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"><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="2ac08540.png" border=0 width="264" height="84" ALT="Micrografx Windows Draw 6.0 Drawing" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <A NAME="__july___august___september__"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>~ <A HREF="#no_12_july_2001" TITLE="Vol. 4"><U>July</U></A> ~ <A HREF="#no_13_august_2001" TITLE="Vol. 4"><U>August</U></A> ~ <A HREF="#no_14_september_2001" TITLE="Vol. 4"><U>September</U></A> ~</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="25" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="629" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1320 WIDTH="571"><div> Lost in the Andes </div> <div> <U> <A NAME="no_12_july_2001"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U><U>No.</U><B>12</B><I><B> </B></I>July 2001</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>quick trip to america.</B> For the first time in 9 months Lori drank as much Dr. Pepper as she wanted, ate delicious Tex-Mex food, took warm showers with strong water pressure, flushed her toilet paper, drank water from the tap, shopped at Super Wal-Mart, and saw the faces of many beautiful friends and family.   What a treat it was to be able to travel back to the states for a short 2 1/2 weeks.  The first weekend back was spent at her dear friend and sister in Christ, Christine Logan's wedding in Wilbraham, Massachusetts.  It was a gift from God to be able to be a part of Christine and Jonathan Lightner's wedding.   She was also able to see some close friends at the wedding, including Pete's sister, Jamie and her fiancé, Josh Glaser.   Lori then spent four days in Sycamore, where she was blessed by times with good friends and parents, and then she was off to Alaska with her mom and family.  It was another gift from God to go on this trip, especially to spend time with her beautiful grandma, Dottie. </div> <bR> <div> <B>an apostle in our midst.</B>This month we want to share more about our friend Simon, a dynamic man of God whom we have grown to love.   He is the church leader in Soroscopa and has various leadership roles in the community.  It was his son's wedding that we shared about in our June newsletter.  Simon was the third to become a Christian in our community, and since that time, many others have decided to follow Christ through Simon's witness.  Simon's love for the Lord and his deep desire for others to know Jesus is genuine, and the joy that he has in his heart is evident in the way he talks, walks, laughs, and cares for those around him.  He recently held a "campaña" or revival in the church in Soroscopa along with the other Christians.   They invited their neighbors and family members who don't know the Lord and for two days they welcomed people with open arms to the church.  There was singing, preaching, eating and the Jesus film was shown.  A couple of days later, we asked Simon how he thought the revival went and he was very encouraged with the weekend.  He continued to tell us more of his vision for the valley and communities over the mountain.  He wants to evangelize in all the communities, especially those who have never heard about Jesus.   This past Sunday night he walked two hours over the mountain to share with a church.  He also shared with us that he wants to go door to door in our communities to share with the people his love for Jesus.  As we stood there talking with our brother Simon, I felt like I was talking to one of the early apostles who risked their lives and reputation to tell people about the Savior of the World.  Simon has found life in Jesus and wants everyone else to know the same peace and joy that he has.  Praise God for Simon!</div> <bR> <div> <B>a cup of cold water. </B>Our souls were refreshed by a group of 10 people who came down from the States to spend a week in Sorocoto working and ministering alongside us.  The seven men helped the community build terraces for the demonstration farm that is forming in front of our house.  They also helped with the small storage/office that will be used for the farm and they initiated the construction of a small water project.  The three women helped facilitate vacation Bible school and cook the meals for the team.  There was also a medical clinic set up where the team physician helped 150 families of the community.  At the Wednesday church service, the team participated by sharing testimonies of how God changed their lives, sang Spanish and English worship songs, and acted out the parable of the Prodigal Son.  What a blessing for the team and the Quechuan congregation to worship together as one and be united in the Spirit.  We came upon a theme of unity for the week in one of the songs we shared, "we will work side by side…and they will know we are Christians by our love".  It was a tremendous blessing for us to be with this team all week and work side by side, pray together, worship together and laugh together all in English.</div> <bR> <div> We thank you for your continued support and prayers and we are encouraged by what we see God doing around us and in us.</div> <bR> <div> Thru Christ,</div> <bR> <div> Pete & Lori </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#__july___august___september__" TITLE="Vol. 4"><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= 900 WIDTH="570"><div> Lost in the Andes </div> <div> <U> <A NAME="no_13_august_2001"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U><U>No.</U><B>13</B><I><B> </B></I>August 2001</div> <bR> <div> <B>imasutyki?</B>  We have finally decided to get serious about learning the language of the people.  The time was right this past month to close up our house in Sorocoto for a few weeks in order to come to the city and focus on learning Quechua.  God was faithful in answering our prayers to find a teacher here in Sucre so we would not have to travel to Cochabamba.  Our teacher, Marta, has taught us the basics in a short two-week period.  She has been an excellent instructor who has drilled us on pronunciation and memorization for four hours a day.  What we are learning is making more sense to us after living out in the campo for a few months learning the sounds of the language and a few phrases.  We are looking forward to getting back out to Sorocoto to use our new knowledge and to build upon what we have learned.   In the next newsletter, we will let you all know how we did this month with our Quechua.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>city life.</B> Since we came into the city for language classes, we have been enjoying the different opportunities that you can find here in the city.  First of all, we have access to a refrigerator, showers everyday, fresh vegetables and fruit, and movies at the theatre.   This past month we have also enjoyed a couple of short trips.  One trip took us up to La Paz where we joined other hunger corps to eat good food and say goodbye to our country director, Buck and his wife Karen who are returning to the states to take a different position with FHI. Buck and Karen have been a huge blessing and encouragement to us since we have been here and we have enjoyed a couple visits from Buck in Sorocoto.  Another short day trip that we made was to Tarabuco, a quaint village that is famous for it's weavings.  Our friend and supervisor Iber and his fiancée, Esther accompanied us that day and we all had fun shopping and cruising through the countryside on a paved road.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>home bound.</B> After a year here in Bolivia, we are getting ready for a visit home.  It's been long enough since we have been away from our dear family and friends and the land that we love.  After spending the next five weeks out in Sorocoto we will travel back to the city to board a plane on September 11<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Bernhard Modern Roman" >th</FONT> to fly to the United States of America. We are thankful for this opportunity to travel back home and reconnect with family and friends. Our trip home will begin in Baltimore where we look forward to being a part of Pete's sister Jamie's wedding.  It will be good to be with the Newell clan for the wedding and then we will be in Illinois and Texas to be with Lori's family, and finally to Indiana with Pete's parents and family.   </div> <bR> <div> Once again, thank you all for your continued support.  Talk to you next month!  </div> <bR> <div> In Him,</div> <div> Pete and Lori Newell </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#__july___august___september__" TITLE="Vol. 4"><U>TOP</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="25" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="626" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1969 WIDTH="574"><div> Lost in the Andes </div> <div> <U> <A NAME="no_14_september_2001"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U><U>No.</U><B>14</B><I><B> </B></I>September 2001</div> <bR> <div> <B>the best birthday present.</B> One of our young friends, Karina, had her 10<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Bernhard Modern Roman" >th</FONT> birthday recently and Lori offered to bake a cake for the occasion.   We walked over to their house to give Karina her banana bread birthday cake and we were invited to stay to eat the "birthday meal".  As we sat there and enjoyed a delicious dish of chicken, potatoes, chunoa, and a yummy sauce on top, we found out what Karina had asked for her birthday.   It was the chicken that we were eating.  Her mom, Sinferosa, told us that a chicken was all that Karina wanted and so Sinferosa had killed one of their chickens to make a special meal for her precious daughter.   What a contrast to our way of thinking in the United States, when our birthday comes around we are eager to let our family members know of all of the "things" we want and most likely we will receive some of those materials things if not all of them.   All that Karina asked for was some chicken.  We also found out that her two sisters, who live in the city, had sent her some rice and pasta on the truck to add to the special meal.  By the look on Karina's beautiful face, she was content in what she had been given that day.</div> <bR> <div> <B>sweet, sweet water.</B> As of two weeks ago, we now walk out our backdoor about six steps and turn on a faucet and out flows sweet, wonderful, clean water.  FHI put in a mini water system that serves the Newell home, the school, the community building, and the FHI building across from us.  On a nearby mountainside a fresh flowing spring was discovered, so FHI built a system that stores the spring water and sends it across the river through suspended tubing for the community to enjoy.  We are no longer hauling our water from a well that is 300 yards away.   (Lori has to think of other ways to keep her biceps buff).   This was a project that the U.S. team began working on in July and has now been completed.  We are thankful for the convenience we have with water right out our door, and Lori is calling it a luxury to wash our clothes in the "pila", or sink.  We still do not have water inside our house, but that is coming soon.    </div> <bR> <div> <B>family stay.</B> As most of you know, we spent 2 weeks last month in the city studying Quechua.  One way that we wanted to follow up and practice what we had learned was to stay with a family and ask them to only speak Quechua to us.   We first thought we would stay with two different families separately, for one week, but when it came down to it we decided to stay in a home together and we only stayed for two nights.  It was short, but it was a rich time where we were able to practice our Quechua, realize we are still a long way from really communicating, and learn more of how the families in our community live.   We have become comfortable visiting our friends and neighbors in their homes during the day, but we never knew what it was like to live in their adobe homes, cook in their kitchens, sleep in their beds, and share in their day to day struggles.   The first night we climbed into our warm sleeping bags on the twin bed where we both lay.  The mother of the family did not believe that our sleeping bags would keep us warm so she carefully put three heavy woven blankets on top of us.  It was a sweet motherly gesture, but needless to say, we both burned up that night.  Lori spent wonderful times in the little kitchen pealing potatoes and keeping the fire going in order to cook the meal.   We also helped them plant one of their potato fields.  Pete was given the glorious job of throwing cow manure on the potato after it has been planted.   As far as our Quechua goes, we are still struggling, but we are understanding more, so that is encouraging. It was great to be able to spend this time with our friends in their home and learn more of the life in the campo.</div> <bR> <div> <B>j.e. lim. </B>For two weeks we enjoyed the visit of a fellow Wheaton Alum from the FHI office in the States.  The purpose of Sara's visit was to study the development process in our community.  FHI has been working in Sorocoto for the past six years and we are still struggling to understand how to bring about our development strategy here.  Our development strategy involves reconciliation of relationships, as well as empowering the leaders, the church, and families to be meeting the needs in the community.   Sara visited with many people in our community to understand what changes had come about and see how God has been working here.  While translating for Sara, we have come to have a deeper understanding of our community's history and direction.  At times it has been frustrating to hear how FHI efforts have gone unnoticed, but we have also seen incredible changes in individuals. It has become obvious that the Lord has been here and working to bring about His Kingdom.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>Jesus.</B> This was the topic of Sunday School this month.   Lori decided to take a break from teaching the Old Testament and to focus only on Jesus, His life, His miracles, His love, His death and resurrection, and finally our decision to follow Him.  The Lord was faithful in bringing kids each Sunday to hear the Good News, and we were also encouraged by the adults who came and sat in on the lessons. The week that we talked about the miracles of Jesus, we invited our friend Andres to come and talk to the children about the miracle that the Lord did in his life.  He became the first Christian in this community seven years ago when Jesus healed his lame leg.  Another Sunday Lori taught the kids about Jesus' love for each one of them and she told the parable of the lost sheep.  When she was done telling the story she informed them that we are all sheep and one of us was missing.  They realized that "Don Pedro" (Pete) was not there and they needed to go and look for him, find him, and bring him back.   Just as the parable goes, after they found Pete and brought him back, we had a party to celebrate the homecoming of the "lost sheep" with balloons, streamers, and cake.  The most powerful Sunday came when we talked about Jesus' death and resurrection.  At times it was hard for Lori to continue with the lesson, because the power of the message of Jesus dying on the cross was hitting her heart once again.  We are praying that the message of the cross is moving just as much in the kids' hearts, and that they will become the next generation of Christian leaders in this community.     </div> <bR> <div> Thru Christ</div> <div> Pete & Lori</div> <bR> <div> P.S. 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