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...]

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...]

This past Sunday we had baptisms here in the church. Freddy has been coming to the church for sometime and is being discipled by one of the men here and asked about getting baptized. We began to announce that we were going to have baptisms if anyone else was interested and at first there was no one besides Freddy but before Sunday came we had four total that wanted to take this … [Read more...]

This past weekend the teenagers from the church went on their yearly youth retreat. They traveled several hours from here to the jungle area. Although it wasn't too hot because were are in winter time they still have a great time. They do have some fun and see some of the natural wildlife but the main purpose is to have a focused time on the things of the Lord. There were wight … [Read more...]

Well yesterday we finished up our youth conference at the church. In all we had a great time with the group from Peru and the services were a tremendous blessing to the church. I am very grateful to Pastor Juan Pacheco and the group of students that came to be with us during the conference. I think they had a great time and were impacted by the great need here in Cochabamba for … [Read more...]