Our first ministry location!

Below is a blog post about our first ministry location written by my teammate, Kylie. My parents and I will leave Cleveland on January 7th and head to Hershey, PA for a night.  I will be able to see a family I used to nanny for and get to meet up with some of my friends from Hershey. Then on the morning of January 8th, we will drive to Washington D.C. where I will meet up with the rest of my team and squad for launch. We will have a few days of training in Washington D.C. and then fly from D.C. to our first country: Ecuador!
 

 

Our first destination has been disclosed to our team! Team Favoured will be travelling to Latacunga, Ecuador to help at Hogar Para sus Ninos (For His Children)! It is an orphanage of 23 children!!! I am so excited for this and can barely contain myself!!!

 

Mark 9:37

“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”



Here is a brief history on the organization for anyone interested:



Clark and Melinda Vaughn and their two young children, Phillip and Lesley, were living in Mammoth Lakes, CA, when they decided to accompany fellow members of Church on the Mountain in Crowley Lake on a two-week mission team trip to Ecuador in 1988. While in Quito, the Vaughn’s were impressed with a spiritual calling from God to move to Ecuador to “love His people.” Two years later, the Vaughn’s had sold their home and Clark’s law practice, packed up eight large suitcases and had purchased four one-way tickets to Quito, Ecuador.

The Vaughn’s first became a foster family for children needing specialized care from other institutions in Quito. They opened their arms to premature infants and malnourished and neglected children. FHC and the Vaughn family soon became known for their willingness to care for children with moderate to severe special physical and/or cognitive needs. An important part of the ministry still, today over one-third of the children at FHC have moderate to severe special needs. The majority of the children admitted to FHC have been abandoned.

 

 

I am so excited for what God is going to be doing in us and through us at Hogar Para sus Ninos, To me this feels like the most perfect first destination for Team Favoured to serve at. I look forward to being able to love and hug and hold and feed and play with all of the beautiful children that we will be helping to care for.