Our trip to Santa Cruz

So we went to a camp in Santa Cruz a while back. That was a ton of fun!! We played a lot, had some very uplifting lessons, very good food, and made more amazing friends! We stayed an extra day, because there is a mall there that has things like Starbucks, Cinnabon, and HardRock Cafe!! We also watched The Magnificat 7!! This trip was a ton of fun, despite the heat and humidity!!! 

Our trip to Trinidad!

There is a family in Trinidad, there are two sisters who both have kids, 11 a piece I believe, they live in extreme poverty. Yet are very happy and content. The two families make up the entire church there!! They have been believers for about two years.  Butch and Trish, our coordinators, go to Trinidad every 2 or 3 months to encourage them. While there we saw 4 sloths, ate a lot of food, rode motorcycle taxis, took the kids out to pizza and ice-cream, swam, picked fresh mangoes and ate them, and just had fun! 

November family camp!

The 4th and 5th of November we are having a family camp here in Cochabamba! We are having a few lessons, a good meal or a few, some fun activities such as equestrian classes, and just some good family fun! Families from all of Bolivia will be there! Which means reconnecting with some friends, AND making new friends! Prayers would be appreciated that all goes well!!!

Cometa and Camino 

Cometa is a youth detention center, which houses up to 100 young men, and 20 young ladies all ages 11-19. The volunteers AKA my team plus the director of the Spanish school and a missionary from England named Richard, go out to Cometa 2 or 3 days a week. Richard and I go three the others only go two. Wednesdays  the guys play brain games or right now we are doing renovations such as painting and DEEP cleaning. While the girls cook with the girls. on Thursday Richard and I play brain games with the young men who have received a sentence. We also paint and build walls. On Friday they guys play games such as baseball or soccer, while the girls do crafts. The last Friday of the month we celebrate birthdays, we buy them gifts which include, toothbrush and paste, a new shirt, a soccer ball, and some chips and drink or candy.  Camino is a drug Rehabilitation center. They have about 10 boys ages 11-17. We play with them on Fridays, and just have a little snack afterwards. Over the past two years volunteers have been seeking to teach life skills to the young people with the hope that they will let God transform their lives.

Prayers.

the church in Villa Parador 

The church in Tiquipaya

The church in Trinidad

the kids at COMETA  

the kids in the orphanage 

the brothers and sisters here in Bolivia

That our children of Sunshine House would grow up learning how to love others and knowing that
they are loved
Abundant patience and energy for our extraordinary caregivers  at Sunshine House

Stability and peace for our children during a season of transition 

Wisdom for our new administration
God’s provision of resources needed for our 2016-2017 budget

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