Bolivia and Peru: new presidents
Praise God for peaceful elections in Bolivia last weekend. The President-elect Rodrigo Paz faces challenges, particularly economic difficulties. Please pray for him and for his government to be guided by God and for their actions to benefit the country. In Peru, the outgoing president, Dina Boluarte was impeached due to the government’s failure to deal […]
Bolivia: presidential elections
Please pray for the people of Bolivia as they head to the polls this Sunday 19 October for the very first presidential runoff election in the country’s history. Please pray for a peaceful election, a just outcome and for leaders to govern with integrity and wisdom.
Bolivia: English classes
Mission partners Andrew and Lisa Peart ask for prayer for teachers and students to feel welcomed as they build a Christ-centred community of learners through LOGOS English classes. As new classes start this month, please pray for teaching assistants recruited from the public university in Santa Cruz to benefit from their involvement with the classes and […]
Bolivia: rising tensions
Pray for Bolivia, where tensions are rising ahead of elections on 17 August. There have already been protests and demonstrations and the country is also facing high inflation and low foreign currency reserves, making some supplies scarcer. Please pray for the right presidential candidate to be elected and for good government, for peace in the […]
Bolivia: community garden in Santa Cruz
Andrew and Lisa Peart, partnering with the local church to engage the community in pioneering mission, write that their church’s community garden initiative has run into a couple of problems, including rising costs. Lisa writes, “But we are not giving up, just thinking creatively!” Pray for Andrew and Lisa and the church as they continue […]
Bolivia: shortages of fuel and foreign currency
Pray for Bolivia, where a lack of foreign currency has led to an inability to pay for imported fuel and in turn caused a fuel shortage. Queues at petrol stations can take up to a day (mission partners Andrew and Lisa Peart report having to queue overnight in order to be able to buy fuel) […]
Making room – a Christmas reflection
Lisa Peart, mission partner in Bolivia, writes about the power and joy of making room for each other and for Jesus
Bolivia: Christmas outreach and marriage ministry
CMS local partner and Bishop of Bolivia Walter Toro asks us to pray for an upcoming Christmas outreach campaign at Misión Ajaría in La Paz, where church workers hope to bring the good news and share the love of Jesus with a community in need. Pray that people will meet Jesus. Bishop Walter also invites […]
Public (bathroom) witness
What do toilets have to do with mission? Let’s go to Santa Cruz, Bolivia and find out.
First Bolivian bishop consecrated
CMS local partner Walter Toro has become the first Bolivian national to be bishop of the Anglican Church in the country
