Dear friends,
August 2025
Faith is spreading and crossing borders. Some say, “This is dangerous. We must build walls.” Others say, “These are opportunities for new things. We must build bridges.” In the Acts of the Apostles, there’s a bridge builder – Barnabas – called the son of encouragement. The church leaders send him to the giant city of Antioch to monitor things! He sees the opportunities and calls Paul to join the work. A mixed, new form of church is emerging. Not all dogmatic problems have been resolved yet, but the Holy Spirit is at work. The church is outgrowing itself.
We’re currently seeing this in Europe, too. The question of Jesus is once again relevant among young people. Atheism seems to be a thing of the past. Men, in particular, are searching more. Nowadays, faith seems to be less denominationally bound, with some doctrinal differences being seen as esoteric, secondary issues. Just as in Paul and Barnabas’s day, God is at work.
Our hospital in Shell is currently undergoing a transformation. In our last letter, we reported on the energy problem. Several friends have responded. A lively exchange took place and the leadership in at Shell Hospital is now planning on installing a photovoltaic system, but only for daytime use. At night, we need less power and plan to get it from the grid. The reason: Batteries are expensive and have a limited lifespan due to the high humidity.
We’ve found a local university that will handle the calculations and planning for us. Then there’s the question of where to install the panels. Our hospital roof was sealed with a polyurethane layer many years ago. Does anyone know when exactly this happened? During Papirskies’s time as director? We don’t want to simply drill holes in a roof. So the question is, where and how to install the panels?
We’re praying for an internist for the hospital’s inpatient operations. We currently have three retired, experienced physicians. The management is currently drawing up a plan. We’re curious to see how this will better organize our patient occupancy and how it fits into our spiritual program. However, we still ask for at least one younger colleague to take on full responsibility.
We are at the beginning of a new phase. The hospital in Quito plans to be climate-neutral soon, with hot water and electricity from the roof. We also need to prepare for a changing future. People are calling for the government to help with this – but it takes a lot of time…
A word about us: In Germany, we can usually only thank individuals for donations the following year. At this point, we would like to express our sincere gratitude: “Vergelt’s Gott” or “Dios te pague.”
In the US, there were problems with checks sent by mail. Please let us know if you have any problems. This will be resolved soon. The bank updated its software and now everything should work again.
If you know anyone else who would like to receive our updates, please forward their addresses or email addresses. We would like to continue to network and expand our partners in this work. It is truly encouraging to see how many friends support God’s project. “God loves a cheerful giver!” Rediscovering faith is currently a message to all of us on our journey.
Shell has completed its guesthouse and is open to new visitors. We want to continue to live this way in the future.
Thank you for joining us in prayer and with your gifts!
The Shell team
ECKEHART & KLAUDIA WOLFF
Eckehart.Wolff@gmx.net
KlaudiaWolff@gmx.de
You can send your tax deductible US contributions to Lightway Medical Foundation at the address below. As of right now, 100% of your contribution will be given to efforts here in Shell. There is NO administration fee because of the volunteer service of those running Lightway.
Contributions can be sent to:
Lightway Medical Foundation
PO Box 8066
Fort Wayne, IN 46898
Or you can donate through the website:
Donations – Lightway Medical Foundation
or
Hospital Shell