wow… when God gives an idea, He wraps it all in multiple layers of blessing! His latest SCORE was the inspiration of the Monthly Birthday Party. On the enrollment form, we have a field for birthdays. It’s nice to have an idea of the demographics of our classes, although the import of those statistics is a bit skewed from the norm, since the teaching of English spans the generations. However, since our schedule is packed and students...

This week our city and country will be celebrating Carnavale. It is a holiday that has its roots in pagan beliefs and our present-day customs reflect those roots. One of those customs is the “dousing with water”, representing the insemination of the populace to ensure fertility in the coming year. I really don’t think that this origin is in the uppermost of the minds of the young people throwing water balloons and reloading...

In Sunday’s paper (Los Tiempos), there was an article that said Bolivia would be getting a new currency standard starting in 2010. Apparently the “new” constitution gives the president the unchallenged right to change the national currency? I’m going to have to pull out my Spanish dictionary for this one, or better yet I will consult our friend… who happens to be THE best authority on Bolivia’s...

Dear Friends! This has been an incredible month, and it isn’t over! We kicked off our public TEAM classes, and started a new evening worship service. Over one hundred students are signed up. The Tuesday night session was so well attended we had to divide it up into 3 sections, just to keep it manageable! Twenty-four folks came to our Wednesday service. It was well received, and we expect larger crowds to come. We still need equipment and...