Please pray for Ted's trip to Cuba, where he will give an intensive course to the faculty of a seminary. This school trains leaders for a 20,000 member evangelical denomination. By carefully "rendering unto Caesar" (Castro) in anything that does not compromise the gospel, these churches have survived and grown in a hostile climate for 40 years. The faculty of their seminary is highly educated in secular universities, but has limited training in the Bible. So the school has asked LATN to send visiting professors to upgrade the faculty. Ted will teach a one-week course on biblical interpretation. Teaching in Cuba presents unique challenges. He was all set to go last week, but the visa did not arrive in time. Now the course is rescheduled for early November. The visa arrived here yesterday, so that detail is covered. Please pray that the books and articles Ted is bringing for the students will not be confiscated. Pray too that he won't be hampered by complications in the flight, the food and the weather. Finally, please pray that his teaching really meets the needs of the seminary.

In September, Ted and other LATN staff went to Ecuador to attend a gathering of over a thousand leaders from all over Latin America. Many showed great interest in our new project, the Latin American Training Network. We interviewed people in order to discover their needs for leadership training. With this information, we'll be able to design the courses of study that will help the churches of Latin America grow into a powerhouse for reaching the world for Christ. It's exciting.

Meanwhile, we're in the middle of creating and testing our first prototype course. A Costa Rican student is getting master's credit for taking this course together with a student in Lima, Peru. We have weekly meetings in which we have a voice connection over the Internet between Lima and San Jose. Take a peek at the web-site for the course at www.pro-meta.com . Go ahead and click on the links. When you click on the "Discussion" links, you'll find a bulletin board in which the students and I have on-going exchanges. Remember that this is an experimental proto-type and is incomplete. But you'll be amazed at how fast the website loads.

At Home:
Juli remains healthy and has more energy than last year. She and I are getting more involved in ministry at our church plant. Juli plays keyboard for worship and will begin working with little children. I am teaching the leaders of cell groups. Our kids are now all going to the little missionary school 5 blocks from home. Overall, we're impressed with the quality of the school and the friends the kids already have there.

Please pray with us about the different concerns you see scattered through this letter. Thank you so much for your partnership in prayer with us.

Yours,
Ted & Juli Kautzmann