The World Wide Webbs

That's us! It's a pretty nifty name don't you think....The World Wide Webbs! So who are we?

We are a family of four New Zealanders who followed the Lord's call to serve Him in Guayaquil Ecuador. We left NZ in 1998 with our two boys Caleb (who is now 11) and Isaac (who is 9). We have had many adventures here which I'm sure I will get to tell you about over the next while.

Our first year was dedicated entirely to language learning and cultural assimilation. During this time we were keen to, not only speak Spanish well, but also to establish ongoing relationships with people in the community in which we lived. This we achieved and out of these contacts ministry began. Nigel, my hubby, ran Bible studies with non believers, linked local pastors with a prayer network in NZ and taught theology to Bible students. I worked alongside another missio teaching a health/orientation course to prostitutes in a government health centre. Once the boys turned 5 I also began home schooling them. Our first 4 years here were a time of settling into the Ecuadorian way of life, of building long lasting relationships and of watching to see where God was working and following Him in it.

In 2002 we returned to NZ for our Home Assignment and then returned to Guayaquil in 2003. This time we moved to another part of the city and began working in new areas. Nige became involved in a House church movement in partnership with the IMB missios here (Southern Baptist) and taught theology to new house church leaders. My main focus has been the boys and their schooling but alongside of this I have been the personnel coordinator for the 20 odd SIM missios in Ecuador (actually they themselves are not odd but you know what I mean :-). We have made many new friends and still have contact with our old bunch of buddies so leaving is hard. I hate goodbyes!

So why are we returning to NZ? In short the mission has called us home. Nige has been asked to be the Director for SIM NZ. It is great timing in terms of the kids schooling needs and it is time to be home with family again for a while but it is a huge leap of faith for us. Sometimes we feel quite little in the face of a huge task....to mobilise the NZ church into missions and to see new missios sent into the world. But we are convinced that this is the next step for us as a family and that the Lord has gone before us to prepare the way.

What an adventure awaits us!!!!!

This pici is our new prayer card. I haven't been able to figure out how to upload the other one (we have 2 but I can't decide which one I like the best) so will have to leave that for another day.