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...]
Wedding Jitters
It is always a great encouragement when people make decisions for the Lord. We have a couple in our church that are originally from Argentina. Fernando and Gladis were hippies making their living performing on the street traveling from city to city and country to country. Their life was a hard one of drugs alcohol and even living on the street. One day while listening to the … [Read more...]
Wonderful Day
We praise the Lord for the wonderful day He gave us this past Sunday. This month we are preaching on the End Days. Many people have lots of questions and even fears of what is going to happen when the time of Grace comes to an end. On Sunday in spite of having several families absent we had 96 in attendance and one young man trusted Christ. We also praise the Lord for the … [Read more...]
Special Visitors
We are always excited about having people come and visit us here in Bolivia. This past week we had our pastor and my dad and step mom visiting with us. They arrived on Friday morning and said that all their flights and travel went smoothly. On Saturday, they were able to go with us to our youth meeting and enjoyed seeing the activities and I translated for them during the … [Read more...]
Uniting Families and Stirring Pastors
One of the greatest needs that I see in Bolivia and even in other countries around the world is the need for strong families and strong churches. In Bolivia well over half of all children have one or both of parents absent because they are working in other countries. Also as missionaries and pastors it is easy to get into the routine and be satisfied with where we are. … [Read more...]