Every month, we plan to focus on a different South American country. Here, we want to promote missions through your prayers that God would send workers to this area of the world! This month, we focus on Bolivia.
Republic of Bolivia
National name: República de Bolivia
President: Hugo Banzer Suárez (1997)
Area: 424,162 sq. mi.
Population (1999 est.): 7,982,850
Administrative capital and largest city (1997 est.): La Paz, 713,400
Other large cities (1997 est.): Santa Cruz, 697,000; Cochabamba, 407,800; El Alto, 405,500; Oruro, 184,000
Monetary unit: Boliviano
Languages: Spanish (official), Quechua, Aymara, Guarani
Ethnicity/race: Quechua 30%, Aymara 25%, mestizo (mixed European and Indian ancestry) 25%–30%, European 5%–15%
Please pray for the people of Bolivia that they will come to know our Savior before it is too late. Also, pray for missionary Danny Vaughn, and his family who are missionaries in Bolivia!
