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Freddy’s Fun Facts Meet Miguel

 Within the small country of
Ecuador, about the size of Miguel is a Saraguro Indian. As a young man,
Colorado, you can travel to the he knew he wanted to serve the Lord. He
jungle, mountains, and coast.
heard about a special school in a
nearby city that trained priests to
 The Galapagos Islands, lead the church.
located 600 miles out in the
Pacific Ocean, belong to It was a big step in those days
Ecuador. Many tourists visit for Miguel to leave his own
these islands to see special
animals like blue-footed community, but he bravely made the trip.
boobies and marine iguanas.
When the director of the seminary saw that he
 Since Ecuador is located on was an Indian, he refused to allow him to enter
the equator, you can see the the school. Miguel was very sad.
Big Dipper (a northern
constellation) and the
Southern Cross (a southern For many years, he turned his back on God. But God
constellation) at the same time. did not turn his back on Miguel.

 For New Year’s Eve Ecuadorians Through his wife’s testimony and because of some
make a man out of straw and missionaries who visited his home, God showed
stuff him with firecrackers. At Miguel that He loved him. God accepted him just the
midnight the straw man is burned way he was.
with a bang. Out with the old year
and in with the new.
Miguel became the first Saraguro Indian in history to be

ordained as a pastor.
 Quinceañera is a special party for a
girl who turns 15. She wears a white
dress and other girls dress like
bridesmaids. Family and friends join Cook’s Corner: Many families in Ecuador do not
the elegant celebration. have enough money to eat much meat, so a favorite food is
minestra (lentils prepared with delicious Ecuadorian flavors)! It is
best served with rice, thin strips of meat, and patacones, which are
 Wow! A dozen fresh roses may be
purchased for only $2. fried plantains (cooking bananas).

“Yellow woodbee?” Discover
what happens to the yellow
woodbee in this historical
fiction book about Niwi and
the jungle pilot Nate Saint,
missionary to the Huaroni
tribe of Ecuador.

The Fate of the Yellow
Woodbee
by Dave and Neta Jackson
Trailblazer Books and
Bethany House Publishers

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