Merry Christmas everyone!
Praying for an incredible time with family and friends as we all fix our
eyes on Jesus, the true reason for celebrating Christmas! May the Lord richly bless each and every one
of you!
It’s been a few months since our last update, so I wanted to
take some time to fill you in on what’s been going on for us here in Ecuador
and how you can pray for us moving forward.
In October we had our Spiritual Emphasis Week, with my good
friend Sebastian Mora from Chile. God
really showed up powerfully way in many different ways.
1.
All the places we usually use for our SEW’s were
unavailable, so the idea came up to get a big tent. The vision the Lord placed on my heart this
year was to “create environments to help staff and students experience &
encounter God’s presence!” So, the tent
idea seemed like a great fit to that vision, only the school didn’t have the
money to rent anything, which meant I had to raise the money. As I explored the possibilities, I discovered
it was not going to be cheap. Some
quotes were $3-4K for the week, but thankfully we found someone who would do it
for $1,500 and because of the support of
many people and 2 churches in particular, we were able to cover the whole
thing! GOD IS SO GOOD &
FAITHFUL!
2.
My friend Sebastian was able to come and God
used him in many ways. It was exciting
to see the progression from day 1 to day 4 of SEW. There was a continual increase of the
presence of the Holy Spirit and many students had a powerful encounter with
Him. Many signed up wanting to be
discipled and go deeper with God. What
an amazing week. Here is the link to
watch the SEW Highlight Video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GLRb7z9EP4
In November I began meeting with students who wanted to be
discipled. It’s been difficult because
students forget to come or others have backed out of wanting to meet. Sometimes it is difficult for us to come back
from a powerful encounter with God because we think everything will just happen
on its own, which does not happen. It
can be very easy to settle back into “normal day-to-day life”. I’m glad to say though that I have around 12
high school students who meet with me every Monday during lunch, but only 1 in
middle school. I’m praying and believing
for good things to happen in our times together.
December has been pretty chill here at the school as we
enter into Christmas break. My parents
are here now and it is such a blessing to us as a family. They have gotten the opportunity to meet many
of our friends here in Ecuador and experience some of the programs the kids are
in. Praying for a wonderful Christmas
with them and all of Carolina’s family.
Prayer Requests:
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Please be praying for me, my family, our
students and our staff to not settle, but to press into the deeper things of
God.
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Please pray for Carolina and I as we pray about
our future here at AAI. We have 1 more
year on our contract here at the school.
I see us being here in Ecuador for years to come, but we are not sure
how long the Lord wants us here at AAI.
God has placed many things on my heart for ministry and we just want to
discern His timing.
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Please pray for us to have great faith and no
fear so we can step into whatever it is God has for us moving forward.
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Please pray for the salvation of our family
members here in Ecuador.
Thank you for your love, prayer support and financial
support enabling us to serve the Lord here in Ecuador. God is moving, but I’m hungry and expectant
for so much more! We love you all!
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Caleb, Carolina, Joaquin & Milena
