¡FELIZ NAVIDAD!

Merry christmas from Bolivia! So the past couple of weeks have been pretty hectic, the Ross family arrived and stayed at the Hacienda for a while, we had the christmas babywashing, lost power because of a eucalyptis tree and a wind storm, and broke a tienda´s window playing soccer. Needless to say pretty crazy! I bought a bike the other day in La Concha and have been riding it with the orphans! We also made a trip out to Kewiña to check on the progress of the two orphanages being built there and bought two pigs for the Deaf Orphanage. It was pretty awesome and Kewiña is probably the most beautiful place I have been. I haven´t had to serenade any drunks and haven´t gotten lost on a truffie anymore so I would say its been a couple of very successful couple of weeks, but then again they´re always successful when you´re working to help others.

HOLA!

So my name is Jed and I'm a new intern from New Hampshire in the US. I'm gonna be here for sixth months and have been here for two weeks now! Cochabamba is awesome and has already provided me with some crazy experiences! For example, my third night here i serenaded a drunk bolivian man for two and a half hours on the steps of La Hacienda, where i am staying, and then a couple of nights later i got on the wrong truffie thinking i would do some exploring and ended up an hour and a half later in the middle of nowhere, pitch black, and the truffie was so packed people were hanging on to the side and riding. Little did i know that it was the last ride for the night and was making its final stop out in the middle of nowhere! So with some very broken and horrible spanish i was able to ask the driver what i needed to do to get back and he pointed to a very tiny truffie heading the other way and i jumped out and chased it down. Rode it back to somewhere (not sure where) where i got out and took a taxi back to middle of Coch. From there i proceeded to walk about 2 miles back to La Hacienda. Needless to say i had had enough of automobiles.



So my time here has been very exciting and so much fun, working at the orphanage and the center as well as doing baby washing every weekend is such a blessing and so much fun to do! God only knows what the coming weeks will hold!

Introducing IOU's Newest Teammate

After nine months of family and friends praying for a fast delivery, our prayers were definitely answered. At nine o’clock pm on September 21st we were eating ice cream. At 11 o’clock we called the doctor. At 11:30 I was 3cm dilated. At 12:30 we were heading to the delivery room and at 1:35 am on September 22nd, after two pushes, Miles Michael Ellis was born.
A fast delivery is just one of the many blessings we have received in the past week since Miles has arrived. From a hospital bill a third of the cost of the U.S. to our Christian doctor who generously delivered Miles for free, to being able to skype with my sisters in the hospital to Miles sleeping through most of the night. We feel like God has showered us with gift after gift on top of this new little person in our family.
We have also noticed that it is truly a blessing to have delivered in Bolivia, in a country filled with poverty and tragedy. Too often it is easy for us to become numb to the countless stories and statistics we hear about children being hungry and homeless. Being parents has now given us a new look at things and, while it reminds us to be truly grateful that we have everything we could possibly need to take care of our own son, it also reaffirms the importance of being here and working with children in need.
Its heartbreaking to me that one child every five seconds dies from hunger while I have both the capability to nurse and can afford to buy formula. Here in Bolivia we have been asked to take children who were being neglected by their mother and were literally eating grass because they were so hungry.
We have three pediatricians who are offering their services to us and yet there are nine million children who die each and every year from preventable illness. We met baby George who was born in the same neighborhood of our first orphanage; he had a condition where he couldn’t suck to breastfeed. It is a curable condition, however, the mother couldn’t afford the doctor and before we could locate them, baby George died.
40% of the world’s population lives on less than two dollars a day and we see the affects of this every week at our Baby Washing ministry. It is very difficult to know that these mothers cannot even afford to buy milk for their children let alone clothes and yet back at home Miles has a closet full of them.
The hardest reality to deal with is that Braeden and I can love our new son so much and want to do absolutely everything for him while our orphanages are being filled with children who have no parents at all to love them.
Again, we want to thank everyone for their prayers for us and our new little addition. We are so grateful for all of the gifts, cards and expressions of joy. Now we ask you to continue to pray for all of the children who are born into poverty. Pray for their parents who long to give them what they need but are unable to. We too continue to worry about getting the new Littlest Pet Shop that our child wants for Christmas just remember those who continue to worry about where their child’s next meal will come from.
Tiffany

San Lorenzo August Update

On Monday, Braeden, Tiffany, Aldo, Wendy and I went to present some sports equipment to Villa Israel School. They’ve been so good to us in accepting new children in them middle of the school year. Then we stopped at the orphanage and said “Hola” and encouraged the house parents. Moses, 11 yrs old, asked if he could fix the flat tire on the bike. He’s waited two weeks for permission. I’ve got to re-affirm that everything in the house is his to use and enjoy. Tuesday, we were able to fly to San Lorenzo. Over the Andes Mountains in the Amazon rain basin…God does nice work. Great progress on the orphanage and two thumbs up from the church to explore putting in a Christian radio station. https://sites.google.com/a/iteams.org/radiosanlorenzo/home Wednesday, Bonnie and I met with a lovely couple with Words of Life that have been supporting their ministry through jewelry making. Thursday, most of our team was able to make the trip to the rain forest to check on the tree farm, encourage the houseparents and meet our newest angel, Graciel. 10 months old and re-affirms all the bad days are worth it. Praise God our brakes failed as we came into Cochabamba. Friday, meeting with Bosques Tropicales about lumber export and new tree farm prospects. Met Tony from Bolivia Mission Air at the corner and God is heaping blessings on them these days. Saturday, Can’t wait to wash some babies and fix the brakes. Sunday, See our CIC family and worship our Father. Praise the Lord for another week of just trying to be obedient. Love Him, love others and invite others to do the same. Can’t wait for next week!

35 Cows

I visited Nemecio last night. We met earlier this year when we needed a piece of property in San Lorenzo to build an orphanage on. He and his family are Christians living here in Cochabamba; however they’re both from, and continue raise cattle in, San Lorenzo one of the most remote sites in Bolivia. IOU was able to purchase a beautiful 5 acre building site from Nemecio for our next set of homes. I’ve always been impressed with his gifts in business and the generosity he displays with both his money and his time. When we first met, Nemecio had suggested we raise cattle to support the children. I quickly dismissed the idea because I’m more comfortable with manufacturing and sales; however, he brought it up again last night. He asked what the monthly expenses were for an orphanage and I replied $1000. On his iPhone he banged out a few numbers, and confirmed it would be 10 orphans per home and then showed me the answer…35! He continued, “Miguel you only need 35 vacas per child”

Nemecio purchases year old calves from local breeders for $100 and grazes them on the nutrient rich pasture around San Lorenzo and sells them one year later for $200. After paying his ranch hands, veterinary and taxes he’s able to purchase his next calf and still profit $70 per head. I explained to Nemecio that I wouldn’t be much good on a cattle drive and he offered to manage the cattle for half of the profit. He would manage everything from purchase to auction. It amazes me to think that a one time gift of 35 cows would provide all the earthly needs of an orphan all the years they live in the orphanage.

I’ve been resisting the requests of several friends who suggest starting a sponsor-a-child program. I’ve been hesitating because it’s a lot of administrative work tracking and responding to monthly gifts; however, I wonder if this might be a nice compromise because it is still for a child but only requires a one time gift. I’m immediately reminded of the generosity this summer of VBS programs from three churches; Mosaic Community Fellowship Church in SC, Fellowship Reformed Church in Holland, MI and St. John Lutheran Church in Allendale, MI. Between these three groups of children they raised nearly $3000 during their one week VBS program. Although much of this was raised for specific needs or projects it reminds me of the power of children in our adult world.

If you are looking for a way to connect your youth group, Sunday school class or even your family with an orphaned child; have a cow. James tells us in 2:18 “Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do” Wouldn’t it be a great testimony if our children could care for the fatherless and the least of these with their own young hearts and deeds?

Goodbyes And New Interns

Hello Everyone,

So the Timmer family leaves today to go back home to the States. It is quite a sad day for me because this might be the last time that I will see Mr & Mrs Timmer, Mallory, Sydney, Emmy and Gracie for I will be back in the UK by the time they come back. But I know that we will all meet one day again in heaven and we will have the rest of eternity to spend together in the presence of The Lord.

Apart from the above, things still stay the same out here. I keep going to see the kids at Muyurina, bible studies are still running and El Centro is still as crazy and fun as ever!

A new but old intern arrived last month, Kristen Polcyn. She was an intern here a couple of years ago for 11 months and it has been great being able to meet someone who did exactly what I'm doing out here. Hear from her experiences, what she enjoyed doing and to see how the kids still remember her! Kristen has only a couple of days left but she will write an entry soon telling you about her trip to Potosi.

The only thing that I don't like about meeting new people is the fact that I am going to have to say goodbye to them not knowing, once again, when I will see them. But as a friend once said "I prefer to have met you briefly on this Earth and having your friendship forever than never have met you and never have come to known you". And that is very true, I thank God for the friendships I have made while I've been out here, not knowing when I will see them again.

Another new intern is arriving on Wednesday morning called Melissa. I think this is her first time out here, so it will be very exciting showing her the Bolivian ways and orphanages.

Not much is going on apart from the World Cup starting in a few days and I cannot wait to see my country (Spain) win this cup!

Until next time!

Thank you all for your prayers

Real Team Players

Teams are always a big encouragement to us and we’ve been plenty encouraged this year.

We’ve enjoyed teams from Nashua Christian Academy, Devon Park Christian School, Beechwood Reformed Church, Bedford Community Church and a small Detroit team that tackled some special projects.

Check out a couple of theses sites to see what they were up to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNEUuhXXPyY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV_PNpVwYBw&feature=channel

If you’re ever interested in coming down with a team just let us know.

What's in a name?

One of the most frustrating things about Bolivia is their government departments. We’ve had the joy of seeing Veronica, Franki and Dalia growing in size and faith over the past five years in our Muyurina-Frutillar Orphanage. We’ve struggled to get them their birth certificates during that entire time. Countless meetings and false starts have finally led us to victory. With birth certificates they can finally be legally registered at school and we can now apply for carnets (legal ID) that are required for college, voting, jobs and so much more. Just a piece of paper but a huge victory. Praise God!

Want a baby? Come to Bolivia

Speaking of babies…

The Mosey were an important part of our ministry for nearly a year. Ted and Caroline decided to cut their service time short to prepare for their second child; born just a few weeks ago was Ada Scarlet. We praise God for their continued friendship and support of the ministry through technical support and fundraising events.

Braeden and Tiffany in Bolivia

The Ellis family joins us.

It was truly an answer to prayer when Braeden and Tiffany felt called to join us. They were able to come on a wing and a prayer and get here in record time. We were able clean out the guest rooms at our house and turned it into an apartment for this growing family…that’s right they’re expecting their first child this September. Bonnie and I are so excited to have our first grandchild here in Bolivia. Please pray for this brave couple who will be running the entire ministry on their own for the next two months while we’re state-side getting Sydney started in college.

Farewell

Annie here for her last blog. :(
with just 2 weeks to go now till I head off travelling I'm trying to soak up as much as Cochabamba as I can and do all the things I've wanted to do here since I arrived.
I've tasted all the main typical foods including silpancho, saltenas, pique machu etc. I have yet to try Chicha the sort of corn beer thing as I'm not drinking here but on my travels when I return to Bolivia I will clear up any things missed then!
I'm going to try to climb Mt Tunari on Monday because thats something I've always wanted to do!.....could be interesting with the altitude but we'll take it slow!
So what have I learned from my time here and what will stick with me forever?
Well I have really learned alot about myself (so cliche I know) but its true, I've learned that all around the world their are amazing people that you can make friends with for life. That I have definitely learnt to make compromises in my lifestyle depending on the circumstance...and the amount of money I have?! The things that will stick with me forever are the children here and their stories, the way we can give them a second chance and to see their lives and relationships flourish with this opportunity they've been given, the poverty and the culture of Bolivia, the massive clash of developed vs undeveloped, poor vs rich and of course my friends and all the lovely people I have met here which I hope I can stay in touch with as much as poss!
If you ever have a chance to come out to Bolivia, especially Cochabamba, jump on it! get here! see its beauty and culture! witness the many lives you can change and that can definitely change you!
thankyou for reading!
Annie x

Sam arrives!

Hello I am Sam and I am the new intern from England. After four flights I arrived in this beautiful country on Friday 2nd April in Cochabamba to start my 3 month mission trip. The journey was OK until I touched down in La Paz where the altitude posed a big problem for me. Thankfully I only had to be there a couple of hours... Mike, Sydney, Gracie and Annie where waiting for me at Cochabamba airport and I was already getting really excited at this opportunity I was given.

I was glad to escape wet, miserable and cold England and arrive in this nice, sunny weather! I had the pleasure to meet Marcelino, Sofia and the orphans from the orphanage at Frutillar and do Bible Study and play with the kids. Having lived for fourteen years in Spain has been a great blessing to me for I am able to speak to language and interact with the Bolivian people. After the orphanage a group of us went for some drinks and I was able to meet some of Annie's friends. On Saturday Annie and I visited the Albino Patiño Centro in which we looked after the toddlers and tried as hard as we could to feed them. This was a totally knew and very heartbreaking experience for me. I was to hold an eight month old baby who was the size of a one month old baby! After we fed the babies and toddlers we got the Trufi (Bolivian transport) to the centre of town, the traffic was hectic!

Easter Day, Sunday, was the local election day and all means of transport was forbidden so Annie and I had to cycle down to Church which wasn't too bad. We were invited to Easter lunch at the Timmers house which was delicious and very much appreciated.

On Monday, the thing I was dreading most happened, my card (I think) got swallowed by an ATM... The Bolivian ATMs are different from the ones back home so I didn't realise I walked away without my card. I called my bank and it has been cancelled but I think it will take about five weeks for my new card to arrive in Bolivia, not good!

There are a lot more stories to tell but not much time! So I better go and... Until next time!

God bless you all and prayers are very much appreciated

Team times

So it's been a while and we've been really busy with two teams in the last few weeks. One from New Hampshire (24 16-18 yr olds) where we spent 3 days in camp kewina, doing general jobs around the buildings...we painted the roof and some of the rooms, we also did a vacation Bible school two of the days where we had 90 7-9 year olds a day and had craft, bible and games stations. It was quite hard to communicate a lot with them because they didn't speak much spanish, mostly quechua. I think we felt like we did get through to some of them though and they deffinitely had a great time. Unfortunately a lot of the team got sick whilst we were there and so reduced numbers made it a bit harder but it still went pretty smoothly.
The other team was a huge team from Canada which didn't come through us but we took to Chapare for 2 days. We did some really good work on the orphanage at villa catorce; cleaning up, varnishing and making the place look much more ready to live in. Then we went to the other orphanage (21) in that region to see the kids and to stay the night. It was really nice to see them again and I spent a lot of time helping with homework and chatting to them, trying to translate their spanish for the other team members!
The Moseys have now left which is very sad and we all miss them alot. I'm staying with the Timmers now just for a while until we have the sister of the house mum from frutillar's family staying and looking after the hacienda and keeping me from being lonely and scared up there! Also awaiting the arrival of my friend from the U.K. to be another intern with me in April, he's from Spain so his spanish is going to be very useful for all of us!
So a few more teams are joining us shortly which will keep us nice and busy too.
I'm hopefully going to be starting to work with the after school center this week on a tuesday which will be fun and I've still got things like babysitting baby Angelito once a week and many other little things. My spanish classes are great and I feel like I'm learning alot now I suppose I just need to speak and practice it alot more.
So I think thats my update!
Annie

Cochabamba Crazy

Hi its Annie,

I accompanied on the chapare visit and enjoyed it very much. The kids were really sweet and we got to play with them for a while which was nice. The humidity nearly killed me though! Also getting up at 4am to make it there for an 8:30 meeting wasn't something I can say pleased me much! Ha...I'm not a morning person! Had to be done though.

I feel like I'm pretty settled here now and am even going bowling, to the cinema and enjoyed some night life! Probably not what I expected I could do and probably not what I should spend my money on either!

The weather has been gorgeous for 3 days now and so I've done a little soaking...may be a little burnt though!

I've managed to take trufies now...even if I did miss my destination by one street because I wasn't paying attention and trying not to fall out the thing!...maybe a little practice is needed here.

So carnival seems to be in pretty full swing...water balloons flying everywhere...some good dodging is going on by me! I've got a bet on that if I don't get hit the whole of carnival I am owed an ice cream sundae! Lots of sprinting from buildings to taxis!

I'm now staying around 5 nights at the Mosey's which is really nice and after finding a TARANTULA at the hacienda this week!!...I'm pretty happy about leaving that place! It was just sitting on the living room table! So many photos were taken and I've left him in a tupperware box because thats all we could think of doing....although a little cruel...what else do you do to kill it?!

I'm helpingout once or twice a week babysitting a little adopted boy because his mum has gone back to the states for a while. So last week I managed a 24hr shift with little Angelito. Hard work but a very cool dude! Getting up to feed him his bottle will give me very good practice for being a mother myself...even if that is in a good few years!

Tigerlilli and Leon are doing good and I've made the top level of the Hacienda kitten proof so now they are alowed out for a little fresh air. There are a few new arrivals to the chicken coop...after the last 2 chicks dying, we bought five slightly older chickens and one has already been frightened to death...yes it sounds like I'm an awful animal keeper...not really its those stray dogs!...but Ted Mosey helped loads by pretty much barracaded the chicken run with all sorts including a fair bit of barbed wire. They should be safe now...Oh I hope so!

The kids at frutillar are doing well, really enjoying school now its back on. The biblestudy we have started went well and we ended up doing two becasue they didnt really take long and they all participated well! We are off tommorrow to help them with homework which I'm looking forward to seeing as I feel like I haven't used my brain in months!

Chapare Visit

This week we piled in Mike's car and headed out to Chapare! There were many things on the slate for this trip. Included in the things to accomplish were: meet with a church that is partnering with us on the almost complete kilometer 14 home, get the power turned on for the 14 home, meet with the Sindicato (local governing board) about the operating home at kilometer 21, and meet and better understand the situations and needs of the childred at the kilometer 21 home. Many other things were accomplished on the trip and many new relationships were formed. It is truly amazing to see how the work that has been so long in process is starting to bud and bear fruit. We thank Him for everything that is being done in Chapare and are happy we can play a part in it! Below are pictures from the trip:

Above: The kids preparing for Carnival (alot of water baloon throwing).
Right: They could use a little practive filling them up!



Bottom Three
Top: Mike with the head of the Chapare Sindicato. Also, he is wearing a Evo for President hat to amuse them:)
Middle: The kids were excited to show us their rooms and beds.
Last: Kids biggest to smallest.

Orfananto San Fransisco

Here’s how our last week went. One department of SEDEGES (child welfare) told me that I needed a psychological analysis as the director of IOU (International Orphanage Union) so we could re-new our orphanage license. I went in for my appointment and they said they couldn’t afford to hire a psychologist, could I? Another department scolded us for taking in two children prior to our license being renewed when their grandparent’s house was destroyed by a flooding river. The same department brought us four children the very next week because they had no-where else to bring them. I didn’t know if we should laugh or cry.
Our home in San Fransisco. Samuel and Elsa have two children of their own; Ruth (5), Cristhian (1) and they are caring for their niece (9). We accepted two sisters when our partner church Nueva Jurusalén brought them after a flood destroyed the grandparent’s home; Liz (9) and Mary (4). The next four children came from the government; three siblings whose mother passed away and whose father would leave them for days at a time while he worked out of town. Jhamil (9), Erika (7) and Luis (5). The most recent is Hilda (9) whose parents passed away one year ago she lives with her godmother who runs a chicharia (saloon). Hilda has epileptic seizures if she doesn’t get injections three times daily. Her 15 year old sister must prove to be more useful because the godmother kept her.
I met with Abel on Saturday; he’s the Social Worker for SEDEGES in the Chapare region (rain forest). He said there are over 300 children in his area alone waiting for homes. He’s about 25 years old and stares into the faces of countless orphaned and abandoned children and says, maybe next week. I asked him where we should build the next orphanage and he laughed and said “Anywhere, I’ll fill it”. Out of the nine departments of Bolivia, Cochabamba has more orphanages than any other. I ask God every day to allow us to be the ones to provide a home for all the rest of the children. None of this would be possible without your prayers and support.
Thank you, thank you, and thank you.
Mike and Bonnie

Annie here,
So yesterday I got to take home to the Hacienda two of the Timmers kittens! Another great addition to the team! Tigerlilli and Leon...(a tiger and lion to protect me up there!) Thats really exciting and it's really nice to have some company!
I've just been given a list of things I can now do and I'm interested in helping at 'el Centro' which is an after school club and also doing lots of little projects with the kids at the orphanage including some Biblestudies and some conversational English lessons and also taking a few kids at a time to bake cookies or help with the chickens etc. So I'm excited to see these things starting up!
Unforunately three of my five new chicks were killed so I will need to improve a little of the security in the chicken run! and maybe find some older chickens that will lay sooner to boost the numbers again :(
Still can't sleep very well...it may be down to the kittens though!?...they are currently staying in my room!
I stayed two nights at the Mosey's appartment this week and may start staying here a fewnights a week until there more people join me in the Hacienda.
Taking so many taxis on my own now...I'm getting the hang of this city!...next thing Trufies! (the colourful buses that go round the city for a little cheaper)
here's a few pics of the animals!!

New Intern!

Hey all I (Annie) have just joined the Timmers from Bath, England.
I'm living in the hacienda on my own at the moment and await teams and another intern in February. I have been here about a week now and am enjoying the rays seeing as the whole of Britain has been in a snow blanket! I'm just getting used to the way of life here in Bolivia. Trying to improve my spanish and bearings so I can take taxis on my own around the city and become a little bit more independent! I have been introduced to as many markets and coffee shops as possible and tommorow I'm going to a football match between the two Cochabamba teams which is really exciting! I love football and have been to a few matches in England but I hear Bolivian matches are a little dangerous and lets say..interactive!
I have been introduced to the orphans at the orphanage just down from the hacienda and they've also come up to sift through the many generous contributions in the store room up there and taken away some clothes and toiletries...they had so much fun doing that and trying on clothes!
On Friday the Moseys (another mission family here for 9 months and leaving in March) and I took all the kids to the park which was a laugh, they all had a go on the bumper cars and had a lot of fun! We are planning to take them all once a week in two taxis to the park or something before they go back to school.
I was really surprised when I went to the supermarket how many English imports there were!! So I'm doing just fine with my Heinz tomato soup and Hellmanns mayonnaise! I was worried what I would eat here but I'm doing just fine so far!
My spanish is also something that needs much improvement and I'm planning to take a lesson a week to get back up to scratch...I used to know alot more but in the past few years have forgotten. So prayers for my Spanish to be picked up easily and that I can sleep better at night...also an annoying extra!!
Thanks for reading!
Annie

NEW INTERN!

Hey all I (Annie) have just joined the Timmers from Bath, England.
I'm living in the hacienda on my own at the moment and await teams and another intern in February. I have been here about a week now and am enjoying the rays seeing as the whole of Britain has been in a snow blanket! I'm just getting used to the way of life here in Bolivia. Trying to improve my spanish and bearings so I can take taxis on my own around the city and become a little bit more independent! I have been introduced to as many markets and coffee shops as possible and tommorow I'm going to a football match between the two Cochabamba teams which is really exciting! I love football and have been to a few matches in England but I hear Bolivian matches are a little dangerous and lets say..interactive!
I have been introduced to the orphans at the orphanage just down from the hacienda and they've also come up to sift through the many generous contributions in the store room up there and taken away some clothes and toiletries...they had so much fun doing that and trying on clothes!
On Friday the Moseys (another mission family here for 9 months and leaving in March) and I took all the kids to the park which was a laugh, they all had a go on the bumper cars and had a lot of fun! We are planning to take them all once a week in two taxis to the park or something before they go back to school.
I was really surprised when I went to the supermarket how many English imports there were!! So I'm doing just fine with my Heinz tomato soup and Hellmanns mayonnaise! I was worried what I would eat here but I'm doing just fine so far!
My spanish is also something that needs much improvement and I'm planning to take a lesson a week to get back up to scratch...I used to know alot more but in the past few years have forgotten. So prayers for my Spanish to be picked up easily and that I can sleep better at night...also an annoying extra!!
Thanks for reading!
Annie

Chapare Orphanage and New Intern!

A lot has been happening lately in Cochabamba and there have not been nearly enough blog posts to document it! Here is a quick post to highlight a couple of the things that have been happening.

Above is a picture of the new houseparents at "Orhanage 21" in the Chapare region, Samuel and Elsa.
Our new guests:
Liz Fanny 9 yrs old
Mary Cruz 4 yrs old
Their mother abandoned Liz at birth and left the baby with Grandma. She returned 5 years later to drop off Mary Cruz and has had no other contact. Grandma and Grandpa are in poor health but were caring for them until the river crested this year and destroyed their house and everything they owned. Please join us in praying for these girls as they adjust to new surroundings and faces.



Last but not least, we are excited to welcome a new intern to our team! Annabel (Annie) is joining us from Baath, England. She'll be helping with the ministry for the next 5 months and just arrived in Cochabamba this week. Above is a picture of Annie learning the secret hiding spot of Evelyns baby doll. Welcome, Annie!