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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=17.5% BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="267a2a22dduajq.png"> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="047842b0.png" border=0 width="132" height="43" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="may___dec__2000.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vol. 1"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Vol. 1</B></U></A></div> <div> May - Dec, 2000</div> <div> <A HREF="1st_quarter_2001.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vol. 2"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Vol. 2</B></U></A></div> <div> 1st Quarter 2001</div> <div> <A HREF="2nd_quarter_2001.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vol. 3"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Vol. 3</B></U></A></div> <div> 2nd Quarter 2001</div> <div> <A HREF="3rd_quarter_2001.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vol. 4"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Vol. 4</B></U></A></div> <div> 3rd Quarter 2001</div> <div> <A HREF="4th_quarter_2001.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vol. 5"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Vol. 5</B></U></A></div> <div> 4th Quarter 2001</div> <div> <A HREF="1st_quarter_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vol. 6"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Vol. 6</B></U></A></div> <div> 1st Quarter 2002</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Vol 7</B></div> <div> 2nd Quarter 2002</div> <div> <A HREF="3rd_quarter_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vol. 8"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Vol. 8</B></U></A></div> <div> 3rd Quarter 2002</div> <div> <A HREF="4th_quarter_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vol. 9"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Vol. 9</B></U></A></div> <div> 4th Quarter 2002</div> <div> <A HREF="1st_quarter_2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vol.10"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Vol.10</B></U></A></div> <div> 1st Quarter 2003</div> <div> <A HREF="2nd_quarter_2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vol.11"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Vol.11</B></U></A></div> <div> 2nd Quarter 2003</div> <div> <A HREF="3rd_quarter_2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vol.12"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ccffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Vol.12</B></U></A></div> <div> 3rd Quarter 2003</div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div>     |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="home"><U>home</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="newsletter."><U>newsletter.</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="photos"><U>photos</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="updates / prayers."><U>updates / prayers.</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="contact us. "><U>contact us. </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lost in the Andes"><U>Lost in the Andes</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="15c02110.jpg" border=0 width="770" height="17" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="3f008540.png" border=0 width="264" height="84" ALT="Micrografx Windows Draw 6.0 Drawing" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <A NAME="__april___may___june__"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>~ <A HREF="#no_21_april_2002" TITLE="Vol 7"><U>April</U></A> ~ <A HREF="#no_22_may2002" TITLE="Vol 7"><U>May</U></A> ~ <A HREF="#no_23_june2002" TITLE="Vol 7"><U>June</U></A> ~</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="25" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="628" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1044 WIDTH="570"><div> Lost in the Andes </div> <div> <U> <A NAME="no_21_april_2002"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U><U>No.</U><B>21</B><I><B> April</B></I> 2002</div> <bR> <div> <B>visitor highlights.</B>  We have been blessed this month and last month with some special visitors.  In March, our friends Ryan and Angela Smedes came to be with us in Sorocoto for a week and a half.  The Smedes are Hunger Corps like us in La Paz and they wanted to come and spend some time in the campo and encourage us in our work.  We were thankful to have another English-speaking couple with whom we could talk, share every-day life, fellowship, and play games.  Many nights were spent playing catch phrase, pictionary, taboo, and tripoly.   We were refreshed by their visit and sad to see them leave.  A week after the Smedes left, we headed up to La Paz to meet Lori's parents at the airport and we were able to spend two weeks with David and B.J. Fox.   The first part of their visit was spent in Peru where we were able to explore some amazing Incan ruins, including Machu Pichu.   After our short trip to Peru we returned to Bolivia and traveled out to Sorocoto to spend almost a week, including Easter.   Our time with the Foxes ended way too quickly, but we were so thankful for the special time we were able to spend with them.   Stay tuned for the next visitor update.   We are expecting some more VIP in May and June.   </div> <bR> <div> <B>easter</B>.  Like our Christmas this past year, we experienced a special Easter this year out in the campo. Without having to prompt the church, the church leader in the neighboring community, Simon, had already planned a revival over the Easter weekend.   We are continually encouraged by Simon's devotion to our Lord and His desire for others to know Jesus.   It was a rainy Easter, but that did not stop the community from coming to the church and hearing about the love of Jesus and what He did on the cross for each one of them.   In the morning, we took the kids for Sunday School, and after we finished our lesson with the kids and their craft, we headed outside where it had stopped raining for a little bit and we taught them kickball.   Lori's mom even got in on the fun and played on one of the teams.  After the teaching time, everyone headed back into the church to finish watching the "Jesus film".  The church was packed with people from our church, from neighboring churches, and from the community.  Another video was shown, some more worship songs were sung, and last a huge lunch was served.   We thank God for blessing the weekend and bringing many people to the church who do not know Him.    </div> <bR> <div> <B>Daniel</B> an 8 yr old boy, had been by our house once.  His father, a cobbler who we hadn't seen in the past year was recently elected as the "dirigente" or the community leader, so his family had moved back into the community for the year.  In passing, Daniel's father had told Pete that Daniel was not feeling well and asked for some medicine for a fever.  Two days later, Pete made a visit to check on Daniel.  He had a fever of 105.5<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >°</FONT> F, and Pete quickly worked to reduce his fever using damp cloths for a few hours until his body temperature was back into the safe zone. At 3AM we were awakened by Daniel's father, who told us that the fever had bounced right back and that he was worried about his son.  We decided to take Daniel to a doctor that lives more than an hour away.  The doctor determined that it was possibly a salmonella infection and gave some antibiotics for treatment.  Two days later, Daniel continued with extremely high fevers and grew weaker.  Pete continued to visit with the family and tried to convince them to take Daniel to a hospital in the city, but the family made excuses of it costing too much time and money, and instead employed a medicine man to work his magic on the boy.  Finally, Pete told Daniel's father that if Daniel was not doing better in the morning, to come by the house so that he take Daniel and his father to the bus stop 45 minutes away, and get Daniel to better medical treatment in a hospital.  The next day no one came and within 36 hours Daniel died. The circumstances surrounding Daniel's bitter death are not all that uncommon in the rural areas.  At first we believed that the issue was one of access.  Once the people had access to good medical attention they would take advantage of it.  But in Daniel's case, his father was too involved in the community to take his son to the city for a few days for help.  Another excuse was that it would cost too much money in the city hospitals for Daniel to get better, even though we were willing to help cover whatever costs there may be.  We are extremely saddened and frustrated with Daniel's unnecessary death.   The campesinos all too often gamble with their children's lives, in order to save money.  The value of life is diminished because death is common and most people do not understand that they are important and that God has a plan for them.  In our work, it is important to help meet the immediate needs of the people but also to help instill in them values for themselves and their families.  Please continue to pray for our neighbors in Sorocoto and other communities that God would show them the truth about their lives, their families and His love for them.</div> <bR> <div> God's blessings</div> <bR> <div> Pete & Lori </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#__april___may___june__" TITLE="Vol 7"><U>TOP</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="25" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="628" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 862 WIDTH="570"><div> Lost in the Andes </div> <div> <U> <A NAME="no_22_may2002"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U><U>No.</U><B>22</B><I><B> May</B></I>2002</div> <div> We write to you with thankful and humble hearts.   We are thankful because we are facing hardships and we know that these hardships have come because of our devotion to Jesus Christ.  I was recently encouraged by Paul in his second letter to the church in Corinth.  </div> <bR> <div> He says, <I>"We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.  For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. (2 Cor. 4:8-11)… Therefore do not lose heart.  Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.  For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal (vs. 16-18)."</I>  </div> <bR> <div> If you were to read about what Jesus' death entailed, you will read of humiliation, ridicule, abuse, pain, and separation. Paul says that, as Christians, we must experience what Jesus did in his death in order to experience Jesus' life in our bodies.  But these troubles are "achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs" the suffering of these moments.  So, as we experience hardships, we thank God for them because they are refining us more into the image of Jesus. </div> <bR> <div> You may be wondering, "what's going on with Lori and Pete? Are they ok down there in Bolivia?"   We have recently been going through some discouragement in our ministry in Sorocoto.   Our work is overwhelming, being only 2 people while surrounded by hundreds in extreme poverty and spiritual oppression. Currently, the community seems like it is the hardest it has ever been as far as development work is concerned. And to grind salt in the wounds, we have heard different criticisms about our work.  These criticisms tend to make us feel more useless and incapable of the work that needs to be done here.  We feel that the Lord has put a task before us, and we have worked at meeting that task, but at times we are discouraged when it doesn't seem like a lot of change is taking place. </div> <bR> <div> According to Paul, we will experience difficult times, as Jesus did during His death, so that His life can be revealed in us.  Now we are faced with a decision: do we allow the criticisms, discouragement, and feelings of aloneness to overtake and knock us down?  Or do we face them with thankfulness, knowing that they are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  As we spend time with the Lord in prayer, we come before Him crying out for help.  We are humbled knowing that we are not the perfect people for this job, but that the Lord has chosen to use us in Sorocoto for His glory.  We want to take the attitude of Paul, to not lose heart, but depend on the Lord even more in the task that is before us.  We know that we can not do the work alone, but HE is the one who will do the work, who will open the hearts of the people, and who will transform the community of Sorocoto.  Praise Him for His faithfulness. Praise Him for loving us.  Praise Him for the hardships.</div> <bR> <div> Please pray for us as we face our work with renewed hearts.  Please pray that the Lord would be opening hearts to accept His love and that this community will be changed for His glory.</div> <bR> <div> God's Peace</div> <bR> <div> Pete & Lori</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#__april___may___june__" TITLE="Vol 7"><U>TOP</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="25" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="628" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 647 WIDTH="570"><div> Lost in the Andes </div> <div> <U> <A NAME="no_23_june2002"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U><U>No.</U><B>23</B><I><B> June</B></I>2002</div> <bR> <div> <B>Thanks </B>to all of you who have sent encouraging messages to us this past month after reading our May newsletter.   The Lord is faithful and our spirits have been encouraged by Him and by all of you.   In our May newsletter we wrote about being discouraged in our work because we were facing criticisms and hardship.   The hardships have not disappeared, but recently we have not felt as alone in the work due to the grouping of some godly men with a focus on transforming our community.  </div> <bR> <div> An interdisciplinary team of FH workers who know Sorocoto, has formed to work together to meet the needs in Sorocoto with a new strategy.  Without God's help, they realize that nothing can be done to transform a community; therefore, they are following the Lord's leading and depending upon His strength and wisdom, not their own.  The team began with a community meeting for the people to discuss the problems and potential solutions in the areas of education, community organization, spiritual, and physical needs.  The meeting began with an orientation in Biblical worldview and a discussion to define holistic development.  We were greatly encouraged by the group's effort and the community's response.   This is only the beginning of this integrated approach and we are excited to see what the Lord has in store for the community and for FH.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Visitors</U></B>  We have recently had three wonderful weeks of fun and fellowship with different family members.  Starting at the beginning of May we spent two great weeks with Pete's parents, Jim and Barb Newell.   They were able to spend one week out in Sorocoto with us, experiencing the harvest, church meetings, Bible study, Sunday School, and authentic campo food.  It was a rich time of bonding and sharing for all of us.   At the end of their time in Bolivia, Pete's sister, Jamie Glaser and her husband Josh Glaser came to visit us for a week.    All six of us were able to spend two days together at Copacabana on Lake Titicaca.   It was special to all be together.   After Jim and Barb headed back to the States, the Glasers traveled back with us to Sucre and out to Sorocoto, where they too were able to experience a little bit of the campo life. The time with family ended all too soon and yesterday we said goodbye to Jamie and Josh.   Thank you Jim, Barb, Jamie and Josh for coming all this way to spend time with us.   Your visits refreshed and encouraged us greatly!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Thank you for your continued prayers and support in our ministry</div> <bR> <div> God's Blessings</div> <bR> <div> Pete & Lori</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#__april___may___june__" TITLE="Vol 7"><U>TOP</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>