I have found a gold mine! She is a Spanish language instructor in Quito, Ecuador, who teaches Spanish to US Peace Corps volunteers. She has offered to take me through their three-month program in ten days. I have enough Spanish already that I think I can achieve this goal during my intensive time there. My instructor will allow me to live in her home with her family. All of them will require that I speak nothing but Spanish. And they will all correct me like they would a three-year-old.

Please pray this way for me during this time:

1. Uncommon mental alertness for me. Extraordinary ability to learn Spanish and to love it and its native speakers more dearly.
2. That I can encourage four students who took my Vitality Therapy training in December. I want them to be able to supervise others in my absence.
3. That I might have a productive meeting with David Ramirez, president of the Church of God Seminary in Quito, to plan a one-week counseling workshop for his students, faculty and guests later this year.
4. That surprise networking connections will occur that will facilitate future ministry trips for me and Ruth.

Ruth and I spent last weekend in North Carolina learning from Serving In Missions (SIM) how we might best arrange and finance these teaching trips every other month to places in the Two Thirds World. It became clear to all of us that we will have the most flexibility if we see ourselves as "International Consultants" rather than "Missionaries." Our future work will extend what we have been doing for thirty years. Therefore, we are not retiring. We will do best to function as our own organization, consulting to many organizations, including SIM, rather than being under any one mission board.

Home | About The Author | Book Downloads | Links | Current Projects | Past Projects