My wife, Mary, and I continue to work closely as leaders in the two Verbo churches in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s main port and largest city. We also minister throughout Ecuador and abroad as part of Verbo Ecuador’s national governing council. Right now we’re concentrating on the youth in Guayaquil’s Verbo Sur congregation. The young people have a large and vibrant ministry that needs a lot of help. At this point I am establishing meetings with the principal leaders to minister to them spiritually. We meet separately (to give them more confidence to be frank and to minister to their particular needs) with the women and the men who are supervising the home group leaders. They are the ones who need pastoral care and discipling to be able to help others.

We’re also helping these young leaders to develop clear direction in teaching and sharing, beginning with studying Jesus’ character to get a better idea of the kind of people God is calling us to be. The idea is to inspire them to create a vision for becoming a people who think and act like Jesus. I’m also developing a team of young people to produce video and PowerPoint presentations and other types of creative media and artistic impartations to inspire and motivate people to Christian action and lifestyles.

Finally, I’ve been training people in Theophostic ministry all year. Several trainees have become quite proficient and are ministering to others.