High Tension in Bolivia

Two months after a positive election result and nearly four weeks after the kickoff of the constitutional assembly, it has already hit a roadblock. Members of President Evo Morales' MAS party who have a majority want the assembly to have unchecked power to adopt whatever comes out of the assembly as law. Opposition members view this as a power grab by Evo's party to further centralize government. Street protests have broken out over this attempt and several shoving incidents have occurred in the assembly this week. In addition MAS wants to pass a motion saying that only a majority will be necessary to make changes, leading to further suspicion that a power grab is in the works. Read the full article on CNN World.

Please pray for Bolivia, it really is again approaching the brink of revolution, and despite the previous non-violent resolutions of conflict, I think they are way overdue for a good fight. Because I don't know what's going to happen, I don't know what the future holds for my missions plans. I definitely will go somewhere, but the location may change if Bolivia becomes a warzone. Fortunately, I'm not planning to leave until January, so things could be resolved by then.

In other news, I am leaving for training next weekend and I couldn't be more excited. I'm ready to meet the other staff members of I-Teams and the other missionaries who will be working in various parts of the world. I promise a full update once it's over.