October 2025

News:

• Zelle: We are now signed up with Zelle to give donations direct from your bank to our ministry bank account. You can go to your online bank's Zelle page, enter our email Forthechildrenecuador@gmail.com or click the Zelle QR code on our "donations" tab.

• Bible Clubs:
• Coastal Bible Clubs: The children are doing well memorizing their memory verses each week. Please also pray for the leader of La Entrada as he is decided that we can no longer use the community building and moved us to a black mold filled building with no chairs, no electricity, no water, and no toilets that work. It is a tough situation, but the kids are still coming to hear God's word and memorizing their verses.
• Youth Bible Club: We continue to average 35 youth that are growing in the Lord.
• Mountain Bible Clubs: We will visit the clubs the 2nd week of December.
• Tuesday Community Evangelistic Outreach: The outreach continues to run between 260-310 each week.
• Sunday Bible Study/Worship Service: We are having about 35-50 people attend the services each week, not including the visiting teams.

Big News:

• English as a Foreign Language Classes: Our English classes were successful and will be wrapping up by the end of the month.
• New Ministry Center Property: We have added 700 loads of dirt to build up the property to prevent flooding. We have so much more to go. The steel for the amphitheater should arrive by the end of the month. We are so excited about the new facility.

Bigger News:

• New Missionary coming next summer: We are so excited to announce that Rebecca Carrion has committed to serve with Pate Ministries for 2 years. She is in the process of raising her support and hopes to arrive sometime in the summer. Message me if you would like to support her. She plans on helping in one Bible club, starting one-on-one and small group discipleship programs, and maybe even a ladies Bible study group all from people from our church plant community.
• Christmas on the Coast: Our teams have packed all of the Christmas gifts for the people and children in all of our Bible clubs and outreaches. It is expected to give something at Christmas. We will start the Bible clubs with why we celebrate Christmas and dress the kids up for the annual Nativity Padgett in all of the Bible clubs. The kids love it.

Special Prayer Request:

• Pray for the land preparation so we can begin the construction of our building.
• Pray that God will send us additional national E-team members.
• Pray for Andrés and Gary as they work on the property and make huge building decisions.
• 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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