James' Family December 2012 Prayer Requests

• We are thankful to be able to spend this time back at Parkside, for God’s gracious mercy allowing us to receive our dual citizenship status in Bolivia.

• Pray for the ESI (Equipping Servants) participants throughout Bolivia, in Loja, Ecuador, and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently we have 638 active participants involved in weekly training, and 650 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.

November 2012 James' Update

Hello from the USA!

We have been in the States for several weeks visiting family and friends, and tomorrow we arrive in Cleveland, Ohio until after Christmas.

The Bolivian leadership team at the ILC Church in La Paz reports that things are going well and growing. The ESi (Equipping Servants pastoral training) groups in Bolivia, Ecuador and Mexico are moving forward. It was a tremendous encouragement for me being with so many of our ESI participants and graduates in Loja, Ecuador and then 3 States in Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo and Oaxaca) in September and October -- hearing reports of how pastors and church leaders are growing in their commitment to the sufficiency of Christ and His Word -- wanting to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures.

James' November 2012 Prayer & Praise

• Praise for good success on Kep’s trip to Peru, Ecuador and Mexico. The ESI (Equipping Servants pastoral training) ministry is growing strong. Pastors report that God is transforming their lives and churches and families as they study God’s Word and honor Christ being true to the Scriptures. Kep returned with a renewed sense of the urgency for pastoral training around Latin America.

• We are thankful to the Lord to be back in the USA, and look forward to our time at Parkside mid-November through the end of December.

James' October 2012 Update

Download the October 2012 James Update here.

Greetings from Loja, Ecuador!

I spent last week in Huanuco, Peru, and this week in Loja looking at our ESI (Equipping Servants) pastoral training ministry around Latin America. This October Update that I've attached in pdf features this trip, with photos of both places. Next week I'll be in Mexico meeting with our ESI groups in Chiapas, Pachuca and Oaxaca. I value your prayers that God would allow me to be an encouragement to many pastors.

James' October 2012 Prayer & Praise

• Pray for Kep’s trip to Ecuador and Mexico in early October to give oversight to the ESI (Equipping Servants pastoral training) ministry.

• Praise for a good trip to Peru in late September get things set up to send Pastoral Assistant Edwin Callejas and his family to Huanuco in January 2013 to start ESI Expansion. There is a great need for pastoral training in Huanuco, and God gave us excellent contacts during our time there.

September 2012 James Update

Hi from La Paz!

This is our September 2012 Update featuring our 2012 ESI (Equipping Servants pastoral training) pastors conferences in Bolivia, and a photo of our new granddaughter Camille.

New James' Family Member Born!

Hi all!

Camille (Andrew and Angie's baby #2) was born at around 1am this morning!

Kep

James' Family August 2012 Prayer Requests

• Praise for a fruitful time of ministry for the Parkside team that helped us in July with the children’s ministry at our annual SIM Spiritual Life Conference.

• Praise that Kep and Debbie were granted dual Bolivian citizenship, and that Debbie is able to spend a few weeks with her dad in Rochester, NY – pray for him as his health is failing quickly – he is 91 years old.

• Pray for the ESI (Equipping Servants) participants throughout Bolivia, in Loja, Ecuador, and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Currently we have 600 active participants involved in weekly training, and 534 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' August 2012 Update

Hello from Bolivia!  

Again we want to thank you for your prayers regarding our dual citizenship that was granted a few weeks ago. This has made it possible for Debbie to visit her dad in Rochester, NY, where she arrived an hour ago. It allows me to make plans to visit our ESI (Equipping Servants pastoral training) groups in Peru, Ecuador and Mexico in September. Debbie and I plan to be in Cleveland for our Home Assignment from Oct 10 until after the New Year.

Our ministry in the ILC Church and ESI is going well. We are seeing much fruit as pastors and church leaders grow in their commitment to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures. Thank you for your prayers, During this LONG process, God has taught us MANY important lessons over the 3 years we've been waiting for our dual Bolivian citizenship.

James' Family July 2012 Update

Download the July 2012 James Update here.

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.