August 2015 James Update

Greetings from Bolivia!

We trust you are well. Thank you for praying for us. We continue seeing significant advancements as pastors grow in their commitment to honor Christ being true to His Word -- to build the church and reach the lost.

Please pray for Debbie and me as we travel with Jeff and Terry Mills from Parkside Church to Uruguay August 7-11 to talk with key pastors and denominational leaders about the possibility of starting ESI (Equipping Servants pastoral training) in Montevideo. After that we'll be in Santa Cruz, Bolivia holding ESI pastors conferences August 12-16. Then to Colombia to talk with key pastors and denominational leaders in Bogota. Then back to La Paz to hold ESI pastors conferences.

James Family August 2015 Prayer & Praise

• Pray for Jeff Mills and Kep as we hold ESI (Equipping Servants pastoral training) conferences in Santa Cruz and La Paz, Bolivia in mid-August. We are expecting some 400 pastors and church leaders. Pray for gospel impact as Jeff teaches through the book of Acts.

• Pray for the Lord’s guidance as Jeff and Kep visit pastors and denominational leaders in Uruguay and Colombia in mid-August, asking the Lord to guide us as we consider the possibility of taking ESI expansion into those two spiritual needy South American countries.

James Family July 2015 Update

We thank the Lord for your partnership in ministry with us. I have a quick story to tell you about how encouraged we are watching God transform lives across Latin America as people study the Bible.

Two weeks ago we had our Equipping Servants (ESI) pastoral training graduation. We do these graduations every semester. We had 350 people attend in La Paz. Since beginning ESI in 2002 we have never had success impacting any of the the "prosperity churches". But some of our newer ESI leaders have close relationships with some of these groups. The largest group in La Paz has 15,000 members. Last year their leadership team agreed to study the Bible with us.

James Family July 2015 Prayer & Praise

• Praise for Equipping Servants (ESI) graduation in Bolivia in June. In La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz had 440 pastors and church leaders complete a variety of Modules in our 3-year program. One of the most encouraging aspects was hearing testimonies of the tremendous impact the study of Romans is having in the lives of so many Pentecostal pastors. Several told me, “We have never understood grace before – our lives and ministries have been transformed and will never be the same”.

• Pray for the 850 ESI (Equipping Servants pastoral training) participants in Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. Pray for the 1050 graduates, that many churches will be transformed as pastors and church leaders honor Christ by being true to His Word.

James Family June 2015 Update

Download the PDF of the James June 2015 with photos here.

Hi from Bolivia!

Here's our June Update (a few days early)! I just returned to Bolivia after several weeks away holding ESI (Equipping Servants pastoral training) conferences in Peru, and visiting our ESI groups in Mexico. Last week 7 people from Parkside Church in Cleveland joined us for a medical missions trip to the Bolivian Aymara villages of Cayimbaya and Cotana behind Mt Illimani in the Department of La Paz. This Update features photos of these events.

Thank you for praying for us,

Kep James

James Family June 2015 Prayer & Praise

• Praise for Equipping Servants (ESI) pastoral training conferences in Peru with 70 pastors, and Kep’s visit to Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico ESI groups last month. I saw encouraging evidences of pastors growing and impacting lives in spiritually and physically challenging areas where the church struggls.

• Pray for the 850 ESI (Equipping Servants pastoral training) participants in Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. Pray for the 1050 graduates, that many churches will be transformed as pastors and church leaders honor Christ by being true to His Word.

• Pray for God’s supply for the 2500 pastoral book sets needed between 2015 and 2018 as we press forward to begin the work of ESI in 5 new Latin American countries in the next 5 years -- Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Columbia and Argentina.

James Family May 2015 Prayer & Praise

• Please pray for Kep as he holds Equipping Servants (ESI) pastoral training conferences in Peru, and then visits ESI groups in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico in late April and early May. Pray that his visit and Biblical teaching will encourage pastors in spiritually and physically challenging regions where the church is struggling.

• Pray for the 850 ESI (Equipping Servants pastoral training) participants in Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. Pray for the 1050 graduates, that many churches will be transformed as pastors and church leaders honor Christ by being true to His Word.

• Pray that pastors and church leaders will build a strong commitment of Biblical friendship with people in their churches and with other pastors and church leaders in their cities, to grow the unity of the Body of Christ in Latin America.

Debbie James Easter Greeting 2015

Hi from Bolivia!

Debbie wrote this for you. Thank you for praying for us,

Kep

Hi Everyone!

As I reflected on Easter this year, and the incredible hope of new life because of the death and resurrection of Jesus, I couldn't help but also reflect on all of the many miraculous events in our lives over the past few months. So much has happened!

First, I had surgery in December, and was told it was cancer. Then, Andrew, Angie, and their children left Bolivia for a time of training and preparation at Parkside Church in Cleveland. Then, our miracle grand-baby Ethan was born! Then I traveled to the US and was told that I actually didn't have cancer after all! WOW!

James Family April 2015 Update

Hi from Bolivia!

We hope you have a worshipful Easter! Thank you for your partnership through prayer with us here in Bolivia. I have a few prayer items that we'd appreciate your prayer for this month.

1. Tonight our ILC church in La Paz hosts an evangelistic dinner -- we're expecting a couple hundred people. Pray for much fruit that remains.

2. Saturday I'll be with 100 Aymara pastors on the Bolivian Altiplano teaching on the topic of evangelism.

James Family April 2015 Prayer & Praise

• Praise: Kep helped organize a Pastoring of Pastors event in Cochabamba, Bolivia in March with 100 pastors from Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay and Peru to encourage pastors to honor Christ by being true to the Scriptures, to grow in discipleship and to walk in Biblical friendships.
• Pray for Kep’s Equipping Servants (ESI) ministry in Bolivia, Mexico, Peru and Ecuador as each week 800 pastors and church leaders grow in their commitment to Christ through the study of God’s Word.