Category Archives: Ecuador

Merry Christmas 2025

Posted on December 18, 2025 by scottandjody

Here’s our new living Christmas tree! Not as big as the one we left behind in Quito, it’s just 12″ or 30 cm tall. Hopefully it will prosper and grow in our new home and new life. We hope and … Continue reading →

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April 2025 Newsletter

Posted on May 1, 2025 by scottandjody

Moving Back to the U.S. We’ve got a date: May 30, 2025; we are in the midst of finishing almost eleven years in Ecuador. Scott is training others to assume as many of his duties as possible. Jody is working … Continue reading →

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November 2024 Prayer Letter

Posted on November 30, 2024 by scottandjody

Drought & Power Outages Ecuador is in its sixth week of power outages. Up to 14 hours per day, they are sort-of scheduled, meaning the schedule can change without warning! Drought is the main cause; not enough rain has fallen … Continue reading →

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A Good Samaritan

Posted on October 15, 2023 by scottandjody

I (Jody) have fallen two or three times a year here in Quito, mostly walking to or from work. As closely as I watch the sidewalk, I still manage to trip over some unnoticed obstacle. Usually I stumble, fall forward, … Continue reading →

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September 2023 Newsletter

Posted on September 29, 2023 by scottandjody

New Executive Director for Voz y Manos In August the Voz y Manos Board appointed Andrés Stäubli as the executive director elect of Voz y Manos. Andres is Swiss-Argentinian and has served as a missionary in Ecuador for nine years. … Continue reading →

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September 2022 Newsletter

Posted on September 30, 2022 by scottandjody

We were in the United States on home ministry assignment during the months of May and June.  On June 13, indigenous and other discontented groups instituted a national strike that paralyzed Ecuador for 18 days (such strikes are not uncommon, … Continue reading →

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March 2022 Newsletter

Posted on March 23, 2022 by scottandjody

MudslideThe evening of January 31 Quito had a large and destructive mudslide about a mile south of our home. Twenty-eight people died and over fifty were injured. Radio HCJB-EC organized a donation site outside our offices, and our church was … Continue reading →

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¿Para Qué?

Posted on October 9, 2021 by scottandjody

A fun thing about learning a new language is the richness that can come from that language’s more expansive or descriptive use of common words. For example, the English question, “Why?” is expressed in Spanish with two common phrases: “¿Por … Continue reading →

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April 2021 Newsletter

Posted on April 2, 2021 by scottandjody

First, many blessings to you this weekend as you celebrate Christ’s death and resurrection. He is risen! A Wonderful Answer to Prayer Radio HCJB Ecuador is a partner ministry, one of many ministries which used to be part of our … Continue reading →

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Getting Stuff to Quito

Posted on March 12, 2021 by scottandjody

“You should blog about getting things to Ecuador,” one of our daughters said recently. “People can’t imagine not using the mail.” The Ecuadorian mail has been notoriously unreliable in our time here, with mail taking two, three, or four months … Continue reading →

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