Prayer for my friends in Bolivia

It has been said that Christians have been BORN for BATTLE. It does seem that so much of life is a battle. We battle against our flesh. We battle to please our Saviour. We battle to be faithful and obedient. We battle against an enemy. Many of our battles are fought through PRAYER. One of the amazing things about prayer is that we can do battle with the enemy for each other. We ask you to do battle with the enemy on our behalf. About 6 weeks ago Felix and Larry visited the Simba community of Itau. As far as we know there is only one professing believer there. The purpose of our visit was to talk with the community captain to get his permission to hold an outreach Bible course in Itau. We were well received and will be holding a Bible course there this weekend, Jan. 25th thru 28th. Please pray as this community and a neighboring one will be hearing teaching from God's Word for the first time. While in Itau we met Ramon. He had lived in Itau years ago and was known for his drunkenness. He moved away and came to know the Lord as his Saviour. His testimony is as follows: As a new believer he was tempted repeatedly to return to drinking. He said at first the temptation was several times each day. What he did to resist the temptation was to immediately fall on his knees and pray. At first he did battle with the enemy often, then the enemy got weary of the fight and began to give up. Now Ramon is rarely tempted in that way. What a powerful testimony of God's changing grace among the Simba. We have invited Ramon to give his testimony during this outreach Bible course. Please pray during those dates that God will open blinded eyes. Do battle with the deceiver of men's souls. By God's unchanging grace, Larry and Linda Depue