Week 31
This was a week of last for CBCE…it was our last week of classes and finals. It was also our last week of doing our children’s ministries. We made all of our kids tee-shirts and gave them a little treat and then said (a very tearfull) goodbye. One thing that made leaving each of these sites a little easier is that in the last few weeks people have stepped up to take over each of our three ministry sites. So, we will be leaving them all in the hands of Ecuadorian churches, which is very exciting. This weekend we will leave for our last retreat and then family and friends of our students and CBCE will start arriving next week to take part in our commecement programs. We should be keeping quite busy!
Prayer: Safe travel for our community and for those that are traveling to see us. For Michael Bachman, who was able to come back for a few weeks when his mother’s health seemed to stabalize but who has now returned home again because last week she lost her battle with cancer.
Staff Profiles:
The professor staff profiles can be found on our website www.covenantbiblecollege.com (under CBCE and then “the team”).
There is one other couple on staff that run the office and property (and everything in between). They are Andy and Jenell Pluim. They are from a small town near Edmonton, AB, Canada and have lived here in Ecuador for the last seven years. Before that they were farmers in Alberta and they will be returning to Alberta following this school year to return to their farm and be near their kids and grandkids (“ the cutest kids in the world”).
Photos: The group at Las Palmeras with thier shirts on; Kira with some of the kids in La Merced; kids at La Merced; Mandy saying goodbye to one of the kids at Las Palmeras; one of the other kids from Las Palmeras; Molly with one of the kids from La Montana; another kid from La Montana; Pluims (during Kids College)
posted by Annalea at 11:31 AM
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Closing Salutations,
Kristen and Anders are back and we want to say how much we love equachildren and are very glad that God gave everyone the opportunity to love those kids at least for alittle while. I know everyone is tired of each other right now but you will begin to like one another after you don't have to live in the same building, I promise...go easy on the deans b/c they might want to be your friends later, maybe not but you can always hope. Like my dean JD he is my friend because I avoided putting shaving cream down his pants and instead put it down the other dean's shorts. I also want you to just let out all your tears, we all cry sometimes and its alright to cry and sing "This is my Desire" while you look longling into each other's eyes on the last day. I hope that you all have an excellent commencement!!!! And we'll see all 25, 26, 27, 24, 28 of you that are coming to North Park next year. Come see us in the carmens... it'll be great. Kristen needs to go to sleep now b/c she is lame and has nursing duties.
Regards,
Anders the Great and Kristen the Amazing
So sad it is so close to the end... :(
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