Placido and Toni Mercado

Bolivia

Please pray for the new crops of corn and soy in Poza Verde– that they would grow and be a blessing to the people and that God would continue to provide the funds necessary to keep the project going.
There are so many plans and projects for 2009: a small church building for one of the Ayoré communities, camps for boys and girls, Bible studies, a new medical office (we had to move out of the one we’d been using for the past five years), river trips, research regarding a possible purchase of land for camps, exciting things, sad things…I could go on and on. Please pray for each of the items I mentioned and I will try to write again soon and update you on what’s gone on and give you new things to pray about.
Please pray with us, also, regarding our vehicle situation. When we returned to Bolivia, our old clunker joined a large segment of the Bolivian population by going on strike. A kind fellow missionary has temporarily lent us hers, but the situation is a concern. Please pray that God will either heal and renew our vehicle or provide another one.
The Ayoré boys – that they will feel the love of Christ through Placido and the Ayoré men who are holding different retreats and camps with them throughout the year
The newly established national association of Indigenous Christian leaders – some of our people were able to go to the first meeting and are excited about it