Ecuador is lies on the Pacific on the west of Latin America. It also includes the tiny Galapagos Islands, which are home to 6,000 people, thousands of sea turtles and one church (with two members!).

Oil is big business in Ecuador. The discovery of oil has meant more money for a few people, but the poor have become poorer and the destruction to the Amazon rainforest has been massive.

If you’re eating a banana, it’s probably come from here! Ecuador ships more bananas around the world than any other country.

40% of the people in Ecuador are Quichua (native Amerindians). In the 1960s only 120 of the Quichua were Christians, but since then thousands have turned to Jesus. In some areas nearly 50% of the Quichua are bible-believing Christians. This kind of growth is a modern day miracle!

Pray for the government to have a chance to really change things for the better in Ecuador. Pray for peace and for an honest government to make Ecuador a fairer country for both rich and poor.

Pray that the church would be able to reach out to the children and young people in Ecuador.

Pray for the Christians in the small jungle tribes of Ecuador. Pray that they would be able to protect their land from being exploited by big oil companies looking to make money.

Most of the people in Ecuador live near the big cities of Quito and Guayaquil. Over a million people live in horrendous conditions in the city slums built on polluted marshes. Unfortunately very few Christians have a vision to work with these people. Pray that people would be called and equipped to go to the slums and live with the people there to show them how much God loves them.