This past week we had a special weekend seeing that it was when mother's day is celebrated here in Bolivia. On Saturday night we had a ladies banquet encouraging the ladies of the church to bring their mother's and or daughters to this special service. Several of the men of the church came to serve a special meal for the ladies. There were games and activities including a … [Read more...]
Baptism Service
This morning we had a great time in our baptism service. We had several that were ready to be baptized and this past Sunday a lady in the church told me that her and her two sons wanted to be baptized. We planned the service for this morning and encouraged everyone to invite their friends and family. There were 7 that were baptized and we had 95 in attendance. We praise the … [Read more...]
New Discipleship Class
This week we started a new discipleship class. It is a class for several in the church that have been in church in the past or have had some form of discipleship before getting to our church. With the desire to help people grow and make sure that all the workers of the church are prepared and on the same page we started this class. It is more of an advanced discipleship class … [Read more...]
Night of Ping-Pong
I praise the Lord for a special night in our youth group tonight. The teenagers wanted to do something to bring in new teenagers and those who haven't been coming lately. They decided to have a ping-pong tournament with hamburgers as to eat. We sent out Emails and called many of the teens to invite them. We started a half an hour early at 6:30 but at 8:00 we still hadn't … [Read more...]
Let's get Married
This past Sunday we had our wedding vow renewal service. This was the first time that we have had this type of service and some were not sure what to expect and too shy to go through the ceremony. We had 5 couples in all that decided to participate. It was interesting to see how many of the couples started out with serious faces and by then end they were all smiling and hugging … [Read more...]