I’m not generally a very excitable person. Dana might even say that is the
understatement of the year right there.
I have a tendency to hide emotions, and often fail to adequately
celebrate achievements with my wife.
Having said that, I’m tingling with excitement right
now! I just received an e-mail from Dan Collins
in Bolivia, that seemed to be almost an exact answer to some of the questions
he and I had discussed while I was in Bolivia.
Specifically, I was asking about the Board, leadership, and future
direction of the non-profit (Emprendimiento Mundial) they have established for
their mission. Along with that, I had
some very specific questions about the role of Bolivians, and any plans for
transferring ownership of the vision to locals.
One of the Bolivians (Tito) who is already serving on the Board of
Directors took the opportunity to come meet the entire team of U.S. businessmen
who traveled to Bolivia while Dana & I were there. There were a lot of direct goals and deliverables
that we hoped to achieve as a result of having this team on the ground, and a
lot of progress was made toward achieving those ends. But as God often does, He used us in ways we
had not even expected. To quote Dan's e-mail, "We might have just sparked the desire and passion of an influential Bolivian business man who sees where he can use his business gifts in missions."
As a result of the excitement generated by our meetings that
day,Tito recently provided Dan with a basic written
strategic plan to do some of the very things we had talked about trying to
figure out how to motivate someone to do!
Now, Dan and Tito are working together to lay a
strong foundation for me to be able to come alongside them and build toward a
sustainable system of business enterprises that support the vision of World
Venture in Bolivia. The potential exists
for many great things to come out of this seemingly small step.
Please continue to pray for Dan and the direction of the
many activities being undertaken in Bolivia.
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