Happy New Year! We enjoyed a wonderful holiday season.
Luke was able to come before Christmas and spend about 3 weeks with us. He brought along his 2 roommates for part of that time. We enjoyed a weekend trip out of town. Also Luke and Scott climbed Cotopaxi, a 19,000 ft glacier-covered active volcano.
After having a house full of activity for a month, things have quieted down again and we were getting back into our normal schedule when we received a late night phone call that Kristi’s mom had been found unconscious. Thankfully she had been on the phone with Kristi’s sister and Joel was at home as well. They were able to get her help quickly. The next day she had a heart pacemaker put in surgically. She was put on several new medicines that have made recovery more challenging. But she is slowly improving little by little. Kristi is traveling to Kansas tomorrow and will be spending some time with her just to make sure she is fully recovered and ready to live on her own again.
Lindsey is finishing up her 1st semester next week, then will have a week off of school. It is sounding like the rest of her school year will stay online.
Kristi will finish up her 1st semester in 2½ weeks. Thankfully she will be able to do that from Kansas as easily as from Quito. Continue praying for her student’s family who is going through a divorce. The mother is planning on getting remarried and the 2 kids may be moving in with their father instead.
Scott continues teaching 6 nights a week online. It is getting to be too much to keep up with, so he is hoping to soon get a break from a couple of his classes.
We learned that the first Ecuadorian received a covid vaccine yesterday. We continue with restrictions of only being able to drive 4 days a week and having to wear a mask whenever out of the house. Like everyone else we look forward to coming changes. In the meantime, we are amazed by the opportunities for ministry that we have, even from home. Thank you for your continued prayers for us.
