Your Missionaries to Ecuador

Ernie and Monoka Brown

April 2005

Dear Praying Friends,

            We would like to begin this letter by thanking each of you that have been praying for Ecuador.  The month of April has been a month of many changes here.  We had eight days of political demonstrations, roads being shut down, tear gas, and many more things that transpired between April 13-20.  On April 20^th the President of Ecuador was thrown out of office. He had disbanded the Supreme Court and put in his hand picked men.  The Congress was divided and very unstable. During this time we never were in danger but did have to stay away from certain areas.  Now comes the rebuilding part. The former vice-president of Ecuador is now the new president. Would you pray that God will help stabilize things here and the right people will be installed into offices?

            The Bible Institute in Cangahua went real well.  We were down some as far as students but the spirit was great and the students were looking forward to studying God’s word.  Each professor was ready to teach and did a great job.  We are praying that we will be able to use the camp for the next set of classes.  We have about 40 people from the churches that will be coming down in May for a work day at the camp to help clear the road and clean up after a year of rain and even some land slides.

            We were thrilled to see 7 baptized at Iglesia Bautista Independiente la Victoria.  For some of these it is a big step of faith.  They come from a strong Catholic background and will be given a hard time by their families.  Would you pray that the Lord will bless them for their faithfulness?

            One of the national missionaries who has a work 18 hours from where we are, has asked if I could come down and help with the baptismal service of 10 new brothers and sisters in Christ.  At this time we are in the planning stage as to when we will go.  Also we have been asked to go to the mission in Cangahua.  It will be great to see the brothers again and to see how the Lord is blessing there.  This is a small work but people are being saved and we pray one day in the future we will see this mission organized into a church.  The ordination of Bro. Pedro Lincango was a blessing and now the Misión Bíblica Bautista de San José Alto is an organized church.  We are thrilled to see this come to pass because it was the first mission we were a part of helping to organize.  

Received for Jan. _________________                           Yours for Souls,

Received for Feb. _________________                            

Received for March _______________                            Ernie and Monoka Brown

Field Address:                                               Office and Home Address:                                                   Sending Church:        
Ernie and Monoka Brown                             World Baptist Fellowship Mission Agency                          Massillon Baptist Temple        
Casilla 17-11-4789                                       P.O. Box 13459                                                                 1219 Overlook SW
Quito Ecuador  SA                                        Arlington, Texas 76094-0459                                            Massillon, Ohio 44646
Phone: 01159322395607                            Phone: 817-274-7161                                                         Phone: 330-832-5003
Email: Ebrownmonoka@aol.com