Recently here in Bolivia we had one of the most important religious celebrations of the year. It is known to many as Holy Week which comes a couple of months after Carnival. It is a week where mostly the Catholic people reflect on their past sins and try to make up for those sins by religious acts. This time ends on what is known as good Friday where there are processions etc. … [Read more...]
10th Largest City in the World: Shanghai, China
An Overview of Shanghai Shanghai, a coastal city in eastern China, is also the largest city in China, the richest city in the country, an extremely large industrial hub, and the 10th largest city in the world. Located in the Yangtze River Delta in eastern China, Shanghai sits at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the middle portion of the Chinese coast. The municipality … [Read more...]
April Prayer Letter
Tarija Bolivia: This past week I was able to travel to the southern part of Bolivia to the city of Tarija. This is a city close the border of Argentina that has close to 200 thousand in population. Tarija is truly a beautiful city that maintains many of its colonial roots. This was my first time visiting this part of the country but I was surprised at how similar it was to … [Read more...]
9th Largest City in the World: Osaka Japan
An Overview of Osaka Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan’s main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe. Keihanshin is the second largest area in Japan by population and … [Read more...]
Preaching the Bible
Have you ever sat through a message and at the end you say, "that was good, but what was it about?". Today there is a great drought of true biblical preaching. Too often the messages we hear are filled with opinions, agendas and unfortunately even poor doctrine. What we need today is a great revival in true biblical preaching. This of course means that our principle goal is to … [Read more...]