Back to school soon

Dear Friends and Family,

Thank you so much for your prayers for my health. My cold is now gone and I have adjusted back to having to take allergy medicine and use eye drops often. My body does not like Quito, but I know God wants me here!

The past two weeks have gone by very fast. I have been catching up with friends here in Quito, and spending time with my friend from home, Lindsay Harkson, who has been here visiting. I have been able to invest a lot of time at Santos Pamba since I’ve been back, which I love. It has been nice to be back early before the school year starts. This summer I made a lot of ministry goals for the year, and I have already been working on them. I have been meeting with the new Santos Pamba teachers and helping prepare for the new school year. I now have a separate blog just for information and pictures of Santos Pamba. (www.santospamba.blogspot.com) I will now be posting information about Santos Pamba on that blog and this blog will be my personal blog.

Please continue to pray that God provides a roommate for me. It’s lonely living alone! I’m trusting His faithfulness and that He will provide someone soon.

On Friday I started work again at Alliance Academy. It was great to see colleagues again and meet the new staff. This whole next week we have a conference about Biblical Integration in Education. I’m looking forward to learning new things and applying what I learn to my teaching. I found out that I will be having 16 or 17 3^rd graders in my class this year. This week I’m working on getting my classroom set up and planning for the year. The first day of school is September 7^th. Please be praying that God prepares me for this school year and equips me to be the best teacher I can be for my students. Thank you very much!

The Lord has been reminding me about how I need to fall more in love with Him so that He is the one who overflows from me. I cannot do anything without Him. I am going to be starting a new Beth Moore Bible study soon with some women from school and am looking forward to it.

Thank you for your prayers and faithful support. Make sure to check out my Santos Pamba blog for more updates and pictures of my ministry. God bless you all!

Lindsay in Quito!

With my friend from Gig Harbor, Lindsay Harkson.

Back in Ecuador

I arrived back safely to Quito last Monday night. I loved seeing many of you when I was home. This summer went by too fast! I was able to relax, enjoy time with my family and friends, show Pablo more of the beautiful northwest, and be refreshed to return to Quito. I am excited for what God has in store for me this school year and for what He is going to do. Thank you for all your prayers, encouragement, and support. You are each very special to me. Please pray for me right now because on Tuesday morning when I woke up, I had a bad cold and my eyes are hurting. I'm back to the pollution and altitude...my body doesn't like Ecuador :( Please pray that the Lord heals my body quickly. Thank you. This week I will be spending time at Santos Pamba helping get the classrooms ready and planning for this school year. I will write again soon and send updated pictures. Blessings to you all!