I can remember when Beth and I first got married; we got a large glass jar and started putting our change in it every day. After just several months we took the change out and counted it. We had close to $200 already saved up. The principle is that if we are faithful, little by little we can accomplish much. This month we are going to be presenting several new projects in the … [Read more...]
Christmas in Bolivia
This is always one of my favorite times of the year. It brings back memories of being a child and being so excited about Christmas coming. Then, it was probably more for the toys than anything else, but now looking back I can see that the most special part was spending time with family. Now that we are missionaries and live in Bolivia you might ask if there is much difference … [Read more...]
Three Wise Men and some Sheep
This past week we had our children's Christmas Play here at the church. The kids have been practicing for some time and as usual things were chaotic before the play started, but they all did a really good job. I have to give thanks to my wife and some of the children's teachers here at the church for all their hard work and "patience" while working with the children. The play … [Read more...]
December Prayer Letter
Investing in Eternity: When it comes to financial investing, I am no expert, but one thing I am learning is that if you are going to invest, it is for the long term. When you give a certain amount your greatest return will be seen farther down the road, sometimes even years later. Well, many times it is the same when we invest in the ministry. What we plant now we will reap … [Read more...]
Unto all the World
This past week we had what was one of our best and probably most important conferences of the year. This was our fourth mission's conference that we have had at the church. Our conference was entitled "The World in your Hands". We wanted to focus on Acts 1:8 and reaching our Jerusalem (Cochabamba) Judea (Bolivia) Samaria (South America) and to the Uttermost (The World). We had … [Read more...]