Bolivia
The Life & Truth School
700 Bolivian students grades preschool to high school attend THE LIFE & Truth School. The school was founded by CCWM ministry worker John Donhowe over twenty-five years ago and now directed by CCWM ministry worker David Hiller, The Life & Truth School provides the most sought after education in Caranavi.
Phil and Sara Kittelson
CCWM ministry worker Phil Kittelson is the son of Odell, founder of Cup of Cold Water Ministries. Phill and Sara continue with the work Odell began in Bolivia.
Phil’s passion for global missions has not diminished over the years. Phil is a lifetime resident of Bolivia, and he knows nearly every nook and cranny of this country, consisting of high plains deserts, volcanoes, the Andes Mountains, and lowland jungles.
Lily Fluharty
CCWM ministry worker Lily Fluharty was dreaming of full-time ministry for most of her life. As a child, Lily told her mom that she would one day grow up to be a mom to one-hundred children who did not have their mommy with them.
When Lily was eighteen, she traveled to Bolivia, planning to serve short-term and then to go on to attend university. Lily’s heart was so moved on this short-term trip that she stayed. Lily stayed for the next four years and became a mom to fourteen orphans at the House of Hope orphanage in Caranavi, Bolivia.
After serving for four years, Lily began to sense the Lord leading her into uncharted waters. While visiting the city of Santa Cruz, she tells the story of her first encounters with the street boys of Santa Cruz, “Deep empty eyes that told of years of pain stared into mine. 'I’m not a bad kid,’ he told me, 'but life is hard, and the drugs keep me here on the streets.' My heart just broke as I listened to this story.
When Lily returned to the orphanage, she could not get the boys out of her mind and heart. One year later, she was working full time in the streets of Santa Cruz to reach the street boys who had been considered worthless to their society.
Lily founded her own Non-profit called Anchor of Hope Bolivia. She spends her days on the street showing love to the street children of Santa Cruz. “Love takes time.” She says, and Lily is willing to spend the time it takes.
Andrew Kittelson
CCWM ministry worker Joey Kittelson, grandson of CCWM founder Odell Kittelson, had a life-changing experience in his late twenties when he happened upon a man dying right outside of the hospital. When he inquired of the family, Joey discovered the man did not have the money for medical care. Joey quickly went out to collect donations to help the family but returned just as the man had taken his last breath.
This event sent Joey on a trajectory to start his own non-profit, MEDFUND, which aimed to bring medication, life-saving surgery, and hospitalization to those who could not otherwise afford it.
Donations for Medfund came in quickly, and Joey began to scour the streets for the sick and dying.
Today Medfund is staffed with Bolivian volunteer doctors, nurses, and laypersons willing to do what to bring health to the suffering poor. It has grown to include trips into the jungle and hard to reach villages with life-saving medications and medical care.
John and Carmina Donhowe
CCWM ministry workers John and Carmina Donhowe have served long-term in Bolivia for over thirty years
Founder of The Life and Truth School, John went forward to take the Gospel to the hard to reach areas of the Bolivian jungles and mountain homes.
Johns work with the International School of Ministry, House of Hope Orphanage and the GO MISSIONS TEAMS is all about planting into the next generation of Bolivian followers of Jesus.
Abdiel Corrales
CCWM ministry worker, Abdiel Corrales, was raised in an orphanage. However, he was not an orphan!
His parents started the House of Hope Orphanage in Caranavi, Bolivia. Growing up this way, Abdiel grew to know the sacrifices and gains a full-time ministry workers experiences. His heart for the orphans was homegrown, and by the time he reached adulthood, he could not imagine doing anything besides taking his parents' work and expanding it into his own life.
Bea Merlo
CCWM ministry leader Bea Merlo is serving in Bolivia in various capacities. Some of her roles have included working with MEDFUND-Bolivia delivering food and medication to the suffering poor, translating for teams arriving in Bolivia, and serving on short-term mission teams as well as organizing, planning, and facilitating trips into more hard to reach areas of Bolivia.
Bea is praying about her next step in missions, willing and ready to serve wherever the Lord directs her to go.
David and Marivel Hiller
David and Marivel Hiller serve full-time as administration director of the Life and Truth School in Caranavi, Bolivia. David has served in missions for thirty-plus years and has seen God’s work in the lives of those to whom he has ministered.
Ximena Yapura Zeballos
Ximena is currently working with Samaritan’s Purse in her ministry called "Generation GO". She organizes youth camps to teach children about missions and the importance of fulfilling the Great Commission. Her heart and passion behind this camp is to teach youth to have a personal relationship with God, to hear and discern His voice, and to prayerfully intercede for missionaries and unreached peoples all around the world. After meeting the kids and forming relationships, Ximena and her team follow-up with discipleship.
While Ximena is passionate about her current ministry and team, she has a desire given by God to leave her community in Bolivia and become a full-time missionary abroad. In the meantime, while she waits for direction on a specific place to serve, she is taking online courses with YWAM England as a step of faith in her missions journey.