We have been in the area of Nuevo Esperanza - New hope . This is a newer area of the city and appears to be better off than some of the areas other teams are in. Most of the homes are self built as materials are available; all are brick or block, many are one room with provisions for adding on to them; some are quite nice by local standards.
New Hope is just that for me. Today we were so blessed a second time as we shared the Gospel with four more classes in a school. What a blessing to share Gods Word and the Gospel of Jesus in a public school
Hope is here in the faces of the children. The schools are safe, the teacher respected and the classes were all eager for us to share the Gospel with them. Here the children know about Jesus, but they didn’t know you can have a personal relationship with Jesus. While one of us told our testimony and story, the rest of the team showed the EvangiCube close up. We had 139 professions of faith. We prayed in class. One teacher gave a temendous testimony of her niece who was killed just the day before in a car accident and the impact on her family, she told the children "you don't know when you might die", her story was very moving. We prayed for her and her family right there in the class.
When I asked if I could take their picture in one class, they almost instantly got into a group pose, what a joy to show them their picture right after taking it.
Yesterday my team witnessed to four 16-22 year old men hanging out on the street in front of a home. Shortly after starting to talk to them, the mother of one of them joined us. The oldest of the young men had a lot of questions, and I was glad I have been studying the Bible, as the answers were there and we were able to lead all five of them to the Lord.
W think of America as a country of freedoms, but we no longer have the freedom of speech or religion that our founding fathers brought forth to our New Nation. Why do missionaries go to other nations? Maybe because the people’s hearts in other nations are not hardened like those in America.
story by Gary Hill
Many mission organizations emphasis evangelism, E3 Partners puts more emphasis on "making disciples". If you read the Great Commission carefully you will see that Jesus Christ gave us direction - to go and MAKE DISCIPLES. The picture above is a perfect example of what E3 Partners is all about. Here you see a pastor and a church leader discipling two new believers.
It is amazing to see how God uses "things" to bring honor to Himself. Two teenage girls did a puppet show for 30+ kids while parents and other adults were in a discipleship class. I have done puppets and after just a few minutes my arm gets very tired. These young girls did a 30 minute puppet show NEVER taking their arms down. My hat is off to them for using their talent and sacrificing their arms to do this.
Our team, Cindy Odgers, Gary Hill and myself, Jason Jarvis were assigned a site next to a school. Many children were playing in a field next to the school each afternoon. These children began to gather around us after we started kicking a soccer ball in the field one afternoon. Four teenage girls from the mother church began sharing the gospel with the children as they gathered. Ten young people accepted Christ in the first 15 minutes.
The future of this church is in the hands of God, Pastor Javier and his exceptional church members. They worked tirelessly feeding the beautiful children and adults of the community the word of God. It is hard to believe we are about to head home in a couple of days. There is so much work to be done and we have just scratched the surface. These children are the hope of their church surviving.
We have been in the area of Nuevo Esperanza - New hope . This is a newer area of the city and appears to be better off than some of the areas other teams are in. Most of the homes are self built as materials are available; all are brick or block, many are one room with provisions for adding on to them; some are quite nice by local standards. 
Yesterday was a time for catch-up and follow-up. The rains caused flooding in some areas and mud in others. We attended our pastor's church (each with their own pastor) and enjoyed fellowship with the parishioners. We prayed for our pastor. We went back to our mission area but the cold temperature kept people inside and since they have no place to share except outside, we revisited those who came to the Lord just to 'touch' and invite them to the discipleship meeting Monday evening. The team spent the evening working with the nationals on using the EvangiCube in sharing our testimony.
Aren't these kids precious? There are many changed lives in Boliva, kids, youth and adults and not just Bolivians. Below is an update of what God is doing this week through the 4th day of ministry.
