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El Recreo is the newest church plant of the IberoAmerican Ministries team. It is located about 20 minutes from Guayaquil, the largest city in Ecuador, in a low-income barrio. It is a community with tremendous economic difficulties and social problems such as juvenile delinquency, gangs and drug addiction. Among other infrastructure problems El Recreo has
inadequate sewage and sanitation facilities. The IAM missionary couple serving El Recreo since 2003 has developed relationships and built trust with neighbors. They began working with children and teens and sharing the Gospel with their parents. In July 2003 Chilean and North-American mission teams completed a two-week evangelistic outreach. The fruit of that outreach included 18 baptisms and the beginning of El Recreo as a functioning church.

Regular weekly church attendance is around 30-35, not including the 50-60 children who attend activities on Saturdays. The church building also serves as the missionaries' home; however, the house is now too small to satisfy the needs of the church and limits overall growth. At a crucial point of growth, the church plans to purchase property and begin construction of a building that can be used to reach many for Christ. In November 2003 IAM found property to suit future growth close to the current location. IAM's plan is to purchase six connected lots allowing for up to three stories in the future.