Well this past Saturday we had an activity for the young people of the church. Everyone met at a beautiful park that is about 30 minutes outside of the city. There are areas for having a picnic and cooking out and the main attraction that is a pretty hefty hike (especially at over nine thousand feet altitude) to a breathtaking waterfall. We started off with a small service … [Read more...]
Great Bible Study
I praise the Lord for the great service that we had this past Wednesday night. Every Wednesday night we have our regular Bible study and also Patch the Pirate club for the kids. Once a month we have a special activity for the Patch club, which this past Wednesday it was hot dog night. Sounds exciting doesn’t it? Well here hot dogs are special and we had a great service both in … [Read more...]
He lifts them up
Most everyone has heard that everything rises and falls on leadership. That can be concerning many times especially when you live in another country. Bolivia has been a country that has had political difficulties from it’s beginning. That has been even more evident since the election of our current president Evo Morales. He has been influential in several of the coups that have … [Read more...]
Mother's Day
This month our church was able to celebrate Mother’s day, which is a very big day here in Bolivia. Many times Mom is the only one present in the home or at least the more involved in the family when it comes to raising the children. Mother’s Day is officially on the 27th but we had a special service on Sunday the 25th. Our co-laborer in the ministry, Jorge preached on a … [Read more...]
Sick Children
In our young church we always try to encourage our people to get involved in the ministries we have and it is wonderful and encouraging when people do step forward with a desire to help. The difficulty many times is in wanting to begin so many things but not having the people ready to participate and be in charge. Well, a couple of the ladies in our church, after visiting a … [Read more...]