Thank you for taking the time to read our prayer letter. As we diligently work to preach the Gospel to every creature, it is encouraging to know people are praying! Please pray that God would protect us, give us wisdom, bless our family, and help us rear our children for the glory of God.

In the month of October, Missionary Darrell Ratcliff visited us to preach in schools around Bolivia. In Santa Cruz, we were able to schedule 28 schools in 5 days, where he preached and saw thousands of students saved. To the right, he is pictured valiantly slicing the air with a vicious karate kick to keep the attention of the students! The kids frantically gasped and cheered with pure delight at the gringo missionary fervently preaching the Gospel!

In the month of November, I had the great privilege of preaching the 19th anniversary of Iglesia Bautista El Faro in La Paz, Bolivia. They had a big day of over 200 people in attendance, with several people saved and baptized. It was so encouraging to see our brothers and sisters in Christ continue the work that God used us to start years ago. The picture to the left is of Pastor Alberto faithfully baptizing on this great day.

In the month of December, we had Evangelist Paul Schwanke powerfully preach a revival in our church in Santa Cruz. He did a tremendous job, and our church was encouraged and strengthened as a result of his Spirit-filled messages. To the right, you can see a picture of some of the people who surrendered their lives to full-time Christian service during the last invitation of the revival!

Please pray with us concerning buying a 4×4 vehicle to help advance our ministry. During the rainy season, many parts of Santa Cruz flood, and our van keeps getting stuck. On one occasion, we got stuck in the mud while picking up people for church. Through torrential rain and drenched to the bone, I rolled up my dress pants to my knees and laughed nervously while I sloshed through the streets searching for someone to help pull us out with their vehicle. Regretfully, we did not make it to church that Sunday morning, so we had to send our van full of people home. I am also interested in traveling with the men from our ministries to hold spontaneous preaching services in different parts of Bolivia to show them the great need to plant more churches. A large 4×4 vehicle for this type of ministry in Bolivia is costly but indispensable!

Thank you for caring and for investing in our ministry. We are looking forward to planting another church in the southern part of the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in the year 2026. Please pray that God would bless our efforts and give us more converts to train for full-time Christian service to send them out to continue the momentum of planting churches.

– Bro. Xavier Lopez