Paul Confer, a board member, and I were in Bolivia, visiting and ministering in churches. One night we visited Iglesia Macedonia. The service was to start at 8:00 p.m. Since we had gotten there early, I was approached and asked, “Can we use this time before service begins to do a prayer walk?” As different ones of us gathered together, I was asked what I did during my walks. I shared the following. Prayer walks are not social times for us to be talking to one another. As we a

He could have ignored the impulse, but when a pastor friend of Dr. Jim’s felt Jim on his heart on Thursday morning, March 27, he prayed for him. That was the same morning that Dr. Jim and Paul Confer were visiting the tourist site Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and somehow misplaced something important. The regional secretary of the church, not knowing anything was lost, found it about 11:00 a.m. That afternoon, he contacted Paul to see if it could belong to t

Esther and Philip Urquiola, Stephen and Pamela On December 13, 2024, former missionary Philip Urquiola passed to his heavenly reward at the age of 96. Philip and his wife, Esther, served the churches in Bolivia from 1960-1978. Bro. Phil served faithfully and with courage in spite of persecution and danger to his life. He was bilingual in Spanish and English and also knew Quechua and Aymara. He taught believers and witnessed in new villages, persevering for the name of Christ.

Another servant of the Lord has been called home. Leland Trussell was promoted to heaven on May 25, 2023. Bro. Trussell served our churches in Bolivia with his wife and family from 1961-1973. He served the Lord faithfully in ministry for almost 55 years. Two of his children and their families, Joe and Faith Trussell and Paul and Lois (Trussell) Confer later served in Bolivia, as well. He leaves behind a legacy of loving and dedicated service to the Lord. In his memory, the Wo