Finding Love Through Serving As A Missionary

J. Janeen Howard

Serving is our way of life as we live the Gospel in its fullness.  I never thought our health would be good enough for us to serve a mission.  The papers we had to fill out and send to Salt Lake were very detailed about the health of the prospective missionary.  You need to have good health to be able to do all the things needed to be done.  My sister-in-law said, “ A mission is a marvelous gift of time when you can experience glimpses of heavenly life.  It is a time of cleansing and refreshing.  It is a time to become a celestial candidate.  To sanctify yourselves you must serve others.  The highest of all service is to teach them truths and bring them to the temple.  My brother-in-law wrote that our mission would be just one phase of a continuous life style of serving others, and that after Ecuador it will continue forever.....added  upon many fold, with experiences and talents gained from each passing year.  

During this time of service we learned to put Christ first in our daily life and follow His teachings.  “come unto me all ye that are heavy laden, for my yoke is easy and my load is light  (Matt. 11:28).  Whatever we sacrifice, we must return to Christ and allow Him to be our guide now....no one else.  He is the healer, the master teacher, the one and only way back to our Heavenly Father.  Serving in the temple 5 days a week was the most humbling, spiritual, and inspirational time of my life.  There we receive the further light and knowledge and insights our Father wishes for us to learn.  We are taught how to serve and how to love one another through this sacred service rendered in His sacred holy house.  It is hard to explain the feelings I had as I entered the temple each day.  I just knew that was where I was to be at that time in my life and the Lord helped me do as much as I could with my limitations.  He doesn’t care what limitations we  have, He is interested in our intent and desire to serve.  He knows our heart and understands when we have no words to express what we feel.  It was such a joyous time to be able to be so near to a temple 24 hrs. a day, 7 days a week for 15 months.  How I miss it!

You never know who you might be serving and may even be surprised when you find out!  The love we felt from the temple workers and members of the ward was so strong and palpable!!  The warm abrazos or hugs, and little kisses of the cheek.  This is their way of greeting you and it is a wonderful way to greet one another!  I miss that here at home.  I have been taught to listen to the spirit and act upon those feelings and promptings  knowing the Holy Ghost was my constant guide.  

Those couples who are able and willing to serve a mission will never regret it, I promise.  You will be blessed to do what is needed.  I learned to pace myself and only work a certain amount of time knowing if I did more that my health would be in jeopardy.  It was a hard lesson to learn, because I was so anxious to do everything.  I learned to pace myself and listen to my body when it was time to stop.  I didn’t realize there are so many different types of missions for couples, even ones you can do from your own home!  The Lord will take us however He can get us and He will fill in the gaps when we are unable to do so.  

Brothers and Sisters I don’t know your circumstances, rather I just want to share my testimony of the growth and knowledge I have gained from serving with my husband.  It was not all easy and there were many rough spots to walk over and try to smooth out, but the Lord was right there to help us each and every day.  It is a miracle that my husband who has Parkinsons Disease was even allowed to go to another country and serve a mission.  He was healthier than I was and was so busy when he wasn’t in the temple teaching music lessons, going to other wards and stakes to teach people how to lead a choir, to perform, he even got a fishing club organized!  He only took rests when I made him because he said he had so much to do before we came home.

  I have a 15 yr. old grandson in Lubbock, Tx. who had a very interesting experience the other day.  He and his mother are not active in the church and he hasn’t even received the Priesthood yet, which is a concern of ours.  But he found a friend who needed help the other night, a place to sleep as he was going to run away from home.  Brandon let him sleep in their shed, giving him a blanket and a pillow, unbeknownst to his mother.  The boy said his friend told him Brandon would help him and he did.  The next day he told the boy he would ride the bus to school if he would come too so he could get some help.  The boy did.  He had been in a horrible family situation where there were many other foster children who were being abused.  To make this short, the police went to the home and took all the children away.  The principal, the police and the sheriff kept saying what a good boy Brandon is and that he didn’t do anything bad.  HE probably saved those children’s lives.  I know he learned the virtue of kindness from his mother and someday she and Brandon will find their way back to church.  

I may not know much  brothers and sisters, but I know we have a living prophet at the head of Christ’s church today and very shortly we will have the blessing to listen to what the Lord wants to tell us at this time through the voice of Pres. Monson, his counselors, and the 12 apostles and other quorums.  Our Father in Heaven is mindful of us.  He knows us.  Our Savior Jesus Christ gave His life that we might once again live and return to our Celestial Home.  What greater blessing is this?  I am blessed as a wife, mother and grandmother to have a most wonderful family.  I testify with all my heart that as you reach out to serve and love others the way will be paved for greater things to come to you in your life.  I has mine!  And I say this in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.

The next life

Yesterday my home teaching companion and I gave a priesthood blessing to a woman in hospice.  Here daughter does not expect she will be long for this world.  Even when we know a loved one is sealed to us in the temple, we miss them and sorrow in their passing.  How grateful we are for the temple that unites our families through covenants and ordinances and teachings about the eternal nature of each one.

"And then shall it come to pass, that the spirits of those who are righteous are received into a state of happiness, which is called paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace, where they shall rest from all their troubles and from all care, and sorrow." Alma 40:12

"I am thinking now, as I stand here talking to you, that more of my dear ones are on the other side than are here, and it will not be long in the natural course of events before I, too, will receive my summons to pass on.  I am not looking forward to that time with anxiety and distress but with hope and with the assurance that the change, when it occurs, will be for increasing happiness and advantages that we cannot know in mortality" (The Teachings of George Albert Smith, p. 25).

May we all overcome the temptations of this world and keep our baptismal and temple covenants.

Blessings In Adversity

Blessings In Adversity

J. Janeen Howard

Derby Stake Conference, Kansas

My dear brothers and sisters, I am very humbled to be asked to speak tonight in this session of our stake conference.  My thoughts have been centered on making our house a home for the past few weeks since returning from our mission to the Guayaquil, Ecuador Temple.  How I miss not being able to look out my door and see the temple only a few steps away!  To be able to go to the temple any time of day or evening that it was open and walk there in 2 or 3 minutes from our apartment is an experience I shall never forget.  The dear friends we made there are tucked away in a special place in my heart.  What glorious memories we have brought with us to remember with such love.  I thank Heavenly Father for giving us the opportunity to serve the saints of the Guayaquil Temple area.  We felt the presence of His angels guarding us and caring for us each day. How blessed we are!

I have chosen to speak about the urgent need to continue faithful during these times of trial and adversity.  Look around you, is there anyone who is not touched by some type of trial in their life, whether small or large? Are there times when you felt you wanted to give up or run away?  Each of us will face trials and tests in our life here on earth.  It is how we react to those difficulties that will determine our success and happiness.  Each of us will face adversity no matter where we are, and the question is not when we will face it but how we face it.

The Apostle Paul taught an interesting lesson only a few years before the Saints in Rome were to face some of the most violent persecution of any Christian era.  Paul reminded the Saints that "all things work together for good to them that love God."  Our Heavenly Father, who loves us completely and perfectly, permits us to have experiences that will allow us to develop the traits and attributes we need to become more and more Christlike.  Our trials come in many forms, but each will allow us to become more like the Savior as we learn to recognize the good that comes from each experience.  As we understand this doctrine, we gain greater assurance of our Father's love.  We may  never know in this life why we face what we do, but we can feel confident that we  can grow from our experience.

We know it is easier to look back when a trial is over and see what we have learned from the experience, but the challenge is to gain that eternal perspective while we are going through our trials.  To some, our trials may not seem so great, but to each of us who are passing through these experiences, the trials are real and require us to humble ourselves before God and learn from Him.  To learn from the Savior, what a blessing!!

It is the Savior we want to emulate in all our actions.  Elder Martino of the 2nd Quorum of the Seventy has taught us 5 things that we can learn from the last hours of the Savior's life on earth to help us face our own trials.  They are so important that I would like to share them with you tonight.  

First:  The Savior sought not to do His will but only the will of His Father.  He remained committed to His sacred mission to the end.  In the Garden of Gethsemane, He asked, "Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done."  Sometimes we pass through pain and sorrow that we might grow and be prepared for potential trials in the future.  I didn't understand the disease of alcoholism as a child growing up.  My mother had this insidious disease and I worried so much about her but didn't know what to do.  It was a difficult time for me. Then when we found out our oldest child was abusing alcohol and drugs, I thought, "Why do I have to go through this again?"  After many tears, much struggling, reaching out to 12 step groups, and especially fervent prayer I began to understand more and had an inkling of how we could help her.  We loved her no matter what she did, and she knew this.  Fifteen years later she was able to quit, and she now has 10 years of sobriety.  She often tells us, if she didn't know we loved her she probably would never have made it.  Our Father in Heaven knows the end from the beginning and we must follow the example of the Savior and trust in Him.  I had to trust the Savior and in His promises in order to get through what I went through during those difficult years.

Second:  When we are faced with trials, we must learn to not complain or murmur.  We must always attempt to correct the problem and overcome the trial, but instead of asking "Why me?" or "What did I do to deserve this?", maybe the question should be "What am I to do?  What can I learn from this experience?  What am I to change?"

Third:  When we face our challenges, we must seek greater help from God. Even the Savior of us all found a need to pray "more earnestly" as He was in the Garden of Gethsemane.  We can gain great faith through prayer.  We must remember that often the answers from our Heavenly Father do not remove the trial from us, rather He helps strengthen us as we pass through the experience.   One of my very favorite parts in the Book of Mormon that has helped me when I became weary of the battle is found in Mosiah 24 when the children of God cried out because their afflictions were great.   Amulon put guards over the people to watch them so that anyone found calling upon God to help them would be put to death.  The account tells us that the people didn't raise their voices to the Lord their God.  Instead they poured out their hearts to God, and He knew the thoughts of their hearts.  And the voice of the Lord came to them in their terrible times, and they heard His voice, telling them to be of good comfort and to lift up their heads for He was mindful of them.  Then came these precious words from God,  "And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions.  And.....the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord." I am certain that this promise applies to us as much in our day, in our adversity, as to those of another generation. 

Fourth:  learn to serve and think of others even in our times of trial.  Christ was the epitome of service.  His life was filled with examples of helping and serving others, and His greatest gift of all was what He did for us.  His Atonement prepared the way that we might live again.  We must follow the Savior's example of service.  Haven't you noticed that when we serve others, we forget our own problems, and by working to relieve the pain or discomfort of others, we strengthen ourselves?  Pres. spencer W. Kimball said, "My life is like a shoe to be worn out in the service of others."  There are many out there who can learn from what we have gone through, and perhaps that is one of the reasons for our having gone through a certain tribulation:  to help someone along their journey.  The Lord will bless us as we render this service to others.

Fifth:  Forgive others and do not seek to pass the blame of our situation to them.  Sometimes we like to say, "If they had not done this, then I would not have reacted the way I did."  There is a tendency for the natural man to pass blame to someone else so as not to be accountable for his or her own actions.  The Savior looked at those who had nailed Him to the cross and pled with His Father in Heaven to "forgive them; for they know not what they do."  Can we not be more forgiving?

Our ultimate goal is to be like Him so that we may dwell in the presence of God throughout all eternity.  And meanwhile, we'll know inner joy and greater peace as we push through the problems of this life.  Let us welcome opportunities to learn and to show greater devotion to His will and the will of the Father.  

One last scripture and blessing that we may find strength in is found in Isaiah 40: 29, 31.  "He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might,  He increaseth strength.....They that wait upon the Lord shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

Now, as we go home let us keep an eternal perspective, let us not complain, let us become even more prayerful, let us serve others, and let us forgive one another.  As we do this, "all things will work together for good to (us) who love God."  

I testify my  brothers and sisters that God lives and loves us, His Son was sent to show us the way.  Jesus Christ died, was resurrected that we might live, and He desires that we might have joy, even in our trials of life.  If we lean on Him, He will carry our burdens or give us the strength to carry them ourselves.  I love my Savior.  I love you brothers and sisters, and pray that our times of trial and tribulation will be learning experiences,  that we may come through them a stronger and better person ready to meet our Maker and dwell with Him and our families throughout eternity. 

In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

Time, talents, and energies

In our case, people really seemed to appreciate our time spent with them.  Many came to the Guayaquil airport late Sunday night to sing "God be with you 'til we meet again".

"To devote your time and abilities in the cause of truth and a suffering people may not be the means of exalting you in the eyes of this generation, or securing you the riches of the world, yet by so doing you may rely on the approval of Jehovah, 'that blessing which maketh rich and addeth no sorrow'" (Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 4:177).

How to address challenges

When I have a calling, responsibility, or priority in my life, I ponder and pray.  That usually results in dreams at night so vivid, that I have to wake up and start typing.  If I don't get up at that moment and record the idea, I lose it.  My wife is does not think that I should wake up at 3, 4, or 5 am, but that inspiration is precious to me.

"God shall give unto you knowledge by his Holy Spirit, yea, by the unspeakable gift of the Holy Ghost, that has not been revealed since the world was unto now." Doctrine & Covenants 121:26

"The Lord will increase our knowledge, wisdom, and capacity to obey when we obey His fundamental laws. This is what the Prophet Joseph Smith meant when he said we could have 'sudden strokes of ideas' which come into our minds as 'pure intelligence' (see Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 151).  This is revelation.  We must learn to rely on the Holy Ghost so we can use it to guide our lives and the lives of those for whom we have responsibility" (The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p. 114).

Service to Others

The bishop and the high priest quorum help us move in.

I have a testimony that focusing your attention on the needs of others is good for you... a remedy for many of your own personal problems.  Try it, you'll like it!

"Only when you lift a burden, God will lift your burden.  Divine paradox this is!  The man who staggers and falls because his burden is too great can lighten that burden by taking on the weight of another's burden.  You get by giving, but your part of giving must be given first" (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 251).

"How God anointed Jesus of Nazereth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him." Acts 10:38

The Abundant Life

Our lives have been enriched by relationships and friendships; therefore, we are rich!

"And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. . . . But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?  So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." Luke 12:15, 20-21

"The abundant life, of course, has little to do with the acquisition of material things, though there are many wonderful individuals who have been blessed materially and who use their wealth to help their fellowmen---and this is most commendable.  The abundant life noted in the scriptures is the spiritual sum that is arrived at by the multiplying of our service to others and by investing our talents in service to God and to man"  (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 352).


Juan Josè Luzuriaga S 
PERSONAS COMO ROY HOWARD SON DIFICIL DE ENCONTRAR, UN POCO COMPLICADO EN VOLVER A VERLO, PERO MUY, MUY FÀCIL DE RECORDARLO...... "LO QUEREMOS MUCHO Y LO EXTRAÑAMOS UN MUNDO"

Martha Ninfa Encalada Torres 
De acuerdo, personas como él son únicas entre las creaciones de Dios. Nunca podremos encontrar otra igual. Es especial y con muchos talentos. Ha sido un placer poder contarme entre sus amigos en Ecuador. No sé cuándo volveré a verlo ni a saber más de él. Pero me siento agradecida con Dios por haberlo conocido y aprendido de todo lo que él es.

Thank you for your letters. I enjoy reading each and everyone of them. Everyone here will love it when you come home. We miss you here with us.

The letters you write tells so much. Of the people and of the love that you can share with them. My Dad was bald, I have brothers that are bald. I wonder if the rubbing on the head happens often. You and all those wonderful people will be in our prays and hearts.

Have a wonderful, good day!

LOVE YOU MUCH,

FRANK AND KATHY COOT

Dear Janeen and Roy,

Your very letter is why Marion and I love and respect you and your family.

Mend quickly, Hugs, and a safe return home. To quote my Dad--and you know this so well, not to mention the magical Carleen-- "God will provide."

Geoffrey

I have been thinking about you lately, but wasn't sure what your current

e-mail address was.  I am sorry to hear about the health issues, but

glad that they are and will be taken care of.  It seems as if you just

left for your mission.  The time passes so fast!  

The Church has such need for older couples serving missions.  I know you

and Roy have made an impact that will be felt for generations on the

Saints in Ecuador.

Our big project goes live on Oct. 1.  I had hoped to work until December

31, 2012, but the job may end next June.  I have already gone to my

bishop and expressed my interest in serving a mission when I retire.  I

hope to serve in the immediate area because of Kim.  She has Multiple

Scerosis (MS), and although she is doing well, that could change

overnight.

Have a safe trip back and let me know how your eye is doing.

Toni

Bless you for serving the Lord the way you have.  Let us know your address when you become settled in your home. Both of you are in our prayers.  We love you two and are looking forward to seeing you again .

May you have a wonderful and safe flight home. 

Richard & Marjorie Wright 

Gracias mil Elder Howard, amo mucho a su familia, tiene una linda esposa . Adoro ese detalle tan maravilloso con mi Noelita Estrella Vera ella hizo la voluntad del Padre, aunque su corazon queria quedarse en esta tierra. Estoy tan conmovida por su gesto queridos hermanos ESPOSOS HOWARD, los amo desde el fondo de mi corazon AUN ME DUELE EL ALMA, LA VIDA, EL CORAZON DE VER A MI NENA TAN BELLA QUE A PESAR DE QUE ESTA CON DIOS, Y SE QUE ESTA SIN DOLORES NI PESARES, la extraño MUUUUUUUUUUUCHIIIIISISIIMO

Lourdes Vera

We are all pioneers

Every move we make is in response to the dictates of the Spirit and to be available for service where the Lord assigns us for the moment.  Our move to Wichita will open new opportunities.  Just as the journey from Nauvoo to Utah shaped our ancestors, so Kansas will provide challenges that refine us.

Kansas

"Let every man use all his influence and property to remove this people to the place where the Lord shall locate a stake of Zion.  And if ye do this with a pure heart, in all faithfulness, ye shall be blessed; you shall be blessed in your flocks, and in your herds, and in your fields, and in your houses, and in your families." Doctrine & Covenants 136:10-11


"Am I an impractical idealist concerning the pioneers?  No.  There were exceptions here and there, but by and large they were a noble and wonderful people who walked in faith, who lived with loyalty, who were industrious, and who worked with integrity.

Shining above all of their principles and ideals was their solemn and wonderful belief in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior and their Redeemer.  They knew Him.  He walked with them on that long march to the Elkhorn, up the Platte, beside the Sweetwater, over the Continental Divide, and down through the dry and desert country to this valley of the Great Salt Lake.  He was their friend.  They offered prayers in His name.  They sang to His glory.  With humble appreciation they spoke of His great atoning sacrifice.  They put their faith in Him"  (The Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, p. 444).

2524 N. Welgate Cir. Wichita, KS 67226

Playful Puppy en Ecuador

Puppy in Ecuador would rather play than watch me work

Travel

31 July leave Guayaquil 11:58pm
1 Aug arrive Atlanta 6:29am
Leave 11:35am
Arrive Wichita 12:50pm

Roy and Janeen Howard

2250 N. Rock Road

Suite 118-127

Wichita, KS 67226

janeen.howard@yahoo.com

2rhoward@att.net

316 854 2224

Skype: rnjhoward

Website: http://www.cantos.org/rnjhoward

Mission Blog: http://rnjhoward.blogspot.com

Fishing Blog: http://fishitah.blogspot.com

YouTube: http://www.youtube/drrhoward

Missionary Medical

7 July 2011
Dear President Rojas,

Missionary Medical... believes the Howards should be issued a medical release and return now from their mission.... Sister Howard's eye situation needs to be examined thoroughly, with medical personnel at their home involved to provide appropriate longer term care for her.  Medical Missionary understands the desire of the Howards to complete the remaining four months of their mission term; however; her sight is more critical than staying in Guayaquil under these adverse circumstances.  Brother Howard's comments about the blessings they have received indicate to us that the Lord fully approves of the service they have given.

Happy Fourth of July

"And for this purpose have I established the Constitution of this land, by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose, and redeemed the land by the shedding of blood." Doctrine & Covenants 101:80

"No nation in the world has a constitution that was given to it by our Heavenly Father except the United States of America.  I wonder if we appreciate that. . . . As one man said to me, 'Why not try what Russia has tried and Germany has tried?'  And my answer to him was, 'Why try something that has already failed?'  Why not hold on to what the Lord has given?'  The Constitution of the United States was written, it is true, by men, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and others who were their associates, but we have in . . . the book of Doctrine and Covenants, a revelation in which the Lord tells us that the Constitution of the United States was prepared by men raised up by him for this very purpose.
"As Latter-day Saints we . . . should cleave to the Constitution of the United States and in doing so, earn the blessings of our Heavenly Father"  (The Teachings of George Albert Smith, p. 171).

Whenever you're in trouble

http://www.donny.com/video/all/whenever_youre_in_trouble


"As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue in my love.  If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love." John 15:9-10

"There is nothing in all the world that is of more value than so to order our lives that those who know us best shall love us; and, above all, the one thing that is of greater value than life itself is to so live that God loves us.  And I can say to you that every man, woman, and child that has lived the gospel of Jesus Christ and continues to do so has the love of God Almighty, our Father in Heaven and of His Son Jesus Christ, our Redeemer"  (Heber J. Grant, Gospel Standards, p. 102).

Surgery:Squamous cell carcinoma

When Roy went to the doctor today they already had the biopsy results (a week early)! He is completely free from cancer!  They got it all.  The plastic surgeon was there too  and they patched up the hole completely with cartilage from behind his ear.  Tomorrow he returns and they will clean it and put another bandage on it.  Roy asked the doctor what she would have charged had he gone to her privatet practice for the procedure today.  She said $2500!  Roy figures we saved about $10,000 by going to this non-profit hospital!  Since we already spent a lot of money on his hand and that infection and then the hospital visit of 4 days, this was quite a blessing for us!  Now if we can just hold on for 4 more months (actually less now!) then we will be fine.  Lots of happy thoughts today!  and lots of love,Janeen

Happy Father's Day

For Father's Day, I composed a hymn that the ward choir sang on Sunday: http://www.cantos.org/music/ecuador/sagrada.html
Un Pueblo Bendito (Canon para 7 voces) 

What does it mean to be a father, or any other kind of leader?  According to the Savior, it means to be of service. Put into p practice this eternal principle by loving and serving your family as your first priority.

The spirit of compassion was demonstrated by Jesus as he reached out to lift others.  Our job is not to preach, but to reach.  What good is our service without love?  As we contemplate how the Savior lived for us, let us love others.

The Savior completed the Atonement alone by taking upon himself all the temptations that Satan has ever used to tempt any of us.  We can repent fully and have peace, when we desire so much to be free of temptation and sin that we believe that Christ can take our burdens, and learn to follow Him.  "Come unto me, all ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

We can bless others by loving and serving them until they turn to the Lord to alleviate their pain.  Jesus suffered the pains of all men. Celebrate Easter by a firm determination to follow Him so you can go where He is.  Reach out to others and you will connect to the saving principles that are the whole purpose of the creation of this earth.

3 Nephi 22:13 all thy children shall be taught of the Lord and great shall be the peace of thy children. 

The Passover supper prepared the people to understand the blood sacrifice of the Lamb of God.  As He fulfilled this law, Jesus instituted the Sacrament as our way to accept His sacrifice, to promise to live the Law of Sacrifice by obeying the commandments, to remember Him always, so that we could always have the Spirit with us.

My Garden in Ecuador

Cate's First Fashion Show

Girls from both the After School Class and Home School Class participated in the Alameda Business Network's fundraiser for Alameda Sports.   The girls out-did themselves and it turned out beautifully.  Check out the photo to see the ladies in their lovely hand made attire. 

http://www.rhythmix.org/

Life is Service, Service is Happiness

Come visit us in Ecuador

"Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day." Alma 37:37 

Los Andes del Ecuador

Concrete highways

Public Art

Beautiful Beaches

Ecuador has all climates, therefore, all fruits all the time

Many homes being constructed

Tall buildings everywhere

Trout in the mountains, and rivers and an ocean with everything else

More photos of Ecuador:

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