Ecuador 2012 – Day 5
You know you’re in the jungle when a monkey steals your seat.
As Day 5 of our Ecuador mission trip began, the monkeys were up and ready to go from the break of dawn. Whether playing in the park or running all over the roof of our hostel during breakfast, they made quite a racket but were lots of fun to watch.
Ecuador 2012 – Day 3
Construction is hard work in any language.
Day 3 of our mission trip was the first day of construction at the Jungle Kids campus, and it was work for sure… but totally worth it indeed.
Ecuador 2012 – Day 2
The serpentine road flowed like a river of asphalt through the crags of the Ecuadorian mountains. For hours and hours we sat, the well-appointed bus cradling us in relative comfort as we wound our way down from Quito’s 9,350 feet above sea level to the 1,500ft elevation of Misahualli. The morning had brought a huge […]
The Prayer of a Leader
If I am a leader, how should I pray? “[Jesus] said to them, ‘The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves. For who […]
Life Preservers
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.” – Philippians 2:3 (NIV) Why did I get stuck with the stupid-looking life preserver? I’m out here in the sun, getting sweaty, giving up my time to invest in the lives of our youth from church, and they […]
