Dearest prayer supporters,
After contacting our ministry partner El Refugio and getting in contact with their parent organization Youth World (Mundo Juvenil), we made contact with Daniela Pojmaevich, the director of short term teams for Youth World. She put us in contact with a church in Carmen Bajo, one of the poorest regions in Quito. Yesterday (Saturday), we spent the day doing work projects for the church, including moving dirt, moving bricks, and digging holes for large cement footings. In the afternoon, we heard the story of the church, of Pastor Fabian, and were part of a youth service. We were very blessed to be able to help out and to be a part of what God is calling us to do here with our mission trip extension.
Today we attended an English speaking church (English Fellowship Church) or a Spanish speaking church (Dios Es Fiel). We met the US Ambassador to Ecuador at the EFC and have set up dinner plans with him. I have no idea what is going to happen with our meeting with ambassador, but it's at least an opportunity to spread Christian fellowship. He's a Christian, it seems.
Tomorrow, the current plan is classes, followed by the first departure of some of our students.
We have students leaving M, T, and W nights, which means they arrive at COTW on T, W, and R in the evenings. My first goal was to get all the students with actual seat bookings. That has been met. My second goal is now to make some important seat switches and move all the W departures to M or T. I am calling many different numbers to try and make this happen.
Your prayers are appreciated. Attitudes, peace, trust, opportunities, and safety are all things we hope to have through prayer.
If you have any questions, email me at TylerN@COTW.org.
-Tyler Nelson
LIFT Associate Director
After contacting our ministry partner El Refugio and getting in contact with their parent organization Youth World (Mundo Juvenil), we made contact with Daniela Pojmaevich, the director of short term teams for Youth World. She put us in contact with a church in Carmen Bajo, one of the poorest regions in Quito. Yesterday (Saturday), we spent the day doing work projects for the church, including moving dirt, moving bricks, and digging holes for large cement footings. In the afternoon, we heard the story of the church, of Pastor Fabian, and were part of a youth service. We were very blessed to be able to help out and to be a part of what God is calling us to do here with our mission trip extension.
Today we attended an English speaking church (English Fellowship Church) or a Spanish speaking church (Dios Es Fiel). We met the US Ambassador to Ecuador at the EFC and have set up dinner plans with him. I have no idea what is going to happen with our meeting with ambassador, but it's at least an opportunity to spread Christian fellowship. He's a Christian, it seems.
Tomorrow, the current plan is classes, followed by the first departure of some of our students.
We have students leaving M, T, and W nights, which means they arrive at COTW on T, W, and R in the evenings. My first goal was to get all the students with actual seat bookings. That has been met. My second goal is now to make some important seat switches and move all the W departures to M or T. I am calling many different numbers to try and make this happen.
Your prayers are appreciated. Attitudes, peace, trust, opportunities, and safety are all things we hope to have through prayer.
If you have any questions, email me at TylerN@COTW.org.
-Tyler Nelson
LIFT Associate Director
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