H.M. Chronicles
in Ecuador

March 3, 2003
Responding to the call of Bishop Jose Mario Ruiz, archbishop of Portoviejo, four sisters of the community of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother left in March 2004 for Chone (Ecuador). They went to carry out an urgent task of evangelization and formation.
The Missionary Groups of the Home of the Mother want to become a non-profit organization in order to be able to better aid the missions.

January 2004
Three sisters went to Chone to paint a huge WAY OF THE CROSS for the spiritual nourishment of the faithful in the parish of St. Cayetano. The wood (2x3 meters) was donated by the faithful themselves, each one giving of the little he has.
The day began at 5:30 am. After prayer, breakfast and lauds, the sisters led a day of intense work, interrupted only by lunch and the celebration of the Eucharist. While painting, they prayed the rosary and sang. Thanks to the help of the young people in the parish, six stations were painted in fifteen days.
With great joy, we saw people get close to the icons to copy down the biblical quotes written on each painting. And to our great surprise, various artists also stopped by and showed their amazement. The Way of the Cross has been included in the tourist guide of the area and we hope that it will be for the good of the souls who see it.

October 1st, 2004
The Association - Missionary Groups of the Home of the Mother - has been approved. It is included in the National Spanish Registry of Associations:
Group No. 1
Section No. 1
National Number: 172487

January 2005
The girls of the Home in Ecuador are doing apostolic work in one of the most abandoned, both humanally and spiritually, sectors in Chone. It is called Ciudadela Jorge Callardo and it is known as a red area, due to the fact that passing through there at certain hours of the day can be very dangerous.
In fact, one of the girls who lives there goes to the center of the city to pick up the rest of them so that nothing happens to them when they reach this sector. They go in bus.We have asked them to tell us their experiences. About nine girls go every Saturday from 3:30 to 5:00. They tell the children stroies, they play with them, they pray a mystery of the rosary, and they began to teach them to play the guitar. However, they have had to stop teaching the guitar because there are many children (the number of which is growing constantly, last Saturday there were 30) and they do not have guitars. This thus makes it impossible for them to learn.
Here are some experiences:

-MISSIONARIES IN THE RED ZONE

-MY APOSTOLATE IN JORGE GALLARDO