We have
entered a new phase as parents! We are now officially in-laws. :-) We made a
quick trip to the USA in July to join our daughter Keilah in celebrating her
union in marriage with Jeremy Windler. We are glad to welcome Jeremy into the
family! Although it was a crazy quick trip, we thoroughly enjoyed the time with
family, friends, and our church while we were there.
And, speaking of our church, we brought back a small 'piece' of our church family back to Ecuador with us in the person of Eli Nelson, a young man from our church who is joining us for the next nine months as a short term volunteer. Eli is an energetic young fellow with a passion to serve God. We are thankful for his help!
Among the chaos of the summer, we have slowly gotten ourselves organized into beginning the school year. Kimberly has made a good start into her senior year schedule, as well as teaching her cousin Liana science this year. Eli is also helping to teach our nephew Lee several school subjects. The four young folks have already shared many adventures together---swimming and exploring at the river, a day at the hot springs, youth camp in Lita, and instituting a weekly movie and dessert night. We've also divvied out a work schedule among them! :-)
We've seen something here in the mountains we never dreamed of seeing before...cement trucks driving up past our house to the bridge construction in San Francisco! It wasn't too many years ago that a group of guys from Pennsylvania came down and helped us build a cable bridge there...back then it was a 6 hour hike from Lita!
We'd greatly appreciate your prayers for God's wisdom as we sit down with our co-workers Andy and Chrissy Shaub to plan out some goals and plans for this coming year. We long to be where God's heart is among these people. At the moment change and growth seem slow, but we are filled with confidence that God is able to complete the work of bringing each believer to maturity! (Phil 1:6)
In HIS grip,
Kevin & Kathy
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