Sunday & Monday news!

Hello again from Bolivia!
Sunday was a full day for us in several ways. Firstly we did not have much down time and secondly because we spent quite lot of time with the people from the Yacuiba First Baptist Church - the same church where we were doing construction/brick work on Friday& Saturday.
We participated in the Sunday School, went out for lunch with the pastors from this area who, by the way, double as the members of the Gran Chaco Baptist Association. We presented out 3rd set of certificate-flags to them and heard some about the churches in this city& surrounding area. There are 4 churches in the city and about 8 congregations in the area around the city. [congregations are small groups of believers who have been duly constituted as a group but have not reached the status of becoming a church]
In the evening Paul went to speak at one of the other churches and was supported by Dwight & Ray with Emigdio being the interpreter. They had a very enjoyable time and from all reports, Paul did a very fine job!
The rest of us participated in the !st Baptist Church´s evening service with me (Henry) preaching a sermon I had preached in Cochabamba the week before. Again a very warm response - the Christians in the churches here have all been very warm in their greetings, shaking hands with everyone, on each occasion.
I suppose though that the farewell lunch today (Monday) at noon, at the !st Baptist church, was the most moving time that we have had this week. There were tears and hugs and then more tears and more hugs and hand shakes as the lined up to say good bye to us. They have made an impact on us and obviously - and by God´s grace - we have made an impact on them. We give thanks to God for His goodness and for the gift of love & friendship we received in our days here.
We also look forward to telling Westhill about our experiences and about what it seems to us that God has been teaching us. We are aware of all your prayers for us and so much appreciate them. Thank you.
Pastor Henry Friesen