Hey Everyone! 

Sorry it has taken so long to get a letter out. Its been a busy and very eventful month. So when I got back here I immediately started looking at apartments and such. It took me about two weeks (I think) to find one. On the 23rd of April I signed on the apartment and moved in. I had very little. I had my bed and mattress, a coffee maker, a couch, and a book shelf. So we got all that moved (with the help of the jovenes(youth).) Then the women of the church helped me to get all of my kitchen stuff! They have been a great blessing! Now my apartment looks like someone lives here :) 

Other than that I got back into my prison ministry, Cometa. Now this is kind of a sad story. The director of volunteers in Cometa, I wont say her name, asked all of the foreign volunteers to pay a monthly fee of $50 to work out there, on top of paying for supplies and meds for the guys. I didn't think that was right, so I started digging. What I found out shocked me…Now she is the director of a non-profit Servre Abroad, and non-profits can ask for a voluntary donation but cannot obligate anyone to pay. So I asked her about this and she told me “Well in Bolivia thats how it is. I can make you pay.” So I dug some more. In the church here we have a few lawyers and government workers, I asked them and they told me “ No! Thats not right, as a matter of fact you could sue her and win for making you pay.” So I went to her again and tried to talk to her and ask questions. She told me “If you dont pay you dont go!!!” Told her I would look into it. Before the next time came around she sent me an email of 3 pages with very big words all in english that I didn't understand, what i did understand was the law she added that was in spanish, stating that bolivian volunteers shouldn't pay. But upon further digging I found that NO volunteer should pay, so I asked my lawyer friend again and she told me we should dig and investigate her for embezzlement, sue her for racism, and incorrect use of power. I told her i didn't want to do that. THE NEXT DAY she, the director of volunteers, wrote me and told me i would not be going to Cometa anymore. and not to worry about paying anything. That she had already let everyone know i would not be going. Which had seen coming so I told the guys the week before what was probably happening. Thank goodness! Just minutes after that I got a call from the mission team in one of the suburbs, they asked me to evangelize with them on fridays, I asked what time and they told me from 2-6 THE SAME TIME I WENT TO COMETA, Now tell me God doesn't open and close doors!!!!

We also finished putting up the wall and doors for the Christian Connexion. We have already opened the ministry there. We have devotionals tuesday-friday mornings from 8-8:20 more or less. Then one of the youth people and I go and train Kick Boxing from 9:30-10:30. Then at 11 I “teach” english to two of the youth. Usually unitl about 12. Then Cami, Les, sometimes Juanpi, and I eat lunch. Then Les goes to class, Cami stays and helps me, and Juanpi goes to his parents print shop. Mondays at 7 is family night, Tuesdays I dont have anything in the evening, but I usually do something with one of the Jovenes, Wednesday we have a youth night at different peoples house or we play sports, Thursday is portugeese class and I have Les and Bryan come over and we cook and just hang out, sometimes les brings friends, Bryan is wanting to move in with me which I told him sure so now he is talking to his grandma. He lives outside of town and has a 1hr 30min transport back and forth and he has class in the university at 6.45 am and at 7.45 pm so he has to get up early. Friday I “teach” english to one of the young guys at my house and we eat.  Then saturday is my “day off” but i get bored… I dont have wifi yet…hahhaaha…so I usually end up calling someone and hanging out all day. Then Sunday morning we have worship service here in Centro, then Lunch usually with Les and Bryan, then we play soccer or something like that depending on how we feel sometimees x box with the Jovenes then its usually dark and we all go home. 

Now you may be wondering who Les and Bryan are, Les is one of the more active youth, she plans to go to aim this year if she gets accepted. And Bryan is one of her friends, we met at the aim house one night while Les was living there, and became great friends. Now the three of us are inseparable. we are great friends. Ill have more on them next week :) 

Chau hasta la próxima ,

Col ( Cole) Rodgers