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Last night as I listened to the fireworks being set off in protest of a dictatorship here in Bolivia I never dreamed that tonight's fireworks would be going off in celebration of that fallen dictator! I laid in bed for way too many hours last night unable to stop scrolling through post after post of terrible tragic news taking place throughout Bolivia. Buses full of students who were going to La Paz to protest peacefully were ambushed in route and the things they endured are too horrible to recount. People were building and setting off molotov cocktails, lighting cars, buses and buildings on fire. This morning as the rain poured down in Santa Cruz the gloomy weather added to the feel of sadness that hung in the air. Even the news that the OAS had finally ruled that there had been without a doubt fraudulent behavior in the handling of the General Election on Oct. 20th was not good enough news to brighten the day. We traveled slowly around road blocks through abandoned streets, a...

There are somedays that change history forever. For Bolivia today will surely go down in history as a day to remember. Just 2 days ago the people in favor of democracy gave the sitting President, Evo Morales and his government officials 48 hours to leave office. Tonight at 7pm their time is up. No one knows for certain what will happen at 7:01. Will Bolivia finally be free from their dictatorship disguised as democracy or will their be a governmental takeover? I am praying that Evo and his people will surrender and Bolivia will see God at work answering the prayers of the people and they will give Him all the glory, honor and praise, as we know that it is only God who could bring about that change. But God doesn't always act in the ways we expect. So, we are left asking, what if Evo doesn't step down? Where is God? Let me tell you, God is still God. And God is still at work. In these 13 days of Bolivians protesting I have again and again witnessed God here at work in the he...