This past week I had the privilege to visit with a great missionary friend Jason Holt in Chile to participate in their annual youth conference. The Lord has really blessed the ministry in Chile and for me it was an honor to be part. The conference started on Wednesday night and lasted through Friday night with services in the morning on Thursday and Friday. The theme for the … [Read more...]
July Prayer Letter
Mother’s Day: This past month we celebrated Mother’s Day here in Bolivia. We celebrate it a few weeks behind the US but it 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 … [Read more...]
Youth Conference 2013
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...]