Today was a very special day for our church here in Bolivia. It was six years ago that we rented a storefront and started having services. We started from zero, offering English classes to get to know some of the people in the neighborhood. We had from 30 to 4o people in our first services, most of them coming from the English classes. Since then we have seen the Lord work in … [Read more...]
A Great Sacrifice to Meet a Great Need
One of the most surprising verses in the Bible to me is Acts 4:34,35. In this young church the Bible says that there were non that lacked or had a need. The reason for this was that the people practiced self sacrificial giving. They went to the extreme of selling their possessions to give to those who were needy. To me it is amazing to see the heart of these people and their … [Read more...]
The Virgin of Urkupiña
This past week, here in our city, was the celebration for the Virgin of Urkupiña This is one of the largest Catholic festivals in our country with several hundred thousand people coming from many countries here in South America and around the world. If your not familiar with this kind of celebration, basically there are Virgin's or small doll like statues representing the … [Read more...]
Special Days
Recently we have had several special days or activities with our children. August 6th is Bolivia's independence day and TItus' school had a special activity to celebrate. It was so cute to see them all dressed in traditional dress from the different areas here in Bolivia. TItus had to dress up like a Cholito from Cochabamba. They sang a song and did a little dance from each of … [Read more...]
August Prayer Letter
The future of the Church: In June we had our annual youth conference and the Lord really blessed. There were many saved and many decisions made for the Lord. Some of those that visited are still coming to the church now over a month later. Every year now for several years, a few weeks after the youth conference we have a youth retreat to the jungle area called Chapare. Chapare … [Read more...]