Operation Bolivia

 Known as the George Washington of South America Simón Bolivar was born July 24th 1783 in the city of Caracas Venezuela. He is famous as the liberator of the South American countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. Not only did the country of Bolivia get its name from him but Bolivar wrote their first constitution which was one of his most important political accomplishments. While others only dreamed about independence Bolivar united a small group of followers to fight for that cause. He had a dream to give people a new life, a better life, a life of liberty and justice. As we think about what this man gave his life for I can’t help but think of a greater cause not that much different from what his dream was. Our dream too is that the people of Bolivia will have a new and a better life, but more importantly a life of true liberty and spiritual freedom. While his weapons of warfare were swords our weapon is the sword of God that is sharp enough to cut right to the soul of man. He thought it an important enough cause to dedicate his entire life to and may we dedicate our lives to taking the message of freedom to the many people in spiritual bondage in Bolivia. Pray that the Lord of the harvest would send forth laborers to the harvest field of Bolivia.

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Here in Bolivia Mother’s day is celebrated on the 27th of May. This was a great opportunity to get to know the mother’s of many of the children that come to the church. We planed a special day with a kid’s presentation, special gifts and a banquet for everyone afterwards. We had a tremendous turn out with over 90 in attendance and around ten mothers visiting for the first time. It was great to see how so many chipped in to help. The normal people of the church were working all together to make the day very special for everyone. One of the mothers that was there was a lady who has come a few times in the past and once made a profession of faith spoke to my wife after the service. She told her that every time she is at the church she hears something that she needs to hear and that helps her. She said that we had invited her so many times and she hadn’t been coming and she realized that she needed to be there. Pray for her and many of the others that we might be able to follow up and get the gospel to each of them.

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For the past eight months it has been amazing to see how our church has grown and lives have been changed. This past month we had stewardship month in our church teaching the people how that everything we have belongs to the Lord and that we are responsible for what we do with His things. We have given out offering cards for those who want to participate and many are now using these cards to keep up with their giving. During this time we have been working with a few young people who are getting involved. One of the guy’s names is Yember pronounced like Jember. He began coming to English classes but told us he was a Mormon. Shortly afterwards he began to come to our youth meeting and then occasionally on Sunday nights, telling us that he would be going to his church on Sunday morning. Each time that we would give the invitation he would not close his eyes and sometimes would even talk. It was obvious that the Holy Spirit was working and one night at our youth meeting he raised his hand and afterward trusted Christ as Savior.

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We have just finished up our second semester of English classes at the church. This time around we seemed to have a lot less in attendance. We promoted the classes a little less because we had so many the previous semester and wanted to be able to accommodate those who came. The classes went well being able to get to know those who came better, because of the smaller attendance. We had been a little discouraged because it seemed as if our time had been wasted, but one night two of the students came to our youth meeting for the first time. After several times coming, both raised their hand during the invitation and after dealing with them they both trusted Christ as Savior. Also, the Saturday after our graduation four young girls that were in the class attended our youth meeting for the first time.