¡Chapare!
Hello once again, it has been an extremely long time since the last post, for which I apologize. It has been filled with some pretty busy weeks. One in particular happened about 2 months ago when Katharine, Jon, and I went to stay at one of our orphanages in the Chapare. We spent a total [...]
¡Feliz Navidad!
Merry christmas from Bolivia! So the past couple of weeks have been pretty hectic, the Ross family arrived and stayed at the Hacienda for a while, we had the christmas babywashing, lost power because of a eucalyptis tree and a wind storm, and broke a tienda´s window playing soccer. Needless to say pretty crazy! I [...]
Hola!
So my name is Jed and I’m a new intern from New Hampshire in the US. I’m gonna be here for sixth months and have been here for two weeks now! Cochabamba is awesome and has already provided me with some crazy experiences! For example, my third night here i serenaded a drunk bolivian man [...]
Introducing IOU’s Newest Teammate
After nine months of family and friends praying for a fast delivery, our prayers were definitely answered. At nine o’clock pm on September 21st we were eating ice cream. At 11 o’clock we called the doctor. At 11:30 I was 3cm dilated. At 12:30 we were heading to the delivery room and at 1:35 am [...]
San Lorenzo August Update
On Monday, Braeden, Tiffany, Aldo, Wendy and I went to present some sports equipment to Villa Israel School. They’ve been so good to us in accepting new children in them middle of the school year. Then we stopped at the orphanage and said “Hola” and encouraged the house parents. Moses, 11 yrs old, asked if [...]
35 Cows
I visited Nemecio last night. We met earlier this year when we needed a piece of property in San Lorenzo to build an orphanage on. He and his family are Christians living here in Cochabamba; however they’re both from, and continue raise cattle in, San Lorenzo one of the most remote sites in Bolivia. IOU [...]
Goodbyes And New Interns
Hello Everyone, So the Timmer family leaves today to go back home to the States. It is quite a sad day for me because this might be the last time that I will see Mr & Mrs Timmer, Mallory, Sydney, Emmy and Gracie for I will be back in the UK by the time they [...]
Real Team Players
Teams are always a big encouragement to us and we’ve been plenty encouraged this year. We’ve enjoyed teams from Nashua Christian Academy, Devon Park Christian School, Beechwood Reformed Church, Bedford Community Church and a small Detroit team that tackled some special projects. Check out a couple of theses sites to see what they were up [...]
What’s in a name?
One of the most frustrating things about Bolivia is their government departments. We’ve had the joy of seeing Veronica, Franki and Dalia growing in size and faith over the past five years in our Muyurina-Frutillar Orphanage. We’ve struggled to get them their birth certificates during that entire time. Countless meetings and false starts have finally [...]
Want a baby? Come to Bolivia
Speaking of babies… The Mosey were an important part of our ministry for nearly a year. Ted and Caroline decided to cut their service time short to prepare for their second child; born just a few weeks ago was Ada Scarlet. We praise God for their continued friendship and support of the ministry through technical [...]
