Most everyone has heard that everything rises and falls on leadership. That can be concerning many times especially when you live in another country. Bolivia has been a country that has had political difficulties from it’s beginning. That has been even more evident since the election of our current president Evo Morales. He has been influential in several of the coups that have taken place in the past and organized most of the nationwide strikes that took place before he was president. January of 2007 there was a major conflict between the loyalists of the president’s socialist party that came from the rural areas of our district and blocked all access in and out of our city. By the time it was over two people had lost their lives and more than 300 were injured. Now because the economic and political situation has worsened and the peoples dissatisfaction is rising there are talks of a revote for all major offices including the president. While this could have major consequences for us as missionaries, we are trusting the Lord because we know that He is the one that raises up and brings down those that are in government. Please pray that the Lord’s will be done and that the results of these elections may help us better take the gospel to Bolivia.