We awoke at the hotel and loaded our stuff up into the bus where we were going to spend the next four hours. We then drove to Riobamba, with a quick stop at KFC on the way. Ecuadorian KFC is much better than American KFC btw. We arrived at Codeinse,...

The team awoke and ate breakfast at about 7:30 and then at 9 we left to go hiking on Pichincha, a local mountain. We arrived near the base of the mountain and took a tram up. While waiting for the tram, a local television station interviewed a few of us...

Pablo & Judi Perez were able to join our team today from breakfast to supper. Our objectives for the day were to prepare for departure to Riobamba tomorrow morning, and sightseeing in Quito with both Pablo & Judi and with Cesar & Nancy. Our day started with breakfast at the...

The ten of us, plus Jimmy and Erik and various family members met up and prayed early in the morning. Then after we finished packing up all our luggage and then unpacking some of it, we all piled in and headed out with a mixture of excitement and exhaustion. The...

Join the Malawi team for dessert as they share their experiences during the trip. They’ll share testimonies, give a trip report, and talk about what God did during their trip to Malawi. The meeting will take place: Wednesday, August 9 at 6 PM in the Senior High School Room at...

These past two days kind of run together with the switching time zones. On Monday, we spent our last morning in Malawi. We had breakfast and brunch together before saying some goodbyes and heading to the airport. We said our final goodbyes to our host families at the airport. We...

Today was our last full day in Malawi. We attended church this morning. The girls wore the wraps we bought from the market! Some of us worked in Sunday school this morning while others listened to the sermon. There were about one hundred kids in attendance for Sunday school today,...

Today was the last day of the conference! Teams 3 and 1 helped with childcare. It went smoother today! We had some village kids come to Sunday school, so we let them learn and play with us for some time. There were some great topics talked about today. After the...

Today was our first conference day! We divided into three teams to work in child care. Groups one and two worked today. If we weren’t scheduled to help out, we listened to the speakers. The topics spoken about were “The Centrality of the Local Church” by Newton Chilingulo, “The Test...

Today was the last day of us helping Grace Bible Church (Kondi’s church) with VBS. After morning medications and lots of oranges for breakfast, we made our way over. Kids ran alongside the bus as we drove to the church again. We had around the same number that we had...

Helping at GBC’s VBS started today! The team woke up, ate breakfast, and headed out to the church at a later time than the past few days. As we were driving, children started running alongside our bus down the road. They followed us to the church where they cheered when...

Today we held the last day of VBS at RBC. We had about 325 kids in attendance with around 50 volunteers. All things considered, today went smoother than yesterday. We loaded on the bus around the same time (7:30) to be greeted at the church by kids. Some had shown...

Today was our first day working in a VBS, and there were definitely some unexpected occurrences. RBC was expecting about 60 kids to be in attendance this morning. There were about 250 who came. Our schedule was basically thrown out the window. We started the morning with some singing, and...

Today we went to the church services. We sent a group early at 7:30 to pray over the service at Reformation Bible Church (Newton’s church). The rest of the team headed out at 8:00 to both churches (RBC and Grace Bible Church). Daniel spoke during the ‘teaching’ portion of the...

Today the team took a trip to the tourist attraction of Lake Malawi. We started the morning out with some breakfast before loading onto the bus. During a quick stop to buy some water and meet up with the families, a game of frisbee started in the parking lot. It...