This past Tuesday was Bolivia's independence day and turned 187 years old. Bolivia gained it's independence through much turmoil and struggle, and has continued, in spite of many difficulties through the years. Through it all we praise the Lord for the continued opportunity to preach the gospel freely and without restriction. This year we did something a little different for … [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...]
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...]
Mother’s Day
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...]
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...]