James April 2020 Update

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Thank you for your prayers. Attached is a brief update explaining what is happening in Bolivia.

We thank God for your partnership in the gospel with us,

Kep and Debbie

James March 2020 Update

Hello from Bolivia!

Thank you for praying for the work in Bolivia and the growth of ESI (Equipping Servants-Disciples Making Disciples). This Update features where ESI currently is located and new cities starting this month. Particularly pray with us for our upcoming ESI Facilitator Training weekends in Virginia in Spanish and Mozambique in Portuguese.

Download our March 2020 Update here.

Serving in the gospel with you,

Kep and Debbie James

James February 2020 Update

Hello from Bolivia!

We trust you are well. Thank you so much for praying for us and our ministry here in Bolivia and beyond.

Here is our February Update -- a few prayer points:

1. The social and political situation in Bolivia has been calm since December. Things were extremely tense in November after the October election fraud was discovered and Evo's subsequent exit from Bolivia. The Lord gave us opportunities to share the gospel with many people during those weeks -- there has been an unusual openness among people in the Southern Part of La Paz to hear the gospel -- where the ILC Church has been laboring to reach with the gospel of Jesus Christ since 1990. The date set for the new presidential elections is May 3. Please pray for peace and continued openness to the gospel.

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James May 2019 Update

Thank you for praying for us and our ministry in Bolivia and beyond. This Update talks about the pastors and church leaders who were trained in April in Spain that will be starting ESI groups this week. Please pray for Juan Cardanas and our ESI team hosting our next Facilitator Training -- Ciudad Del Este, Paraguay May 2-4.

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James Family May 2019 Prayer Requests

* Please pray for the ESI Facilitator Training that will take place May 9-13 in Foz de Iguazu, Brazil and Sao Paolo, Brazil with 40 new ESI Facilitators.

* Pray for the 45 Facilitators we trained in Valencia, Spain in April -- as they form new ESI groups to begin in September.

* Also, please pray for Debbie as she continues training women in evangelism and mobilizing discipleship relationships in the ILC Church in La Paz.

Thank you,

Kep

James April 2019 Update

Greetings from La Paz!

Thank you for your prayers. Attached is our April Update -- please be praying especially for our ESI (Equipping Servants) Facilitator Training weekend in Valencia, Spain April 19-20.

Thank you,

Kep and Debbie

James Family April 2019 Prayer Requests

• Please pray for the ESI Facilitator Training we’ll be holding in Valencia, Spain April 19-20 with 55 pastors and church leaders. Pray as these men and women begin new ESI groups in the second half of 2019, the Lord will impact the church in Spain with a renewed commitment to keep the gospel at the center of everything they do.

• Pray for 20 Venezuelan pastors who have started 8 new ESI groups in central Venezuela.

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James February 2019 Update 2

Hi from Bolivia!

We just arrived back in La Paz last Friday, after a wonderful time in Cleveland on our brief Home Assignment. This Update explains what God did over the past 2 weeks on our ESI Exploratory trip to Spain and Portugal. We also answer the question: What is ESI?

Love to you all, and thank you for praying,

Kep and Debbie

James Family March 2019 Prayer Requests

• Praise for a wonderful ESI Facilitator Training with 20 Venezuelan pastors in February. Pray for these men as they start 10 new groups in Barquisimeto, Venezuela in the first half of 2019.

• Praise for a good response from pastors in Spain and Portugal during our exploratory trip there in February. We have decided to hold an ESI Facilitator Training weekend April 19-20 in Valencia. Pray for God to draw the church leaders He will raise up to encourage mutual discipleship in many parts of Spain and Portugal in 2019.

James February 2019 Update

Hello from Spain.

Thank you for your prayers as we continue to sense out if the Lord has ministry opportunities for ESI (Equipping Servants International) in Spain and Portugal. We have already met with four groups of pastors, starting in Vitoria in Spain's northern Basque country, and then in Valencia. There has been a significant response -- we have met church leaders who have been praying for a long time for help to get the church back to the Bible and become gospel centered.

Pray for the two meetings we have tomorrow in Madrid, and then next week in Lisbon and then Granada, Spain. We value your prayers for God to lead us to the right people who are eager and hungry for God's Word. We are amazed at the sincere desire we have discovered so far.

Just know this -- that when you pray you are with us here in Spain!

Love,

Kep and Debbie