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Ellie and Lila Quezada

Ellie’s job is to educate, promote and recruit for missions. He is involved in training and leading ministry teams to Oaxaca and other areas of the globe. He continues his commitment to making audio scriptures available to indigenous people groups – promoting the production and distribution of audio New Testaments wherever and whenever possible. Additionally, he is dedicated to ministry among the Mexican and Guatemalan migrant workers in our area of B.C.-- serving in practical ways while sharing the gospel of Salvation in Jesus.
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Ellie’s job is to educate, promote and recruit for missions. He is involved in training and leading ministry teams to Oaxaca and other areas of the globe. He continues his commitment to making audio scriptures available to indigenous people groups – promoting the production and distribution of audio New Testaments wherever and whenever possible. Additionally, he is dedicated to ministry among the Mexican and Guatemalan migrant workers in our area of B.C.– serving in practical ways while sharing the gospel of Salvation in Jesus.

Lila speaking: “While I have had to curtail many of my former activities because of Parkinson’s Disease, my job assignment is to continue to do the things that I can’t NOT do. In other words, the things that make me ME, and that I will always instinctively do for as long as I am able– and that I can’t stop myself from doing. So that would be… Hospitality. Mentoring. Encouraging others in ministry. Prayer and counseling. Maybe a little writing (next book idea percolating…) 🙂

Ellie and Lila currently live and serve both in Point Roberts, WA, and British Columbia, Canada. They are the grateful parents of 8 children and currently have 5 grandchildren. Their children are impacting the world in the five different countries in which God has placed them.

Ministry Highlights

Casa Compasiva

missionaryCasa Compasiva, or “Compassion House,” is a Christian birth and midwifery training center in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Many thousands of people in Oaxaca remain isolated from medical care, and even those who have access to government-staffed clinics often receive inadequate care. Women giving birth within the government medical system are often subjected to trauma through complete isolation from friends and loved ones, racial prejudice, over-crowded conditions, and highly interventionist obstetric policies.

There are 19,000 births still taking place annually in Oaxaca outside of health centers and hospitals. What is lacking is a Christian approach to pregnancy and childbirth.  Casa Compasiva not only replaces the medical approach of the local hospitals, but honors God as the Creator and Sustainer of our bodies.  It models the love of Christ in the context of loving and receiving little children.  It demonstrates how the Good Shepherd ‘gently leads those that are with young.’  It provides biblical education and resources not just for pregnancy and childbirth- but also for marriage and parenting.  The gospel is presented both ‘overtly’ and ‘covertly’ – both in word and in deed.

Casa Compasiva works to provide a safe, natural birth environment that is respectful of the Oaxacan people while utilizing essential midwifery and medical knowledge to provide quality care and to save lives.

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