The Schmitt family
I would like to raise an issue here. As you have been aware for some time now, whenever someone in the Old Colonies converts and comes to a living fa…
Heavy rainfall in Santa Cruz
On Monday morning, 22 June 2020, approximately 100 millimetres per square metre of rain fell in Santa Cruz de la Sierra within a few hours. The follo…
Schoolwork in the Hohenau colony
About a month after my arrival in Bolivia, the coronavirus crisis began here too. At the time, I would never have thought it would reach such proport…
The Friesen family is moving from the city to the countryside
So it all began on 17 March 2020, when the news came that there was a lockdown and we were all to stay at home. So we quickly decided to leave Santa…
Horizonte: Learning at home
Seven weeks ago now, we received the news that even here in the Neukolonie Horizonte, we would not be spared the consequences of the coronavirus! The…
Schoolwork at ‘La Gracia’
‘Do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you! ’ 1 Samuel 10:7 More than seven weeks ago, I left the city of Santa Cruz – due to the announ…
Sommerfeld Radio Station
Following two trial broadcasts of evangelistic meetings in 2017, it was decided to make the radio work a permanent project. At present, it is the bes…
Chihuahua Radio Station
Radio broadcasting is a good way of reaching people in the old colonies. George Rempel has been running a radio station in the new colony of ‘Chihuah…
Evangelism 2019
In July, we held an evangelistic campaign in Chihuahua with Sergej Klippenstein from Germany. Many invitations were distributed in the run-up to the…
Radio work during the coronavirus pandemic
During the lockdown, our radio work has proved its worth. We feel that God had arranged for the two radio stations (Radio Horizonte and Radio Brechas…
School during the coronavirus pandemic
We have now been in lockdown for more than six weeks, during which time there have been no lessons in schools. The impact of these six weeks is very…
Ordination of Ministers, Morgenland Colony
These men presented them to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. And the word of God spread… Acts 6:6–7 On 8 March, two married cou…
