- 1940-05-13 — American Baha'i John Stearns sailed from Los Angeles to Guayaquil, Ecuador to take up his pioneer post. He took up residence in Quito and became the first established pioneer in Ecuador. [The Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Latin America:
Some Remembrances by Artemus Lamb]
- 1945-04-21 — The first local spiritual assembly in Ecuador was established in Guayaquil. The founding members were: Eduardo Gonzalez Lopez, Luis Guillermo Molina DeFranc, Emilio Minervini, Jorge Sarco, Jorge Jalón Fer, Juan Luis Aguirre Tarpeau, Mme. Marie Constantine Claudet de Thomas, Else Jorgensen, and Lauro Sánchez.
[Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 p17, 84]
- 1953-05-23 — The Hand of the Cause of God, Mr. Valiollah Vargha, arrived in Guayaquil accompanied by Miss Eve Nicklin, a pioneer and the spiritual mother of Perú. He also visited Quito and left the country in early July to attend the conference in Stockholm. [Heroes of God pp53-54]
- 1958-04-22 — The second Annual Regional National Convention for the South
American countries of Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela
was held in Guayaquil. This was the highlight
of the year for Ecuador being that it was their first time
to host a National Convention. The delegates for Ecuador were:
Juan Luis Aguirre and Alberto Carbo Medina from Guayaquil community
and Gayle Woolson and Guillermo Sotomayer from Quito. At the time
Ecuador still had only two local assemblies, four isolated centers
and only two new believers for the year.
[Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 by Helen Bassett Hornby p96]
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