In many Latin cultures, there is a big emphasis put on the family and specially on children. On Saturdays and Sundays the parks are full of families with their children, sometimes just laying out on a blanket or having a picnic. Once year they even have a day which is called Children's Day, where as you can imagine, the focus is celebrating children. Every school will have a … [Read more...]
Training the Next Generation
Our goal as a ministry has always been to train people to serve the Lord. One of the keys to that is not only training them but also training them to train others. As our ministry has grown, we have tried to focus more on providing training opportunities for those in ministry here and those that are preparing for the ministry. For the second year now, this past week we had Bro. … [Read more...]
Let’s Learn English
One of the activities that we have had several times now, in our churches here, is to offer English classes to the community. The first time we had classes it was to start our first church and the majority of those that came, at the beginning were from the classes. Well our new church is almost a year old and we decided to have classes again to reach new people in the … [Read more...]
Back to School
As you might have heard, the school year here in Bolivia is oposite of that in the US because it coincides with the seasons being oposite here. So the year begins in February and ends in December instead of beginning in August and ending in May. Just like in the US, it can be a crazy time as parents get ready for their children to start back to school and especially when they … [Read more...]
Decisions Decisions
One of the greatest joys that I have in the ministry is to see people make decisions for the Lord. As our church has grown, and many have made decisions, we felt that it was time to look at organizing our new church. This entails a lot of preparation since many of the people were new and some had just recently trusted Christ as their Savior. We started out having membership … [Read more...]