This past week we celebrated Mother's Day here in Bolivia. We celebrate it a few weeks behind the US but 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 Mother's Banquete on Saturday with … [Read more...]
SOAP
You might be asking why I would write a blog entitled SOAP. Besides being something good for good personal hygiene it is also a great way to keep up with your personal devotional time. One of the most important things for us as Christians, and perhaps the most neglected, is our devotional time with the Lord. Psalm 1:2,3 tells us that if we delight and meditate in the law of the … [Read more...]
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 turing on their wippers because they don't want to have to give them … [Read more...]
May Prayer Letter
Like Father like Son: I think that each and every one of us has (or at least should have) someone that we look up to. That is someone who we can confide in, and follow as an example. That person could be a friend, family member or spiritual mentor. They are the type person that when you see their lives you say, “I would love to be like them some day” … [Read more...]
Like Father Like Son
I think that each and every one of us has (or at least should have) someone that we look up to. That is someone who we can confide in, and follow as an example. That person could be a friend, family member or spiritual mentor. They are the type person that when you see their lives you say, "I would love to be like them some day" or "I would love to accomplish what they have … [Read more...]