Experience Ecuador: February 2009

It has been awhile since I've posted, a lot of things have happened within the past few months. One of the main things that I'm really excited about is that I'm engaged. Nicole and I were engaged on Christmas Eve and will be married October 3 2009. She has been a great support to me even though she has not been able to be here with me. I look forward to spending my life with her. We are extremely excited.

When I came back to Ecuador in January, Phil had been in the hospital for a few days. He is doing much better but please continue to pray for his health.

We have had two construction teams in the past few weeks come and work at the church here in Condado. The first team was the Indiana Men's District team. This team was comprised of various Pastors and lay persons throughout the state of Indiana, many of whom had never been on a missions trip and many of whom said they are ready to come back next year. This was a great team and they accomplished a lot during that week.The next team we had was from my home church in Normal, Illinois. They have been a great blessing to our church in Condado, committing financially to the church. They were able to cover the front of the church with plexiglass, enclosing the front of the church and making the appearance of the church look 100% better. We look forward to the next team which is coming again in March.

Last week, We had the opportunity to go back into the jungle. This time the team that went was a lot smaller, about 5-6 people. A pastor came down to look at a project in the jungle, so we had the opportunity to take him in. Also, Phil was able to purchase a boat motor for ministry use in the community of San Pablo. This community is comprised of Secoya Indians. They were very thankful for this motor, as it can enable them to do more ministry along the river.

My dad had asked me for some pictures that I had taken while I was in the jungle, unfortunately I had to tell him I did not take many pictures this time. The reason was that it rained and it rained. On that Wednesday we took a boat ride up to another community of Quechuan Indians that we work with. From San Pablo to Cuyabeno it is 2.5 hours, total of 5 hours. It rained for 5 hours straight. This was not your typical rain either, at certain points it felt like it was hailing on us. Of course, We all had our rain gear on, but our rain gear was really no match for this type of rain. Needless to say, we were soaking wet after we got back. The mosquitoes really liked me thistrip as well. I think a mosquito somehow got into my mosquito net and had a feast. When we got back to Quito, I counted all the mosquito bites just on my arms and I had around 114. But all in all it was a good trip, it was good seeing some of our friends in the jungle and catching up with them .

Please continue to pray for us as we will go back into the jungle in a few weeks for an extended period of time. Also please continue to pray for the upcoming teams.

Please be in prayer as my year term ends in May and pray that I will be able to find a good job when I come.As always, thanks again for your monthly support and your prayer support. We greatly appreciate all that you do for us/me.

Thanks,

Adam