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Haha, thank you for that Cindy.

And we ask everyone to if you know someone who's hurting and these folks at send you mentioned come around then show love, most of the concerns are are on media social media somewhere.

You can get the information there and I pray for them cuz they need our prayers.

They need to be lifted up while we have a special treat for you today.

Pastor, Jeff Duvall.

He's our missionary to Ecuador.

I'm correct about that.

All right, he's going to come.

We're going to have a word of prayer and let's pray.

Father.

We do want to lift you up.

Thank you, Lord, you are always there for every need that.

We have.

We pray for those who are hurting those who have lost loved ones, those who are not feeling.

Well today.

We lift them up to you.

Help us father as a church.

Come together to pray for them to lift them up to show love.

Thank you for Pastor Jeff.

Who's come all the way from Ecuador.

I'll be with him, fill them with your spirit.

Give him words.

We ask these things in Jesus name.

Amen.

Thank you to ask chapter 1. Please Acts chapter 1 in a couple of minutes.

We're going to get there, but I want to just take an opportunity to share with you a little bit about your ministry in Ecuador and the Privileges that we do have of serving the lord, Jesus Christ representing.

You the extension of a local church in a foreign country.

What a great blessing it is, to be able to do that.

I need your help this morning.

First.

I need you to let me know monkey or llama on the count of three just called out ready?

One, two, three.

Okay, I heard Lamas.

We're going to go with Lima.

I don't have a clicker to advance the slides this morning.

So this is going to be my helper and when I start wiggling the Llama then we're going to go on to the next slide, but I did have a monkey here just in case and so you're helping preach this message this morning, but we want to thank you for your ministry.

And I realized I'm excited to be here today.

I left the house and Amsterdam New York where my son is a pastor at 7 this morning.

He was up in his office doing some final prep for the day and I turned on the radio.

And I heard let me tell you about my Jesus.

The song is on.

I never heard that before and it just excited me.

And it literally just kick-started me for the rest of the day.

And I was singing that, I mean, I even called him and I sang it over the phone, which was not pretty.

But I just make a Joyful Noise and he was real.

Joyful when I hung up, I'm sure.

But it is great to be here with you and to share with you.

What Jesus Christ is doing in the country of Ecuador through your ministry.

They are.

Wife and I have been serving the lord together for 31 years.

She is not with me today, as many of, you know, she struggles with migraine headaches and so she is in Amsterdam.

We moved out of the altitude in Quito 9500 ft into the coastal area and that's helped her quite a bit.

But she still does when there's weather changes and things like that.

It really messes her up, but our family is expanding and growing.

Hey, John.

Thanks, man.

I'll write when I get Scott here plugged into guess.

I didn't see the llama and I just want to make sure that we get it up there and and going.

But we're going to take a look at our family is growing and our family has no.

I'm just getting will stay on the family for just a minute, but that she is more than just a helpmeet.

She is my right and my left lung.

I can't do anything to in Ministry, in life, without her, we serve together.

And it has just been a huge blessing of the last 31 years to see how God has used us together.

On the left side is Lucas our youngest and he's going to be Mary and Julie up next to him in June of this next year.

So we're excited for what God is doing in their life.

He is a teacher in a Christian School, teaches Spanish down in Lynchburg, Virginia right now.

They are looking at a mission field.

She speaks and teaches French at a public school.

And so I'm kind of pushing towards the Spanish side.

And so we're going to see what God does in their hearts and their lives eventually.

But several years ago.

Getting ready to go to Word of Life, to the Family Campground.

You, and my kids to go with you.

I think I was back in 2008 when my wife, and I had to go for some training at the mission and Lucas.

He was 9 years old, baby and he prayed, literally this.

He said, Lord, during this week.

I please pray that we don't lose support from Hoosick.

But I mean, I don't know how bad he was planning on being.

But praise the Lord, that didn't happen.

In the partnership has continued and we teased him about that.

Your pastor was a huge blessing to him because when we went out to lunch after the first time we've been here with you and serving in missions.

They put Luke is right next to him.

And of course his parents sitting on the other side of the table, we are a little bit nervous and eight year old and sitting next to the pastor and he ordered a pizza.

Pastor Clyde took part of his meat and cut it and gave it to Lucas.

His pizza came out pretty little and then he got him a milkshake and that kid was broken ever since.

I mean, it was just an absolute mess.

It was during that time, that Lucas realize that pastors are pretty cool people.

They care about people and so anytime would go into a church after that, we come out and he'd be in the car.

We're getting ready to leave and go home.

And he said, well I made another one, I said you made another one.

He said, I made another pastor friend in so that is a great memory that we have of your pastor here and a great blessing that he has been to in our family over the last several years.

Next to me behind me.

There is my daughter Bethany.

She served in Peru for a couple of years, but she's back here in New York State trying to figure out what God's Next plan is for her.

And then there is the reason we came to the states is John and Amanda.

Amanda our third child.

She got got married in December to John, they live in Jacksonville, Florida and we don't call him son-in-law.

We don't call the sun in love.

It's just fun because I think that's just a whole lot easier.

And then when I get older and have to remember what the actual relationship is, he just part of the family, but we're just praising the Lord for what gods?