Ecuador 2009 "A Guy Thing"

Missions Overview!

2009-02-09T07:57:00.000-08:00

Bridging the Pipeline!

2009-02-03T06:28:00.000-08:00

Heading Home

2009-01-31T04:38:00.000-08:00

We head home today.

We spent Friday driving back to Quito and learning about the ministry at El Refugio. -www.youthworld.org.ec/refugio.htm

Wow! God uses this ministry to train national church leaders and students. What another great place to bring a short term team to serve.

As we come home today our hearts our full and we are excited to see our kids and spouses.

We look forward to giving our report to the people at the Moorhead campus on Feb. 8th. at 9:30 AM and at Triumph West on Feb 22nd at 9 AM

Thank you for your prayers. We ask that you would pray for travel mercies as we head home and for faithful fruitfulness as we begin our journey of global citizenship.

"A Guy Thing" Team

Day 4

2009-01-29T06:50:00.000-08:00

Day 4 at the orphanage work site. The floor of the septic tank is completed and today we work on the forms for the walls. Weather has been perfect for building. Overcast and not much rain. Sore muscles and not much sleep- heavy on great sharing and tons of laughter and encouragement.
Today we tour the MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) hanger and also tour the Nate Saint house- home of one of the 1956 martyred missionaries.
We can´t say enough of how much we appreciate your prayers.

P.S. We are having problems loading pictures while we are in the jungle. Will add somemore once we are back in Quito.

¨A Guy Thing¨ Team

Gringos in the Jungle

2009-01-29T06:37:00.000-08:00

We are on Day #3 at the orphanage. Today we pour concrete for the septic tank on the property site. Muscles are sore, hearts are full, and we laugh a lot.

Thanks for your prayers.

We are safe.

We have enjoyed meeting missionaries.

We miss our families and our brides.

See U Sunday!

Pastor Kirk and the men's team

We´re Still Alive

2009-01-27T06:03:00.000-08:00

We have jumped into work with both feet and lots of mud/gumbo! We dug a trench for seven hours under a water pipe in order to make way for a future road on the orphanage property.
We didn´t get much sleep last night and are a little sore but ready for the hard work ahead of us.
Today we are going to pour concrete and work with machinery.
We are laughing. We are learning from missionaries. We are having our hearts touched and challenged. Thanks for your prayers. We send our love to our brides our kids and our many praying friends.

¨Its a Guy Thing¨ Team

First full day in Ecuador

2009-01-24T19:31:00.000-08:00

What a full day.

We learned a ton about the ministry of Youth World which is serving as our hosts.

We also visited a powerful worldwide ministry which is the radio station HCJB. HCJB stands for Heralding Christ Jesus' Blessings

We also were able to meet some incredible young men who God is making into young leaders. This ministry is Casa Gabriel and it is a home for former street boys.

We finished our night by talking about faithful fruitfulness and reciprocal partnership. We not only give but we receive many blessings.

Thanks for your constant prayers

"Its A Guy Thing" Team

THANKS FOR PRAYING

2009-01-23T21:58:00.000-08:00

THANKS FOR PRAYING

All our tools, gifts, and items for missionaries and ministries got through customs no problem

We were thrilled

Tonight we crashed at 12:30 am

Ready for orientation tomorrow to this gorgeous country

"A Guy Thing" Team

Safe in Atlanta!

2009-01-23T13:41:00.000-08:00

The team arrived safely in Atlanta. They will board the plane headed for Quito, Ecuador in about an hour. To pass the time, each guy is reading the book, "Why Men Hate Going to Church." It's going to make for some great discussions later!

Thanks again for your prayers, and just a reminder that the team will be heading through customs around 10:00 pm Central Time tonight. Pray for easy and safe passage!

A Long Day of Travel

2009-01-23T07:36:00.000-08:00

The team made it safely to Minneapolis and is about to board their first flight heading for Atlanta. Today will be a LONG travel day! They will arrive in Ecuador tonight around 11pm Eastern Time. Pray for the team as you're getting ready for bed tonight as they will be going through customs around that time. Pray that all the donated items as well as their personal belongings will make it through safely.

We leave today!

2009-01-22T07:35:00.000-08:00

Thank-U to so many of you have been praying for us. We leave today for Minneapolis and take off on Delta at 10:15 a.m. Pray as we go through customs on Friday evening. Many missionaries and the orphange will be blessed because of what comes.

We hope to continue to update this blog each day as we go on this trip.

Again, on behalf of our entire Guy Team, thanks for your prayers, support, and encouragement.

Pastor Kirk

Our Team

2009-01-20T10:25:00.000-08:00