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.

James' Family Special Prayer Request -

Please pray for our close friend Jim Bratt, former SIM La Paz teammate, and close friends of ours. Four days ago his wife Cheryl (age 50) got a cold, which went into pneumonia, and then she got some sort of virus. She died this morning.

Please pray for Jim and their kids (Peter 21, Cristi 19 and Jonny 15). They have been living in Lynden,WA for the past 2 years. They lost their 3rd child as an 18 month old due to respiratory problems when they lived in La Paz. Some of the early Parkside teams spent time with Jim and Cheryl.

James' Family March 2011 Prayer and Praise

• Please pray for ESI Expansion as we make plans to start ESI in different places around Bolivia and South America. We are sending Javier and Gladys Soliz to Santa Cruz the first week of March to start ESI there. 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.

 • 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.

James' Family Special Prayer Requests

Hello from Bolivia! Thank you for praying for us and the work here. If you could stop and pray for a few specific concerns, we'd appreciate it!

1. For the 4000 people in La Paz left homeless when a landslide from heavy rains 3:00 on Sunday morning leveled 400 homes very close to our house. A number of families in our church were affected. One of our ESI (Equipping Servants) pastors lost everything, escaping with his family only with the clothes on their back. Pray for our church mobilizing right now helping move many to safety, and providing food, clothing and encouragement for many in this devastating situation.

2. For Javier and Gladys Soliz, who moved last Saturday to Santa Cruz to launch ESI (Eqipping Servants) ministry in Bolivia's second most important city. Pepe Rocha was with them on Sunday in the local church where they will be involved, and the church received them with open arms. Pray as they establish contacts with pastors and key church leaders, as they hope to start their first ESI groups in June.

James' Family February 2011 Prayer Update

• 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 desire to start ESI in different places around Bolivia and South America. We are planning to start ESI in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz mid 2011, and to send PA Tomas Diaz and his wife Nancy and their 2 children to Loja, Ecuador in June, 2011.

• Pray for our Pastoral Assistant (PA) training program in the ILC and IBM churches in La Paz as we train 16 pastors learn to think and live Biblically.