This past week was our anual youth camp here in Cochabamba Bolivia. This is a special time each year when we focus on reaching young people and also challenging them to live for the Lord and serve Him. I believe that we have a great opportunity and potential, working with these young people, because they have their whole life before them and are still flexible in many areas. It … [Read more...]
Three Ways to More Effectively Lead People
I can remember when I was a teenager, one of the things that bothered me more than anything else was when my younger brother, or as some say, bother, used to follow me and want to do everything just as I was doing. If I went outside, he wanted to go outside, if I took a shower, he wanted to take a shower, if I wanted to play with a certain toy, he wanted to play with that same … [Read more...]
What Will the Final Product Be?
Can you imagine and architect starting a building without having a final plan or idea of what it was going to look like? One of the first things that has to be done, when designing, is to calculate the final weight of the finished product to know how strong to make the foundation. Many terrible accidents have happened through the years because someone started building and then … [Read more...]
Missions Here and Around the World
As a missionary, you don't have to convince me of the importance and need of missions. When I see all over South America and around the world, how many people's lives have been changed and family tress altered for all eternity, how can I not be focused on missions. I am missionary, working here in Bolivia because of many churches in the United States that believe in missions … [Read more...]
Finding the One
As we have been talking about discipleship the last few weeks, I would like to ask the question, “What is our ultimate goal in discipleship and the ministry in general?” Especially as a missionary, what am I hoping to accomplish while on the mission field? I have seen on many missionary’s prayer cards that their goals are, Win People, Disciple Them, and Establish Churches. … [Read more...]