Day 4: Painting

Maddie, Ryan, and Audrey painting the walls of the outside of the church

 Jim, Chad, and Sarah all working on the same wall

 Outside of the church where we were painting

 Coleen spackling the side of the church 

Day 3: Work and VBS

 One of the first crafts at VBS to get to know ourselves

 Singing and dancing with tons of balloons in the church!

 Picasso Kyle hard at work with his self diagram at VBS!

 Fun with balloons at VBS!!

 One of the few skits preformed at VBS!

Playing a game of  'Sharks and Minnows' with the local children before VBS

Lauren and Audrey finishing up the plaster in the new cabin at El Refugio

 Sarah and Myra digging a trench for the new cabin's pipes!

 Jim is now considered a 'professional' digging expert

 Berkeley sanding down the beams 

 Ryan and Chad having a bit of fun while cutting down a large pine

Rebecca helping out by carrying the roof tiles to those working on top! 

 Ryan, Jeff, and Chad all working to get the tree turned into firewood

Another view of the Westover team working on the sanding!

Day 2: Touring around Quito, Ecuador

There are more pictures of our adventures on El Refugio's Blog: 

www.haciendaelrefugio.com

The Cathedral in Quito

                                     

 Audrey, Berkley, Virginia, Sarah and Myra at the top!

                       

 Just hangin'!

                                             

Young boy posing for a snapshot at the church!

    

Ecuador Architecture

                              

Day 1: First Day of Work

Weather proofing the roof tiles for the new cabin!

Plastering the new walls of the cabin at El Refugio!

                                             

We Have Arrived!

View from the camp at 9,000 feet above sea level! 

Quito is very colorful!

The camp El Refugio's own version of the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House!

One example of the many homes that you may find in Quito, Ecuador.

Our Prayer Calendar

Thank you for praying for us!

Friday, July 31 - Departing from Greensboro our flight leaves at 6:30 am bound for Quito, Ecuador. Pray that everyone’s alarms will work and that our group of 14 would have safe, and on time travel to Quito. We are taking a lot of supplies so prayer that our luggage would make it without any issues. (We're expecting over 25-30 bags.) Once we arrive in Quito the staff from El Refugio camp will pick us up and drive us to the camp about 30 minutes away. Our team is made up of 6 teenagers and 8 adults. Many are going on their first mission trip, prayer that they would feel God’s presence during the trip and that he would grow us all into a deeper relationship with Him!

Saturday, August 1 - We will work on building projects around the camp. Please pray for safety and unity for our team.  Pray for our morning devotions and our evening time that we would grow closer to Jesus and to each other every day glorifying God through our actions, words, and deeds. 

Sunday August 2 - We will worship at a local church and visiting Quito. Pray for a great outpouring of His Spirit, and that every soul present feel the deep love of Jesus. Pray that we would have safety while in Quito.

Monday, August 3 – Friday August 7 we will be doing work projects around the camp and at a local church in the morning and then helping to lead a VBS for about 70 kids in the afternoon. 

Please continue to pray for our safety, team unity, health, flexibility, spiritual growth for team members, and that those we impact would feel the love of Jesus. Also pray for tender hearts during the VBS and that many of the kids would learn how much Jesus loves them and how He desires to have a person relationship with them.  

Saturday, August 8 - We start our travel back home. We will arrive back to Greensboro at approximately 11:00 pm.  Safe, and on time travel would be a blessing.

The 2015 Team

The Team (starting top, then L to R) Jeff Kubis, Kyle & Lauren Stalls, Chad Kubis, Colleen Shaw, Jim Spinder, Audrey Kubis, Maddie Bradsher, Diana Kubis, Lora Bradsher, Virginia Bardsley, Berkley Bradsher, Sara Gebbie and Myra Gebbie.

Serving alongside our global workers, Ryan and Erica Coryell, this will be a mostly construction-based trip that will help with the development of the El Refugio property. There is a possibility of a trip into the jungle, as well as having a Vacation Bible School with the children.

Our Global Workers and Westover Members, Ryan and Erica Coryell, serve in ministry at El Refugio in Ecuador's capital, Quito.