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A Day in the Life of Jenny Riggs

Published on October 16, 2008 in Jenny Riggs. 0 Comments

Here is what an average day might look like.

7:30 Wake up, eat breakfast

9:00 Wait for Absalom to come to go visiting

9:15 Visit a teacher who is not a Christian who has cancer

10:30 Stop by Monica’s place to find out that she is not available for the 5^th day in a row

10:35 Go door to door sharing God’s word and passing out tracks

11:00 Stop by the mother church and talk with the pastor and his secretary

11:45 Arrive back home

12:30 Eat lunch

1-3 Clean apartment, do dishes, wash clothes, play a game on my computer, go check email, run arrends

3:00 Wait for Absalom to arrive

3:15 We go visit Marta and Geovanny for their discipleship class

3:20 Talk to Marta and Geovanny

3:45 Start discipleship class

4:30 Go to Anamaria’s house to see if she is home

4:35 Stop by Adriana’s house just to visit

5:00 Go back to my apartment

5-6 Finish cleaning, finish laundry…

6:00 Eat supper

6:30 Shower

7:45 Head to church

8:00 Church starts

9:30 Church finishes

10:00 Arrive home to find a cell group meeting in the lower level of my apartment meeting

10:005 Join cell group as they finish up

10:30 Cell group finished, talk to people in cell group

11:00 Get ready for bed.

11:00- 12:00 Read and fall asleep

This is a sample of what a Thursday might be like. Every night there is something I can go to either at the daughter or mother church. The people we visit change daily but generally this is what it is like. Also there are no two weeks with the same schedule. On the weekends it is a little different. Saturday morning I go to the market to get my fruits and veggies for the week, then in the evening I teach a basic music theory class. Sunday I help teach Sunday school in the morning and have church in the evening with the rest of the day off. Some of that free time we sometimes go swimming.

I hope this gives you a better idea of what I am doing.

Jenny

the moto-tabla

Published on October 2, 2008 in Patrick and Rachel Whipple. Closed

So we’re in a small river town visiting a few churches. Its Sunday morning, and we have to travel about an hour to get to the next town. We were unclear on the mode of transportation we would take until we saw a motorcycle tied to some boards with ball-bearing wheels sitting on the rail-road track. We piled on and enjoyed the view. What happens when another moto-tabla comes the other way at us on the track, you ask? Well, the pallet with the lightest load is lifted off the track to let the heavier one go by. What about the train, you ask? Well, as a moto-tabla operator you really want to know the train schedule pretty well, which isn’t too hard, because there’s only one train that goes back and forth between the towns a few times a day. So when it gets close to the time when the train is supposed to come, we just haul the moto and the pallets off the track and wait for it to pass. The train is only two or three cars long, so it doesn’t take too long to go by. We had a great time…thanks for praying for us:)

p.s. check out the moto-tabla video here

Fun Fútbol

Published on October 1, 2008 in Patrick and Rachel Whipple. Closed

Some days are just filled with fun and excitement when we get to do something we love. Not too long ago we got to invite a few of the neighborhood kids to go to a professional soccer game. The thrill and joy on their faces was priceless as they ran to get permission from their parents to see if they could go. So, off we went and their passion for fútbol (soccer) oozed out of their words and expressions as we watched the game. To top it all off, they got to kick the ball around on the main field after the game and meet some of the players. Oh, the sweet times when we get to do the things we love and enjoy!

Yohan, Fernando, and Daniel - Please pray for the Lord’s protection over their lives and that their hearts would be captured by our Heavenly Father.

The Good ‘ol Soccer Game!

Published on September 24, 2008 in Joe and Alicia Timmermans. Closed

Soccer in Colombia is big. Even the dirt soccer fields in the poorest neighbourhoods are constantly filled with kids, youth or adults playing at anytime. There are 2 professional teams in Medellin – which have created a good strong rivalry. We had the opportunity to take a group of kids to a game, thanks to the Christian Union Sports Club – a ministry started by other OMS missionaries. A professional soccer team from the USA was here for 2 weeks playing professional teams from Medellin. The purpose was to draw crowds of non-Christians to the game and players from the USA took time to share the gospel with them during half time.

And so, we took 10 energetic boys to the game. Some might call us crazy (we thought we were too), but it went relatively well. The challenging part was getting them there – requiring 2 bus rides and a trip on the metro. We promised them if they were good, we’d take them up the metro cable, which we did. This was a big deal for them since most of them rarely ride the bus, let alone the metro!

We enjoy being able to treat these kids with experiences they might not ever have, and at the same time building relationships with them, talking about, and showing God’s love for them via simple people like us.

This month we also were able to visit one of our team members, to see where she works and encourage her. Kayleene is working with a team outside the city of Medellin in a small town of only a few thousand people called versailles. This town is situated on a ridge in the middle of the mountains, surrounded by farmland. It was a great weekend of doing ministry with her and also enjoying the quiet, peaceful countryside. Joe also had the opportunity to preach on Sunday morning - a good challenge for him!

Thank you all for your continued prayers, support and encouragement! It has been a challenging last couple of weeks, with its frustrating moments. We know it is the devil trying to discourage us in our work here. Please pray that God would continue to give us strength and endurance during both the moments of joy and the times of frustration.

Joe & Alicia

Pictures:
1 - Kids and kids groups
2 - Joe’s birthday party
3 - Soccer game
4 - Town of Versailles

Diving in

Published on September 18, 2008 in Jenny Riggs. 0 Comments

Things here are going well. I have been really busy. I am getting more and more involved with the ministry here, which is exciting. I am feeling more and more at home here. Here is some information of the things that I am spending most of my time doing.

PARADE-DAY OF THE BIBLE

In September God’s word came to Ecuador, so churches all around the country celebrate this event. San Carlos is celebrating it this Sunday. They called it Day of the Bible. There will be a parade and a program where the different churches will participate. Belen 2 is renting a truck which we will decorate and the children ride in it through the parade. I am not sure how we are decorating it, but last year Belen 2 did Noah’s ark and cut out different animals and Mirella, Absalom’s wife, dressed up as Noah. We decided that for the program we would like to do a choreography to the song “Todopoderoso” (All Powerful, by Marcos Witt) . Mirella has a video with a choreography on it for that song. So last Sunday we invited the kids over and we started practicing it. We told the kids that we would have to practice everyday to get it ready for the program. Somehow, I am not sure how, I got put in charge of this. So the next day I watched the video over and over again trying to learn the steps, as well as modifying some of the more difficult parts. Every night this week for about 1.5 hours we have been practicing. There are about 15 kids (some are from the mother church and some from Belen 2) that are going to participate between the ages of 7 and 11. Some parts the littler kids do something simpler and the bigger kids do something more complex. It is coming together. I know that we won’t all be in sync, but most importantly we are having fun. I am enjoying getting to know the kids. When they see me they are excited and give me big hugs. It is exciting to build up this relationship with the kids.

DISCIPLESHIP

This week we have also been visiting people. Mariela asked me to do the discipleship class with one of the gals that she has been working with because she had some errands to do. She gave me all the material and took me to her house. I already knew Cristina before hand, which was nice. So I went and we talked about being obedient to God. Then we got to talking about how you can tell what God’s will is. Today, I am also going to be doing the discipleship class that Absalom has been doing with a couple that accepted Christ about a month ago. I have been watching Absalom and learning how he does it. Today he is going to be watching me lead it. He gave me the topic (having a personal devotional time with God) and a paper that has information on it that I’ll copy to give to the couple. So I spent some time today thinking through what I was going to say, what verses I wanted to read, what examples from my personal life I want to include… I really enjoy learning how to disciple. This is an area that really interests me and I would like to be able to do it even better.

PRAYING FOR THE SICK

On Thursday Mariela, Absalom, and I go to the hospital here in San Carlos. Yes, there is a hospital, though it is small. There is one hallway of rooms. The doctors and nurses all know Absalom and Mariela. Absalom’s wife is the receptionist at the hospital so that I think has helped give us access to go and visit people. There were only two people that were hospitalized today. We go into a room and ask if we can pray for the person who is sick. If they are not Christians we share a little of who we are and who Christ is and we pray for them. If the person is really sick we don’t stay long. If the person is able to converse more we spend more time with them. Some of the people that we have visited are Christians and we encourage them and pray for them. Today when we went to the hospital we talked to a lady who said that she had started reading her Bible but really hadn’t decided if she was ready to become a Christian. We shared with her and read passage from the Bible. Then we asked her if she would like to make a decision to follow Christ. She said yes. So there we prayed for her and encouraged her to share with her husband, who wasn’t there when we went to visit. She said she would. She lives in another town about 15 min down the road so we encouraged her to find a church near her home, but that she is always welcome in our church here in San Carlos.

CELL GROUP

We have also been making plans to start a cell group. We want to make a cell group of some new Christians as well as some of the other leaders in the church. That way they can grow and teach each other. Then we praying that through this some of the other people in the church will have the desire to host a cell group in their home. We are starting it this coming Wednesday at the home of a couple who have become leaders in our church, Belen 2.

MUSIC TEACHER

Another area where I am going to start working in teaching music. I definitely do not feel completely adequate for the task. Last week I was talking to some of the friends that I have made here and one of them mentioned to the other that I know how to play the flute. She included that I also know how to read music. The guy got all excited. He started telling me all about his desires to be able to read music and be able to play all sorts of instruments. He started asking me questions about sharps and flats, and about chords and scales. By the time our conversation was over I had agreed to teach both of them music theory. I also knew that there were some others in the mother church and daughter church that would be interested in a class like this. So starting this Saturday I will be teaching a music theory class. As of today, I have four eager students and other people who I still need to invite.

TEACHING CHILDREN ABOUT GOD

Mariela has been going out to an area called San Juan to teach the kids Bible stories. This community is really poor. The people there do not know how to read or write. Mariela helped them get in contact with some people who are now coming out every week to teach them how to read and write. These people have little to no knowledge of the Bible. Mariela goes and teaches them a song, Bible lesson and provides a snack for them. This Friday I went with her. When we arrived we suddenly were surrounded with little kids giving us hugs and excited to see us. They quickly got out their plastic table and chairs. There were over 20 kids under 12 years old sitting there with excitement to hear God’s word. I have never seen kids soooo hungry for God. I helped teach the Bible story and we had a craft for them to work on. This kids that barely have clothes to wear and food to eat had something I often lack pure excitement to learn about God. They absorbed everything we told them. The parents and adults sat near by or looked out of windows listening to the God’s word.

GOD TAKES WHAT WE HAVE AND USES IT TO REACH OTHERS

It is amazing to me how often I feel like I am not proficient at something. I think well I know how to do this or that, but not as much as I could or as much as other people. I find myself feeling that I know how to do lots of things and enjoy lots of things but do not excel in any of them. But being here I am learning that the opportunities that I have had to study music, art, go to college, to learn how to swim and much more I have some much to give and offer. In comparison to so many people in the I may not be the fastest swimmer, or be able to sing a solo, or be a coordinated dancer, but I can teach someone who has never had the chance to learn how to swim how to float and swim the different strokes, I can teach someone how to read music, I can help teach choreography to a group of kids. God has given me so many experiences and opportunities that he can use in a place where they do not have the those opportunities. In the Bible it says “to much has been given, much is required”. I know that often we think that refers to money, but it also include knowledge and experiences. I want to challenge you to realize how blessed you are to be able to learn and have the opportunities to do some many things. Take advantage of it. There are people who wish that they could have just a fraction of what we have access to. Take what you have experienced and learned and don’t keep it to yourself, give others the opportunity to enjoy, learn and experience the things that you can.

More Open Doors

Published on August 20, 2008 in Joe and Alicia Timmermans. Closed

It was a cold wet Thursday night (which seems to be the norm here lately) and we were just about to leave for our youth group meeting when our phone rang. It was Gabriel and he was calling to suggest we cancel the meeting, not only because it was cold, but also because it was a holiday. Well, we knew some off the neighbour boys would come out in a foot of snow, so we said we would still come just in case. Sure enough the usual boys showed up, and not only did we have a good discussion on prayer, but we all took turns praying, and all of them prayed! One of the boys asked God to help his father stop drinking. This was a pretty big deal considering usually we can’t even get them to be quiet when we pray. Gracias a Dios (Thank you God).

Another huge blessing this month was an invitation by a neighbor boy Jorge to visit his school. Jorge is fifteen years old, but by looking at him you would think he was nine. He attends a public Empresarial school up the mountain behind our house, where he is in the third grade. In Colombia (or in Medellin at least) they seem to have a multi leveled public school system. In our neighbourhood there are three different schools. There’s the top level that kids need to apply to get into. This school is very academic-oriented, well organized and the students are generally well behaved. Then there’s the general public school. This school seems to just push kids through, it’s generally not very well organized and seems to be rather chaotic at times but has decent facilities. While both these schools require uniforms to be purchased and small administration fees to be paid throughout the year, they are still affordable to the majority of the people here. Last there is the Empresarial schools, These schools are free, do not require uniforms, and while all the schools give out snacks, these schools give small prepackaged meals. This school (if it wasn’t already obvious) is for the poorest kids. This was Jorge’s school. After arriving at the school via the very muddy dirt road, we had a chance to meet with the coordinator who was very excited to have us there. Not only was he open to having us share about Canada in the school, he wanted us to share about our work and our faith as well. After a short conversation with him we discovered he was also the coordinator of two other Empresarial schools in the area and wanted us to share in all three! This was an incredible opportunity for us, and with only three months left to go, God is still using us to start new things.

The area around Jorge’s school is populated by many displaced people, and is therefore very poor. We’ve visited one of these areas several times in the last few weeks named Chocosito, which means little Choco (Choco is a department on the coast which has a large Black/Caribbean community and has seen a lot of violence from the various civil conflicts). On these visits we have had the opportunity to meet and pray with a number of people there. It’s incredible how a person’s spiritual need is magnified by their physical need and how open many of these people are with sharing their personal struggles with complete strangers. It’s really amazing to see how God is at work before we even get there and how he is in control, we just need to be there and be willing to be used by him.

The holiday I mentioned earlier was the annual Feria de las Flores - the Medellin Flower Fair. This is basically a citywide party. Most of the shops close down and there’s a big parade down one of the main street. People of this area of the country are called paisas, and are known for (among many things) their flowers. Different families or companies enter these small floats made up of flowers, which are not really that small when you consider they are carried, usually on the back of a person, and can weigh up to several hundred pounds! It was definitely a great cultural experience with lots of traditional costumes, dancing, and one of the biggest horse parades in the world.

This past month has flown by and it’s hard to believe we have so little time left. We are definitely thankful for the past seven months God has given us here, and look forward to what he has planned for these next three.

Joe & Alicia

Pictures:
1 - Motocros - Colombian Style
2 - Progress on Gabriel’s Roof
3 - Hockey
4 - Flower Fair
5 - Alicia’s Birthday party
6 - Hanging out with kids

Welcome to San Carlos

Published on August 15, 2008 in Jenny Riggs. 1 Comment

FIELD RETREAT

At the end of July I went to Field Retreat. It is an annual retreat up in the foothills of the mountains, near a little town called Pallatanga. Seeing those mountains and watching the fog as it rolled in was a reminder of God’s amazing creativity. A team of eight from North Carolina came down to lead our retreat. It was a nice relaxing time, where I was able to get to know my new missionary family. It was encouraging to be able to hear about the ministries OMS is involved in all over the country. At the end of the retreat one of the missionary families took me to see San Carlos and meet the pastor and the church planting team.

Facts about San Carlos:

-The real name of the town is Marcelino Mariduena. San Carlos is the name of the main factory in town.

-There are three different factories in town: sugar, alcohol, and paper.

-About 7pm every night the factories let all of the chemicals out into the air. It makes the whole town smell like cow dung for an hour or two.

-The population is about 12,000 people.

-2/3 of the vehicles in town are motorbikes. (They gave me a ride home on the back of one after church the other day. I was wearing a skirt so I had to sit side-saddle. Yes, I was a little nervous.)

-The biggest store in town is a bit bigger than my classroom back at Lexington Christian Academy last year.

-The closest grocery store is about an hour bus ride away in a town called Milagro.

-The church I am working with is called Belen 2. The mother church is Belen. The pastors’ name is Jose Bajaña

-Belen 2 rents a small room to meet in, which is about the size of the living room in the house where I lived last year in KY. Pictures 3 and 4

-The ECC (church planting) team members are Absalom Delgado, Mariela Aguirre, and Cecilia Contreras. Picture 2

CONJUVED TEAM

Friday (Aug 8^th) I moved to San Carlos. There was a group of people here in Ecuador working along side the local churches for the past 2 weeks. One part of the group came here to San Carlos for the weekend. So they stayed in my apartment. Half of the team was from Colombia and the other half from Rochester, NY. I was able to work with them this weekend. We walked around the neighborhood where Belen 2 is and invited people to church and shared the gospel with the people. I was also able to help the team lead the 6-12 year old Sunday school and share with the young adults group. We also went to a town 15 minutes down the road where we helped lead a young people’s event. (Picture 1) There 3 different churches came together, each from a different town. Each church had an opportunity to participate in the program; my church did a drama of the Good Samaritan set in modern times. The other churches shared special music. One of the members of the team from Colombia preached. It has been good to get to know the people in San Carlos while helping out this CONJUVED team.

AREAS OF MINISTRY

I am going to start following around the ECC team as they work on planting this new church. I will be going with them to evangelize, pray with the sick in their homes and in the hospital, and help with discipleship classes. One of the areas where Mariela, one of the ECC team members, ministers is in a little town called San Juan (only a couple families live there). There is a family there with about 13 kids, which I got to visit with the CONJUVED team and we gave them clothes that a church in the USA had sent them. They live in houses made out of sugar cane stocks. Mariela goes to their homes every Saturday to teach the children about God. I will be going and helping her out in this ministry (picture 5). As I become involved in the church and learn how to best help the church, I will be helping train new leaders to help out.

CHALLENGES AND JOYS

One of the challenges that I am facing is being a single girl in a Latin American country. In Latin America single girls live at home until they are married, so the people at the church are all worried about me being away from my family and living by myself. As I get comfortable being here, Mariela is going to sleep in the other bed in my apartment to keep me company at night, but she said that she will still keep her stuff at her house and eat with her family. Fortunately, there are several single girls that are about my age and older that have taken me under their care. They all knew that I was coming and so excited that I have finally arrived. There is also a group of the young adults that gets together once or twice a week to play basketball. About half of the group is girls. This is giving me a chance to get know some people my age in town. Most of them go to the mother church.

Another challenge is speaking Spanish all the time. I am the only person in town that speaks English. By the end of the day my brain just shuts off and I can’t seem to be able to understand what anyone is saying or figure out how to respond. When it comes to that I have to explain to them that doing things in another language is tiring and that I need some time by myself where I can think in English and do things in English for a bit so that my brain can take a break.

Snapshots of Guayaquil and my Time Here

Published on July 24, 2008 in Jenny Riggs. 1 Comment

I have been in Ecuador for a week and a half. I am currently living in Guayaquil at the home of a widowed lady, Señora Francia. To support herself she rents out the rooms in her house. There are a couple of other people here that are renting from her. I am living here for a month before I move out to the smaller town where I will be doing my ministry. Please be praying for Señora Francia’s son that he will understand who God is and what Christianity is all about. He is searching for truth. He keeps asking me questions about Christianity.

Here are some snapshots of what things are like here.

FOOD
One of the biggest things that I have had to adjust to has been meal times and the quantity of food at each meal. We eat breakfast around 7:30. Breakfast usually consists of coffee (café con leche), fruit (usually a banana), juice, and a roll with cream cheese and jelly inside. Señora Francia eats breakfast with me. Neither of us is awake enough to really talk, so we watch the morning news.
Around 1:00 it is time for lunch and it is the biggest meal of the day. It is a good thing that I like rice because lunch isn’t lunch unless you eat rice. They also often have soup with lunch. Besides rice and soup they will also serve meat (chicken, beef, tuna) and fruit. Most of the time the fruit is cooked plantains, which I absolutely love. It took me a couple days to get used to eating my big meal of the day at 1:00. I found out that if I didn’t eat very much at lunch. I was really hungry by supper time, which doesn‘t come until 7:30. For background noise the TV is turned on to the station where they air Walker, Texas Ranger in Spanish. It is on every day. For supper it isn’t unusual for us to have coffee, bread (rolls) with fresh cheese and we watch the news.
Having background noise during meal time is not uncommon in Latin America. One day Francia didn’t turn on the news until half way through our meal and when she realized, she apologized over and over again that I was missing the news. So as you can tell watching TV while you eat is an important part of meals.

WEATHER
It is really hot here, and it is the cold season. The nicest time of the day is just before the sun sets: it is a little cooler and sometimes windy. Since it is hot here year-round, they rarely shower using hot water. I haven’t had a hot shower since I left Indianapolis (July 12th). I am starting to get used to taking cold showers, and some days it feels really good.

HOW I SPEND MY DAYS
My days are filled with a variety of activities. The main one is language school. The school is about a 10 minute walk from my house. I have class any where between 2 and 4 hours a day. For the days that I have 4 hours of class it is split up into 2 sessions one in the morning and one in the afternoon. In language school I am working on getting my grammar and spelling perfected as well as practicing sharing my testimony in Spanish and giving Bible lessons in Spanish. It is good thing to practice sharing my faith in Spanish since I will be doing that once I move to San Carlos (Marcelino Maridueña).
During my free time I am work on Spanish homework (like writing stories, answering questions, writing my testimony) check my email, learn my way around Guayaquil, draw, take walks and run errands. There is a park across the street from my house, so I have been enjoying going for walks there. Last week I was walking around the park and suddenly something fluorescent green ran across my path. I jumped backwards and looked to see what it was; it was a baby iguana. Later I found out that lots of iguanas live in the park.

UPCOMING PLANS
-This weekend they are celebrating the founding of the city of Guayaquil, so there are parties and activities to go to.
-One of the churches that I have visited is having a concert on Sunday. The group that is singing has translated Hillsong’s music into Spanish and will be performing them.
-Next week all the OMS missionaries in Ecuador have a retreat at Camp Pallatanga.
-Aug 7th I finish Spanish classes and shortly after that I will be moving out to San Carlos.
-There is a group coming down from Rochester, NY that will be in the area and I helping out with this group.

WHAT GOD IS TEACHING ME
During this time that I am working on improving my Spanish and learning Ecuadorian culture God has been teaching me many things. I have the time to really dig into His Word. While I walk to language school I am often praying or thinking about what God has been teaching me. One of the things that I have been learning is that I need to be completely dependent on God. This is a hard lesson to learn, but an important one. This has been a refreshing and relaxing time.

I have some pictures that I want to include but I am having trouble uploading them. I will figure it out and add them later.

Team Canada

Published on July 20, 2008 in Joe and Alicia Timmermans. Closed

Here is some more pictures of our time with the group from Canada.

I’m on my way

Published on July 11, 2008 in Jenny Riggs. Closed

Dear Friends and Family,
The last 2 weeks I have been in Greenwood, Indiana at the OMS headquarters for orientation and training. It has been a time of blessing. God has really been using this time of preparation as a time of really purifying and cleaning my heart. We have spent a lot of time during training just talking about who God is and the importance of walking with Christ in all times. Probably overall the thing about training that has stood out most to me is the importance and necessity of prayer and intercession (praying on behalf of others). This time has also been a time of encouragement and challenge for the days to come. It has been exciting to learn more about planting churches, how God sees the church, and how I can be involved in that.
Tomorrow I fly out of Indianapolis for Ecuador. I can’t believe that the time has finally arrived. I have spent hours of preparation, days planning, and months praying for Ecuador and the time has now come where I will get to go. I will be spending the first 2-3 weeks in Guayaquil. There I will be brushing up on my Spanish and learning the Ecuadorian accent and vocabulary words as well as the culture. During my time in Guayaquil I will be living at a widow’s home. She rents her rooms out in her house to students. To help learn Ecuadorian culture I will be learning things from missionaries, learning my way around Guayaquil, and going out and getting used to speaking Spanish 24/7.
After those first couple of weeks in Guayaquil I will go to San Carlos. While in San Carlos, I will be living in my own apartment. I will spend some time just learning from the pastor, his family and the other church leaders. Little-by-little I will take on more and more responsibilities in the church. Part of the goal for eXtreme Walk is for me to bring alongside me a couple others and discipline and train them to be involved in the ministries that I will be responsible for. This way the local church will be dependent on each other rather than foreign missionaries. The goal is that I will train others who will in turn be able to disciple and train others.

Praises:
-Thank God for all of you who are praying for me.
-Thank God for the blessing that others have been to financially make this possible for me.
-Thank God for the refining work he is doing in my life and continuing to do.

Prayer requests:
-I will be entering Ecuador on a tourist visa (I had complications getting my long term one) and then once in Ecuador work on getting the long term visa.
-Pray for our time of transition into Ecuadorian culture and speaking Spanish everyday.
-Pray for the church in San Carlos the pastor and the church planting team (ECC).
-Pray that the hearts of the Ecuadorian people will be softened and ready to hear God’s word.

Thank you so much for all of your prayers and support. I can you have been praying for me during this time of preparation since God has been working in mighty ways in my life in the last 10 days.

God Bless,

Jenny Riggs