ADOPT-A-MISSIONARY

Help needed! We have 21 missionaries we are hoping to provide mission clothes for. 3 have been "adopted"-- (meaning a family or ward or group has committed to collect just the specific needs of that missionary.) There are donations trickling in... but there's a lot of clothing we still need if we are going to pull this off. Last time Mr Mac would sell clothing for this at their missionary discount. New and gently used clothing, shoes and belts -- all in small/medium sizes will be a blessing for these young Ecuadorians. There are many ways to donate to this. Heather (801)726-5698, feel free to call/text with any questions. 😊

ADD-ON SERVICE PROJECT OPPORTUNITY

We have an add-on service project that needs volunteers at the OSSO orphanage in Cuenca (3.5 hrs away from Guayaquil). We are unable to facilitate it during the service days (Mon, June 26-Th, June 29), but if there's enough interest we can help organize a bus ($8 pp each way) either before the Saturday temple day on June 22nd or 23rd or after on Fri, June 30th.

PROJECT:
•Building a small wood gazebo canopy and installing a playground at the OSSO orphanage.
 NEED:
•Level the area, dig holes for the new equipment setting, pour cement, construct the swing and put together the equipment.
•Help transporting playground equipment down to Ecuador. Could be a dozen or so parts.

Please email Daphne daphnenblanchard@gmail.com if you have an interest in helping with this project. In your reply, indicate whether the days before or after are better for you. We need a reply asap to see if we can commit to help with this project or not.

Kent Jorgensen who lives in Cuenca is overseeing this project. I can put you in touch with him if you have any questions or need clarification.

Saludos,
Daphne

EFY: Ecuador for Youth

Half our trip participants are youth! We will be organizing the kids 14-17 into 4 groups that will rotate through four different service projects at 3 different sites. They will have an EFY counselor to make sure they are safe, put to work, and having fun. Hopefully this has been explained to you, but if this is news to you and you would like more info please message Wendy Smith,Candece Hadley Daphne, or Abe. EFY was a huge success last year thanks to our energetic counselors and leaders. We are so lucky to have Wendy and Candece leading the effort again! And we're really excited to welcome our new counselors!