Reaching the Jungle: From the time we arrived to Bolivia we have been working with a sister church in the north, in a city called Cobija. Cobija is a smaller town with about 75,000 people and shares a border with the country of Brasil. If you travel outside of the city you will notice that it is surrounded with thousands of acres of jungle and hundreds of small towns and … [Read more...]
May Prayer Letter
Training to Train: I heard it said once, that you don’t really learn something until you teach it to someone else. This can be seen clearly in the ministry, and specifically in missions. Our ministry verse is 2 Timothy 2:2, which shows us that our goal has to be to train up leaders with the goal that they will in turn train up more leaders. Especially at this stage in our … [Read more...]
Using What God has Given You
When you speak of missions or ministry, many people automatically tune you out because they think that they are not equipped or that it isn’t for them. Often the idea is that if you are not a “missionary”, or “preacher” per se, that you can’t really do much for missions except give and pray. Now, don’t get me wrong. While I believe that those two things are vital to missions … [Read more...]
Training to Train
I heard it said once, that you don't really learn something until you teach it to someone else. This can be seen clearly in the ministry, and specifically in missions. Our ministry verse is 2 Timothy 2:2, which shows us that our goal has to be to train up leaders with the goal that they will in turn train up more leaders. Especially at this stage in our ministry, I can see the … [Read more...]
April Prayer Letter
Busy and Getting Busier: This past month was a very busy but rewarding time for us here in Bolivia. We have been very busy in the new church plant and the Lord has been blessing. We have had between 30-40 almost every Sunday with visitors in almost every service. We have also been blessed to see the owners of where we are renting coming to most of the services. The wife has … [Read more...]