December 2024

Urgent Prayer Request: Please pray that God will send Ecuador rain as the water table is extremely low and the government is going to mandate water rationing and more electric black-outs. Also God will send us full-time or longer short-term missionary help too.

News:

• It's in the mail: Year End Update and Christmas Card: If you do not currently get our quarterly newsletter, please message us thought the "contact us" tab or email us at pateministries@gamil.com to get on our mailing list. You do not want to miss the upcoming end of the year updates.
• Bible Clubs:
• Coastal Bible Clubs: We will be celebrating Christmas with in our of our Bible clubs this month. They will hear the story of Christ's birth and why we celebrate Christmas, plus each person will get a little gift and a Christmas bread.
• Mountain Bible Clubs: We will be heading to the mountains to celebrate Christmas with in all of the Bible clubs this month. They will hear the story of Christ's birth and why we celebrate Christmas, plus each person will get a little gift and a Christmas bread.
• Tuesday Community Evangelistic Outreach: We anticipate up to 600 people in our Tuesday night outreach due to the anticipation of receiving a small gift, and they will. However, they will all watch a movie about the birth of Christ and hear the Gospel shared on why we celebrate Christmas!
• Land: We are planing a series of meetings with the community this month to pave the way for our community meetings to ask for land. Please be in prayer for these meetings. It is all in God's perfect timing.

Big News:

• Missionary Interns: The McGalliard's: Jeannie and Mike McGalliard will arrive the2nd week this month to help the ministry, especially while we are in the United States in January on itineration. We are so excited to have them back for a couple of months.
• Chicken Project Praise Report: We had be given several proclaimers (Bible and sermons in Spanish on Audio recorders). Polivio took them to the families in the remote interior. He meets with them each month and holds a Bible study with them. He told us that the communities have been gathering together once a week to listen to one of the sermons and listen to the Bible together. How exciting is that!

Bigger News:

• Xavier: We have hired a young man in his 30's to serve as our 5th E-team member. We are so excited to have him and his family (Johanna - wife and two daughters, Naomi and Isabella). He has a very humble spirit, he can translate and he can drive.
• Special Project: Our special project is finished and we will be announcing it soon.

Special Prayer Request:

• Pray for us to find private property to purchase and build a building larger than our leased building - God is in control.
• Pray for God to soften the hearts of the Montañita people to receive His Gospel.
• Pray for the national house church leaders who continue the mountain Bible clubs.
• Financial Support: Please pray that Christ will continue to provide for the ministry's financial needs for the mountains and the Coast.

Updates:

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