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As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord
By Brad LeBlanc, Short-Term Team Leader
My name is Brad LeBlanc. I have been escorting one or two MVI medical mission teams
each year since 2002 when God rocked my world on a Larry Capps medical team and
put me face to face with a decision...who would my God be?
Looking back after leading dozens of teams, I find one thing
in common with each MVI missionary.
All of these modern day heroes can recall with vivid clarity the day a
decision was made about whom they and their household would serve. I am humbled to think of each
missionary electing to give their whole life unselfishly to God's Kingdom,
working full time to meet and minister to people they don't know.
Last November, I escorted a medical team serving with an
incredible servant, Don Wolfram, in southern Ecuador. Don journeyed with us deep into the jungle, beginning with a
difficult 8-hour hike along muddy roads and dense jungle paths. Many impressions were made during the
week but what imprinted on the team was not Don's incredible work in the
jungle, but rather his Bible Seminary where leaders of small tribes were
choosing to come before God, just as they are, learning scripture and
discovering how to minister to the people in their own village.
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Medical Missions Work in Ecuador
By Don Wolfram, Field Coordinator in Ecuador
We (the Wolfram family, Don, Mary, and our children - Zach, Jordan and Jenna) live and
work in Ecuador. God has blessed
our work, and we have witnessed the ministry coming together in ways that only
God could have orchestrated!
Ecuador is divided north and south into three regions:
1-coast, 2-mountains and 3-eastern jungle. Our ministry is mostly in the eastern jungle, but we do
overlap into the mountains and the coast.
The eastern jungle is basically comprised of colonizers and seven native
tribes. The colonizers are
Ecuadorians from outside of this area, who have come to live, settle, farm,
lumber, and operate businesses.
The seven main Indian groups are hunter-gatherer style communities. They are the 1-Shuar, 2-Achuar,
3-Waorani, 4-Kichwa, 5-Andoa, 6-Sapara and 7-Shiwiar.
During our first two or three years in Ecuador, we
concentrated on evangelism and leadership training along the main road into
this eastern jungle region.
Here, evangelism teams were great, as well as construction and medical
teams, as these opened up doors.
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