It’s been a while!

So while I've been out,  we went to Sucre. They got a building of their own and had all the CoCs in Bolivia over. It was a ton of fun!! Tiquipaya, a suburb of Cochabamba (ABV Cbba) just got a church of christ planted there. There has been a mission team working there. They now have 7 members I believe. I now go to COMETA 3 times a week. fFor those of you who don't know, COMETA is a youth prison. I was going 2 times but now I go 3!! Its one of my favorite things to do. the kids there are so nice and open. I teach english 3 days a week. Monday we all teach english, wednesday I teach a man named Pablo he is learning very quickly, and thursday I teach a young man named Andres he is also learning well. My coordinators get back today, I can not tell you how excited I am about that!! They have been gone for 2 months now. It felt like forever. Jordan has gone home. We are all sad about that. Her sister is very sick so if y'all could be in prayer for her and her family. 

More on Sucre!!

We bused to and back from Sucre for two reasons. 1 its cheaper than flying. 2 we don't have our passports right now they are in La Paz until we get our visas. So there is another prayer request. The bus there took us 9 hours!!! 9 windy long sleepless hours. we left at 9 pm and got there at 6 am and went to one of the missionaries there house. and sleep a little bit. then we got to exploring all thursday. that night we went to what they call El Camino. Its right across from a university and they offer free coffee and a place to study. The church there is mostly young people it was super encouraging to see. Friday we explored some more. that night they had another study. saturday they stared their festivities if y'all follow me on Instagram I posted some of the singing. it was amazing!!! Sunday we heard a preacher from the states named Paul Shero!!! Someone I have known for forever!!! It was really a refresher!!

Spanish School…

I am getting much more comfortable when talking in spanish. I have all my tenses so now all I need to do is get more fluid and have more verbs. I have prayed in church, while we were in Sucre there were lots of people from the States who didn't speak Spanish so I was given the opportunity to translate some. Sucre was a real confidence booster. 

Upcoming conference 

The 14th through the 16th of september we are having a hermeneutics conference. All of the churches are invited. We will be very busy. Also we will get to see some friends from Sucre!

Sunshine house

The spanish school has taken over an orphanage. They are low on funds so if y'all would like to help you can contact me and ill get you in contact with Mauge the director of the school.

We did a lot but I'm having trouble remembering it all…

Prayers.

the church in Sucre

The church in Tiquipaya

thanks for safe travels 

the kids at COMETA 

the kids in the orphanage 

the brothers and sisters here in Bolivia

the upcoming conference 

       Cole Rodgers: jgccarodgers@qmail.com or colerodgers333@yahoo.com also Facebook.