James' Family October 2011 Update

Hello from Bolivia! Thank you for praying for us and the work here. This pdf includes an update on recent pastors conferences around Bolivia, and how our ESI (Equipping Servants) Expansion in Ecuador is going.

God is changing lives!

Kep

James' Family October 2011 Prayer Requests

• Pray for the ESI (Equipping Servants Internship) participants throughout Bolivia, in Loja, Ecuador, and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently we have 628 active participants involved in weekly training, and 421 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.

It has been encouraging in recent weeks hearing testimonies of pastors who even after years in pastoral ministry, recently have come to faith in Christ as a result of studying the book of Romans and understanding the truth about Christ’s work on the cross!

• Praise for the 530 pastors and church leaders in the 3 ESI regional pastors conferences we held in La Paz, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba.

• Please pray for Kep and Debbie’s dual Bolivian citizenship process. The Bolivian government has had our passports for 22 months, and there is still no end in sight for this process to finish. Please pray for favor, so that we can be granted dual citizenship to be able to continue ESI Expansion oversight in Latin America.

James' Family September 2011 Update

Hello from Bolivia!

We appreciate your prayer for our ministry here. A lot is going on. We just finished a 3-day pastors conference in La Paz with pastor Jonathan Holmes (pastoral team Parkside Church) training on the topic of Biblical Counseling (How People Change, Tripp and Lane). We had 250 in attendance, and it was a very important time to learn Biblical principles of how to help people in their walk of faith and obedience in God's grace.

Pepe Rocha and I leave this afternoon for Santa Cruz. We will be holding the Santa Cruz pastors conference Wednesday through Saturday. Dr Roger Smalling (leader MINTS Seminary -- Miami International Theological Seminary) will be teaching on Biblical principles of leadership.

Next week (September 8-10 we'll be in Cochabamba for the same conference). We value your prayers for impact in the lives of many church leaders in Bolivia as we study God's Word in these conferences, as well as for safety as we travel around Bolivia.

James' Family August 2011 Update

Faith Tested

We have now been waiting one year and eight months to receive our dual citizenship here in Bolivia. Since the Bolivian government has our passports, it means we cannot travel. It is important for me to be able to travel to develop & oversee ESI (Equipping Servants) Expansion outside Bolivia.

In the early months we received hopeful indicators that they would grant us citizenship quickly. But as the months now turn to years, we find ourselves wrestling in the reality of faith between trusting God’s sovereignty and doubting if we will ever receive citizenship!

Our recent study through the book of Genesis has been a great encouragement to us, seeing God’s sustaining hand in the life of Abraham — even when he at times slid into discouragement, God was faithful to complete His purposes in his life. God is always faithful, and He WILL ALWAYS accomplish His work in His time. That Biblical confidence is a source of great peace to us.

James' Family July 2011 Prayer Requests

• Pray for the ESI (Equipping Servants Internship) participants throughout Bolivia and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently we have 653 active participants involved in weekly training, and 424 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.

• Please pray for Kep and Debbie’s dual Bolivian citizenship process. The Bolivian government has had our passports for 19 months, and there is still no end in sight for this process to finish. Please pray for favor, so that we can be granted dual citizenship to be able to continue ESI Expansion oversight in Latin America. Also Debbie’s dad is 90 and not well, and it is important for her to see him later this year.

James' Family June 2011 Update

Hi from La Paz! We trust you are well. Thank you for your prayer for our family and ministry. Here are a few specific prayer needs we'd appreciate prayer for this month:

1. We have many upcoming ESI (Equipping Servants) pastors conferences over the next few months. Please pray that we will be an encouragement to pastors and church leaders around Bolivia
- Oruro June 4,5 with Kep on the topic of personal holiness
- La Paz August 25-27 with pastor Jonathan Holmes on the topic of Biblical Counseling
- Santa Cruz August 31-Sept 3 with pastor Roger Smalling on Biblical leadership
- Cochabamba September 8-10 with pastor Roger Smalling on Biblical leadership
- Hopefully Oaxaca, Mexico in October (depending on whether I am able to travel -- see point #3)

James' Family June 2011 Prayer Requests

• Pray for the ESI (Equipping Servants Internship) participants throughout Bolivia and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently we have 650 active participants involved in weekly training, and 350 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.

• Please pray for Kep and Debbie’s dual Bolivian citizenship process. The Bolivian government has had our passports for 18 months, and there is still no end in sight for this process to finish. Please pray for favor, so that we can be granted dual citizenship, to be able to continue ESI Expansion oversight and other important aspects of our ministry.

2011 Bolivian Amazon Medical Trip Update

Hello from Bolivia!

Attached is a PDF update of our recent Medical Missions/Evangelism trip to the Bolivian Amazon with dentists from Parkside Church, evangelists from ILC Church, and the Samaritan's Purse team in Bolivia. If you would like to see more photos, I have posted them on my Facebook page (Kep James).

Thank you for praying for us and the work here in Bolivia,

Kep and Debbie

James' Family April 2011 Prayer Update

Hello from Bolivia!

Thank you for praying for us and the work here. Here are some prayer points:

1. Our very close friend and former La Paz team member Cheryl Bratt (age 51) died on Monday night. She developed a simple cold which turned into pneumonia, and then a virus -- she never recovered. Please pray for her husband, Jim, and their 3 children Peter, Cristi and Jonny. They live in Lynden, WA.

2. For Javier and Gladys Soliz, developing ESI Expansion Santa Cruz. Pray as they establish contacts with pastors and key church leaders, and work to start their first ESI group in June. Their son is struggling with the adjustment – please pray for Guliano, age 6.

3. For Tomas and Nancy Diaz preparing to leave Bolivia to start ESI Expansion in Loja, Ecuador. Tomas was there recently with pastor Edgar Mamani getting things ready to move to Loja in June.

4. Please pray with us that the Lord will move the “heart of the king” to sign our dual citizenship papers, so that we can get our passports back, and will be able to travel to oversee the development of ESI in different areas around Latin America.

Thank you again for your prayers,

Kep and Debbie James

James' Family Apil 2011 Prayer and Praise

• Pray for the ESI (Equipping Servants Internship) participants throughout Bolivia and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently we have 600 active participants involved in weekly training, and 350 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.

• Please pray for ESI Expansion as we make plans to start ESI in different places around Bolivia and South America. We sent Javier and Gladys Soliz to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. They plan to start ESI in June. We plan send PA Tomas Diaz and his wife Nancy and their 2 children to Loja, Ecuador in June, 2011.

• Please pray that Kep and Debbie’s dual citizenship process will finish soon – our passports are in the Bolivian government system, so until this process finishes we can’t travel. This is critical since Kep needs to visit places outside Bolivia to oversee and set up ESI Expansion: set up Loja, Ecuador, oversee our ESI groups in Oaxaca, Mexico, and Debbie’s official document to live in Bolivia expires in July.