Espinoza, Raul & Jessenia

Raul and Jessenia work serve at the local church in Bastion, Guayaquil heading up the youth group and doing Bible studies in homes. They also work with at risk children and youth at the Hope of Bastion school. Raul is currently serving as president of the school board and Jessenia helps direct the sponsorship program which funds the school. They are passionate about seeing Ecuadorians grow into a mature walk with Christ and seeing relationships develop between sponsors and sponsor children across cultural and language barriers.

Commending Church

Wallenstein Bible Chapel

Country

Ecuador

Province From

Ontario

PRAYER ITEMS

20

Jan 2022

Open their eyes to the needs

The youth assembled hampers of groceries for families they knew were in need, as well as refugees on the streets. We hope this exercise will open their eyes to the…

30

Sep 2021

A gated community

The elders at our church have been doing Bible studies twice a week in a gated community where they meet with a group of Venezuelans who are hungry to learn…

12

Aug 2021

How quickly they settle down

We kicked off the new season of youth group with a trip to a park. These youth are very passionate about games, and everyone enjoyed themselves immensely. However, we have…

6

May 2021

Disappointed but are holding on to hope

We are now in a third wave of COVID. The surge in cases has led to the last half of camp being canceled, which meant our youth didn’t get to…

25

Feb 2021

Camp will look very different

As of this week, we are allowed to have physically distanced church and youth group in person. We pray for wisdom for this spring’s upcoming camp session, which will no…

16

Apr 2020

Currently in Ontario

Jessenia and Raul are currently in Ontario awaiting the birth of their first baby at the end of April. [...]

13

Feb 2020

Not conforming to the world

Our church invited a national speaker for a conference. It is the first time our church was able to do this and it was such a refreshment. The speaker captured…

23

Jan 2020

Their spiritual interest

A handful of youth have made regular church attendance a priority. They are 14 to 16 years old, and it takes great commitment at that age to wake up and…

19

Sep 2019

A common language!

Our church along with a couple other churches joined for 3 days of family camp at the beach. It was beautiful to see families from all walks of life spend…

27

Jun 2019

Youth group

Youth group began in May and we had a smaller turnout this year, but that was according to plan. We hope to start slow and build momentum as the year…

11

Apr 2019

Keep praying

This weekend marked the end of a blessed camp season. I (Jessie) saw girls who I met as kids in the youth group working as counsellors and leading children to…

15

Nov 2018

Big youth event

The older youth put on a big youth event focused on the Gospel. It was such a blessing for us to see them caring about the spiritual health of the…

6

Sep 2018

Las Jaguitas

A few of the older youth have joined Raul and I when we go out to Las Jaguitas to do Sunday school for the children out there. They help us…

21

Jun 2018

A separate Bible study

Youth work has begun after summer break. This group is technically for youth and the older young adults are feeling out of place and have stopped coming. This year we…

14

Dec 2017

Multiple aftershocks

Recently, Guayaquil experienced another earthquake. It wasn’t near as large as the one a year and a half ago. Since then there have been multiple aftershocks that cause us to…

20

Sep 2017

The best Counsellor

I restarted the ‘good decisions’ discussions with the junior high students. This year I enlisted the help of two Ecuadorian women. They have been helping me connect with the girls…

9

Aug 2017

Youth ministry

Pray for the youth ministry. During this time of the year attendance normally drops and that seems to be happening again this year. Pray that we, as youth leaders, will…

10

May 2017

‘The Story’

Our church is beginning to study ‘The Story’, a 31-week chronological study of the Bible. Both the youth and kids’ club will also be studying this. Pray that those of…

22

Mar 2017

A sleepover

A teacher and I had a sleepover with some Junior High girls. We played games, had a devotional and a question and answer period. Here, teenage girls have rare opportunities…

7

Dec 2016

“Good Decisions”

The “Good Decisions” study with the Junior High girls has been going well. Through this study, more opportunities have been coming up to work on a personal level with the…

17

Aug 2016

Mom’s Club

Pray for the Mom’s Club. We have been going through a chronological study of the Bible and it has been fun to unpack Bible stories that are so familiar to…