Tears on the Altar

Some of our beautiful Kichwa Indian young people praying in the altar, crying out to the Lord, at our Puyupungo church. So beautiful are the tears that fall on these wooden altars! Jesus sees every one and hears every prayer! The Lord is moving in Ecuador!

Nothing more Beautiful

There is nothing more beautiful to me than children praying and crying in the presence of the Lord. Tonight’s service at Puyo was just that! Esmeralda is only 6, and her family does not come to church, but every chance she gets, she is here and she always weeps in His presence. Mayde is 10.

Willing to Leave it all Behind

At church in Talin today, the message the Lord gave me to preach was about brothers who, when Jesus passed by and called them, left everything to go and follow Him. The question is: How many are willing to give it all up, to leave behind everything, if so be necessary, to follow the Lord?

The Harvest is Plenty!

Today we worked in the garden at our Puyupungo church. I love getting my hands dirty and searching for beautiful yucca that have grown underneath the ground.  Our sugar cane are enormous (many about 11 feet tall), our banana trees are gigantic (about 20-25 feet tall, but they take about 9 months to produce one

Who’s afraid of a Tarantula?? Not Abuelita Rosa!

While picking up folks for church at Talin on Saturday, I saw a huge brown tarantula crawling on the ground outside. (They are common and we have seen many, especially in Talin, but still, it’s a tarantula! So each time we see one, we still get all excited, and yell “Tarantula”!:-) But this time, I