— The GREGORY Family —
Missionaries to BOLIVIA
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Malcolm & Jan Gregory
Address:
Casilla 735
Sucre, Bolivia, S.A.
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Malcolm
and Jan Gregory have served the Lord in Bolivia since 1981. The Tabernacle
Baptist Church in Santa Cruz, Bolivia was the first church planted under
their ministry.
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Prayer Letter (January 2008)
About BOLIVIA *
Background: Bolivia, named after independence
fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent
history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups.
Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in the 1980s, but leaders
have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and drug
production. Current goals include attracting foreign investment, strengthening the
educational system, resolving disputes with coca growers over Bolivia's counterdrug
efforts, continuing the privatization program, and waging an anticorruption campaign.
- Area:
Total: 1,098,580 sq km
Land: 1,084,390 sq km
Water: 14,190 sq km
- Area - comparative:
Slightly less than three times the size of Montana
- Government Type: Republic
- Capital: La Paz (seat of government);
Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)
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Independence: 6 August 1825 (from Spain)
Population: 8,586,443 (July 2003 est.)
Ethnic groups: Quechua 30%, mestizo (mixed white
and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%, white 15%
Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant
(Evangelical Methodist)
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Disputes - International:
Continues to press Chile and Peru to restore the Atacama
corridor ceded to Chile in 1884; Chile demands water rights to Bolivia's Rio Lauca and
Silala Spring.
* Based on CIA-The World Factbook
