Wanted to write a quick account of last weekend’s campaign in Bogota, Colombia. I flew down to Bogota last Wednesday, meeting Bruno Valle just after midnight inside customs at the Bogota airport. Bruno, a preacher from Managua, Nicaragua, is the new Central American ministry coordinator for Hope for Life, a Herald of Truth ministry.

On Thursday, Bruno and I were involved in a couple of home Bible studies; we also spoke at a rehabilitation center for young men. On Friday, we got to study with Ivis, a young lady who chose to be baptized, and participated in a group Bible study on the south side of town.

On Saturday, we had the first public event of the campaign. Then on Sunday, we had a combined worship service with members from six different congregations, as well as a number of visitors. Bruno and I took turns speaking each day.

Church members in Bogota had been distributing literature and invitations for weeks. They had an ad that ran in one of the major newspapers for several weeks. (We had also run some ads on Facebook.) The Christians had put in a lot of work and were a bit disappointed when the turnout wasn’t what they hoped. (Personally, I was disappointed with the turnout from the churches in Bogotá; several congregations were only represented by their preachers)

I wasn’t disappointed with the overall results. There were two baptisms and two people who wanted to return to active membership in the church. There were also twenty-four visitors who signed up to continue studying the Bible. I’m also confident that some of the people who received literature during the campaign will contact the church in the future.

It was a great weekend. Let me share some pictures.