Bolivia
Sheryl and I arrived in Miami from Mexico City on our way to Bolivia. However, all of our luggage didn’t arrive with us. How in the world can they lose luggage without any stops, and checking into the airport 3 hours ahead of time.
We decided to give it to the Lord, and decided during our five hour layover in Miami to go to Miami Beach, which is only ten minutes away from the airport. I was able to reserve a rental car for only ten dollars!!
On the beach, we found a man who had recently come to Christ. His name is Alfonso, and he was living and sleeping on the beach, and had recently found a job. We gave him a New Testament, since he told us his Bible had been stolen, and I also had an MP3 player with the New Testament that was given to me, so I gave it to him, too.
He was so touched he gave us a picture he had drawn that was quite impressive. We had a wonderful time there, seeing what God was doing.
We flew from Miami to La Paz, expecting to have to buy a few shirts and pants, since it was my bag that was missing. After clearing immigration, to our surprise, we found my bag had arrived several hours earlier. Who know how those things happen.
La Paz is 12000 feet above sea level, and I live in Mexico at 5000 feet. During the past 5 months I have been riding my bicycle for an hour a day, preparing for this trip and the altitude. Let me tell you, at 12000 feet I was feeling the lack of oxygen, and some kind hearted Police officers directed me to the medical clinic where I was placed on oxygen for about 15 minutes.
I went and got Sheryl and she got about ten minutes. That perked us up, and we got on our flight to Sucre, which is only 10000 feet above sea level!!! Today, both of Sheryls songs were played on city wide radio in Sucre, and I participated in an hour and a half radio talk show. It was a lot of fun, and I hope we impacted lots of lives for Christ.
You can hear her music at http://www.youtube.com/user/1A/1/D1MeEjOb424 and at http://www.youtube.com/user/1A/0/80msUnMP8zQ
You can hear her music at http://www.youtube.com/user/1A
Please pray for our trip. I am preaching an evangelism campaign on Saturday and Sunday, as well as preaching again on Sunday night. Sheryl will be singing. We have 3 pastoral breakfasts ahead of us where I will be sharing with the Pastors about how to keep people from going out the backdoor of the church. The following week we will be teaching Opening Doors and Spreading the Seed.
I will be keeping you informed. Thanks again so much for your prayers
Andrew Conrad
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