• Pray for the ESI (Equipping Servants Internship) participants throughout Bolivia and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently we have 523 active participants involved in weekly training, and 325 graduates since we started ESI in 2002. Please pray that many churches will be transformed as pastors and church leaders learn to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures as they dedicate time to study God’s Word.
• Pray for committed pastors who sacrifice much to open ESI in new regions. Pastor Antonio Cruz travels from Oruro (6 hour bus ride r/t) each week to Challapata to encourage and equip pastors. Pastor Jaime Cruz travels from Oruro (12 hour bus ride round trip) each week to lead ESI in the city of Potosi. Pastor Zenon Hurtado travels to the Oruro State mining center of Huanuni each week. Pastors in these new regions report good growth in their lives and churches.
• Pray for our Pastoral Assistant (PA) training program in the ILC and IBM churches in La Paz as we train 13 pastors in 2010 learn to think and live Biblically. Pray for the impact of this training as ESI Expansion has purposed to establish ESI in 5 new Latin American countries in the next 5 years.
• Pray for Pepe Rocha that God will grant him wisdom as carries a heavy load pastoring the ILC Church. Pray for much fruit that remains, as he devotes himself to teaching and preaching God’s Word.
• Pray for Debbie as she trains a team to help carry the heavy load of evangelism and discipleship among women in La Paz. She continues equipping key women in how to communicate God’s Word effectively to women.
• Pray for Sami and Heather Ross, who have moved to the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz to start ministry in a Biblical counseling outreach to young people called Café Alfarero.
• Pray for Katie who graduated with honors from nursing school at Kent State University!
• Pray for Andrew, developing a ministry of evangelism and discipleship in Bolivia, and for Angie, heading up a ministry with Samaritan’s Purse in Bolivia to help children with heart defects get medical attention in the USA. They are working with the Jr High students on Sunday mornings at ILC Church, and are seeing good fruit for the gospel in their work. We’re excited about becoming grandparents -- Angie is pregnant – due in early November!!
Kep and Debbie James
