North American Nurse, Missionary, & Orphanage Founder

In the early 70’s to 80’s Martha ran the orphanage, el Buen Pastor (the Good Shepherd), in Ecuador, South America. She has lived in Ecuador for more than fifty-years and still resides there.

Adopted mother from North America

Maryanne and her husband Joseph, missionaries from the U.S. living in Ecuador, adopted a daughter when she was a day old from the orphanage el Buen Pastor. 

Birth Mother from South America

Amable’s first born child, a daughter, was put up for adoption in Pifo, Ecuador at the orphanage el Buen Pastor.