return full time to this area of the world.
the adoption situation of the pastor's family with their son, Nataniel
financial support to be full time in the mission field in Ecuador
for others to embrace the vision that we have in Ecuador and see the validity of the mission project
health of Luis, the pastor at Guayllabamba, as he has had several episodes at the hospital
continued growth of the projects and churches we have been blessed to be a part of in Ecuador
other to continue to want to be part of mission teams that bring the love and hope of Christ to those in foreign lands
sponsors to come forward to participate in sponsoring the children of the streets in the Ninos en la calle en riesgo program
Praise
continued growth in the youth department of the church in Guayllabamba and the answer to the call of a youth pastor
successful and safe completion of the projects in the December 2005 mission trip
six more people in the kingdom of God from the Christmas Day Celebrations
opportunities for Steve and I to return to Ecuador full-time by 2007
buildings, materials donated, and support equipment to the Ninos en la calle en riesgo program in Quito for the next two years
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