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Fundacin)Tota)
This)is)to)my)Fathers)glory,)that)you)bear)much)fruit,)showing)yourselves)to)be)my) disciples.)John)15:8))

Staff%Meeting%
MiguelNngel)Araz,)Dentist)

The)greatest)lesson)of)all)
How%do%you%find%your%role%as%president?% A) little) daunting!) We) are) so) aware) that) this) is) Gods) work,) and) so) I) have) a) big) responsibility.) Youve%been%with%FT%since%its%beginnings% in%2004.%What%changes%have%you%seen?% We)have)grown)enormously,)particularly) in)the)first)few)years,)when)there)was)a) very) rapid) process) of) building) and) equipping) our) headquarters.) Its) a) place) used) by) the) whole) community) and) the) desire) of) the) staff) here) is) to) provide) a) higher) standard) of) care) and) to) make) a) positive)difference)in)peoples)lives.)) Do% you% have% a% message% for% FTs% supporters%around%the%world?% Without) your) spiritual) and) financial) support,) this) work) simply) would) not) have) been) possible.) We) are) constantly) aware) of) your) prayers) for) us,) which) are) so) necessary) as) Trinidad) can) be) a) very) challenging)environment.)
TUESDAY!THE!3rd!of!September!saw!the!launch!of!Fundacin!Totas!Kids! Games!programme!for!2013.!Having!undergone!thorough!preparation!at!a! training! weekend! in! June! (see! previous! update),! the! elevenOstrong! team! descended! upon! a! local! primary! school! to! begin! eight! weeks! of! Religious! Education!teaching!with!a!difference!!the!difference!being!less!chalkOandO talk! and! more! fun,! physical,! interactive! games! to! illustrate! the! message! of! the! gospel.! The! participants! from! the! primary! four! class! have! thoroughly! enjoyed!the!new!approach.! ! The! teaching! of! Christian! doctrine! in! R.E.! lessons! is! being! increasingly! marginalised! in! the! Bolivian! education! system,! so! we! are! thankful! to! have! partnerships! with! schools! that! are! open! to! us! presenting! the!gospel!message!in!this!way.!Our!local!secondary!school!has!been!equally! receptive.!Here,!FT!staff!have!once!again!had!the!privilege!of!sharing!Christ! with! students! using! evangelistic! textbooks! and! we! have! seen! several! of! these! young! people! come! to! a! saving! faith! in! recent! weeks.! We! are! once! again! amazed! by! the! Lords! saving! work! and! humbled! to! be! considered! a! part!of!it.!

Give%thanks%for%all%those%who%have%responded% positively%to%the%gospel%message,%and%for%those%who% will%be%hearing%it%at%the%Kids%Games%programme.%

FUNDACIN)TOTA)UPDATE,)SEPTEMBER)2013)

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Ear)&)Hearing)aid)
IN!RECENT!months,!FT!has!been!running!its!WHOO certified! Ear! &! Hearing! training! courses,! equipping! health! and! education! professionals! in! the! prevention! of! hearing! deficiency.! The! courses! are!taught!at!three!levels:!Basic,!Intermediate!and! Advanced.! By! June,! 192! people! had! attended! a! total!of!four!Basic!courses.! ! In!late!July,!we!were!able!to!stage!a!weekO long! course! in! the! evenings,! which! was! heavily! marketed!across!town.!The!course!was!run!in!coO operation! with! Trinidads! main! hospital,! which! provided!us!with!a!venue!in!the!centre!of!town!!a! huge! help,! given! that! our! own! headquarters! are! relatively! remote.! Joining! FTs! own! staff! to! teach! and! administer! the! course! was! Maricarmen! Fernndez,! our! former! audiologist! and! speech! therapist,! who! travelled! from! La! Paz! to! provide! support.! A! total! of! 65! health! and! education! professionals! from!all!over!the! Beni! region! participated! in! the! course,! with! 34! of! these! passing! the! Participants%in%a%recent%Basic%course% Advanced!level.!!

FTs! two! basketball! teams,! like! their! footballing! counterparts,! have! begun! their!seasons,!with!the!boys! and! girls! being! represented! in!the!underO12s!category!in! the! local! league.! The! teams! play! games! most! weekends! under! the! supervision! of! coaches!Elas!Ramos!and!KC! Rivero.!!

Pray%for%the%witness%of%FTs%basketball%and% football%teams%on%the%field%of%play.%
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Staff)changes)
Ebelia! taking! over! Nilses! responsibilities! alongside! our! other! cleaner,! Maribel! Parada.!! ! Dr.! Alfredo! Gil,! who! provides! our! GP! service! in! the! afternoons,! also! left! in! August!after!a!years!service! and! his! replacement! is! being! sought! at! the! time! of! writing.!

IN! AUGUST,! we! bid! a! fond! farewell! to! cleaner! Nilse! Chonono,! who! is! moving! with! her! family! to! Cochabamba.! Nilse! had! been!with!us!for!nearly!four! years! and! her! professional! attitude! will! be! muchO missed.! Blessedly,! we! did! not!have!to!look!too!far!for!a! replacement,!with!her!sister!

Pray%for%Nilse%and%her%family%as%they%move% cities,%and%for%guidance%in%finding%a%new%GP.%

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More)Items)for)Prayer)
Give)thanks)for)the)contribution)of) medical)student)Joe)Sturman,)who) volunteered)with)us)for)a)month,) returning)to)the)UK)in)midNJuly.)! Pray)for)safe)travels)for)volunteer)Aline) Sacher,)due)to)arrive)in)early)November.! Pray)for)wisdom)for)FTs)board) members)in)their)daily)decisionNmaking.!

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