Special Celebration: This past month we had a special celebration for our first church’s 10th anniversary. The Lord has tremendously blessed the church over this time and I can’t wait to see what He has in store for the future. They had services starting Thursday night thru Sunday focusing on characteristics of the New Testament church. We had a different preacher each night, … [Read more...]
June Prayer Letter
Things I have learned on Furlough: Our furlough is now over and in only a few short days we will be back in Bolivia. In total we have traveled over 50,000 miles and visited over 60 churches during our time here. While that is not that impressive compared to when we were on deputation, we averaged over 4000 miles per month which is quite a few. Furlough just like anything else … [Read more...]
Church Update
As some of you might have seen, our first church in Bolivia was broken into recently. Since the construction is in the early stages there are no walls or doors so it is easy for someone to come in and take what they want. For this reason they have not set up their sound system or piano to avoid getting them stolen. When the people broke in, the only thing that was there was the … [Read more...]
How is Your Garden?
As fall quickly approaches I have seen a common occurrence as we travel from meeting to meeting. Most people have let their gardens go and the plants are begging to wither and die. One of the reasons that this happens is because of the weather but it also happens because most people stop picking the vegetables that are being produced. This makes me think a lot about one of the … [Read more...]
September Prayer Letter
Last Call: We are now down to one month left to be able to pay off the final amount remaining on our land in Bolivia. We had one of our supporting churches take up a special offering this past week and they gave $2000 toward the need. With this offering that should bring us to right at $20,000 left to pay off our land. This has been a long journey, and the Lord has blessed us … [Read more...]