Greetings from Ambato, Ecuador, on this Wednesday morning!
Another story from our e3 team sharing the love of Jesus this week … travel with us to Huachi Dolorosa, a rural farm community buried in the mountains.
Two of our American team members visited a house where there were several sick family members. A woman named Amparo prayed to receive Christ as her Savior and then really wanted the rest of her family to hear about Him. First came her sister and then her uncle who can’t hear or speak. She also shared about her parents who are both alcoholics. Our team members prayed for Amparo and her family, and she was very emotional and grateful, even trying to pay for the prayers.
Before the team left the house, they all exchanged hugs and tears. It’s amazing to know the power of God and the presence of the Holy Spirit translates across language and cultural barriers! Our God travels with us!
Our little soccer team spent a second afternoon in Huachi Dolorosa as well. We had more than 25 children show up to play for 90 minutes. Afterwards, we shared stories from the New Testament like Jesus feeding the 5000. We also taught them the fruits of the Spirit in both Spanish and English! Awesome to hear them yelling back to us as we counted through all nine of them. Even funnier is watching the children learn to throw and catch a frisbee. They are so good-natured and they all laugh at themselves while they chase the frisbee in the wind!
Halfway through the week, there’s still much work to be done!
