Meetings in Cotacachi

This is our new church logo!  How do you like it?  It corresponds to the Liebenzell Mission's logo here in Ecuador.

Progress is coming along on the construction for the future pastor's apartment on the second floor of the new wing.  Please pray for God's provision for the right national pastor to fill the job before our family's furlough beginning in summer 2016.


And here is the third floor, still a dream and in need of a roof, but we need to finish the second floor first.

Segundo is busy putting in the wall tiles in the bathrooms.

Here he is cutting tile, and his son Daniel is working in another bathroom.  Please pray for Fausto, the previous worker who fell on the steps on Tuesday.  Since then he has been unable to work.  Most of all, pray for his salvation.

You can see the new wing from a distance.

Also on Tuesday, we had our final day of classes for the Buen Siervo discipleship class, level 7 (previously 4c).  This class is required for church workers, through level 4.  The upper levels are optional.  This is the first time that some of the church people have arrived to and finished the upper levels, and I am proud of all for their hard work and dedication.

The course includes daily homework assignments which must be completed in order to pass to the next level.





On Wednesday night we had a joint cell group meeting at the church with games led by Anita and Héctor.


Everyone enjoyed it very much.

Then, on Friday, we held a Night of Victory and Vision for all the workers in the various church ministries.

This meeting seeks to thank the helpers and instill vision to press on to fulfill the goals and plans of the church.


Afterwards we took a picture of everyone present.  Which picture do you like best?

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