Sucre, Bolivia-07

Music Video - Sucre, Bolivia

2007-07-15T19:43:00.001-07:00

Glory Adios!! Glory to God!!!

2007-07-13T05:46:00.000-07:00

At the closing rally the pastors of the mother churches were invited to come on stage to receive the decision cards. We had a special presentation by each of the team leaders. God laid on my heart the story of Moses when the Israelites were at war with the Amalekites. If Moses kept his hands raised to God they would win the battle. As he would tire and his hands lowered, they would loose. His helpers Aaron and Hur came and held his hands and they won the war. The Christians in Sucre are not fighting the Amalekites but they are at war with Satan. Also these pastors cannot do this ministry all on their own. It was good to see thier church leaders come to support thier pastor in the ministry. Please pray for those who were trained and as they now take the lead in discipling the new believers.

Here are the statistics for the trip:

31 North Americans with 21 translators worked with 96 church leaders in Sucre. We shared the gospel with over 700 in 5 different barrios. 5 new churches were planted with 640 new believers! Praise God.

Meet Daisy a trophy of God's grace

2007-07-13T05:34:00.000-07:00

It was my privilege to meet Daisy, her dad and her brother. Our team was in a very wealthy community, Barrio Judicial. Our meeting was in her home with her family. For close to two hours we talked about the need to have a personal realtionship with Jesus Christ. Her dad and brother wanted to start arguments but we did not oblige. Daisy however showed great interest in what we had to say. On the last day in that community Daisy told me that she was trusting in Jesus alone for her salvation. She indeed is God's trophy of His grace. Please pray for her as she walks alone in her home for the Lord.

Thursday

2007-07-12T12:00:00.000-07:00

Today is the day we leave Sucre for Santa Cruz. We had some down time and the hotel owner tooks us on a city tour that included a musem for Dinosaurs! A large cement plant near Sucre discovered the imprints of many dinosaurs while blasting the rocks needed to manufacture cement. This was very interesting.
We also went to see a castle. It was built well over 100 years ago.

Wednesday

2007-07-12T11:56:00.000-07:00

Wednesday is the final day of work in Sucre. Tonight we had a victory rally. Several hundred children, youth and adults came. We meet in a gym where they play indoor soccor. The sound was very bad, the children were very noisy but God prevailed.
I was asked to bring a challenge at the close. Hopefully I can post a picture. The pastors were asked to come on stage to accept the decison cards and then the audience was challenged to help the pastor. More posts on this tomorrow.

Tuesday

2007-07-10T17:59:00.000-07:00

God is blessing. Today our little eye team went to a new village for the morning. We saw 39 people in 2 hours. As we would finish with them a team was ready to talk to them about the Lord. Almost all of them accepted Christ!
We were able to go back to the new church where we started this afternoon following the eye clinic. This is what I really enjoy. We were able to lead two more to Christ in the judicial barrio and disciple several who were saved earlier. These more affluent people are very hard to reach.
Please pray for me tomorrow night, Wednesday. I was asked by the leaders to preach the final message of the campaign. This takes me out of my comfort zone.
I still don't have a count but believe the number of salvations is in the hundreds and that at least 5 churches will be planted this week. Praise God!

Meet the guys

2007-07-10T17:56:00.001-07:00

From the left: Rudy, Christian, Hal, Tevor, Sam, Koco and Philip

Meet the translators

2007-07-10T17:38:00.000-07:00

Isabell is one of the best translators I have ever had the privilege to work with. She is a blessing.

Traditional Bolivian Lady

2007-07-09T19:15:00.001-07:00

This is a very typical traditional Bolivian lady. Many dress in very bright, colorful dresses and they love to wear hats. Many women braid their hair in LONG braids. Bolivians have embrassed us. They are very appreciative for what we have been able to do for them.

Happy people!

2007-07-09T19:11:00.000-07:00

Woodlan Jorgenson with a happy customer. This lady could see for the first time in a while. It was a real joy to see people able to read their Bibles.

Just kidding!

2007-07-09T19:06:00.001-07:00

Can you believe someone donated these ugly glasses? We all had some fun with them.

Monday - eye clinic

2007-07-09T18:58:00.000-07:00

Today we had the privilege to give glasses to well over 100 people. It was an interesting day. First, I have never done an eye clinic. Second, we were challenged because the people in this community spoke three different languages. God provided though. None of our translators could speak the other languages but CHILDREN COULD!!! So we used some little kids. We would speak in English, our translator would speak in Spanish and the kids would repeat to their moms, dads and grandparents in Quechua or Amara. It was a challenge but God prevailed. I am not sure of the count but well over 100 prayed to receive Christ today.

2007-07-08T18:34:00.000-07:00

Woodlan is sharing with three precious little 11 year old boys. They were so smart. One boy asked a lot of questions. One queston was "why do Christians think Catholics all go to hell". For a young boy this was indeed a huge question. First of all we explained we did not belive that. After explaining that Jesus was the ONE and ONLY way to heaven, that we are saved by God's grace, not by works and that God loves all people they accepted Christ. Our next goal is to go to their homes and meet their parents. Please pray as we do this that the parents will be receptive.

Sam - the preacher?

2007-07-08T18:29:00.000-07:00

Who would have ever thought I would be a preacher? Go figure! Honestly, I am kinda liking it. On Saturday night Pastor Saul asked me to bring a short message to the youth. On Sunday morning our team had the service. Two team members gave their testimonies and I delivered a message. The outcome was having more people helping us in the field. My prayer is that they will continue to come and help us each day.

Sunday in Sucre

2007-07-08T18:20:00.000-07:00

The community our team was assigned to is called the Judicial Barrio. In all of my travels with e3, I have NEVER seen houses like this. The pastor told us going there that "rich people need Jesus too". All of the other teams are in very poor areas. Sucre is the jusdicial center for the Bolivian government. Our community is filled with attorneys and judges. They are much harder to reach with the gospel. Please pray for us as we continue to tell the story to those who will listen. So far after two days of ministry, 22 people have accepted Christ. I do not have the numbers from the other teams. On Monday we begin the eye clinics in the poorer areas in the morning and will go back to our site in the afternoons and evenings.

Meet Philip and Trevor

2007-07-06T18:39:00.001-07:00

Philip and Trevor are best friends from Plano, Texas. They are both on my team. Both guys are eagle boy scouts. Philip collected well over 1000 pair of eye glasses that we are going to give away this week. Dr. Jamie Cason gave me a crash course in how to do an eye clinic. Hopefully we won't do too much damage.

Sucre, Bolivia - Judical Capital of Bolivia

2007-06-07T06:16:00.000-07:00

Thursday, July 5 - the team flew from Washington, DC (the Maryland team), Dallas, Texas, Austin, Texas, Houston, Texas and me from Birmingham. We converged in Miami. Everything went smooth until a few minutes before boarding the plane. The sky blackened, lighting was flashing and thunder booming all around the airport. Long story short, we were 4 hours waiting for the storm to pass. We arrived at 1:30 AM. tired and weary we got a little sleep, got up, had breakfast and got on a new flight to Sucre. All is well.

Friday, July 6 - We arrived in Sucre, had a good lunch, met our translators, pastors and went prayer walking in our communities. Had a good time meeting everyone.

Here is a picture of our team from Potomac Heights Baptist in Maryland -

(Rear left to right: Matt, Jason, Mike, Troy; Front left to right: Abi, Tracey, Amanda, Elaine, Sarah, Glenda, Joyce) PHBC has partnered with E3 and Bolivia. They sent 3 teams in 2006, this is the 2nd team this year, with another coming back in November and 3 planned for 2008.

Sucre is located in the Andes Mountain range around 9200 feet above sea level. This trip takes place in July 07. Please come back and take a look beginning July 5, 2007.