February has been a very soggy month for us. Ecuador has a rainy season and we're in the midst of it. It will be sunny and 70 degrees in the morning, but by afternoon the temps will drop to 50 and we will be without power during hailstorms the size of dimes (making us very thankful for our waterproof shoes since our umbrellas were stolen last month)! Besides longing for the dry, sunny deserts of Arizona, we have been helping our soup kitchen children stay warm by bringing homemade cookies and hot cocoa to their houses. Last week, we were invited over a friend's house for dinner. When we arrived, we found her house flooded from all the rain so we spent the next 3 hours helping her evacuate all the water using shovels and old sweaters as mops. Twenty large buckets later, we had most of the floors dry and were able to sit down to some potato and pig skin soup.
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"Honor one another above yourselves" Romans 12:10- Be encouraged in the rain because you guys are living out this verse! We love you guys, Jon and Jolene
Psalm 46:1, “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” (NIV) Thanks for being the hands and feet of the Lord! It's pretty soggy here in Charleston right now too! Perhaps I'll get myself some cookies and cocoa! ;-)
Amy and Greg-
Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity! It was amazing to come along side and serve with you and your ministry. Sweeping and shoveling the rain is definitely one memory I'll never forget-please give a big hug to Eloisa, Marta, Vanessa, Omar, and Nicole for me!
My opinion as a fellow food taster: I'll take that really fatty piece of bacon a.k.a. cuero (pig skin) over that librillo (stomach lining)we tried any day!
Way to hang in there with the poopy rain and dreary days. We'll pray for some little peeks of sunshine here and there.
Rain, rain go away - come again another (year) - only kidding. God bless you both in being so faithful and such helping hands to your friends in Quito. Blessings will be returned to you many times over. Thanks for being such good kids :) Love, mom and dad b.
They are so lucky to have you there to help them! 3 hours of shoveling water... wow....
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