Special Celebration:
This past month we had a special celebration for our first church’s 10th anniversary. The Lord has tremendously blessed the church over this time and I can’t wait to see what He has in store for the future. They had services starting Thursday night thru Sunday focusing on characteristics of the New Testament church. We had a different preacher each night, and I spoke on Sunday about the Generous Churches of Macedonia. One of the exciting things about the services, was that there were several of the Bible College students participating each night. Each one had a different responsibility each service giving a five min message, and offering devotional, or giving the announcements. Everything from the decorations, to the music, the people of the church really came together to make it a special time. Pray for them that the Lord will give them many more years of blessings.
Building God’s House:
Over the last year and a half it has been amazing to see how the Lord has blessed in the ministry here in Bolivia. As many of you know, our first church here has been building this whole time with very little help from outside the church. The people have given and sacrificed tremendously to accomplish this goal. As you can imagine it has been a slow process because of the limited resources, but the construction has been steadily moving forward. At this time one of their greatest needs is to finish the bathrooms that have been started to replace the temporary bathroom that is basically two pieces of plywood put up in a corner. Since the walls are already up, they only lack cement, tile, fixtures, water pipes and the pump to supply the water. In total it should cost about $3000 to finish everything and have bathrooms that everyone can use. If you would like to be a blessing to this church please let us know at kwhite@goreachtheworld.org.
How to Help People Grow:
When it comes to discipleship, our goal is to help someone grow to maturity in Christ, and be able to live the Christian life on a daily basis. While this may seem like a daunting task, there is hope because the Lord has given us every thing we need in His word. One of the key verses that shows us how this works is 2 Timothy 3:16. We see how to the Word of God is not only trustworthy but also profitable or able to accomplish what we need. Here we see four steps to turn every situation into a stepping stone to maturity.
1. Doctrine
– This is everything that we believe about God and life and determines what we do in everyday situations.
2. Reproof
– This is where the Bible shows us where are beliefs are incorrect or don’t line up with true doctrine.
3. Correction
– This is where the Bible shows us what is true and how it applies to our lives.
4. Instruction
– This is where the Bible shows us how to live that truth on a daily basis. (Go to www.operationbolivia.com for the entire article.)
Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for us as we are finalizing plans for the church that we will be starting.
2. Pray for our upcoming mission’s conference this month as we seek to reach from Bolivia to the uttermost.
3. Pray for the great need for laborers here in Bolivia and around the world.
4. Pray for the construction at our first church as they are trying to finish the bathrooms and main classroom.