July 26: Nathan's update on Ecuador team & VBS

Haha Im typing on a a Spanish key board! So sorry about punctuation!
I hope all of you are doing well, it was exciting to see some responses from you all! thanks for your encouragement and prayers!





I’ll jump right into things. I have to be at breakfast in 20 min.
This past week was a bit bumpy. We were teaching mornings and nights almost every day this last week. To start things, Sally contracted a bacterial infection in her stomach from something she ate which is weird… she eats so little. Because she was unable to keep anything down and dehydration was a factor, we took her to the hospital. She was able to rest there & heal from help from the doctors, along with some amazing mothering skills from Patty (pastor Benny's wife). She was feeling mush better in a matter of a day. She is out now and recovering. It feels good to have our sister back. While this was happening, Sam and Ben were experiencing head-cold symptoms. We are thinking it’s from all the pollution. They too are doing better now, praise God! We managed to get through all the teachings and see some people impacted through them. It is so clear to us that the enemy did not want us teaching anything that would lead people closer to Christ.
There is a quote that we used this week to sum it up it says, ¨If I were the enemy, the first aim would be to make people stop studying the Bible to make them think that studying this old book is not that important and that it would be ok not to. ¨
We say nice try! We have completed all our teachings and are not scheduled for any more. I’m a bit bummed, but looking forward to what God has next.
We united with the Vineyard team who just arrived, so now the team size is about 42ish. We have a whole hostel to ourselves! We will be working mainly with kids and setting up a Vacation Bible School (VBS) for them. It’s gonna be great, I can’t get over how cute the kids are here! Plus I really miss Claire! I am looking forward to taking tons of pictures!
Here is a stat for you: About 85% of Christians today became Christian before the age of 13. So it only makes sense that we spend our time with the kids --they are so important to God. This week is gonna be packed out, so please lift us up in prayer:

Please pray:
• Team unity and rest
• NO MORE SICKNESS
• a fast recovery for Sally
• Safety from theft and for traveling
• that many Children would be impacted by VBS

Thank you guys so much for supporting the team & I in prayer. We could not be doing what we are doing without that. I miss you all and can’t wait to see you all. Thanks for being a part of this trip! Blessings on your day! I gotta run!
-- Nathan