EstefanĂa (wearing glasses in the large picture below) shared her testimony with me and her fellow missions students at Timothy's Abode. I had the pleasure of teaching them for a week-long intensive last month. EstefanĂa recalled the time when Rick spoke at Centro Cristiano de Loja the evening of November 12, 2016. This was during Rick's epic motorcycle ride to Chile.
EstefanĂa explained that "when I climbed the stairs of the church, I asked God to speak to me. People were always talking about the call and service. Truthfully, I felt lost because I didn't know if I had a call on my life or not. Nevertheless, I loved the Lord and felt that He wanted something more from me. To my surprise, that was the same day that Pastor Rick was visiting the church. It was the first time I had ever met him. In fact, I learned that it was Pastor Rick and his family who had planted my church. Truthfully, I don't remember everything that he spoke on that night, but I do remember that he read a poem that changed my life.
"I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference." Robert Frost
That day, I committed myself to the Lord. I would walk through every door that He opens, and I will serve Him." EstefanĂa is training to be an Ecuadorian missionary. God already is using her mightily!