More Articles from Archive ~ Prayer Letters

June, 2008
Greetings from the “Land of Eternal Spring”! At least that is what they call Cochabamba in the tourist brochures. However, we are having the coldest Winter anyone remembers. The temperatures are down to the 30’s at night, which means our unheated house is in the 30’s as well! BRRR!!
We are excited to launch two [...]

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May, 2008
Dear Friends,
May has already been an exciting month, and it has barely begun! On the 4th, the largest departmento (state) held a referendum on whether to declare autonomy from the federal government. Everyone expected severe violence to result, and that perhaps even civil war would begin. The government promised 80,000 anti-autonomy protesters would march [...]

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Exciting News!
We have found a house in Cochabamba! It is on a major street, just two cuadras (blocks) from a major landmark of the city. Everyone in Cochabamba will know how to find us!

The bottom floor has two large rooms, when combined, will seat 80+ people! The rooms can be divided for two classrooms when [...]

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January 9, 2008
Dear Friends,
The new year started with the sound of explosions all over the city! No, it was not civil war, it was fireworks! All over Cochabomba there were beautiful displays. Unfortunately, even on New Years, we’d like to get some sleep, but some folks insisted on partying all night. There is a popular [...]

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December 27, 2007
Dear Friends,
First let us thank you for a wonderful Christmas! Several churches sent us extra gifts. Along with goodies for the kids, Nicholas was able to have emergency dental work done, and urgent repair was done on our “new” van!
The last praise deserves some explanation. Speed limits are not enforced by traffic cops [...]

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November 17, 2007
Dear Friends,
Greetings from the…United States? I am currently in the middle of a short visit Stateside to present our work in Cochabamba to new churches and report to some current supporters. I visiting be in five states during a two month tour. It is difficult to be away form my family for so [...]

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September 9, 2007
Dear Friends:
Our FIRST working furlough!!!
We are so excited about Steven’s short trip to the U.S.! He will have the blessing of presenting our ministry in many churches across the country. His primary focus is to raise more support for work funds. We are also raising the funds for a badly needed vehicle! Please [...]

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Dear Friends:
What a blessing to live in this beautiful and loving country. We have been working hard to teach ourselves the language. In the absence of tuition for language school, we have sought whatever opportunities the Lord brings our way to learn more about speaking Spanish. One of the ways the Lord [...]

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June 2007
What’s Happening in Bolivia?
The economy of Bolivia takes terrible toll on families. Many homes are divided as one spouse or the other seeks work in other countries and [sometimes] send support home to Cochabamba. One family, for example, hasn’t seen their husband/father in over two years. In worse cases, children are abandoned and left [...]

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