June 2017
The Delp's Newsletter for Updates,
News, Reflections and Prayer
Requests
Hello friends, family and supporters,
We hope this email finds you well and not too hot during those hot and
sticky summer months that you have up north.
We wanted to keep you updated on everything happening down here in
Ecuador!
As you can see pictured above, we recently said good-bye to our
fantastic volunteer the past four months, Meghan. We had an official
"despidida" (going away party) and then spent this past weekend taking
her to the beach for one final trip to see the humpback whales off the
coast of Puerto Lopez. During the party, Rolando presented her with this
special blouse made in his native Zuleta.
You can read more about Meghan and her time with us here.
We have some exciting news that we hinted at with the subject of this
email. We bought a house! You know all about the Home for At
Risk children being opened and now serving the area of Cayambe for
children in tough situations. This is a different kind of house! This is our
personal house that we bought in Quito, a goal that we have been striving
for the last couple of years. This past Thursday we signed and
purchased this home. You can see pictures of the signing below. We will
be sharing more pictures of the house soon enough.
As mentioned above, the Home for At Risk Children is now open. Praise
the Lord!!! We have our first child living with us, a three-year-old
boy. We need to protect his privacy so we will not be sharing his name or
any pictures or details of his situation. Read more about the Home
opening here.
We also celebrated Esther´s 3rd Birthday this past month. You can see
pictures from her party below.
With much love from Ecuador!
Joel, Kim, Simeon, Esther and Ephraim Delp
The Santiago Partnership has a new initiative
called Scarves for Santiago or S4S. S4S strives to
support the mission of the Santiago Partnership in
ministering to at risk children and their families in
Ecuador through medical care and a children’s
home. Scarves for Santiago promotes the amazing
work of Ecuadorian artisans and specifically the
beautiful scarves that are made in the area of
Otavalo. With a donation to the Santiago
Partnership in the amount of $20 or more, you can
be the recipient of one colorful Ecuadorian
scarf. This price includes the cost of
shipping. Click this link to learn more and order
your own: https://www.santiagopartnership.org/scarves-
for-santiago/
Praises & Prayer Requests
Thank you so much for your continued prayers for Joel's dad, Earl.
Please pray for the permit process for both the medical clinic and the home for at risk kids. The clinic is undergoing its annual renewal of permits and the home is of course going through its initial permit process. All of this is a grueling and unpleasant process so be praying for our project coordinator, Rolando Escola, as he is the main one working on these. Update - Thank you for your prayers as we do have both permits now. We have received the renewed permit for the Medical Clinic though we do still need to finish the construction on the addition. Also, during the Inauguration for the Home for At Risk Children on April 29th, we were presented with a provisional permit for the Home that is good for about 3 months. Thankfully, the additional requirements to receive the final permit are not extensive, expensive nor difficult for us.
Please pray for the Clinic ministry as we are serving the public with high quality affordable health care as an
extension of the local church, Iglesia Emanuel.
Please pray for the family and our goal to be a healthy family in every sense of the word. We have high hopes for 2017 so please continue to pray for this family goal.
Please pray for baby Ephraim that he will continue to grow and flourish in his young life. Please also pray for Simeon and Esther as well as Simeon has just finished 1st Grade and Esther her first year of Preschool.
Please pray that we receive clarity as how to pursue Kim's medical licensing in Ecuador.
Please continue to pray for our personal goal of being home owners in Ecuador. -- Update - As you probably read above, this is an answered prayer request. PRAISE THE LORD! Read more here.
We just got our 31st sign up for 64 for Ecuador! Our
medical clinic has now been open for over a year now as we
have been serving the community of Cayambe through high
quality medicine that is accessible to all. We wanted to
remind you of our campaign 64 for Ecuador. 64 for Ecuador
is a group of folks who pledge to support the Medical Clinic
through monthly giving. The eventual goal is that both the
Medical Clinic and the Home for At-Risk kids in Cayambe will
both be completely self-sufficient but in the meantime, 64
for Ecuador helps us to get both ministries up and
going. The idea is that we need average monthly support of
$4,000 or have 64 people wiling to commit to $64 in giving
monthly to support the Medical Clinic. We currently have 31
of the needed 64 for so we are almost half way there but
we still have a ways to go. Please click here to learn more as
well as watch the video below.
