Volunteers Needed for 2010

Christina Dawang, School Director of Familia Feliz, shares her happiness that enough volunteers have come to help this year, but others will be needed for the year 2010 – Spanish-speaking teachers, a mechanic, a nurse, someone who knows about agriculture and Spanish-speaking houseparents.
Click on the Volunteers link at the top of this page if you’d […]

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August 2009 News

Hi Everybody,
We just recently finished a much needed two week vacation (winter break down here), allowing volunteers some rest and tranquillity while the children visited their families. A surazo (cold south front) announced the commencement of classes again, although for a short time, we wondered if there would even be any students on campus to […]

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Aleida y Sus Niños Misioneros

Video en Español – Video in Spanish
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Aleida Barrera Solar, voluntaria de Colombia, es maestra de alumnos de Segundo año de Primaria y Primer año de Secundaria. Una cosa que le impresionó bastante sucedió al llegar a Familia […]

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A Surprise for Sara

Familia Feliz volunteer Sara Ross from Canada shares the joys and challenges of guiding children at the school and orphanage as they all grow in their walk with Jesus. Sometimes the kids have a bad attitude, but then they surprise her with something special!
Voluntaria de Canadá Sara Ross comparte los gozos y dificultades de guiar […]

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Carola – Misionera Boliviana

Voluntaria de Riberalta, Beni, Bolivia, Carola tiene el gusto de servir en Familia Feliz como misionera. Se ha impresionado al escuchar las experiencias difíciles que han sufrido los simpáticos niños bajo su cuidado. A Carola le da gozo compartir el amor de Jesús y ver cómo van creciendo y aprendiendo a ser responsables estos niños […]

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Jenny y La Mariposa

Video en Español – Video in Spanish
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Jenny Figueroa, voluntaria Colombiana, es Preceptora y “Mamá” de 8 niñas en el Centro Educativo Familia Feliz, localizado en la selva Amazónica cerca de Rurrenabaque, Bolivia. También es maestra de Primero […]

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About

Located on the Amazon floodplains in the district of Beni in northeastern Bolivia, just 30 kilometers southeast of Guayaramerín, the Bolivia Industrial School (BIS), or Unidad Educativa Tecnical y Industrial de Richard Gates (UETIRG) as it is called in Spanish, is a Christian boarding high school that prepares students for gospel service through an […] […]

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Refiner’s Fire

Dear Friends and Family,
I have been so far behind as is the story of my life and many of your’s, having kids and now being in south American just made the chronic illness worse. However, it is better late than never, here is the latest update from our side of the world.
December 2 I had […]

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