Well, I am slow getting a new entry up, as usual.  I have been in Ecuador for the last 3 months or so.  Things here are going well.  I have got fish in one pond at the children's home (that seem to be growing fast) and a group of ducks that are just about ready for the table and market!  I am hoping to have hogs and the other pond stocked within the next two weeks.  I have also been leading a weekly Bible study with some of the older boys at the home about the steps of salvation.  It is going well and I think they are learning, I know I am.  Since these boys have been on the streets for a big part of their lives they present special challenges when I am trying to teach them.  But God is helping me adjust my teaching style.  I also preached a few Sunday's ago in a small church I attend.  
    Please be praying for the boys at the home, especially Maecel and Jonaton they are going to be in charge of the ag. projects when I am away.  Pray that they learn the system well and that God give them wisdom in how to run things (and that He give me wisdom about how to best teach them).  Also, please pray for this city (Guayaquil) violent crime (especially kidnapping and armed robbery) has increased to the point that the president of Ecuador has sent the military to try to help the police get things under control.  So far I can't tell their really doing much, and now vigilante groups have started taking the law into their own hands and killing the suspected "bad guys."  I think the rule of law is eroding little by little.  But it is exciting to see how God is working here as well.  I am reminded of John 12:26 "Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, my servant also will be."  God is here.  He loves the people of Ecuador and there is lots of work to be done.