Ecuador Mission Team Update - Day 3

Here we are getting ready for movie night and showing War Room. Movie starts at 8 but they starting to show up early. Praying for the Holy Spirit will move here tonight.

First of all thanks for everyone's prayer's. We had about 32 here tonight in this small apartment and it was awesome. Two have decided to get baptized here soon. Praise God. To him we give the glory. So much thanks to the translators and one of the translators shared his testimony. God is great.

Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts:..

After our quiet time and team devotion this morning, we headed to the Otavalo Artisan market. There will be some treasures opened this weekend when we return!

There were also treasures shared tonight before and after the movie through testimonies that included:

-salvation,

-the struggles of life,

-a recently restored marriage,

-God's faithfulness,

-resisting God's invitations,

-a desire for baptism,

-repentance and returning to God

Thank you for your prayers! -Janice Durance

Ecuador Mission Team Update - Day 2

The team getting ready for movie night by making banners to hang in the streets to invite people to watch War Room in the apartment.

Just a quick update we split in two different teams and Seth and Craig went to the park and played games with the kids and meet new friends. The other team headed to friends that are well known to the Ecuador team and stooped by to tell them hi and prayed with several and invited them to movie night tomorrow night. This afternoon some made banners and flyers for movie night. This evening we visited the hotel to make sure the pool was good if we need it for baptism. We are tired and another big day tomorrow. Keep praying. And remember God is awesome. - Matt Warren

They will know you are my disciples if you have love one for another.

How would you describe a family reunion?

*Lots of hugs and even kisses; 

*Finding out how everyone is;

*Cooing over all the new little ones who have been born;

*Taking time to listen;

*Eating together;

*Planning to do more together;

*Sharing what is most important to you with anyone who will listen.

To me, that's a little how it feels the first day or two each trip.

Please continue to pray.

I thank my God every time I remember you!

-Janice Durrance 

Seth Durrance

Ecuador Mission Team Update - Day 1

Ecuador Mission Team Update - Day 1

Oh come let us worship the Lord together!
Experiencing corporate worship with brothers and sisters in Christ is a very special bonus on any mission trip whether this is your first trip or you are a frequent flyer! Recognizing the melody being strummed on the guitars and then either singing the best you can in Spanish or just singing along in English to songs like "How Great Thou Art" is sweet praise!
We were also blessed by the opportunity to share in the ordinance of the Lord's Supper for the first time since we began coming here in Feb. of 2012. Our ernest prayer is that groups of believers will soon be able to have similar worship experiences together here in Tabacundo. Unlike many Sunday afternoons, we did not get a nap...which for some is possibly its own kind of worship!
-Janice Durance 

Been a full day and it is 10:40pm and now planning the week. God is awesome as the days are already getting full. We will be showing War Room at several different places and the churches we went to today. We need you all to pray for the taxi driver and well known friend of the team as Bruce will try to spend one on one time to once again share the gospel with him. We so much going on but God is in control.
-Matt Warren 

Please continue to pray for:
*Divine appointments
*Lorena's sister who is in the hospital (not Paulina)
*Holy Spirit-led discernment in filling our week, and
*A new believer who is a first time mom...she named her little baby girl Grace!Praise God for:
*Faithful hardworking translators
*restored health to a team member
*His faithfulness

Ecuador Mission Team (FBCBG)

Week 1 of the Ecuador Mission Team from First Baptist Church of Bowling Green is on their way! They will be serving in Ecuador until January 2nd when another team will meet up with them and serve thru January 9th. Please keep these missionaries in your prayers. (Updates are available on Facebook) To hear of their testimonies from their trips, please plan on attending the worship service on January 17th at 6pm at FBC Bowling Green. 

5 Weeks of Missions - Team #5

Northside Baptist Church of Wauchula and their missions team is headed to Haiti. They will be serving at Cabaret Baptist Children's Home this week.

Please continue to pray the team's safety, health and effectiveness while serving.

Aug 5th & 6th - DR Team Update

Yesterday we spent our time in several villages playing with the children, sharing with them about what Jesus' love means to us, and walking ALOT! A small group spent some time painting one of the local churches that Pastor Craig works with (you can see more about his ministry at www.facebook.com/craigmac25) Another group made their way to another village in the afternoon and started a game of baseball with the kids. We didn't have a ball with us so the kids went and picked some fruit off the tree and that became our ball for the game. Then 3 of the FL team members made their way down the village streets to stop and talk with the families in the area. We were able to pass out tracks and pray with the families.

Today we spent the morning in the Capital being "tourists." For lunch we went to a local restaurant and experienced some of the cultural food here in the DR, it was so delicious! Then we went to Pasitos de Jesus, which is a girls home that Score International oversees. Our team played volleyball, played on the playground, sang songs and Tina had the opportunity to present a Worship Painting. The kids even helped with the painting and it was beautiful! Before we left, the kids sang to us and shared some of their stories. Tomorrow is our last "ministry" day with the NY team. Please keep praying for our team as we finish out the week strong and make our way back to FL late on Saturday.

Aug 4th - DR Mission Team Update

Today our team headed out to Emanuel House again to finish painting the chair legs, table legs and the outside of the building. There were 2 additional smaller groups that had the privilege of going to the village to visit with some more families. Pictured above is Pastor Theodore and his family. They have 10 children ranging in age from 2 to 22. Pastor Theodore shared with our group about his church, different customs within the congregation, and about their need for water. We had the opportunity to pray with them, asking God to provide an abundance of rain and water.
 

NY Team Member, Paul, playing baseball with Pastor Theodore's oldest son, Jackson.

 After returning to the Score Complex and eating lunch, we made our way to the Lily House which is a ministry of Score that rescues exploited women and empowers them to work with dignity as they work creatively with their hands! While there are no pictures allowed at this location, team members and Lily House guests shared their testimonies and gave us a tour of the facility.

Aug 3rd - DR Mission Trip

Our 1st work day began with preparing bags of food for families that Score International works with. The bags consisted of rice, fish, beans, oil, pasta and the hygiene bags that were made at First Christian Church and here at the complex.  After preparing the bags we made our way out to Emanual House which is located in Quisqueya about 30 minutes away from where we are staying. It serves as a school for about 150 kids. Many of these children are not allowed to attend public school because they do not have a birth certificate or their parents can not afford the uniforms and supplies.

 

Once arriving to Emanuel House, the teams split up into several groups serving with different projects that needed to be completed before the next school year begins. Pictured above the group was responsible for sanding and repainting all the tables and chairs for each classrom.

Although team member, Brek McClenithan's favorite quote is... "If you ain't sweating, you ain't serving," we did capture this moment of interation with one of the kids at the school.

Another group was responsible for scraping and spackeling all the classroom walls to be repainted tomorrow.

Some of the groups had a chance to go into the village of Quisqueya to help deliver the food & hygeine bags from this morning. They were able to talk, witness, and pray with the families that had children attending Emanuel House.