Canada Day in Bolivia!

I posted these pictures on Facebook, but I thought I'd share them here too.  There are certain days that being away from my Canadian home is more difficult.  Holidays and shared Canadian moments rate right up there.  This year I found myself in Bolivia for Canada Day, but I thought I'd do my best to celebrate.  My Bolivian friends did their best to celebrate as well!  =) Kind of like Superstore....     ...but...

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Jack Black in Uganda

Obviously the culture and poverty situations are different between Uganda and Bolivia.  But the stories are similar.  This video really speaks to what we're trying to do down here... ...

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La Jornada 2015

It's been encouraging to see what God has been doing in the hearts and lives of the guys living in the house.  Watch as some of them share a bit of their stories.... Consider supporting our home here at La Jornada (The Journey) with a monthly contribution or with a one-time gift: http://iteams.ca/programs/impact-bolivia/ Thank you! ...

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My mom....

My mom stole a car once.   She took her three boys along and invited the neighbour lady and her three kids to join her.  A couple of days later the RCMP showed up and she invited them in for coffee.  But they still made her give it back. Honestly my mom isn't like anyone else I know.  She's an eastern girl who got dumped into the middle of the prairies where there wasn't a tree that met her approval for 200 miles. ...

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I am "The Godfather."

Have you ever seen “Mr. Bean Goes to Church”?  If you haven’t…you really should.  It’s brilliant.  I’ve always seen it as a great commentary on what church must be like for those not accustomed to how we do things.  As a Christian who has spent his entire life in the church however, I always just kind of laughed and viewed it from afar. Until last Sunday.  Last Sunday I WAS Mr. Bean. Let me back up for a moment. ...

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Los Lomas de Arena

Some pictures from our visit to Los Lomas de Arena (the Sand Dunes)...                                 And those were the sand dunes.......

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New Newsletter!

We haven't been using the blog as much in recent months.  We will eventually.  But we did send out a new newsletter.  If you're not on the list....and you'd like to be...fire me an e-mail at ken.switzer@iteams.ca and I'll make sure you're added to the list. Thanks everyo...

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Some new changes....

For those of you who haven't heard....we're now Impact Bolivia at International Teams of Canada.  That just means that we've become a site that IT CAN is focusing on.  That, along with the establishment of an Advisory Committee here in Canada, are a couple of the cool things that have happened over this past year.  Here's a link to our page at International Team's web page.... IMPACT BOLIVIA I'll write more about the...

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Canada 2013

Here's a little video I put together with some pics from our trip to Canada last summer.....

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So this is happening....

We'd love to have you come!  Just let me know....  ...

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