We arrived in Puerto Suarez, Bolivia l 2006
We arrived in Quijarro, a border town in Bolivia. In Brazil, just 4 kilometers away we have the city of Corumbá. In Quijarro we stayed in the house of Pastor Roberto Peralta of the Quadrandular Church. We were very well received and it was a great help to find Pastor Roberto and to have all that support.
We started looking for a house in Quijarro. We went back and forth and it seemed impossible to find a house to rent. The rents were expensive and the houses were not good. At one point Mina tells me that God has opened doors when we pray and we haven't prayed yet. There inside the car we prayed and presented our house. As we had already seen several houses, we at least knew what he didn't want for us.
We decided to look for it in Puerto Suarez, a neighboring town 12 kilometers from the border, because in Quijarro it was very difficult. God gave us a nice house, with trees around it, an airy kitchen and a cool living room. We thought of this because the region is very hot. From August to February the temperature is between 40 degrees centigrade and often reaches 50 degrees centigrade. We also didn't want a landlord to disturb us as we had already been told that they are very fond of disturbing tenants. And God placed Mr. David on our way, a calm and very calm man. He lived for his work and there was no disturbance at all.
I paid the rent and we ran out of money. We had sold our furniture, but the people had nothing to give us. I thought of several possibilities; borrow a mattress from one, stove from another, pot from another, but that really would be quite uncomfortable. We went back to praying, crying out to the Lord for a solution. The thought of the possibility of someone helping us came up, as several acquaintances knew that we were going to Bolivia on a mission. When we looked at our emails, there were offers from several brothers in Japan and even South Korea. They sent US$150.00, another US$250, a sister from South Korea sends another US$150 and so on. I had never received so many dollars. And, once again, we saw the hands of the Lord in our favor.
Well, we left there, took the money and bought our mattress, stove, gas cylinder, some pans and so on. We already had what we needed; God had provided.
I have felt what the people in the wilderness felt - God's care in providing everything. And our goal is to stay true to the Lord.
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