Week 23

This week was filled with meetings and work days for Kids College (the weekend retreat that the students are putting on in a couple weeks). The only other things that we did this week was celebrate Ash Wednesday with a service and a group of us went to one of the local museums.



The main thing that we did this week was play in the annual Turkey Bowl. This is a flag football tournament with the English speaking community of the Quito area (it normally happens around Thanksgiving, but the date was changed for this year). CBC has played in this competition every year and this is only the second year that we have WON! It was a long, hot, fun day of playing and watching games that ended with a victory.






Student Profiles:
Name: Heidi Steinman
Age: 19
Home Town: Visalia, CA
Hobbies: Painting, crocheting, Ultimate and handstands
Favorite thing about CBC: I like the teachers and when it rains at night (especially the Thunderstorms)
Future Plans: Attend community college at home.


Name: Kira Yeversky
Age: 18
Home Town: Dewittville, NY
Hobbies: Painting, knitting, and reading
Favorite thing about CBC: Being in Ecuador, speaking Spanish and hanging out with all of the amazing people here
Future Plans: Attending North Park University in the fall.


Photos: Trevor; Holly, Andrew, Elin, Caroline, Bob and Dan on the side lines; Shane, Hannah and Trevor (playing against our friend Chris); Kylene; The Fun Team ( Dan, Peter, Elin, Caroline, Holly, Anna, Mary, Tyler, Alexis and Andrew); some of the cheerleaders (Heidi, Mandy, Kira, Holly, Molly, Annalea, Jenni, Greta and Laura); The "A" Team(Judson, Reid, Trevor, Luke, Shane, Cassie, Alex, Micah, Hannah, Michael, and Karl); The Winners; Heidi; Kira

Week 22

One of the things that we often do here at CBCE in our small groups is go over our highs and lows for the week. So, this week I thought that I would share with you our highs and lows as a community.

Our highs for the week were Valentines Day and a Carnival water fight. On Valentines Day the girls got up early and surprised the boys with a huge, great breakfast in their rooms. That night the boys planned a beautiful, fancy dinner for the girls. It was a fun day of celebrating each other.






During the month of February Ecuador celebrates a holiday called Carnival, which basically involves throwing water on anyone and everyone. On Friday our kitchen staff started a huge, campus wide, water fight. All of the students and most of the staff were involved (we were all soaked). Later the boys got the girls again. It was a very fun day as well.






Our low for the week is the announcement of the closing of CBC. If you have not previously heard, both CBC Ecuador and CBC Canada will be closing as of May 31, 2007. These closures are related to decreases in student enrolment and the financial concerns that come along with that. Many questions, conversations and tears by the students and staff met this announcement. Getting used to this major change will take time and processing for us as well as the greater CBC community. On the CBC website (www.covenantbiblecollege.com) you can find information to help answer questions, links to email addresses, as well as a message board where comments can be posted to the greater CBC community. Please feel free to contact us with any further questions or concerns. We appreciate all of the ways that you all have been praying for us over the last 22 weeks and ask that you continue to remember us as we finish the last term of Covenant Bible College.


Student Profiles:
Name: Karl Engebretson
Age: 18
Home Town: Deerfield, Il
Hobbies: Music, ultimate Frisbee,
Favorite thing about CBC: I love the opportunity to study outside of the US and the community that we have here
Future Plans: Attending North Park University in the fall


Name: Hannah Woodbury
Age: 18
Home Town: Lake Nebagaman, WI
Hobbies: Ultimate Frisbee, running, dancing to Thriller
Favorite thing about CBC: The mountains, the people of and culture of Ecuador, and our community on campus
Future Plans: Either attending North Park University or North Dakota State College of Science


Photos: Trevor, Alex and Dan all dressed up to serve the girls dinner; Heidi Natalie and Cassie all dressed up as well with flowers that the boys gave them; all the girls on Valentines day before dinner; the girls making breakfast for the boys; Azurlee being soaked by Jake while her sister (Alexis) laughs in the background; Baxter and Caroline fighting it out (Bax won); everyone playing in one of our fountains after we were all soaked; the students getting Jorge, our incredible driver, as he gets back to campus; Karl; Hannah

Week 21 - Part B

Part B: Second Term Break



This week we got a break from Tuesday afternoon through Sunday night. Everyone in the community left and either went to the beach or to the jungle in four different groups. Two groups went to two different beaches and played in the waves, relaxed in the sun and ate amazing fresh seafood. The other groups went to a few different places in the jungle (all around the Tena area). Some of the things that they did while they were there was visit an animal preserve, rafting and hiking. Everyone had a great time and wasn’t quite ready to come back and start their new term…








Student Profile:
Name: John Mansell
Age: 18
Home Town: Downey, CA
Hobbies: Climbing trees, drawing, and long walks on the beach
Favorite thing about CBC: Smash pong and inexpensive Coca-Cola
Future Plans: “Was I supposed to have a plan?”




Photos: Micah fishing on the beach; Alex and Ellen hiking in the jungle; Caroline, Andrew, Elin and Peter eating a coconut that they found and opened with a stick; Azurlee, Alexis, Hannah, Holly, Molly, Anna, Kira, Mary, and Mandy after one of their excursions in the jungle; Shane, Karl Nicki, Judson, Cassie, Micah, and Jake enjoying the sunset on the beach; One of the groups that went rafting: Dan, Ellen, Laura, Alex, Tyler, John, Tim and their guides; The second rafting group: Molly, Mandy, Mary, Heidi, Alexis, Hannah, Azurlee, Anna, Holly and their guide; Jenni, Tess, Greta and Elle on the beach; John

Week 21 - Part A

We had a very busy week this week so the blog will come in two parts.
Part A: Pre-break
We started the week by having a Super Bowl Party. Most of us went over to the Auger’s house (one of the professor’s houses). We had groups cheering for both sides (a few particularly disappointed students from Chicago). We had tons of food and treats, it was a great break from studying for finals (which continued over the next couple days).



One of the other things that broke up the finals was that the students put on a chapel for the elementary students at the Alliance Academy. They are planning a weekend long program, called Kids College, for the 4th through 6th graders that will happen in a few weeks. This program involves a huge amount of planning and work for our students and takes up much of their time right now. This chapel was a chance for the CBC students and the kids to get excited about the weekend.



Student Profile:
Name: Holly Meyer
Age: 18
Home Town: Redwood City, CA
Hobbies: Reading, baseball
Favorite thing about CBC: Living in a community where I have 40 brothers and sisters
Future Plans: Attending North Park University in the fall.


Photos: The whole group watching the Super Bowl; Tim, Peter and Karl (with Elin in the background) watching the game; a couple of the kids at the chapel; Micah, Dan, Karianne, Jenni, Greta and Caroline leading worship at the chapel; Holly

Week 20

This week was full of finishing up projects, papers and classes for the term. Somehow we found a bit of time through out the week to have some fun as well. A few groups went out to coffee at a couple of local places and we played ultimate frisbee and football. Finals started this weekend (they were pushed up a couple days to allow our term break to be a day longer) and after the first one a group of 17 of us went hiking. We went to an area that has a series of trails and waterfalls to hike to and play in. It was a beautiful day for hiking.
This next week is our term break from Tuesday night to Sunday night. Everyone is traveling either to the beach or the jungle. We could use prayer for finishing up finals and for travel safety.




Student Profiles:
Name: Shane Hoffbeck
Age: 18
Home Town: Eagle River, AK
Hobbies: Music (especially drums) , hockey, football
Favorite thing about CBC: Being in Ecuador
Future Plans: Possibly attending Azusa Pacific University in the fall.



Name: Anna Rosengren
Age: 19
Home Town: Duluth, MN
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, reading, watching movies, volleyball
Favorite thing about CBC: Participating in the children ministry in La Merced every week.
Future Plans: Probably attending North Park University in the fall.


Photos: Holly with Alex sleeping the library trying to get his homework done; Andrew, Ellen, John, Laura, Elin and Caroline trying out the frigid water; the group hiking; Caroline and Elin in front of one of the waterfalls; Micah helping Alex out of one of the other waterfalls (they are not really in danger); Shane; Anna