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Welcome to the Ecuador Endeavor Website, ministry page of Michele Crowe, AGWM Missionary to Ecuador, who directs the Global University/ICI ministry in Ecuador. Global University/ICI comprises evangelism, discipleship, worker training, pastoral preparation, and university coursework.
Through local pastors, the national church, and Un Buen Consejo, the spiritual counseling ministry of Unsión TV, a Christian family values station, founded by AG missionaries Bill and Connie McDonald, Global University has distributed thousands of copies of the gospel booklet, The Great Questions of Life. The Great Questions of Life are now also in the men’s prison, as well as El Inca, the Quito Women's prison. God has blessed these endeavors and is impacting lives throughout the nation.
Diverse cultures and languages flavor the country of Ecuador. Just one of the endeavors Michele is involved in through Global University is the translation of The Great Questions of Life into the heart languages of indigenous groups, mainly in the jungles of Ecuador. Through the facilitation of Philip and Deanna Barber, AGWM missionaries working with both the Cofan and Secoya peoples, we are pleased that the translation into Cofan is complete and has been formatted for printing. And, we are completing the first edit and formatting the Secoya translation for printing.
Global University also continues to equip workers for ministry. Pastors and church leaders from the Amazon, the Galapagos Islands, the Andes Mountains, and the Pacific Coast are studying the Bible and learning how to more effectively minister to their congregations. In the southern coastal region of Ecuador, a group of students is studying the fundamentals of the Christian faith, equipping themselves for service in their local congregations and others eventually to pastor their own congregations. A growing number of pastors in the Coastal district of the Assemblies of God in Ecuador were granted their first credential having completed required studies for their ministerial credentials through Global University.
Constant Abiding
Read Psalms 1:1 through 2:12
Years ago during a time of drought in Germany, the vineyards along the Rhine River were adversely affected. One vineyard gained attention, because high up on one hill there were vines that flourished while others were drying up. A study was done, and they discovered the secret of these flourishing vines.
By carefully following the root system of one of these vines, it was discovered that they led all the way down the side of the hill to the river’s edge. While the other vines were waiting for rain, these had made their way to an unending source of moisture.
That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers (Psalm 1:3).
You do not need to depend on the spiritual environment around you in order to thrive in your walk with God. The secret to flourishing in the midst of spiritual drought is tapping into the steady flow of God’s Spirit. David writes about delighting in the law of the Lord through steady meditation both day and night.
Thought for Today: Abide in Him and let His words abide in you, and you will thrive.
Quicklook: Psalm 1:1–6
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