Let me tell you about an amazing church about 10 km from the third orphanage in the jungle. Villa 14 de Septiembre has most likely the strongest church in the tropics. They have planted several churches themselves and continue to support them. The church has created a Christian radio station that reaches thousands of listeners in the remotest of areas. The congregation, made up of mostly farmers, tithe their crops each and every year and gift them to ministries through out Bolivia. The elder board had approached us awhile back and asked about partnering with us. As we finished the orphanage just up the road they attended the dedication and offered a piece of property behind the church. Because of a few legal issues we opted not to accept their offer and within a week one of the couples from the Church offered us 400 sq mtrs on the main road. Remberto and I decided to meet with the Church last week. When we stopped to speak with them we found that they were at their weekly Bible study and prayer time. We found the location in the jungle and as we approached them down an over grown path I knew immediately this was a Church that loved the Lord. There were nearly thirty members each with their well worn Bibles lying in their laps as they sat on blankets, tree stumps or just in the dirt as I would imagine Jesus and His disciples did. As we visited many of them shared stories of orphaned children that had to be sent to Cochabamba because there were no orphanages in the tropics. God has blessed us with some surplus ministry funds so we will be starting the construction in faith. However, if you would like to consider this project for your Church, youth group, family or business please let us know. We’ve been able to make some changes to the design of the house and keep the construction cost at $20,000 again this year.
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