Missionary Prayer Letter- October 2009

OUR FAMILY

Our adopted daughter Michelle turned 16 on October 27. She is growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord. She and Geneis are taking a special class on baptism that will be followed by a baptism service on December 6 in our home church. Praise to the Lord for that! My father Joaquin was with us for one week because he is very sick. He is 92 years old, has been using a pacemaker for ten years, and now has a problem with the circulation in his legs. His condition it’s very critical.

OUR MINISTRY

• Joselito continues preaching on the basics of Baptist doctrine in our home church.
• We have had several board meetings in our home church to reorganize the ministry. Joselito is leading this process.
• Joselito continues writing the exposition of Luke for the New Hispanic World Study Bible for SBPH in El Paso, Texas.
• We celebrated the first anniversary of our mission in Calderon, which is north of Quito. We continue to be very excited for all the Lord is doing in this area of our ministry.
• Joselito taught at the monthly couples conference at our church. His topic was on marriage and sexuality.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Joselito taught an intensive course on Biblical Hermeneutics at the Quito campus of the Ecuadorian Baptist Theological Seminary.
• We attended a special missions conference organized by HCJB Global Hands. It is a new and interesting resource for Latin Americans missionaries.
• We had a meeting with the sales representative from the Spanish Baptist Publishing House to determine how we might be able to use more of their materials for our ministry (church, pastoral training, seminary).

OUR PRAYER REQUESTS & NEEDS

• Pray for Joselito’s father, Joaquin.
• Pray for Joselito to be able to begin his dental treatment.
• Please continue praying for our budget and refer potential donors to us if you are able.
• Pray Joselito’s work for Spanish Baptist Publishing House (SBPH)

With love in Christ, Joselito & Anita Orellana (Galatians 2:20)

We are missionaries with Palm Missionary Ministries. If you want to support us financially, please contact our Financial Manager with Palm for details on how to contribute to our ministry: Bill Quesenberry, at bquesenb@earthlink.net Phone, 305-6650903 Fax, 305- 6650859. Postal address: 1315 Campo Sano Avenue Coral Gables, FL 33146-1165

Photos

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OUR FAMILY

Our daughters are back in class, which is great because this gives us an opportunity to focus more on our work. We stay busy with ministry during this time. We are suffering as a result of our very low budget. Please pray for us to get more donors for our ministry and family.

OUR MINISTRY

• We had a special national meeting for academic accreditation for the program for Baptist pastors. Joselito, as rector of the seminary, led and taught for the meeting. We had approximately 300 people who attended the meeting held at Chacauco Baptist Camp. This national meeting was called for by the Ecuadorian Baptist Convention and provided academic support for the Ecuadorian Baptist Theological Seminary.
• We had a special business meeting in our home church to finish the legal documents for the government. It was very long and exhausting meeting, but was necessary.
• Joselito continued preaching in our home church on the biblical and theological principles of Baptist doctrine. He also taught on biblical submission in marriage for the monthly conference for Christian couples in our church.
• Joselito continues writing the exposition on Luke for the New Hispanic World Study Bible SBPH. He has completed Matthew- Praise the Lord!
  

MISCELLANEOUS

• We are providing pastoral counseling for a few families from other Baptist churches who have significant family problems.
• Joselito taught an intensive course on Biblical Hermeneutics at The Ecuadorian Baptist Theological Seminary on the Quito campus.
  

OUR PRAYER REQUESTS & NEEDS

• Continue praying for Anita’s mother who has brain cancer as well as our sister in law Becky who has kidney failure and is on dialysis three times a week.
• Joselito needs to begin his dental treatment.
• Please continue praying for our budget and help us find additional donors.
• Pray for Joselito’s work with the Spanish Baptist Publishing House (SBPH)
  

With love in Christ, Joselito & Anita Orellana (Galatians 2:20)

We are missionaries with Palm Missionary Ministries. If you want to support us financially, please contact our Financial Manager with Palm for details on how to contribute to our ministry: Bill Quesenberry, at bquesenb@earthlink.net Phone, 305-6650903 Fax, 305- 6650859. Postal address: 1315 Campo Sano Avenue Coral Gables, FL 33146-1165

Photos- August 2009

VBS in our home church

VBS Praise and Worship Time

Celebrating graduation

The July 2009 class in Cañar

Enjoying the last day of VBS

School of Ministry Graduation, 2009

A special gift for us

Missionary Prayer Letter- August 2009

OUR FAMILY

August was the end of my daughter’s summer vacation, which they enjoyed very much. They return to school in September. Anita is much better now, as her mother’s medical condition is more stable. Joselito is a bit tired and concerned about many ministry issues- please pray for him!

OUR MINISTRY

• Joselito continues preaching in our home church on the biblical nature of stewardship. He also taught the monthly conference for couples in our home church, focusing on The Family of Jesus.
• We held Vacation Bible School in our home church. It was both an encouraging time and a difficult one, as it was so busy. Every day we had to complete many tasks: leading, teaching, leading worship, driving and bringing our mission kids, etc. We had 70 children participate and ended with a special service with all the families, many who were not Christians.
• Joselito finished the full revision of our legal documents for our home church. This is very important for the government now.
• We continue working in our new Baptist mission. We are now praying and looking for ministry support from our home church, because it’s very hard for us.

MISCELLANEOUS

• We had special mission trip to visit our Baptist church in Alluriquín. Joselito pastured this church for eleven years many years ago. They had requested we come and help because they needed our pastoral support for few problems. While there, we visited our family there, especially Joselito’s father who turned 92 on August 21, and his sister in law Becky, because she is very sick.
• We are also providing pastoral counseling to a few families from other baptist churches.

OUR PRAYER REQUESTS & NEEDS

• Continue praying for Anita’s mother who has brain cancer, as well as Joselito’s sister-in-law Becky who is suffering from Kidney failure and is on dialysis.
• Joselito needs to begin his dental treatment.
• Please continue praying for our budget, and help us get new donors.
• Pray for Joselito’s work with the Spanish Baptist Publishing House (SBPH)

With love in Christ, Joselito & Anita Orellana (Galatians 2:20)

We are missionaries with Palm Missionary Ministries. If you want to support us financially, please contact our Financial Manager with Palm for details on how to contribute to our ministry: Bill Quesenberry, at bquesenb@earthlink.net Phone, 305-6650903 Fax, 305- 6650859. Postal address: 1315 Campo Sano Avenue Coral Gables, FL 33146-1165

Missionary Prayer Letter- July 2009

OUR FAMILY

Our daughters are enjoying their summer vacation that runs from July until September. Anita went to Guayaquil for three weeks to stay with her mother who is very sick in the hospital. Her medical prognosis is very bad, but we are continuing to pray to our God who is able to heal.

OUR MINISTRY

• The senior pastor of our home church resigned, so Joselito is taking on a lot of his work (preaching, meetings, counseling, conferences, etc). Joselito preached two sermons in our home church this month. He focused on the biblical foundation of stewardship. Joselito also taught the monthly conference for the couples in our home church.
• We are working very hard (as a ministry board) to complete the new legal documents for the government as their requests are changing rapidly.
• We had a special graduation ceremony for our School of Ministry in Tambo-Cañar (an indigenous province). Five indigenous students graduated. During the same week as the graduation, Joselito taught the next intensive course in that program, focusing on church administration.
• We are continuing to teach Bible study every Thursday at our new Baptist mission. We also hold a Bible club for children each Saturday. The mission is growing marvelously!
• We finished our ministry with Candelaria Baptist Church this month, as we need to concentrate on our many other ministries.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Joselito was invited by the Spanish Baptist Publishing House (based in Texas in the USA) to write the commentary of Matthew and Luke in the New Study Bible-Hispanic World. He has begun working on this task and needs to be finished by September. Pray for this wonderful task and opportunity.
• We attended an extraordinary national meeting of the Ecuadorian Baptist Convention. The purpose was to complete many legal documents in front of the Ecuadorian Government. Pray for our country, because the legal request for churches, seminaries, and other Christian organizations are changing very quickly.

OUR PRAYER REQUESTS & NEEDS

• For Anita mother who is very sick. She has cerebral cancer .
• Joselito needs to have some dental work completed. Pray for money for that.
• Please continue praying for our budget and help us find new donors.
• Pray for Joselito’s new work with the Spanish Baptist Publishing House.
  

With love in Christ, Joselito & Anita Orellana (Galatians 2:20)

If you want to support us financially, please contact our Financial Manager: Bill Quesenberry, at bquesenb@earthlink.net Phone, 305-6650903 Fax, 305- 6650859. Postal address: 1315 Campo Sano Avenue Coral Gables, FL 33146-1165

June 2009 Photos

Missionary Prayer Letter- June 2009

OUR FAMILY

Anita and Genesis took a trip to the Galapagos Islands. This trip was a special gift for Genesis for completing elementary school, as well as for Anita for completing her master’s degree. Also, Bethlehem graduated from pre-Kindergarten and was very excited.
We received sad news this month as Joselito's sister in law, Becky, was diagnosed with chronic renal insufficiency. She is now taking dialysis and will eventually need a kidney transplant. Also this month, Anita's mother was diagnosed with brain cancer. She is now completing physical and occupational therapy.

OUR MINISTRY

• Joselito taught an intensive course on the Introduction of Theology at the Ecuadorian Baptist Theological Seminary. We are progressivenly expanding the scope of this ministry.
• Joselito preached three sermons about Biblical Stewardship at our home church.
• Anita continues visiting the women’s prison each Wednesday and teaches the Bible there.
• We are teaching the New Testament at the new Baptist mission every Thursday night using the New Testament in audio (Quichua and Spanish). We also had a baby shower for some members, as well as holding an additional organizational meeting in our home.
• We have continued to have several meetings with the ministry board of our home church as Joselito helps them transition to a more biblical governing structure.
  Joselito also taught a special parenting conference at our home church.

MISCELLANEOUS

• We went to Santo Domingo (90 miles from Quito) to vote.
• Anita went to the Guayaquil to visit her mother during her hospitalization for brain cancer.
• We hosted our partner and ministry mentor, Dr. David Sills, to plan future theological education projects.

OUR PRAYER REQUESTS & NEEDS

• For the Anita’s mother as she is very sick.
• For Michelle as she needs to take a very long dental treatment and it’s very expensive. She started this process. Joselito also needs to start his dental treatment. Pray for support for that.
• Please continue praying for our budget, and help us to find new donors. We are suffering without a way to provide for important needs.
• For property for the new Baptist church that we are growing in Calderon, north of Quito.

With love in Christ, Joselito & Anita Orellana (Galatians 2:20)

If you want to support us economically, please contact our Financial Manager : Bill Quesenberry, bquesenb@earthlink.net Phone, 305-6650903 Fax, 305- 6650859.

1315 Campo Sano Avenue Coral Gables, FL 33146-1165

Missionary Prayer Letter- May 2009

OUR FAMILY

Anita graduated on May 8. She now holds a Master in Christian Counseling, which we pray will be a wonderful tool for the Kingdom of God. We are all doing well. Genesis is doing much better as she continues dental treatment. We are very excited as we have had 5100 visitors to our blog. Praise the Lord Jesus for this! We have received messages from countries around of the world encouraging us and asking for permission to use Joselito’s documents available for download on the blog (sermons, conferences, courses, etc…).

OUR MINISTRY

• Joselito preached three sermons in our home church this month focusing on stewardship. He also taught on the biblical role of fathers to the parents in our home church.
• Anita taught her monthly class to the couples in our church, focusing on developing Christian character and discipline.
• We are teaching through the New Testament at the Baptist Mission each Thursday evening. We are utilizing the audio of the New Testament in both Quichua and Spanish to reach as many people as possible.
• We had several significant meetings with the Board of our home church as we are in the process of adopting a new, more biblical, ecclesiological structure. Joselito is working very hard to steward and shepherd this process.
• We held an intensive theological training course for the School of Ministry, this time held in Tambo-Cañar province. Thirty indigenous leaders attended the Survey of the New Testament class that Joselito taught. The class concluded with the whole group participating in a mission trip to the indigenous community of Santa Isabel.
• After the class concluded, Joselito went to Guayaquil for meetings with the Board of the Baptist Seminary.

MISCELLANEOUS

• We met with the leaders of Global Outreach International to get to know the work and ministry of this organization.
• Joselito taught two missions conferences on growing and planting churches at Candelaria Baptist Church. He has also continued teaching Survey of the Bible each Wednesday.
• We went to Santo Domingo (90 miles from Quito) to teach a for the Regional Baptist Association. Anita taught on biblical sexuality and Joselito spoke on Hermeneutics, Homiletics, and Pastoral topics.

OUR PRAYER REQUESTS & NEEDS

• For Michelle because she needs a very extensive dental treatment that will be very expensive
• Scholarship for the Doctor of Ministry Program for Joselito. We urgently need $2500 for this program.
• Please continue praying for our budget and help us to find new donors. We are suffering with some crucial needs!
• For property for the building for the new Baptist church that we are growing in Calderon, north of Quito.

With love in Christ, Joselito & Anita Orellana (Galatians 2:20)

If you want to support us financially, please contact our Financial Manager: Bill Quesenberry, at bquesenb@earthlink.net Phone, 305-6650903 Fax, 305- 6650859. Postal address: 1315 Campo Sano Avenue Coral Gables, FL 33146-1165