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Adelante!
It was a long journey, but we all made it home by late on Tuesday evening. Had we travelled a day earlier our flight from Frankfurt to Birmingham would have been cancelled due to the failure of the British air traffic control system. As it happens our flight was delayed by an hour, but this…
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Farewell, part 2
/*Update have reposted from Frankfurt as there were problems posting in S. America*/ We have said our final (for now!) goodbyes to our hosts in Santa Cruz and are waiting for the first flight of our journey home. We are due to arrive in Birmingham on Tuesday afternoon. This visit has been a truly memorable…
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Not the day we were expecting
We have got accustomed to bright and sunny mornings in our time in Bolivia, but here in Santa Cruz the sky clouded over during the night. A different kind of cloud was to hang over us throughout the day. We were looking forward to celebrating the ordination of Claire Holdsworth as deacon during the morning…
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Farewell, part 1
The final day of the conference started very early – at 7 am! The retreat house is run by a religious order and our daily timetable fitted in with theirs. Our team led a short service in which we prayed for each area of Bolivia, each section ending with the singing of “O Lord, hear…
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Growing disciples
The second day of our conference has focused on evangelism and discipleship, especially on being good stewards of the resources God has given to each of us. Geoff began the day speaking about how we can be part of God’s plan to bring people to himself. He gave several examples of people who came to…
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All Together at the Conference
Today all the team arrived at the conference centre in Cochabamba. We all had different journeys there. Alison and Phil were already in Cochabamba and so could enjoy a leisurely breakfast at a city centre restaurant. The team from La Paz had an early rise at 4am in order to catch their flight to Cochabamba.…
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Last Two Days in La Paz
On the Tuesday we had lunch with Claudio, Marcela and Camila from Cristo Salvador and they took us around the centre of the city of La Paz.We visited the centre of town and stood here where the first indigenous people settled in La Paz. We then had a fruitful meeting with Marcela and the PCC…
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Multiplication
Both of us in Cochabamba – Alison and Phil – would claim to like maths, but that’s not what this post is about. Rather, it’s the strategy of the Anglican Church in Cochabamba, and we’ve seen it in action today. Our first visit of the day was to a cell group that meets in a…
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The high life in La Paz
This blog post will take you on a journey through La Paz on its high-wire public transport system, the Teleferico. First though, a bit more about our starting point, Iglesia Anglicana Cristo Redentor, in the Calacoto district. After our lovely Saturday with Cristo Salvador, Pastor David let us know that the Sunday service here would…
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Arrival in Cochabamba
A brief report from Cochabamba, where Alison and Phil arrived on a short flight from Tarija this morning. We were collected from the airport by Natali, a deacon in the church. We are staying with her and her family and she is co-ordinating the plans for our visit. Our first stop was at La Trinidad…
Brummies in Bolivia 2023 