Catamayo 2007

Thumbnail Slide 1 Thumbnail Slide 2 Thumbnail Last month it was our pleasure as the Illinois ... Thumbnail Last year, as one of our evening activities, we ... Thumbnail As a Pentecostal congregation, there was a lot of ... Thumbnail The Holy Spirit is very important and much time ... Thumbnail There were several mini-sermons, each being ... Thumbnail One of the special music numbers was by a young ... Thumbnail Our own Pastor Ted Engelsdorfer from St. John UCC ... Thumbnail But more seriously, one of the things that was ... Thumbnail Now ostensibly we were there to lay foundations ... Thumbnail The other family was that of Ruth and Alejandro ... Thumbnail Their three sons, left to right, Santiago (18 ... Thumbnail But at the close of his sermon, Pastor Segundo ... Thumbnail That is exactly what they did last month. Seven ... Thumbnail Boy did we get a surprise welcome. Thirty or ... Thumbnail By mid-afternoon we were on-site and at work. ... Thumbnail Some of the money that we had sent ahead had ... Thumbnail New shovels would not be new by the time we left. Thumbnail And wonderful friendships would be developed with ... Thumbnail Job one, put those shovels to work. The back hoe ... Thumbnail Wheelbarrow by wheelbarrow the clearing of the ... Thumbnail It was a regular chain of the full ones going ... Thumbnail We had two main jobs; one, to finish the trenches ... Thumbnail Meanwhile, each day there was more dirt to be ... Thumbnail And another wheelbarrow to be moved. Thumbnail Evening would bring a chance for a shower, some ... Thumbnail On Monday evening we were invited to a welcome ... Thumbnail Like last year, it was filled with music, hand ... Thumbnail The kind of music that gets everybody, even stogy ... Thumbnail The juniors presented a dance to a piece of ... Thumbnail Not to be outdone by their elders, the younger ... Thumbnail The evening was closed with several ice breaker ... Thumbnail Tuesday and each morning saw us back at work. ... Thumbnail That was mixed on the ground by turning it over ... Thumbnail Others moved the bricks a few at a time, by hand, ... Thumbnail There they were wet down and prepared for taking ... Thumbnail The first row goes into place... Thumbnail Under the watchful eye of Maestro Patricio, our ... Thumbnail No we are not done digging. Thumbnail There are still more trenches to be finished. Thumbnail And you guessed it, there are more wheelbarrows ... Thumbnail But if you take just a moment to notice, on ... Thumbnail Once the trench was dug to grade, they filled the ... Thumbnail Then the concrete was poured over and around the ... Thumbnail They took some of the buckets of concrete and ... Thumbnail Even Pastor Segundo gets into the act with a ... Thumbnail A sidebar to our church construction was the fact ... Thumbnail He was introduced to a local carpenter, Arturo, ... Thumbnail Before long their efforts began to take shape ... Thumbnail We also had many opportunities to get to know the ... Thumbnail We recognized that rural housing was even more in ... Thumbnail We learned that though local residents' dress may ... Thumbnail For their children are not really that different ... Thumbnail That became clear when we visited with Ruth ... Thumbnail We were delighted to see that what had been just ... Thumbnail In fact, it had become a home, not just a house, ... Thumbnail At the Villavicencio house we were welcomed again ... Thumbnail Patricia served us empanadas from the bowl which ... Thumbnail Not only has the house been finished and ... Thumbnail They have added a section to provide more family ... Thumbnail The addition houses a spacious and convenient ... Thumbnail Not a few tears were shed at this reunion. Thumbnail Meanwhile, back at the church, things had to be ... Thumbnail Many bricks, laid lovingly one on top of the ... Thumbnail A good foundation has been laid. From this ... Thumbnail Ezra 3:10 - 11 Thumbnail How can we do any less? So we gathered on ... Thumbnail Again lead by Pastor Segundo and his wife, Julia, ... Thumbnail The strings vibrated again with the sounds of ... Thumbnail The new lectern was presented to the congregation. Thumbnail We made some music of our own, in English of ... Thumbnail The team presented a set of banners made ... Thumbnail They shared gifts of appreciation with each ... Thumbnail Pastor Segundo moved the lectern into place and ... Thumbnail With fervent prayers,... Thumbnail And dance... Thumbnail And food-the traditional quimbolitos,...and hugs ... Thumbnail So what is next for our partnership with Ecuador? ...