Family in Manta Ecuador

Family in Manta Ecuador
January 2015

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Arriving in the USA


Thanks to all of you for your prayers as we begin our time in the USA. We arrived in Washington, DC to the great surprise of two daughters and four grandchildren at the airport to meet us! They had traveled from Ohio to be there. Also Pastors Tim and Tom from our host church in Virginia, and Tim's daughter Megan. We traveled a couple of hours to the Charlottesville area, and a great group from Mountain View Chapel greeted us warmly. What a beautiful a home they have prepared for us! We got to spend a few days with our grandchildren. Joy's parents also traveled from Tennessee to visit us this week.
Carla had an echo-cardiogram in preparation for her surgery. We will meet with her cardiologist on August 27. We will keep you posted on the plans.
Besides Carla's surgery we have a lot to do before beginning to visit churches in mid-September. Thank you for your prayers.
Tony

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Visas!


We've been praying, waiting, and working for a long time to get these visa packets for Carla and Matthew. We are very excited to be traveling to the States soon for Carla's heart surgery, family time, and reporting to our great support team around the USA.

Baptisms




It's always great to give testimony to the power of the Gospel by baptism. We love to see lives changed forever by the resurrected Christ. When they are baptized, they are painting a picture of what Jesus did for them when he died and rose again.

Evangelism and Outreach



Our church supports the David Proaño family. They are missionary street evangelists who do a great job of presenting the Gospel in many ways, and in many settings all over Ecuador and other South American countries. This month they were working with a visiting group from the United States. The group used martial arts demonstrations to present the Gospel. Many people were saved during the campaign and our church family was fully involved in all of their work in and around Manta.