Thank you very much!

A big shout-out and muchos gracias to St. James Episcopal Church in Independence, Iowa for their wonderful questions and very generous donation!

We've uploaded tons of pictures!!

We were looking through the hundreds of pictures we have from the last time we were in Bolivia, and we thought we'd share with you all. Here's a link where they are all uploaded -- or you can check them out on our Facebook page by liking Come UAC With Us. The album's called Bolivia (oddly enough!) Thanks and God's peace to you all.

Bolivia 2001 Album

Uchumachi Blog -- Check out the post about today's holiday in Bolivia -- Alasitas. Sounds like fun!

Had a beautiful drive to Independence and St James Episcopal Church this morning. A big thank you to all that attended and listened to my Sermon on God's Call. I/we really appreciate the work that you do there, and hope to see many of you on our blog! We ALL are Jesus' hands on this earth! Always remember to pack enough underwear! ;)

A sincere thank-you

Thanks so much to all those who have donated to help us get to Bolivia. A special hello and thanks goes to Marcia Powell's Term 2 Environmental Science class at West Delaware High School in Manchester, Iowa, who raised over $100 toward our trip studying poverty traps as a source of environmental degradation.

Our Bolivia video

It's getting colder in Iowa...

We're getting closer to Bolivia every day, and we're so excited! A generous pledge came in today, bringing our fundraising total to around $1500 right now. We recently visited by telephone with a couple of people who gave us excellent advice. After prayerful consideration between the three of us, we have decided to remove the trip home at Christmas from our plans. It will save a lot of funds, and if we raise them anyway, they would make a nice gift for the Carmen Pampa Fund. Also, we would maybe get to do some traveling, too - there are certainly some places we would like to visit!

At Diocesan Convention, we made great connections with old friends and new, and had the opportunity to attend the Mission Breakfast, where Melody Rockwell told us about the Global Episcopal Mission Network. We are enjoying exploring all the resources there!

Global Episcopal Mission Network