This past week we had our anual couples retreat here in Bolivia. It is always a special time for our church and really a blessing for our families. Our special speaker this year was Pastor Austin Gardner from Vision Baptist Church in Alpharetta Ga. He is always a great encouragement to us and the ministry here. We started our conference on Friday night at the church with a few games and then pastor Gardner taught the first session. Then on Saturday we went to a conference center that is about half an hour outside of the city in a more rural area. We had seven different teaching sessions and our meals provided by the conference center. Then on Sunday we finished up with our regular services but with teaching on the family. During the conference we had 20 couples participate with about 5 of them being visitors. There were many decisions made during this time and several of the new couples were at church on Sunday. We pray that we will continue to see much fruit from this time not only in the church but in the homes of these people.