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Fernando & Vale Jimenez
Read the latest news about how God is using this precious family...
Team Omaha 2025
Team Omaha built a house for a single mom and her daughter. The team also helped improve another family’s dwelling and served in other ways, too. Team Omaha has now built 19 houses for families in Ecuador. We have returned home safely, and I wanted to extend my heartfelt thanks for your support and prayers...
RUN FOR A CAUSE
Two teens in Indiana had the joy of experiencing the power of fundraising to help others. After learning of the water crisis and ongoing drought in Ecuador, the two boys decided to raise money for water cisterns by running a half marathon (13.1 miles)! The work for the cisterns is being completed and will be...
Student’s self-esteem and confidence…..
Many Families in Pacoche, Ecuador face the challenge of providing basic school supplies for their children. Studies show that children having school supplies can improve grades, creativity, attitudes towards learning, and self-esteem. Pastor Fabian and Graciela recently shared that they were able to provide bags full of school supplies to many children in Pacoche. The...
Water changing families lives…..
Have you ever had a water problem that led to your house being without water for a long time? If so, you know how frustrating and trying it can be. If you want to experience it, turn your main water valve off for at least 24 hours. You will quickly experience what a lot of...
Dreams and Future
In 2017 several young people in the community of Pacoche, Ecuador were asked what they wanted to be after high school. Their responses were, Phycologist, Auto Mechanic, Song Writer, Business owner, System Engineer, Elementary School Teacher, Professional Soccer Player, and Lawyer. All of these goals seem like dreams, why, Pacoche is a tiny fishing village...
Limaico Family
Their lives are a reflection of true perseverance daily. The three girls live together with their parents in a small house as caretakers in a greenhouse. Not having their own house, they live renting a small place that is financially affordable even though it does not have all the basic conditions. Their father works in...
River Oak Grace Community Church
A team from the River Oak Grace Community Church made their first trip to serve with Iglesia Casa de Dios. Our Friends Doug and Sandy made the connection between this church and Casa de Dios. The team spent time putting on VBS programs in four different communities. These are the communities where Casa de Dios...
We want to introduce Wilson and Rosita to you
They have joined the Cambiarte team as volunteers with the After School program in San Carlos. They both bring some excellent talents and skills to the program. Wilson’s mathematics skills and love for the children have already made a difference. Andy, one of the Cambiarte children was struggling in his math class. The teachers said...
A House for a Family
This family walks one and a half hours one way to church on Sundays and they are some of the first to arrive. Yoland and her daughter Elizabeth are single moms who until July shared the room in the picture below. Then, Team Omaha came again this year to build a house for them. This...
Wow…$10,000 (+) Fundraiser in Ecuador and Indy!! What a blessing…
If you were out and about on Saturday morning (November 28th) and were logged on to Cambiarte Facebook Live you would have seen four crazy people doing a combination of jumping rope, sit-ups, pushups, Hoola hoop “dancing”, and jumping on the trampoline. It was a tremendous effort of Lindsey Baumer, Liam Baumer, and Cohen Baumer...
Emergency Surgery made possible through your giving!!
For those of you who give on a regular basis to Cambiarte or have made a one-time donation and wonder sometimes where your money goes..note this story. Below is a picture of a baby that Casa De Dios/Cambiarte was able to help a Mom pay for an emergency C-section. Without the funds to pay the...
Baptism…in the Ocean!!
Six young adults from the Casa de Dios church in Pacoche were baptized in the ocean by Pastor Fabian and Paul Fernane a couple of weeks ago. It was a great event and even more so because it is so hard in Pacoche and surrounding communities for these people to step out and be baptized...
Follow Up: Pacoche “So you think you have it rough?”
Pastor Fabian continues to preach and tell the story of Jesus to his neighbors at night but has added words of the songs they are singing to a screen so that people can sing along. Great lesson in improvising!...
Update Pacoche… God is working!
God is working in Pacoche. Pastor Fabian has put up speakers in front of the house during the evening hours and is sharing God’s word to the people in the neighborhood. The people are coming out and listening in the street and clapping along with the music. What a great opportunity because of a bad...
Food Bag Delivery-Quito Style..
Below are pictures of Pastor Jose and Teresa distributing food bags to over 60 families in their church. They were able to do this with monies donated by some very good church friends in Pennsylvania. Due to the COVID-19 virus many of the bread winners in these families are out of work and these food...
COVID -19 Update – Pacoche
As the COVID-19 has impacted many parts of the world, it is impacting the people in Ecuador as well. It has limited the ability of a lot of people to work and acquire food for their families. Enter the Casa de Dios team of Pastor Fabian, Graciela, Paul, Susan and their band of helpers. They...
Sisters in Christ without borders!!!
In February, God has orchestrated a church in Omaha to purchase handmade crosses from the ladies in Ecuador. One of the leaders from Christ Community Church in Omaha had received a handmade cross as a gift a few years ago. She was in charge of creating gift bags for the 1,500 women attending the Women’s...
Andy and Justin’s Story
Imagine yourself as a first grader, the eldest of three boys in your family. Your single mother leaves every morning before the sun comes up to work a job that makes too little, leaving you hungry at the end of each day. After mom leaves each morning, you are supposed to get your little brother...
Yarely’s Story
Casa de Dios is a church in Pacoche, Ecuador. When some people think of church, they imagine a building where people gather once or twice a week. While that is certainly true in Pacoche, the church is so much more than that. There are outreach ministries happening in the community, as well as neighboring communities...
Calvary Baptist Church – Pottstown, PA
Have you ever wondered if you should join a short-term mission team? Has your pastor encouraged the congregation but you always dismissed it for one reason or another? If you are reading this, consider yourself invited and encouraged once again. After serving with dozens of short-term mission teams, hearing testimonies of how God called each...
Lida’s Story
In Mark 11:24 Jesus instructs, “When you pray and you ask for something, believe that you have received it and you will be given what you asked for.” Again in Mark 9:29 He says “Because of your faith, it will happen.” Notice the sequence of events. Faith first, fulfillment second. Rick Warren commented on this...
Internet Comes to Pacoche
Most of us would agree that a screen time Sabbath, a weekend away to unplug, or a social media sabbatical are all good for the soul. However, when we aren’t going offline on our own terms and we experience an unexpected loss of connection, our smart phones are glitching, or our download speed isn’t meeting...
Team Omaha
Light of the WORLD – Quito Ecuador “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.In the same way, let...
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