Last night we started our anual youth conference here in Bolivia. We have visiting with us Bro. Jeff Bush who is the director of Vision Baptist Missions. Jeff worked as a missionary for 8 years in Argentina before becoming the director. We are very excited to have him here with us preaching the conference and know he is going to be a great blessing. Last night we started off … [Read more...]
June Prayer Letter
Clear Vision: Stopping for stoplights can be an interesting thing here in Bolivia. Most of the time there will be someone either selling fruit, juggling, or wanting to wash your windshield. Their goal of course is that you give them a coin or two at the end. Many of the people refuse to let them wash their windshield by turning on their wipers because they … [Read more...]
Christmas in June
This past week we had a very special activity at our church. We called it Christmas in June. I have seen Christmas in July and other activities for kids but this was a bit different. Whereas July in the states is hot here it is actually winter and seems like Christmas weather. With the cold weather (in the 30's at night) there are many people that suffer because they don't have … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day
This past week we celebrated Mother's Day here in Bolivia. We celebrate it a few weeks behind the US but is probably a bigger holiday here. Mothers are a central part of the society and family here, perhaps because in the majority of families the father is either non existent or has very little to do with them. This year we decided to have a Mother's Banquete on Saturday with … [Read more...]
SOAP
You might be asking why I would write a blog entitled SOAP. Besides being something good for good personal hygiene it is also a great way to keep up with your personal devotional time. One of the most important things for us as Christians, and perhaps the most neglected, is our devotional time with the Lord. Psalm 1:2,3 tells us that if we delight and meditate in the law of the … [Read more...]