For more information on the Datwaylers and their ministry in Ecuador, go to their website.
Africa Gospel Church Baby Centre May 2014
Dear Baby Centre Team,
We are sorry for the long spaces between updates, but there has been a lot
going on as usual. Babies have been coming and going and we are having a
hard time keeping up with all of it. We have had 15 adoptions already this
year, with more pending.
Dana continues to do very well and has not used her cane in several weeks. I
can't help but praise God every time I look at her and remember the last 10
1/2 months. She is truly a walking miracle. We continue to receive a large
number of visitors at the Baby Centre. To date, from January 1st we have had
almost 500 visitors come to see the Baby Centre. We praise God for touching
so many lives and bringing them here to our doors.
The other reason for this update to let you know of some very exciting
things coming up very soon. On June the 1st we will launch the new Baby
Centre website with the latest information and tools to keep in touch with
us. We will also be converting over to using Mail Chimp to send out all of
the updates and newsletters. This has taken us quite a bit of time, but it
will be worth the effort. We as the Baby Centre staff will be able to keep
you updated better on what is going here at the Baby Centre.
So please be watching for the new e-mails and the new announcements as we
get closer to launching this new campaign.
The fish are doing very well, Carson is in charge of them and I believe we
will have fresh fish to sell by October.
Praises: Praise for new families formed
Praise for more babies entrusted to us, we have 53 right now.
Praise for God's provision each day.
Praise for Dana doing so well.
Prayer Requests: Please pray for our little Hosanna who has been very ill.
Please pray for Emmanuel, or Manu as he also has
not been feeling well for over a week.
Please pray for security in Kenya
Blessings,
Dan Jacobs
Director
Africa Gospel Church Baby Centre
Datwylers: Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving from Ecuador
This year as many in the past, we are celebrating Thanksgiving Day outside the United States. For many of you this would be very out of the ordinary but we have come to accept this as the norm. The truth is that wherever we are, if we have Christ in our hearts, we have something to be thankful for. We North Americans believe that the Thanksgiving holiday is ours and ours alone. To a certain extent this is true to the history of our country but Thanksgiving is at the center of our Heavenly Father's heart and the family of God reaches beyond the borders of the United States of America. Our desire is that each of you would be surrounded by God's love as you too remember how great a life we have under his care--HAPPY THANKSGIVING--give thanks abundantly.
We have much to give thanks for this year as we reflect on God's faithfulness in our lives. We recently celebrated seven years in Ecuador. How fast time passes when it seems like yesterday we just arrived , my how God has blessed us with so much to be thankful for. The ministry of The Door of Hope has grown tremendously this year with the addition of Compassion International, Bible Institute involvement, home Bible studies, youth group and continued growth in the church and the community as well as the necessary construction to keep up with growth in ministry. God is so faithful in our lives as well as the lives of those He has entrusted us to minister to.
Recently in our worship services and in our weekly Bible study we have been working our way through 1st Peter. It is not by coincidence that as we study we find Peter’s letter addressing the issue of us suffering for our relationship with Christ with His suffering. We have had our share of persecution, broken relationships, trials, tests, abuse, of much and of little; and the list goes on but through all of this we at The Door of Hope count all this suffering as a great honor. We can rejoice to be worthy of such suffering because we are in relationship with Jesus our Lord and Savior. Take a look at: 1st Peter 4:12-13
We also want to take time to thank God for your faithfulness in ministry with us here at The Door of Hope. You are very important to us and God for it is through your prayers and support that God is able to continue to witness through us His love for the people of Ecuador. Thank you for answering Gods call to help. May God richly bless you, your family and your ministry.
To God be all the glory and honor and praise and may He receive our abundantly thankful hearts,
Your missionaries Tim and Daina Datwyler –Kevin and Esther too