April 1, 2007
Yesterday when I was thinking about writing the team newsletter I thought, man, nothing has really happened lately. But, the more I thought about it, the more I found myself to be completely wrong. For instance, today for the second Sunday in a row, I attended some baptisms at a camp pool right outside of town. Today the whole team went and really enjoyed an afternoon "tranquilo" as they like to say here. It was also very refreshing to see people ready to show the world that they follow Christ by taking part in baptism, and also good to be reminded of the commitment I myself have made to the very same God who has brought me here. Particularly special was to see the daughter of our boss, Lucy, get baptized by both of her parents. Lucy's husband is the pastor of the Principae de Paz church which was having baptisms today.Yesterday was also a very important day for a lot of children in the Stansberry Children Home as they are now moved into 3 large houses, each one complete with a set of parents for the 9 kids living in each one. We are very excited to see this change taking place as we have become friends with the kids here and believe they can now have a life a little bit more normal than just living in an orphanage and sharing rooms with several people and not having very much parental attention. The change is large for the children and teens involved as well as the new parents, so please be in prayer for all of them during this transition.
Another exciting thing that happened last week was that on Monday we were visited by another YESer, Janene's, parents. Janene is one of my good friends from Hesston and is currently serving with the Guinea-Bissau team in Africa, however, her parents came to Bolivia to visit her older brother who is a missionary in La Paz and thought they'd make a much-appreciated trip down to see us as well. We were very blessed and encouraged by their visit. It was good to see some familiar faces once again!
Blessings,
Rachel Albrecht
Praises:
Our Spanish is getting pretty good
We are finding ways to get involved in the community outside of work in the daycare
Health in general has been pretty good
God has been providing for our needs, even those we didn't know we had
Prayer Requests:
Rachel and Beth's backs as working with little kids has been quite hard on them
Encouragement for the team
That we would keep our focus here till the end
That we will trust God with all the details of our future plans
That health will continue to stay good
That God will open doors for us to share the Gospel as it is sometimes hard to find opportunities to share as we are somewhat boxed into our work at the daycare and in the church
That we reflect Jesus to the children we work with daily
P.S. Sorry about the website not being updated much recently. The computer we usually use to do that at the daycare has been down for a while so we're not sure when we'll be able to post more pictures and whatnot. Please be patient! :)
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Rachel,
My name is Jeron Baker, I don't think you know me, but I am a Hesston College grad of 03 and a Goshen College grad of 05, your name was forwarded to me as being a very strong candidate and possibly an amazing asset to Goshen College. I know people at Hesston don't have the best view of Goshen, but I heard all of that when I was at Hesston and still was able to find Goshen to be a wonderful place full of amazing people. As I've been reading your blog, and learning more about your experience, I see that your compassionate heart and "global citizenship" fit right into what Goshen College wants out of a student. I don't know if you have other college plans, but I think you would not only be a great asset to Goshen, but that Goshen could perhaps offer something to you as well. Email me back at jeronsb@goshen.edu if you have any interest at all.
I'd love to talk further with you.
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