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Merry Christmas 2025
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
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
November 2024 Prayer Letter
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
September 2023 Newsletter
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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March 2023 Newsletter
Home Ministry Assignment We will be in Oregon May 13 through July 20 and in Colorado Springs May 4-13 and July 20-24. Please let us know if you would like to connect for a visit; that’s what we’re coming for! … Continue reading
September 2022 Newsletter
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
March 2022 Newsletter
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
Christmas 2021
This is our Norfolk Pine which has been our living Christmas tree since our first Christmas here in 2014. Here it is in 2014! Little did we know when Scott carried it home under his arm that one day it … Continue reading
October 2021 Newsletter
“Instead, you ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will, we will do this and that.” James 4:15 Back in Quito After eleven weeks in the U.S., we returned to Quito September 23. We’re still adjusting to the altitude, … Continue reading
July 2021 Newsletter
Home Ministry Assignment We are here in Eugene, Oregon and are in the U.S. until September 22. Besides time in Oregon, we’ll be traveling to Washington (state) and Colorado. Jody’s also visiting southern California. We are having two outdoor, drop-in … Continue reading
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