Stephanie's Graduation

Mike attended Stephanie Barriga's graduation this week. We still don't get the educational system here . . . this is the first of three graduations that Steph will have this year leading to her bachelor's degree.

Church Anniversary/Valentine's Supper

Alfredo worked through his vacation and many nights and weekends to oversee the remodeling and painting of the church.
Maria, the blonde in the center, oversees the hospitality committee. We don't even have to think about events anymore. Maria does the thinking for us.
We can fit about 10 more chairs with the remodeling and the praise team has more room too.

Fall Semester Bible Institute

Here are the students (A cheerful bunch, aren't they? Ecuadorians have a tendency not to smile in photographs.) who finished one or two courses: Mike's Biblical Perspectives and Olimpia's Victory Over Iniquity.
There was a special 5-week course between semesters on evangelism taught by Enrique Plaza. These students earned study Bibles by completing all the course requirements.
Jeffrey and Joel presented a skit on evangelism for the church. Joel's objections and questions had Jeffrey really searching for answers!