James' Family July 2012 Update

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Hi from very COLD La Paz!!

We want thank you for praying with us these 31 months for the completion of our dual citizenship process, which ended today!! We are thanking the Lord this LONG and faith-trying wait is over! We have our US passports and official dual Bolivian citizenship papers in hand. We look forward to being in the USA on our Home Assignment October through December.

I'll also include our July Update (a few days early). Featured is the ESI (Equipping Servants pastoral training) graduation we held yesterday with 250 ESI participants in La Paz and El Alto. And a photo of Edwin and Alicia Callejas who are launching ESI Expansion in Huanuco, Peru -- January 2013.

James' Family July 2012 Prayer Requests

• We thank God for the Parkside Medical team that helped us in May open doors for the gospel in the Aymara Community of Taca.

• Pray for the Parkside team helping us in July with the children’s ministry at our annual SIM Spiritual Life Conference.

• Pray for the ESI (Equipping Servants) participants throughout Bolivia, in Loja, Ecuador, and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently we have 614 active participants involved in weekly training, and 456 graduates since we started ESI in 2002. Please pray that churches will be transformed as pastors and church leaders learn to honor Christ by being true to His Word.

James' Family June 2012 Update

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Hello from Bolivia!

Here is our June Update. Thank you for praying for us and the ministry here in Bolivia and around Latin America as we train, equip and encourage pastors and church leaders to be true to God's Word.

Our June Update features the recent Parkside Church medical evangelism trip last week to the Aymara villages of Santiago and Taca, deep in Bolivia's back-country Andes mountains. Included are photos.

Missions Focus - James' Family June 2012

What a privilege working with God’s faithful people in Latin America! We are constantly amazed and humbled seeing the commitment of faithful brothers in Christ as they serve God.

One example -- when I finished our first ESI group in 2004 (ESI means Equipping Servants pastoral training, and is a ministry led and funded by Parkside Church), I invited Aymara pastor Efirio Sauciri to start his own ESI group in El Alto. As he was forging ahead with that group, he asked if he could start an ESI group with pastors in the city of Oruro, a 4 hour bus ride away. So for 2 ½ years Efirio faithfully made that trip every Wednesday helping pastors in Oruro to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures.

James' Family May 2012 Update

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Hello from Bolivia!

Definite signs here that our Andean winter has arrived! We trust you are well. Thank you for praying for us and our ministry.

This month's Update features ESI (Equipping Servants) -- current locations, and where we hope to expand. We now work with 640 pastors and church leaders throughout Bolivia,and in Ecuador and southern Mexico. Next year we plan to start in Huanuco, Peru. After that -- asking God to give us the right contacts to expand into Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica.

Thank you for praying for our dual citizenship -- still no word as we continue waiting -- now 29 months. We have peace and confidence in God's sovereign timing in all this, as we continue to ask God to give us favor so that Debbie can travel to see her dad (age 91, failing health), and so that Kep can travel to oversee ESI groups around Latin America.

Thank you for your prayers,

Kep and Debbie

James' Family May 2012 Prayer Requests

• Pray for the ESI (Equipping Servants) participants throughout Bolivia, in Loja, Ecuador, and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently we have 614 active participants involved in weekly training, and 456 graduates since we started ESI in 2002. Please pray that churches will be transformed as pastors and church leaders learn to honor Christ by being true to His Word.

 • Please pray for Kep and Debbie’s dual Bolivian citizenship process. The Bolivian government has had our passports for 29 months now. Our process is now in the final level – please pray for a speedy conclusion.

• Please pray for ESI Expansion as we continue to start ESI in different places around Bolivia and South America. Our prayer is to start ESI expansion in 5 new countries in the next 5 years, Lord willing starting in Huánuco, Peru in 2013 with PA Edwin Trujillo.

April 2012 James Update

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Hello from Bolivia!

Thank you for your faithful prayers for the ministry here in Bolivia and as we expand in South America. We continue to see God work in the lives of pastors and church leaders, moving many away from self-centered thinking, to really want to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures. This month's Update features our ESI (Equipping Servants) national leadership team retreat held the last week of March.

A quick update on our citizenship process -- this is now month 28 waiting to receive our dual citizenship. According to the govt officials we've been in communication with this week, it looks like the process may be close to completion. Which would be great, so that Debbie can visit her dad who is 91 and quite unwell in a nursing home, and so that Kep can visit ESI Expansion in Mexico and Ecuador. Please pray with us for this important matter!

Thank you for standing with us before the throne of grace!

Kep and Debbie

James' Family April 2012 Prayer Requests

• Pray for the ESI (Equipping Servants Internship) participants throughout Bolivia, in Loja, Ecuador, and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently we have 614 active participants involved in weekly training, and 456 graduates since we started ESI in 2002. Please pray that churches will be transformed as pastors and church leaders learn to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures, and as they learning to rely on the sufficiency of God’s Word.

• Please pray for Kep and Debbie’s dual Bolivian citizenship process. The Bolivian government has had our passports for 28 months now. We received confirmation last week that our process has moved into the final level – please pray for a speedy conclusion to this process.

• Please pray for ESI Expansion as we continue to start ESI in different places around Bolivia and South America. Our prayer is to start ESI expansion in 5 new countries in the next 5 years, Lord willing starting in Huánuco, Peru in 2013.

James' Family March 2012 Update

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Hi from Bolivia!

We appreciate your prayers for our ministry. Attached is a pdf of our recent ILC Church family camp at Camp Yungas. Also a photo of La Paz at night as a reminder to please keep praying for the salvation of many in this important city of two million people.

Please pray also that the Bolivian government will grant us our dual-citizenship. We applied 29 months ago, and we still have no promise that this will happen anytime soon. Since they hold our passports, we cannot travel -- and we really NEED to travel in 2012 to oversee ESI (Equipping Servants) Expansion, and to visit Debbie's dad, who is 91 and his health is failing.

Thank you for praying!!

Kep and Debbie James

James' Family February 2012 Prayer Requests

• 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 working in the city of Santa Cruz in a Biblical counseling outreach to young people called Café Alfarero. They are seeing good fruit in evangelism and discipleship.

• Pray for Katie in her life and work at the Cleveland Clinic.

• Pray for Andrew working with Samaritan’s Purse in Bolivia. He continues seeing God open doors for the gospel through his ministry. Pray for his MA studies by extension at Trinity Seminary.