After living here in Ecuador for about 5 months now God has really changed my life in so many ways. But the one thing I am so blessed is that God allowed me to work with the wonderful kids here in Ecuador. While working with kids here in the Daycare, English Classes, and now Kids Church.
Living I have been able to meeting the parents and I have gotten to listen to their stories and see where they live. It breaks my heart that these little sweethearts have to deal with the problems there parents put them through... Some children have to go thru separation from their parents, abuse, neglect, malnutrition, and many many many more problems. There is a generation of children who don't know what hope, love, and joy is; they are so emotionally scarred.
Trying to show these children the love of God isn't an easy thing to do but I am so glad that we have a God who whenever I am weak, I know I can always lean on him. The Kids Church has defiantly been a tough thing for me trying to teach these children in a different language about God and the Bible also trying to have these kids committed to coming and developing “student leaders” within the children. We started off with 3 kids that came then grew to 6 children. I was really discouraged and asked God, “Why are there only 6 kids coming?”
Then I prayed a lot then the NEXT week 23 kids came to Kids Church! PRAISE THE LORD! Then the week after 10 kids gave their heart to the Lord. God is showing me how faithful He is and all I have to do is ask and I shall receive. I am so blessed to work with the children here in Ecuador and every single one will be in my heart. :)
When we got to the community it is rainy season and very cold! During the day it is about 40 degrees and at night 35 degrees and it rains 24/7. The roads are nothing but mud and we had to walk 1 mile and ½ to her house. We got to the house and we stared cooking in the fire pit, the kitchen floor was a dirt floor and the kitchen was filled with smoke from the fire pit. 
To go upstairs you had to climb the ladder from the kitchen to the 2nd floor thru a little hole. The animals stayed in the house as well to keep away from the cold. When we went to bed I slept in a sleeping bag and 5 blankets and still was cold the room didn’t have a door but used a blanket as the “door”. 
I wasn’t able to sleep at all from being so cold and hearing the pigs under my room. The family woke up and we walked 2 miles to go to church and I was asked to speak and I talked about the Numbers 6 Blessing. After church the pastor took us back to Ambato and I was so happy to go back home. 
I really learned a lot while being there and how much we Americans do have and how the Quichuas live and how far apart our cultures are yet we serve the same God. The Quichua people are some of the sweetest people I have ever met. And I love them so much and have so much respect for them. 
