Alex, Daynella, Noah and Chloe Rivas; Kevin, Yurubi, Nathanael, and Amy Canelón
The Quito School of Biblical Studies in Ecuador trains Christian men and women to work in ministry. Their two top graduates in 2021 formed a mission team along with their wives (also QSOBS grads) and young sons and moved to Salinas, Ecuador, in June 2022. There, they planted a church known as the Iglesia de Cristo Salinas Beach and are spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ. Both families welcomed infant daughters (not pictured) after moving to Salinas.
Students at QSOBS are trained to be bi-vocational, so the men spend half their time in ministry and the other half supplementing their income with various types of secular work. By 2032, they hope to be self-supporting.
These families don’t travel to the US on furloughs to spend time with us in Wichita, so we plan to send representatives there for a yearly site visit.