Yesterday was a holiday  here in Bolivia and would be like our Labor Day in the US. Because no one was working (they actually observe holidays here) we planned a "paseo" or trip with the church. We planned a day at a park that is about 45 minutes outside our city. We started out singing and having two guys from the church preach for 10 min. Afterwards we had a time of games and … [Read more...]

This past Sunday was a very special day. We had baptisms at our church followed by the Lord's Supper. This is always an exciting time both for those that have made a decision to follow the Lord and for the people of the church who get to see them. At first we had three people that were going to get baptized so I set up a time to meet with them to go over salvation and the … [Read more...]

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...]

This past Monday was Father's Day here in Bolivia. On Sunday we had a special service to celebrate this important day. Especially here in Bolivia because many times it is not as celebrated as Mother's Day or other days because many times the Father is not present or as involved as Moms in the family. On Sunday morning we had gifts for the father's present a video and a message … [Read more...]