Bags are Packed

Well, my bags are packed, and I'm about ready to go! My flight for Quito leaves Manta tomorrow about 2:00pm. That will be the start of my trip to get to Seoul, Korea. I am suppose to finally arrive in Seoul, Friday evening, (their time) around 8:40. I appreciate your prayers for my trip and for Mandie and baby Ioan. The reports from the doctor these days are that he could come anytime!

We had wonderful Thanksgiving. Full house and that is always fun! We enjoyed all the traditional favorites and even were able to enjoy "real" pumpkin pie (many years I make it out of carrots) "real sweet potato casserole" (that too has been made out of carrots in the past! LOL ) It was a great day of fellowship and sharing in the blessings that the Lord has given us.

Saturday afternoon, 17 ladies gathered at my house for an early Christmas party. We had a lot of fun. They made 2 Christmas ornaments, and I showed them how to make sugar cookies. Then Jane Mock, from Cayambe, shared a devotional with us that was a wonderful blessing to everyone. Of course not party would be complete without refreshments, and the ladies did a great job with that too.

Sunday was a good service at the church. Ben Mock preached and that was a blessing. We had 89 in church. I really did look for that "extra" person to make it 90, but I just couldn't find them, no matter how many times I did the count! ;-) Please be praying for those that will be stepping in and teaching while I'm away.

Thank you for your faithful prayers for the ministry here in Manta and for our family.

Love, Joy

Well, here it is Sunday afternoon again! We had a very good service this morning. We had 70 in Sunday School and 86 in Church. We had 3 visitors. It is exciting to see how the Lord is working in the lives of the believers here.

Everyone was very happy to have Tony back at church this morning. This coming Saturday we are having a ladies meeting. Please be praying with us that this is a blessing to the Ladies here and that the Lord is honored and glorified.

This week is Thanksgiving! Can you believe it? We are looking forward to a big turkey dinner and sharing some time with good friends.

Have a wonderful week.
Joy

Retreat

I made the trip to Quito Thursday to participate in a retreat for Missionary Ladies. What an incredible blessing it was to be with all these other ladies who are serving the Lord around Ecuador. The time of fellowship with them was very sweet, but the times of teaching and praying together was just wonderful.

There were 15 ladies who came from the US to minister to us and that is exactly what they did. They showered us with love, gifts and special treats,(among which was lots of chocolate!) I am so thankful for all the sacrifices that they made to be here in Ecuador and bless us with this special time.

Update on the "Update"

Hi Everyone! Hope your week as started out well. Just wanted to let you know that Tony wasn't able to travel back to Ecuador today. Their was an accident at the Quito airport on Friday. No one was hurt seriously, but a plane went off the end of the runway. Anyway, it seems that everyone has resumed their flights to Quito except American Airlines... wouldn't you know it!

Anyway, he was able to get booked on a flight to Guayaquil on Wednesday. He will be spending the next couple of days with friends of ours in PA. (although the airline changed his flight at no additional cost they won't pay to put him up or to get him to Quito from Guayaquil) What a mess.

We are doing fine here in Manta. Thanks for your prayers for us and please keep Tony in your prayers during the next couple of days.

Joy