James' Family September Prayer Update

• Pray for the ESI (Equipping Servants Internship) participants throughout Bolivia and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently we have 523 active participants involved in weekly training, and 325 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.

• Pray for committed pastors who sacrifice much to open ESI in new regions. Pastor Antonio Cruz travels from Oruro (6 hour bus ride r/t) each week to Challapata to encourage and equip pastors. Pastor Jaime Cruz travels from Oruro (12 hour bus ride round trip) each week to lead ESI in the city of Potosi. Pastor Zenon Hurtado travels to the Oruro State mining center of Huanuni each week. Pastors in these new regions report good growth in their lives and churches.

James' Family August Prayer Update

Download the August Prayer & Praise PDF with photos by clicking here.

Hi from very cold (South American winter) La Paz, Bolivia --

We trust you are well. Attached is our August 2010 Prayer Update. Please pray with us for the salvation of many people in the city of La Paz.

Heather and Sami are happily married, and this week are moving to Santa Cruz, Bolivia to begin their ministry with Cafe Alfarero.

James' Family July 2010 Prayer & Praise

Our PURPOSE - Helping Churches Honor Christ by Being True to His Scriptures:

 “We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone complete in Christ.” Col 1:28

Prayer and Praise

• Pray for the ESI (Equipping Servants Internship) participants throughout Bolivia and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently we have 425 participants involved in weekly training, and 325 graduates now since we started ESI in 2002. Pray that churches will be transformed as pastors and church leaders learn to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures. Kep spent time with the ESI participants around Bolivia in May, and is very encouraged seeing how God is touching the lives of many pastors and church leaders as they dedicate time to study His Word.

James' Family June 2010 Update

Our purpose is to honor Christ helping churches be true to His Scriptures "We proclaim Christ, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone complete in Christ" Col 1:28

ESI Expansion

We thank God for godly Bolivian pastors He is raising up through ESI (Equipping Servants) to encourage and equip other pastors to follow Christ according to His Word. The work in the Bolivian cities La Paz, Cochabamba, Oruro, Potosi is going well. The work in Oaxaca, Mexico has gotten off the ground -- the 70 participants report changes in the way they are thinking and serving. There is a huge need to strengthen the church in the city of Santa Cruz (Bolivia’s largest city of 2 million). We are preparing to launch the work of ESI in 5 new Latin American countries in the next 5 years. So please pray with us as we pray, plan, and continue training and equipping pastors.

James May 2010 Prayer Requests

Our PURPOSE - Helping Churches Honor Christ by Being True to His Scriptures: “We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone complete in Christ.” Col 1:28

Prayer and Praise

• Pray for the ESI (Equipping Servants Internship) participants throughout Bolivia and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently we have 425 participants involved in weekly training, and 300 graduates now since we started ESI in 2002. Pray that churches will be transformed as pastors and church leaders learn to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures. Kep spent time with the ESI participants in Oaxaca in April, and God is touching the lives of many leaders as they dedicate time to study His Word.

James April 2010 Prayer Update

• Pray for the ESI (Equipping Servants Internship) participants throughout Bolivia and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently we have 425 participants involved in weekly training, and 300 graduates now since we started ESI in 2002. Pray that churches will be transformed as pastors and church leaders learn to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures.

James Special Prayer Request

Thank you for praying for us and the work here in Bolivia. We'd especially value your prayer for our son Andrew with a team from Samaritan's Purse who left this morning on a 40-hour drive to Concepcion, Chile to help with the earthquake relief.

James March 2010 Update

“The message the church in Bolivia preaches and teaches has become so contaminated, and the example of many church leaders so impure, I believe God is raising up a new kind of pastor to help the church think and live Biblically, to help purify the church,” recent comments of a pastor involved in the ESI (Equipping Servants Internship) process in La Paz.

James February 2010 Update

Pastor Alistair Begg Visit

January 24-26 Alistair Begg visited us in Bolivia. We had a wonderful time together in ministry.

James Special Announcement

Hi from Bolivia! 

Last evening Sami Ross asked our daughter, Heather, to marry him. We are very excited.