Thank you all for your encouraging words this week- it was great to hear from many of you!

We have had another crazy week at Montanita Verde! The beginning of the week started off rather quiet and uneventful- which Will and Amanda were grateful for. I started working on the mural with Will's sister who is visiting. Will went to visit Jacqueline who was still in the "observation" area of the hospital and seemed to be heavily sedated. Thursday we returned to the orphanage after running errands in Manta and came home to a mess- where Jose (one of the kids) acted in rage, broke some windows and held glass up to the other kids throats. Therefore, they pulled Jose out of the house and have been keeping him separate, while they are trying to figure out what to do. Unfortunately, the Eason's keep running into roadblocks in a country that offers little to no services to people with mental or behavioral issues. On top of the stress of dealing with Jose, the hospital where Jacqueline was staying (three hours away) called and told the Eason's they had to pick her up by the end of the day or they would put her on the street. When Will and crew arrived to pick her up, she was not better, but the hospital basically doesn't have the room or government funding to keep up with all of the patients. They ended up driving ten plus hours through the night to Quito to take her to a facility. However the cost are high ($1'000/month) and not something that can be a long term option.

Please pray for Jose, Jacqueline and the Eason's. Many tears have been shed this week and the Eason's are trying to stay hopeful but have been feeling like they are in the midst of a storm they are not sure they can bear. They have prayed and mentioned they are surrenderd to whatever God wants for this orphanage, even if it means shutting it down. I have been praying that God will give them wisdom, clarity, peace and the confidence to do the work he has set before them to do and the rest to trust that he will work it out for their good and his glory.

I'm heading into my last full week at Montanita Verde, as I have a friend (Angie) arriving from Austin next weekend and we will spend half a week here and then head to Quito for the final couple days.

If you would like to help with supporting Jacqueline with a one time donation, to help towards here month stay in Quito, here is a link where you can do so: http://incalink.org/ministries/montanita-verde/. Please shoot me an email if you do, so I can let the Eason's know and they can designated the funds toward her care.

Thank you all for your continued prayers! Keep them coming, as they are needed and felt:) Below are some random pictures from the orphanage, the next town over, San Lorenzo, and the beginning stages of the mural!

Much love!
Erin