Bolivia
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Prayer Letter
April-May 2006
Dear Pastors, Churches, and Friends,
Cuba
I just returned from a Cuban trip with many blessings. We had 13 souls to make professions of faith. It was one of my favorite trips. We began in a seaside town by the name of Baracoa. It was where Christopher Columbus first landed and said, “it was the most beautiful place on earth.” What I believe topped off the trip was that we were privileged to stay with a Cuban pastor who had spent time in prison during the 70’s for preaching the gospel. In 2001, I preached in his home (which is a church) and have never forgotten it. I shall not forget the experience of spending the night in his home on this trip! I had him to relate some of his experiences to the American pastors that I had with me. He said, “you know, they put me in prison and tried to stop me for preaching the gospel and I still preached.” He said they took me from one cell to another, “I knew they were going to move me, so I preached to the 14 prisoner and 13 got saved!” What a blessing, to spend time with one of God’s men! The next morning we awoke to an aroma of Cuban coffee and ate saltine crackers, then said our good-byes to this precious family.
We were in several other cities preaching in house churches and we also preached in several regular church services. One service we preached in a bungalow beside the ocean, with people standing on the outside. These people never grow tired of hearing the Word of God.
In the last two years we had another interesting development. There have been some 5,000 Bolivians travel to Cuba on Student Visas. We were going down the street one day and I saw some people that I knew were not Cubans. I said who are those people? They replied, “They are Bolivians”. I could not believe my ears. That happened a year ago. Now, the main church that I work with in Cuba has a special ministry, called “the Bolivian Ministry.” On this trip I have seen Bolivian people attending several of the church services. How great God is! I am able to reach the Bolivians in a country where many people are coming to the Lord!
Bolivia
In the last two months we were able to buy a Bolivian pastor a car. He has been a blessing to our ministry and desperately needed transportation as he preached in several places. This month I had to send $500 to help on the repairs for the car. Please pray for him, his name is Geraldo Choque.
Joyfully Yours,
Dale Cable, 1Sam. 12:24