Changes

Change is a good thing! (I think)

This year is a time of change for us in Campus Crusade Latin America as we restructure to serve the staff in our continent better. The biggest change at all levels is a change to team leadership. Now, instead of having a continental director who makes the final decisions, we have a leadership team who works together to determine direction and strategy. We hope to multiply the model out to our national ministries as well.

The major implication of the change for us this month is the reduction in size of our former continental office in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. We have reduced down to just four of us as Jeanie and I plan a move to our new central office, probably in San Jose, Costa Rica sometime in late 2011, after Andrew graduates from High School.

While the move is definitely in the works, it is not imminent. During the year or so we have left in Bolivia, we are excited to see what God has in store. I met last week with Tito Ramos, our Bolivian National Director. I am very encouraged by his vision and plans. We will be working very closely with him and his team as we bring several teams from the U.S. to Bolivia in the coming year.

Jeanie is in her second week teaching 10th grade U.S. History and English at the mission school. She is excited about this group of kids. She was their social studies teacher back when they were in 8th grade. Please pray for her!

Andrew is due back on Thursday night from Oregon. He has stayed an extra couple of weeks for a final check by the surgeon. We praise God for a successful surgery for Andrew!

Tomorrow I will head out for Mexico to join with our staff in their national conference and then meet with our Latin America leadership team.

Thanks again for your support and prayer!