Visit Bolivia

Tour of Sucre

Even though our family is presently in the USA, we would like to invite you to take a quick trip to Sucre, Bolivia, with us.  

Sucre, a city in the center of Bolivia, is surrounded by mountains and has a number of colonial buildings. It is the judicial capital of Bolivia and a historic city with a population of more than 224,000.

Weather

Sucre, 9,153 feet above sea level, is on a ravine on the edge of the Andes mountains and has a mild climate. Usually, it gets from 25 to 29 inches of rain yearly and the temperatures range from 57 to 68 degrees.

Universities

Sucre has been called the Athens of South America because it features San Francisco Xavier University, which dates to 1624. Today, the university has about 30,000 students, many of whom study law or medicine.

“Facts About Sucre, Bolivia.” Travel Tips - USA Today, n.d. http://traveltips.usatoday.com/sucre-bolivia-21603.html.   

Spiritual Needs in Sucre 

Sucre is an interesting place to visit, yet it is a place of great spiritual need. 

Pastor Sergio and his wife, Fanny, live there. They have a great burden for the university students. Secular curriculum and university culture have many negative traps and distractions for students.

Pastor Sergio and Fanny have a dream for a University Residence. Here is their dream in Pastor Sergio’s words, which we have translated. “This will be a great support for the students academically and spiritually. Many students have little guidance on where to go or what to do. We want to give them that guidance based on God’s principles and help them become good students and leaders. The world has many bad things that that can harm the students. We need to do this project for the university students.”

God, thank you for little things too

All the things I am thankful for can be scaled from big and eternally significant to very minute.  

The first one is not a “thing” but I am so thankful for “my” God.  The better I know Him, the closer I want to be to Him.  He is SO big that He can be “mine” as well as the personal God of every other person that accepts Him without exceptions.  He is SO great!  

On the little end, I am thankful for garage door openers.  

“Yeah right,” you say. 

“They are great,” I respond.  

In Argentina, when we left the garage one of us had to slide the large iron gate open (like a pocket door) and then close it and lock it. 

In Bolivia, we had two big gates that opened like French doors, it was a challenge to keep in the rambunctious dogs who were mad about getting out. There were often strong winds blowing dirt or rain to contend with as well.  

In the USA, we park in a garage and push a button to open the door.  That was super until I lost the garage door opener.  I bought a new one.  Then I ask, “How do you make the new opener “talk” to the machine that operates the door”?  Fortunately, the manufacturers thought of that option and programed the machine for that too.  David figured it out in a few minutes with the instruction book.  

Okay, I have lived overseas a long time, but among all the great blessings that I enjoy, I  am thankful for garage door openers.