This past week we had a very special service in our church, a first of it's kind for us. As we mention often, our desire and prayer and focus is always on preparing people for the ministry and one of those men that the Lord has blessed us with is Isaac. He has been with us almost from the beginning and is close to finishing his studies. Our special service was focused on … [Read more...]
How to make it to the end of the Month
Each one of us is called to be faithful stewards or administrators of the things the Lord allows us to have. This includes not only our money but also our time, talents, family and possessions. What most people don't realize is that the Word of God is full of teaching that can help us be better stewards of these things. If we are honest today more and more people are having … [Read more...]
Chained by Darkness
Since we have been on the mission field I have been surprised to see how prevalent evil and the occult is. That is not to say that there is not that type of activity in the US or other places, but it seems to be more prevalent or open here. I have heard many stories about people seeing ghosts and dwarves (no not the 7 from Snow White) and demons in the form of animals. … [Read more...]
Happy 7th Birthday
This past week our church here in Bolivia celebrated its seventh birthday. It is hard to believe that it has been seven years since we started the church in a small storefront with a hand full of people. The Lord has tremendously blessed us in this short time and I can truly say that anything that has been accomplished has been the Lord. This year we decided to have one big … [Read more...]
Where are they Headed?
Every year here in Cochabamba we have a very large festival for the Virgin of Urkupiña. This is one of the representations of the Virgin Mary that is worshipped here and more than 300 thousand people attend each year. Part of the festival is a pilgrimage where thousands of people walk from the city out to the town where the Virgin is. It is almost 10 miles that they walk and … [Read more...]