Thursday, March 17, 2016

Ecuador Mission Team - Updates for Day 1 & 2

DAY 2 UPDATE 
It is 11 p.m. here and we still have three members of our team out doing ministry. I have gotten some feedback regarding my much shorter post yesterday. If you desire more information than I provide you in this public forum, then I encourage you to befriend one of the other team members and ask them to send you a private message. Mission College stressed the need for safety and sensitivity in public messages. Having said that, here is the update for the day.
The morning started off pretty slowly. We had a great Bible study with our team and then met with our landlord. That meeting went well. In fact, he joined us for the prayer portion of our meeting.
After lunch we split the team into two teams and we had A LOT of little meetings throughout the city. God did an amazing work of answering prayers and setting up Bible studies in other peoples homes. We also learned about future areas of ministry in which we have long been praying for a way to engage that particular area of Tabacundo.
After those meetings we returned back to the apartment for a one-on-one meeting with our team and a local pastor. We are VERY hopeful about a potential partnership with this man and his ministry. Pray the Lord's will be done and we walk in His grace.
After he left we had a scheduled Bible study in someone's house. One of the things we are striving to do is get the Bible studies out of our apartment and into the homes of our Tabacundo friends. It was a deep Bible study and went in a direction I would not have anticipated.
We left the Bible study after 10p.m. our time. I am now exhausted and am going to bed. It is WAY past my bed time. Good night and continue to pray for our team. - Scott Tharp 

We just had Bible study in 3 different languages in José's shop! English, Spanish, AND Quichua. It was amazing hearing God's word and to know that it remains the same no matter what language you speak. -Julie Warren


DAY 1 UPDATE
The day is now done. One of the things I want you to know about my updates this trip is that they are going to be slightly different. We were advised by the Mission College to be sensitive to what we report back on social media. As a result, our messages will be more abbreviated.
In short, we had a meeting with the IMB missionaries and it was a very helpful and good time. When we finished we had a brief rest and then started some prayer walks. These prayer walks also allowed us some opportunities to talk with some people. We then got back to the apartment and watched a webinar from the IMB on the heart of missions and it was very good.
The final part of the evening was an hour long conversation with one individual whom we are watching the Lord do some amazing things. The part we enjoyed the most was that we (those from our church) did not really do the teaching. Our Ecuadorian partners did the real work tonight and they did an amazing job. We were extremely pleased with work they did. - Scott Tharp 



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