Prayer Items

The Lord is working in Ecuador in many different ways. Small camps and DVBS work are being planned and led by former Bible School students. These young men and women continue to develop spiritually as they are learning to completely depend upon the Lord. This is in answer to the ‘prayers of many’! […]

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 know how to encourage them, and that we will see our youth desiring to live for Christ fully. […]

May 2nd marked the first day back to school for our student body of 196 children. As Hope of Bastion School celebrates 20 years this year, we are amazed as we look back at how God has been working in the community through the school and church ministries.   […]

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 us who are helping present the material will be able to communicate God’s story clearly. […]

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 for clean fun. The sleepover was a special time where the girls could get out of their homes to a safe place, have fun and […]

As the countdown for the end of the schoolyear is on, so it is for breaking ground of the 2-story addition. The changes are to give the school and the church more space. Both have been growing in numbers over the years. In May 2017, the school will have approximately 200 kids registered, and church […]

This calendar year began with a big increase in the number of students at the Ecuadorian Bible Institute. Dan taught a first-year class in December and had 24 students. In January, he taught another first-year class and had 34 students! We thank the Lord for this increase and ask for help and strength with the […]

Please keep Ecuador in prayer. We continue to have hundreds of earthquakes, including one night, a magnitude 5.4 to wake us up. Folks on the coast are still affected. In general, people are much more open to spiritual conversations as a result of the quakes. […]

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 girls. Pray that I can be a good role model and that I would have wisdom to know how to speak truth into their lives […]

We have exciting news to share!  On Tuesday morning (November 15th), the Hope of Bastion Mission purchased property beside the back patio of the school! Thank you for your prayers through this process. As mentioned in the October newsletter, the decision was made to purchase and we are confident that the Lord is guiding each […]

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 me with women who are excited to study them for the first time. This group of women has become very close over the past five […]

I always thought that it would be a good idea to have a women’s group at the church. Our first meeting was a ‘Women’s tea’ where everyone brought their own mug and we had a good time studying in small groups, encouraging and praying together. It is great to see their excitement when they are […]