"My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior..." Luke 1:46
In this scripture known as Mary's song, Mary recognizes and accepts the gift God had given her. We, like Mary, don't want to deny, belittle, or ignore our blessings either. We want to bring glory to God and rejoice in all that HE IS DOING!!
Cindy spent several days over a 3-week period in an Ecuadorian Christian school traveling an hour each way on the local bus-trolley system. She is convinced that she has mastered the survival level of Spanish. This experience has touched her heart to reach out to Ecuadorian educators with support and encouragement, as these educators have so little. She is in the preliminary stages of creating an outreach project through the Alliance Academy to minister to these educators. Pray that the Lord will lead and guide her planning, and her desires to reach Ecuadorian teachers with the resources that the Lord has entrusted her.
We were blessed with summer visitors. Carrie Davis joined us for two weeks. She was born and raised in Ecuador until her 10th birthday, while her parents ministered here with OMS. They are now ministering at OMS headquarters and Carrie wanted to visit her ol' stomping ground. We would all agree that one of our favorite times with Carrie was while playing with the children at the local dump and being utilized as the children's human jungle 
gyms. Carrie had been here for several days when Cindy's mom arrived for her second visit. We all headed to the coast for the first time and spent three days on the beach. All three days in which we never saw the sun and were quite cool. Upon our return, Cindy spent some quality time with her mom, 
while the rest of the gang were involved in ministry. David and Carrie joined one-half of the short term mission team from Houston, Texas to minister with Vacation Bible School in one of our area churches in south Quito. Doug and Jonathan joined the 
other part of the team to minister in another church with remodeling the interior of their sanctuary.Last Sunday, Doug had the opportunity to visit Iglesia Fuente De Vida in Riobamba. This church is one of the 14 that he will be working with, and is the furthest from home. It took about 3 hours to arrive and about 4
1/2 hours to return, thanks to Sunday evening traffic returning to the city. This church has purchased property to build a new church, but there is no team scheduled to come at this time. Please pray for this church as there are some conflicts between the church leadership and their pastor.We leave on Monday morning for our annual field retreat in Pallatanga. We will meet up with all OMS/Ecuador missionaries for a time of fellowship and refreshment. Thank you for your prayers as Doug has prepared and organized for this retreat (his first responsibility as Field Council Chairperson). Please pray for Mike and Dot Fry from England as they lead our retreat with teaching, devotions and communion. Please pray for our older MK's: David, Jonathan and Courtney as they minister to the younger MK's: Elizabeth, Isabel, and Elijah. We will return on Saturday.
Upon our return from Pallatanga, David is scheduled on August 9th to have all four wisdom teeth removed (he would appreciate your prayers); Cindy will begin preparations for a new school year; Jonathan will relish his final 3 weeks before school starts, and Doug will meet with the national District Superintendent to formulate a plan to begin ministering to the 14 pastors and their churches. We will also be experiencing a void in our lives as our dear friends/co-workers - the Chambers family, leave for a year of Home Ministry Assignment. They currently run the OMS guest house and coordinate arriving short-term mission teams. Please pray for our field leaders as they decide how to best handle their absence in the void of these ministries as well.
Blessings to You!
Doug & Cindy
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.......Lunch in the rain forrest ..........................Beach in Same, Ecuador
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