Report from the Field

(This email arrived this morning.)

Dear family and friends,

I just wrote a long report, but it timed out on the internet and I lost it all. So here is a very short version.

We are all doing well, the 6 of us on the team. The fellowship has been rich with the national believers. The teaching time in Bogota and Santa Marta was well received. The medical team saw many patients and were of great help to many. On Sunday I preached and then baptized 13 people, including 3 children and a Chimila Indian couple who are new believers. All day Monday John and I taught while the medical clinic was going on upstairs in Casa Providencia. Tuesday we were in the Chimila Indian community with a group from La Puerta Church. A clinic was held there. One young man was given treatment who stepped on a nail and the next day we got a tetanus shot for him and I left money for shoes for him. One of the new believers is a young woman with a cute baby who has AIDS. I led an Indian boy to the Lord who had never heard of Jesus before.

Pray for our teaching tonight and tomorrow night. Nell Evans will teach a group of women today and tomorrow also. Pray for the clinic work this afternoon and tomorrow. We return on Sat.

Love in Christ,
Bruce McDowell