Introduction

Welcome!

For His Children (FHC) is a Christian ministry to children in Ecuador. Founded in 1990 by Clark and Melinda Vaughn and their children, Phillip and Lesley when they followed God's call to move from California to "love His children".

FHC aims to do exactly that - providing a home for these abandoned children where they can experience God's love and care, until they can be reunited with their birth family, or placed with an adoptive family.

I visited and volunteered at FHC during the summer of 2008-09 and have returned in obedience to this calling God has placed in my heart.

Thank you for visiting my blogpage.

~ Joe

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Falling ill

It's Christmas Eve in Ecuador (Christmas day in Australia), and I have fallen ill. Maybe it's the long hours at the orphanage during the day, and the computer at night, the temperature and climate (it's wet season at the moment), or not enough sleep – staying at the Group House – I awaken to the sound of the special needs children crying or wailing. The phone or intercom will ring twice before I properly wake up after 7.30am.

After a week and a half in Quito, I will spend the next 3 weeks volunteering at FHC-Latacunga (newly named “Casa Bourdeau”). I'm excited by the change of scenery and what awaits me there, having mainly been in Quito on both my visits to Ecuador.

I'm going to the toilet and drinking heaps of water, because that's what you do when you're sick (and write journal articles for your blog page, of course). I've got two books on the go at the moment, “Have a Little Faith” by Mitch Albom, and a book about George MΓΌller, which someone from St Stephens, Surrey Hills kindly gave me. Both are quite suitable for where I'm at, at the moment.

I'm looking forward to staying at the two-storey Colombian mansion that is FHC-Latacunga.
Stay tuned for the next update...
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