What Does our Garbage have to do with Ecuador?

On our first trip to Ecuador our team was introduced to a ministry site at the Quito city dump.  Here people would rummage through the garbage for recyclable items to collect and sell for money.  You need to realize that plumbing issues are such that toilet paper cannot be flushed and is, therefore,  placed in the trash...eventually ending up at the dump.  As you may have guessed, digging through the dump in Quito is not the most glamourous job. Since then, our girls have saved our cans and bottles, taking them to the recycling center every few months and set aside the money they receive for the families working in the Quito dump.  On this trip we are able to bring $92.  Not a lot of money here, but it goes a long way in Quito.  Doing this has been a great reminder to be thankful and also an opportunity to give back to others.  Would you consider saving your recycling money for a cause such as this?
-Rachel, for Tatum and Hailey Wurzbach


Although ministry at the city dump is not the focus of our current trip, we are excited to be a part of it in a small way.  For ways you be a part of giving and serving in Quito visit the Extreme Response website.


Matthew 25:40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’