Auditorium Space Put to Use

Now that our auditorium has a roof we can use it on Sunday mornings. Walls have been built to create the new classrooms on the second floor of the education building (dividing the space we were using for Sunday services). Now each Sunday School and Bible Study group has a large meeting space and room to grow. The photo shows our 11:00 service, and you can see that we have room to grow there as well! God has been very good to us.

Easter 2011

On Easter Sunday we had the joy of baptizing 4 people who wanted to identify themselves as disciples of Jesus. Each one of these has a special story. For example: The two boys have attended our Sunday School since we started the church six years ago. They have been asking their mom if they can be baptized for quite some time. Both gave testimonies of having invited Jesus to be their Savior in their Sunday School class.

We are blessed as a family in many ways. Most of all, we live with faith in a living Lord who is victorious over sin and death! We are blessed to serve him and people in Ecuador who are seeking for peace, hope, and true joy. They find it in a living relationship with Christ.

Youth Camp

We had a terrific youth retreat in March. Missionary Glenn McGhee was our speaker. Many of these young people are involved in some kind of ministry in our church. They had a great time at camp.

Vacation Bible School

First Baptisms at the Church Building

The building isn't finished, and the baptistery isn't finished, but today (February 27, 2011) we held our first baptismal service at the church's own building. Seventeen people were baptized in obedience to Jesus' command and following his example. It was a great group: Whole families, Sunday School kids, new believers, men, women, teens! What an exciting time for our church!
I'm sure there are times that I will miss having baptisms at the beach, and maybe we can still do that once in a while, but it was cool to have over 100 present to support and witness the testimony of these new disciples.

Church Auditorium Construction

Sixth Church Anniversary