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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>ECUADOR IS A COUNTRY OF 13 MILLION, 98% OF THE PEOPLE ARE CATHOLIC AND IN THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION, CATHOLICISM IS MIXED WITH ANIMISM. THIS IS A COUNTRY WHERE MOST OF THE CHILDREN AND ADULTS HAVE RELIGION, BUT DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST. OUR DESIRE IS TO REACH AND TEACH THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ABOUT CHRIST SO THAT THEY WILL ACCEPT HIM AS SAVIOR, GROW IN HIM AND LEAD THEIR OWN PEOPLE TO CHRIST. WE BELIEVE THE CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE LEADERS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>PROVIDED DIRECT SUPPORT AND HUMANATARIAN AID THROUGH MISSIONS WORK TO CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND CHURCHES IN ECUADOR. DECEMBER 2ND MARKED THE 7TH YEAR THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING FULL TIME ON TEH GROUND IN THE SOUTHERN ANDES MOUNTAINS OF ECUADOR. IT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN EASY, BUT IT HAS BEEN MOST REWARDING. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY WORKING TOWARDS THE VISION GOD HAS GIVEN THEM IN REACHING OUT INTO MANY VILLAGES WHERE THERE ARE NO EVANGELICAL CHURCHES AND ONLY A HANDFUL OF BELIEVERS. THEY PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND TRAINING FOR ECUADORIANS. WITH THEIR CHRIST CENTERED GOSPEL PROGRAMS, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH THE CHILDREN OF ECUADOR, WHO HAVE MEMORIZED A WEEKLY BIBLE VERSE AND HAVE SHARED THE GOSPEL. THEY HAVE MINISTERED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRAINING, REWARD CARNIVALS AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITY COMMUNITY EVANGELISTIC PROGRAMS, AND HOSTED MISSIONARY TRIPS.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>PROVIDED DIRECT SUPPORT AND HUMANATARIAN AID THROUGH MISSIONS WORK TO CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND CHURCHES IN ECUADOR. DECEMBER 2ND MARKED THE 7TH YEAR THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING FULL TIME ON TEH GROUND IN THE SOUTHERN ANDES MOUNTAINS OF ECUADOR. IT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN EASY, BUT IT HAS BEEN MOST REWARDING. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY WORKING TOWARDS THE VISION GOD HAS GIVEN THEM IN REACHING OUT INTO MANY VILLAGES WHERE THERE ARE NO EVANGELICAL CHURCHES AND ONLY A HANDFUL OF BELIEVERS. THEY PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND TRAINING FOR ECUADORIANS. WITH THEIR CHRIST CENTERED GOSPEL PROGRAMS, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH THE CHILDREN OF ECUADOR, WHO HAVE MEMORIZED A WEEKLY BIBLE VERSE AND HAVE SHARED THE GOSPEL. THEY HAVE MINISTERED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRAINING, REWARD CARNIVALS AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITY COMMUNITY EVANGELISTIC PROGRAMS, AND HOSTED MISSIONARY TRIPS.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 24E</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>MEDICAL EXPENSES 25,128 0 0 FEE EXPENSES 18,605 0 0 FTCE DESIGNATED EXPENSES 13,691 0 0 BUSINESS EXPENSES 10,007 0 0 AUTO EXPENSES 9,899 0 0 PROMOTIONAL MEALS 5,368 0 0 MISC EXPENSE 1,900 0 0 PAYPAL FEES 1,494 0 0 TAXES 1,208 0 0 BANK CHARGES 108 0 0 TOTAL 87,408 0 0</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>BOOK / TAX DEPRECIATION DIFFERENCE 1 DEPOSIT IN VYSTAR 4531 251,915 DEPOSIT IN VYSTAR 4247 100,228 OTHER ADJUSTMENT 2,683 TOTAL 354,827</ExplanationTxt>
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