Sunday, September 09, 2007

 

Good Bye to a Wonderful Couple


It was a sad day in the middle of August when Martin & Lorena Valdivieso announced that they were leaving their work as houseparents at the Hacienda of Hope. Martin and Lorena came to work as houseparents in January of 2004. We were renting an apartment in Tabacundo at that time and Martin & Lorena made it into a home for the 10 children given to their charge. Since that time, they became the first houseparents to occupy the first house built on the HoH campus. Their help in creating a loving home was filled with hard times, good times, sad times and happy times. They gave countless hours of themselves in God's service to the children of HoH. They were present to start the new congregation and school on our site. They cooked countless meals and doctored colds and cuts, scrapes and bruises. They helped to plant trees, flowers, vegetables and move bricks, wash windows, mop floors and welcomed hundreds of visitors along with other team members in this great project. Our past has been shaped in part by their labor with us and we will miss them in the future. They are presently considering a church planting team position with a mission team in another city while taking some time off and visiting with family in Rio Bamba. We pray for God's blessings on Martin, Lorena, Darwin, and Santiago. (Posted for Jerry Snyder)

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