A little over a month ago we moved from Quito to Cuenca to begin working along side fellow missionaries Christopher & Carol Sills. We are settling in and are getting to know the people and the area better.
As we were getting settled in to our new home and were running errands around town something interesting happened. Everywhere we went we ran into fellow Americans. On occasion in and around Quito we would meet people from the States, most of which were vacationing and just seeing the sites. However, here there are over 4,000 expats living in or around Cuenca. The vast majority are retirees and many if not most are not believers.
We have had the opportunity to talk with some of them and they range from being Mormons to being uninvolved and/or uninterested in "religious" things. Though reaching the expats here in Ecuador is not our primary focus it is an added opportunity for us to proclaim Christ.
Of-course our primary focus is on the people of Ecuador. We are beginning to meet people around where we live and hope to build relationships as well as share the Gospel with them. We have handed out many copies of the Gospel of John, inviting people to study the bible with us, but as of yet have not had any takers.
Kim has recently had the opportunity to share with a young Ecuadorian woman who is a Hindu.
Witnessing to Hindu's is not what you expect when living in Ecuador, but God has opened up this opportunity and Kim has been faithful to share. This young lady (like most of the people in Ecuador) comes from a Catholic background, and like many of the people in the younger generations has a destain for "religion." Yet, she is still seeking answers. Unfortunately, she is not seeking answers form the Word of God but from the lies of men.
Pray for this lady as Kim has further opportunity to share with her, and as Kim invites her to study the truths of Scripture with her.
