Like in so many of our lives, God has written a beautiful
story about La Palmera through the 21+ years it has existed. This is a tribute
to those moments when God has revealed himself to the people of Trinidad,
foreign volunteers and the faithful staff at the project. This is a new area
in which we hope to build over time such stories of volunteers that have been
impacted or memorable stories that people remember of seeing God at work.
If you have something, please send it to Jimmy Bollinger, the webmaster at
jimmybcu2003@yahoo.com
All of these stories actually happened
Currently, these are the stories we want to share:
The Beginning of La Palmera (coming soon) - As eluded to
in the history of La Palmera, the current land was acquired through a chain
of miracles, this is the account of those events
Journal of
Jimmy Bollinger from 2003 - This is an account of Jimmy Bollinger
a former short term volunteer and current webmaster, sharing his first experience
of coming to Trinidad-Beni with a summer team.
Miraflores Miracle -
Miraflores is a small community outside of Trinidad and is where the La Palmera
"Chaco" is located that is used for their camps. Lucho organized
a trip in October 2005 for the kids there to view the Mamore River that passes
near Trinidad for the first time, something he was shocked to hear they had
never seen. Only one problem . . .it was rainy season.
Court Victory (coming soon) - The beginning of 2005 was plagued with
lawsuits from a few former Bolivian volunteers who felt they were unjustly
treated. Here is the story of God's work in the Bolivian Justice System to
help the project avoid a costly settlement that these volunteers were seeking.
Sadie's Bolivian Experience
- Read a blog post about Sadie Thimsen, a volunteer from the Minneapolis 2006
team, and how she was inspired by the project.
©2003-2008
Bolivian Community Project (La Palmera Foundation) - La Palmera C.C.C.