Hey guys
My latest prayer update is now available here. It now has a new look with different sections to allow you all to find out more about the work I am involved in here.
Enjoy!
And remember I love getting news from you guys too!
Bendiciones
Andy
June 28, 2009
New Look June & July Prayer Update Available
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June 23, 2009
Hey everyone
Sorry it’s been a while. I spend four weeks without a laptop waiting for a replacement plug, and the last week was the last week of the school term and so rather hectic.
I will have my latest prayer update ready in the next few days for you guys to have a gander, but in the meantime a few prayer points:
- Health – I had a very nasty stomach infection for a week the other week and seem not quite to have recovered fully – please pray for this.
- In the past few weeks I have two seperate times when I have been pick-pocketed/mugged. Three weeks ago my wallet was taken with everything in it, and on Saturday my cell phone was taken. Please pray for God’s provision as I work to replace everything that was taken.
- Kids – One of the kids I work very closely with has left the Foundacion and we haven’t heard from him for about three weeks which is really worrying as the accounts of municipal violence are growing in numbers and also details.
- Holidays – this week I am in the school preparing classes for the next term, especially the time I am in the school. Please pray for a clear mind as I do this.
- UK visit – As I prepare to come back to the UK I have a lot of decisions to make – please pray for the time of preparation, especially next week as I goon holiday for a week to think and pray it all through.
Sorry its been so long…..
Also, it is lovely to hear from you guys occasionally 
.
Bendiciones
Andy
May 11, 2009
Hey guys
A practical thing! As some of you know I do sometimes have to do long distance travelling and would love to have some new reading for this time and so I have put together an Amazon Wish List of books I would love to get my hands on! (some are actually work related).
It can be found here.
Bendiciones
Andy
May 9, 2009
Hey guys
An update on ministry related stuff!
Firstly, with the work with Kaya, we have just finished a week of mid-term exams. Please pray for the students as they start to receive their marks this week – for clarity and wisdom for all giving grades. Also, unfortunately, the kid who ran away the other week and then returned has run away another time, this time with his brother. Please pray for them both wherever they are and whatever they are doing. Also, this week has seen two new kids join the residential program so please pray for them as they start to settle in.
Within the youth work, tonight we are starting a new series on the letter of James. Please pray that as we read such an exciting letter that the youth would see that our faith is not just a academic exercise but is practical too.
Bendiciones y amor
Andy
May 9, 2009
Hey everyone
I wanted to put a bit of a finance update on here so you guys can be praying for the situation, especially considering the present worldwide financial crisis.
Over the nine months since I arrived out here the rate between the boliviano and the pound has fallen drastically – when I arrived I was getting more or less 15 bolivianos to the pound and now it is less than 10 to the pound. This makes a drop in the amount I am receiving of over 30%, drastically reducing my budget. Also, with the difference in placement to when I was writing my budget before coming out, and the time I am spending in El Alto, I am now spending more than I originally thought on travel every week. All this has meant that my budget is very tightly stretched. Thank you to all of those who have helped out with this so far, however if you would like to consider giving either a monthly amount or a one off donation please contact myself or the finance department at Latin Link who can send you the relevant forms and details.
Bendiciones y amor
Andy
May 9, 2009
Hey everyone
My May prayer letter is now available on the Prayer Newsletter page.
Enjoy!
Andy
April 19, 2009
Howdy everyone!
Okay so first lets go with the good news. Yesterday we went off to El Alto all day to do a special event for the kids on the street – basically consisted of football game, followed by a big lunch, followed by me sharing my testimony and then more football. (I am now as red as a tomato…….).
Anyway, as we were trying to collect up all the kids I heard a yell of ‘Andy’ followed by a feeling this kid grab me from behind! I turned round to see the kid who had run away about four weeks ago behind me with his mum! You can imagine my joy! I spent a while chatting with the mum whilst the rest of the team went on to find more kids. It turns out the kid returned to his home after leaving us, but to be honest the mum did not seem too excited about seeing him. (We also know there have been issues with the dad in the past). He is also now not attending a school. I managed to get a contact number of the mum and will be in contact with one of our clinical team on Monday to try and work out where we will go from here.
The bad news is that there still is no news 0n the situation with the police, also I saw first hand the justice that is carried out here on street people. One of the older people we knew on the streets here came up to chat to me and get some first aid and told me when he had nicked two rolls from a street vendor the day before one the municipal guard had chased him and whacked his arm with a baton. I examined it and am fairly convinced it is broken, and so made a makeshift support and sling to immobolise it, however as a team we neither have the money for an xray and treatment or for a proper first aid kit at the moment. It is an area of great need on the street, and one which I have the training to help with, but don’t have the resources for.
Please do pray for both of the situations I have shared here, and also for the work as we carry on.
Bendiciones
Andy
April 17, 2009
Hi everyone
Please be praying like crazy at the moment. Yesterday we went out on the streets in the evening and couldn’t really find any of the kids we work with or any others too. We later bumped into one of the adults we know and he told us that on Tuesday the police rounded up about 25 – 26 kids and teenagers and said they were taking them to hostels. The media has reported that the kids they rounded up were involved in prostitution, but we are fairly convinced that is not entirely true, and those who have tried to get information out of the police have struggled to get anywhere.
Please be praying for this situation, and that our worst fears are not realised.
Bendiciones
Andy
April 12, 2009
Hey everyone
I wanted to send this email to say Feliz Pascua (Happy Easter) to you all.
I really was struck today whilst leading a retreat for our young people that this is a real time of celebration and remembering all the promises that have been fulfilled and are still being fulfilled in the cross. Wherever we are, God has put us there to receive his blessings and to share His blessing with every person we meet – how exciting. It doesn’t matter if we half-way round the world or whether we are with our family and friends – wherever we are, we are there to receive and share God’s blessings.
I really pray that this Easter would be a real time for you to receive, but not only receive, to share as well, God’s blessings and his promises and His life with everyone you meet.
Bendiciones
Andy
April 7, 2009
Hey everyone
Okey dokey – so we still haven’t found the latest runaway, although we have heard rumours on the grapevine that he is in the area we work in but we have yet to find him! His brother though seems fairly settled and so we are hoping and praying that he won’t try and do a disappearing act!
As to other work – the school is going well. Had a horrible start to the week as all the kids were really unsettled for some reason, but things seem to have settled down today. I am in the middle of teaching a unit on fractions to one class and angles to the other – interesting in an other language!!!
Other news – not sure! Can’t think of anything exciting….
Oooooo actually. Was up in El Alto as normal last night. Was good, but also re-highlighted the desperate need for a new centre up there! Maybe a longer term project…. will have to see!!!
Bendiciones
Andy
