There are moments in life when you get a glimpse of God’s love, HIS heart and HIS hands by watching others. I was privileged to have a whole photo album of these moments when the 2016 RestoBolivia team came to Cochabamba in July. I am a volunteer at Niños con Valor and spent a significant amount of time with this […]
On Wednesday, April 20th, thirteen strange people sat in my living room and entertained the idea of going to Bolivia. Every Wednesday, we met in the same place at the same time, and planned our week in Cochabamba. We met various people on Skype, and we threw around different words and names such as “Tammy,” […]
I enjoyed Bolivia a lot and I loved having time with the kids playing and having fun. I enjoyed spending time with God and hope that some of the kids will get a family. And God will make that happen. I was so happy to come and stay with them and hope we can go […]
It’s been 10 days since Equipo Bolivia returned to Arlington, and you’d think I’d have tidied my room by now. My suitcase still holds gifts from the market in Cochabamba, waiting to be sent to friends and family. My bright orange t-shirt from Equipo Naranja (I like that there are two words for orange […]
I’m not typically the one to be a “worry wart.” Most would say I am “muy tranquilo.” But leading up to our departure for the 2016 RestoBolivia Trip, I found myself immersed in a perpetual cycle of questions and doubts: Are we really going to be able to make a difference during a one-week trip […]
I am pretty sure I have a problem with the idea of dependence, especially when it slams into those areas where I think I should be competent. Let’s be frank. I have some serious pride issues. Wouldn’t you know that our trip to Bolivia would put me smack dab in a place of God’s grace […]
There’s something unsettling about reading a persuasive article on reasons to cancel one’s short-term mission trip while in the middle of such a trip. Pitfalls associated with short-term missions were clearly spelled out in the article, including imposing one’s vision and ideas on a community or church without their input or participation. Should Restoration’s mission […]
On the morning of the first full day spent in Cochabamba, Bolivia, the Bible verse Isaiah 58:6 stood out to me during a time of devotions on the way to our first day of Vacation Bible School on our team’s “trufi” bus. It states: Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the […]
Equipo Bolivia – our team to Cochabamba – is home! And over the next few weeks we will be giving you glimpses into our time in Bolivia. I do hope you will enjoy them! Why not take a team member out for coffee and ask them about their experiences? And look out for RestoBolivia – a […]
Landing in Cambodia, it was the heat that struck me first. I had read about the sub-tropical climate we’d experience, but reading about the heat and actually feeling its suffocating effects are two entirely different things. That’s just common sense, you say. But I was the little girl who confidently told her mother she knew […]