“Blessed Beyond Measure!”
By Al Gaines

Our One Mission Society host missionary for the week was Darryl Chambers. He had our week set up and introduced us to Pastor Ivan and his family. They were excited to have us at their church and they poured their love into our hearts.


We broke up into three nervous teams with our interpreters Franklin, Andrea, and Darryl. Several church people led the way, and the six fair-skinned servants from the far north knocked on doors.
Wow, what a morning! We only had two hours to evangelize, and 21 people said they wanted to surrender their lives to Jesus. Countless others will be in church for the first time to learn more about Jesus. When we all returned to the church, the excitement was loud and contagious.
A gentleman that we thought was from the church, but wasn’t, helped for a few days. After Mark shared with him, he trusted what Mark said because he said he had watched the team serve during the week. He wanted the kind of love we showed the church. This man will be one of the new attendees at the church.
Our prayer for the week was to be flexible, serve the Lord, and encourage the church with the love of Jesus. Our prayers were answered. I feel we received more love than we gave the church. We were blessed beyond measure!
Are you ready to join a Men for Missions trip and write your own story? There are a lot of churches in need of work/evangelism teams in Manta, Ecuador! All you have to do is say, “Send me!”