I’m reading about the great Jewish texts these days, and find that the Rabbis often say beautiful things. This is from Qid 72b: “Mar said… No righteous person goes out of the world before a similar righteous person has been created. For it says, ‘The sun rises and the sun sets (Eccl. 1.5).’ Before Eli’s […]
American: I’d love to do the wedding! What a gift that you’ve asked. What time should I be there? Bolivia: Well, the couple will arrive at 10:00, but you don’t need to be there the whole time before. Probably 10:30 is good. A: Of course. That makes sense for an 11:00 wedding. B: The invitation […]
Verena Wells School, Caranavi 22 young women, ages 5 to 18, live together in a small, yellow, 4-story building, by a church that collapsed years ago and is still being rebuilt. They visit their home villages on the weekends, but spend most of their time in the “big” city (it barely qualifies according to my […]
2nd National Congress of Pastors My work in Bolivia is to train leaders, which sometimes feels less important to me than, say, providing food or medical care. But it is desperately needed! The Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church has over 100 congregations, with fewer than 30 ordained pastors! Most churches are led by lay people with […]