New president of Reach Beyond

September 1 marked the first day for the new president of Reach Beyond. Steve Harling. He and his wife Becky (who is also a well-known author and speaker) had been pastoring churches for 36 years.

In October they visited our offices in Quito and Shell. It was great being able to meet them and get to know a little bit more of their heart for missions.

Thinking of others

Our dog is a bit special. Her food dish is normally outside, but that location attracts a lot of birds. There was one day when our dog wasn't hungry and she was enjoying laying down in the sun. Her dish still had food in it and the birds were eating from it, so Marlene placed a small piece of plywood over the dish so the birds couldn't get at the food.

Marlene went back inside and a few minutes later watched Petra get up, walk over to her food dish, knock the plywood cover off and then go lay down again.

Just the other day, we had her food dish inside (so the birds wouldn't eat from it) and we watched Petra enter the house and then exit. Enter and exit. Curious, Marlene watched what she was doing and saw Petra bringing food out of the house in her mouth and then depositing it on the ground below a tree. The only conclusion we could come to was that she was making sure the birds could eat some of the food.


Now that is concern for your neighbours.

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