Week 19

This week we hosted a group of high school students from the Alliance Academy. The students that have been involved with the Youth Ministry class over the last term planned a day for the high school students to enjoy that was different than their regular schedule.



ge number of clinic visits over the last couple weeks).

They planned a time of worship, group discussion times, campus tours and a big game (three way capture the flag). The day went really well and all of the CBC and high school students had a great time. We are heading into our last week of classes before finals for this term. Please be praying for the students that they would finish this term strong. Another prayer request would be for protection from injuries and sickness (we have had an above average number of clinic visits over the last couple weeks).

Student Profiles:
Name: Judson McLaren
Age: 19
Home Town: Woodbury, MN
Hobbies: Soccer, baseball, eating ice cream
Favorite thing about CBC: Living in a different culture and my friends
Future Plans: Probably attending North Park University in the fall.


Name: Jenni Husby
Age: 19
Home Town: Tokyo, Japan
Hobbies: Singing, eating ice cream, playing with kids, and traveling
Favorite thing about CBC: Living in a different culture and the people at CBC.
Future Plans: Probably attending Seattle Pacific University and studying nursing.



Photos: A group of the high school students; Micah and Cassie during the big game; Trevor playing basketball with one of the students; Caroline and Heidi; Heidi, Reid, Laura and Trevor; Tess and Kira play fighting; Judson; Jenni

Week 18

This week we week we read, discussed and heard about the church as community. We all read the book Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. We had a guest speaker come in to speak on Bonhoeffer and his take on a Biblical view of community. The week ended with our 2nd term retreat. We all went to a hotel that has pools and waterslides. It was a fun time of seminars, hanging out and being crazy in the pool.





We ended the retreat with a communion service back on campus. This service was an open time for people to express themselves to God in whatever way that they needed to. We set up stations for painting, writing, making a cross, prayer, cleansing, anointing with oil, there was singing and the center of the room was a large cross. We ended the service by serving each other communion and then sharing things that God has been doing in our lives. It was an amazing time for the community to come together and celebrate the ways that God has been and is at work.


Student Profiles:
Name: Micah Rude
Age: 18
Home Town: Crookston, MN
Hobbies: sports and guitar
Favorite thing about CBC: Being in Ecuador
Future Plans: Maybe college somewhere



Name: Natalie Rush
Age: 19
Home Town: Valley Springs, CA
Hobbies: Soccer, yoga and other exercise, music
Favorite thing about CBC: Living with people of the same faith and being challenged and given the opportunity to love people
Future Plans: Going to Azusa Pacific University to study sports medicine



Photos: Hannah, Heidi, Karianne, Baxter, John, Shane, Jake, Reid, Trevor, and Micah doing a pyramid at the retreat; having fun on the waterslides: Alex, Andrew. Elin and Caroline; we had a synchronized swimming competition: (one of the groups) Alexis, Tim, Caroline, Natalie, Kylene, Mandy and Andrew; our communion service (note: the cross in the center looks a little creapy in this photo but it was not in person); Micah; Natalie

Week 17

We are back! All of the students, faculty and staff made it back to Ecuador safely following our three week break. We had people all over the US, two girls in Canada, one girl in Spain and a few stayed here in Ecuador. Our first week back has been a week of adjusting back at life at CBC. This includes adjusting to the food, doing homework again and being in the sun (the weather has been incredible and there are more than a few sunburns).







This week two different groups went to visit one of the local orphanages to play with the kids living there. We restarted our weekly kids club ministries as well.





Student Profiles:
Name: Trevor Hazen
Age: 18
Home Town: St Paul, MN
Hobbies: Basketball, hanging out with friends, eating and sleeping
Favorite thing about CBC: Mis amigos (my friends)
Future Plans: Attending North Park University in the fall and then start a chain of world famous restaurants.

Name: Kylene Osberg
Age: 18
Home Town: Olympia, WA
Hobbies: Photography and sports
Favorite thing about CBC: Friends


Photos: Studying: Greta and Natalie studying in their room and Luke and Michael reading on our hamocks; just one of the many new tan lines (its not all studying); Holly, Caroline, Andrew, Molly and Laura playing with kids at the orphanage; Micah and John playing at the orphanage; Trevor; Kylene