Dan, Teresa, and Lydia Susong began serving as missionaries to Ecuador in 2003. Dan has been involved in ministry since he was 20 years old. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Southeastern University and his master’s in communications from Regent University. He has been producer/director for a national cable news show. Before coming to Ecuador, he worked as video producer for Church of God World Missions, helping raise funds for mission work around the world.

Teresa felt the call to missions as a young girl. After obtaining her bachelor’s in social work and master’s in pastoral psychology, she worked in the field of family and children’s counseling and social work for 25 years before bringing her skills to the mission field.

The Susongs minister to Quichua children who have immigrated to the city to work in the streets, just to help their families survive. Through their ministry center called FACES (Fighting Against Child Employment Services), God has provided the working children a safe place to come in off the streets, eat a hot lunch, play, and receive clothing, shoes, medical help and Bible teaching. Through the bilingual church that meets in the ministry center, they reach out to the parents. They also travel to the Quichua Indian communities, helping plant churches, providing Christian education and other services.

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Fabian has been a Christian for 15 years, and has a degree in Business Administration.

He has worked with the Susongs since  2004, serving as full time administrator of the FACES Ministry since 2006. In addition to being directly in charge of the day-to-day activities of the FACES Ministry, he is financial administrator and is over grants and donations.

Patricio came to know the Lord when he came to live in the Church of God orphanage in Ambato, Ecuador.  Through the help of many North American partners he was able to finish high school ad go on to study at the South American Seminary (SEMISUD).  He serves the FACES ministry in our day program with child workers, in our school, as professor of Bible and Christian Values, ad also as Youth Pastor in our church.

He says “I am happy to be able to work with the team here in the FACES ministry and above all, to see how our Heavenly Father gives us wisdom to be able to help the children and adolescents”.

Rebeca has been a Christian for 30 years, and is working in the FACES Ministry as our Social Worker.
She has a degree in Social Work and the experience for follow-up visits in the children’s homes and schools.

She says: “I have known the Lord for three years and have experienced His true love.  I work at the FACES Ministry Center because the Lord called me to serve these children, and to return some of His immense love that He has for me, my family, and the world.”

Yoland has been a Christian for 10 years and is a teacher in the local Christian school in the mornings.  She works in the FACES ministry center in the afternoons, in our after school program, with children at risk of child labor. 

“I have known the Lord for ten years and believe that the best thing in my life is to be able to serve Him through my service to children because  the kingdom of heaven belongs to them”.

Doris is a certified Teacher and has been a Christian for 20 years.

Jorge & Gloria Baquero - We came to know the Lord 10 years ago and it has really been a blessing in our lives.  All this time we have had the opportunity to work with children at risk—it was God who gave us this opportunity.

Jorge has his degree in Marketing, but since he came to know the Lord he has felt a calling to serve Him.  Gloria, with her education degree, has 14 years of teaching experience with children. 

"Four years ago we came to the FACES Ministry as volunteers and then left to found a ministry with child workers in Bolivia.  Now God has blessed us again with opportunity to return to Ecuador and the FACES ministry to work in the Indigenous area, where we will have the opportunity to bless these children and teach them to dream of a better future.”

Patricio Toaquiza

Patricio is a young Quichua educator who serves in the area of Zumbahua.  He is tutoring high school students in the math and sciences. 

“With Gods help I have come to be a part of the FACES ministry to work with boys and girls and share with them from my experiences as a young person”.

Coordinator - Fabian Valle

Eva Tipantuña

Eva is an educator from the Zumbahua area who teaches in our after school peogram.  She has been a part of the Church of God area indigenous since she was a teenager.  “I am happy and thankful for the opportunity to be able to help the children in the rual areas”.