Gerald and I were privileged to participate in the January 2014 Learning and Fellowship Tour in Ecuador. We traveled with three other couples from Central Plains Mennonite Conference (Don & Shirley Kempf, tour leaders, from Shickley, NE; Mark Epp and Cathy Wismer from Henderson, NE; and Dennis and Carolyn Peters from Lincoln, NE) and two young men from the Colombian Mennonite Church (Santiago Marin and Miguel Basabe). Elaine Kauffman from Mountain Lake, MN joined us in Ecuador.
Schedule January 17: Arrival in Quito and overnight in Hotel Capital Inn January 18-22: Travelled south 3.5 hours to Riobamba, where we stayed in homes of church families. The local Mennonite church gave us a welcome that included a history of the congregation and several testimonies of members. Read more...
Holly Blosser Yoder
2/25/2014 11:09:03 pm
Excellent report, Joetta! This evoked many memories from my two trips to Ecuador and helped bring my impressions and sense of the faith community there up to date. I expect your recommendations will also be useful going forward. Comments are closed.
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