Life has been quite exciting for the Anzalone Family.  Teddy and I enjoyed spending 3 weeks in the US during the month of May.  It was a wonderful blessing to be present for the birth of our 5th grandchild.   We were also able to be there to see Jonathan and Lexi recognized as BBFI Team missionaries to Ecuador.   

We arrived back in Ecuador and hit the ground running.   That first week-end we were back, we had a special workshop to introduce those involved in our Sunday School to the puppet ministry.   We had 30 people sign up and attend the Friday evening and Saturday workshops.   We are very thankful to Jenny Carpenter for coming down and spending the week-end with us and doing such a great job with the workshops.   We were able to form 4 groups, and each one has taken a turn during our Children's Church.  This Sunday, we started the rotation again.  It has been great to see how excited and involved the groups have been.   

Last week, our family went to visit Joe and Sylvia Wells in Santo Domingo.  We had a great time with them.  Our children love to visit with Uncle Joe and Aunt Sylvia.   On Saturday we traveled on up to Quito and spent time with Glenn and Sherri McGhee.  It was really good to be in the services of the Iglesia Biblica Bautista, La Victoria, last Sunday.  While in Quito we were able to get Carla and Matthew's national ID cards.  We were also able to take Carla to see a pediatric cardiologist. She was also able to have have a few tests done, which gave us a better picture of what we are facing.  We would appreciate your prayers as we seek God's plan in all of this.  At this time it looks like Carla is going to need to have a procedure done to repair a defect in her heart.   We are trusting God to open the doors he has for us, and show us exactly When, Where and How this is to be done. 

We returned back to Manta on Wednesday.   Wednesday evening at prayer meeting and then Thurday at Institute class we were greeted with a torn up street around the church, and a horrible smell...they were putting in sewer lines!  It was a great blessing to get to the church this morning, and although the streets are still a mess there was no horrible smell!  

This week the kids and I will finish up our school year.  It has been extra long, because we didn't start until the middle of September last year, after Carla and Matthew joined our family.   We are all looking forward to our "summer vacation!"  Tony will be making the trip back to Santo Domingo on Thursday to preach at a Pastor's Retreat.  

Thank you for your prayers for our family and for the ministry here in Manta!  God is working and lives are being changed.