We're officially up & running!
Aposento Alto Church in Santa Cruz, Bolivia aims to make history this November by sending a team from its church to minister & witness on the continent of AFRICA! To the best of our knowledge, no Bolivian church has ever sent a missions team to Africa, and we feel honored & priviledged to be representing Bolivia and South America in reaching out and answering Christ's mandate to GO to the people of Africa.
WHO ARE WE?
Aposento Alto is a small church of around 70 members and over 100 children, located in the Barrio Oriental section of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The church facilities a Compassion International Center which feeds, educates, sponsors and ministers to over 400 children during the week. The team that will be going is compromised of the following folks who are pictured above: (from L to R standing) Patty, Karen, Ingrid, Shirley, Yovana, Cinthia, Carla, & Silenny, (& from L to R on 1 knee) Roberto (from Nicaragua), Luis, Juan Manuel (or 'Nano'), Edwin, & Larry. Not pictured in the group picture, but also accompanying us are: from the U.S., Susan Stanaker, who's a nurse who has a huge heart for the nation of Kenya; and from Bolivia, Sergio Prieto, who's a licensed dentist currently working with the street kids ministry here in Santa Cruz.
WHY?
For several years now, God has placed a burden on Aposento Alto church to accept the challenge that few churches in Bolivia have agreed to accept - that is to, 'GO INTO THE NATIONS and make disciples...' Patty Morehead has spearheaded the missions effort at Aposento with a vision to see Bolivians fulfilling their part of the Great Commission to the Nations.
After several trips to different countries in South America, in 2006, we felt God leading to take a huge step of faith to begin preparing a team of Bolivians to go to Africa. Since then we have been praying, preparing and equipping a team of 12 people to undertake this challenge. The team has been working hard to raise funds for over a year now! Over this period we have seen the Lord's faithfulness and believe He has given us His confrimation to Go!
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