Off to the National Campamento

Happy New Year!!!

Tomorrow am I head to Oruro for the national jovenes (young adults) campamento for 5 days. I'll be doing 2 workshops as well being available for any girls who are wanting to talk about whatever is on their minds. I'll return to La Paz for a night (celebrated New Years with the Guthries) and will then head back to Tarija. I ask for prayers regarding travelling, the workshops, conversations with the girls, health, spanish, and well...some sleep would be nice :).

Will let you know how everything goes afterwards.

'til next time,

rebecca

Merry Christmas!!

I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas as we all celebrate our Christ's birth
and enjoy time with family and friends.

Blessings!
rebecca

Ministry Update

It's hard to believe that this is the final ministry update of 2011. If you're interested in reading it, please click on the link to the right called "Ministry updates".

Blessings!
rebecca

A Time for Giving

I would like to encourage any of you who may be thinking of different ways of giving to go to the Canadian Baptist Ministries website to check out their 2011 Christmas Catalogue. There are opportunities to help with education, agriculture, and health, etc. You can either click on the link on the right hand side of my blog or go to: www.cbmin.org

'til next time,
rebecca

Sin Limites

As you know from my last post, Saturday was very special. I am pleased to say that it was a great day! Both the leadership team as well as the teens who did dramas, were part of the worship team, etc. did a fantastic job. The teen ministry, Vida Joven, is officially launched in Tarija. God is Good!

Prep time beforehand

Youth worship team practising

Some of the youth doing a drama from the Nueva Jerusalen church

Worship time

Drama from the Sion church

One of the leaders, Cleiver, speaking

Introduction of and prayer for the leadership team

Thank you for your prayers...

rebecca

The Big Day

Tomorrow is the big day - the official kick-off of Vida Joven. Tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 we'll be starting (although it'll probably be closer to 5pm :)). This afternoon we have our final planning meeting to make sure everything and everyone is ready. If all goes well, I'll have my camera back today so that I can take pictures and post them.

The verse that we chose as our theme is 2 Timothy 1:7 "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline". And our motto is "Sin Limites" which talks about the impact and potential of the youth - no limits!

Myself and two other leaders will be speaking and interspersed will be drama, music, etc. from the teens on the same themes that we're focusing on. My theme is self-esteem, Rodrigo will be focusing on dealing with pressures, and Clever will finish with making decisions and how they can impact the rest of our lives. Each talk will be 5-10 minutes long.

I ask for much prayer over the next 48 hours; that we're all focused, that God prepares the hearts of those who will be there, and that those who have doubts about themselves and about God will know his love and peace and how special they are. As well of course that my spanish is in top form :)

I'll do another posting (hopefully with pics!) asap to let everyone know how it went. Thanks so much for being a part of this with us...

'til next time,
rebecca

The Plan

The Vida Joven (teen ministry) leadership team is meeting here at my place at noon to continue planning our kick-off event with the youth here in Tarija. It's to be for December 3rd. I'll be one of the speakers and there'll be drama, music, video, etc. Please be praying that all the details come together...there is no doubt that the saying "manana, manana" - basically everything can be put off until tomorrow - could be multiplied down here in the South :)

This leadership team involves all the Baptist churches here in the city but there's one that seems to be struggling a bit and the girl who is to be part of the team working with teens hasn't actually attended any of the meetings yet so we're working on some commitment issues and I'm trying to learn what truly is going on.

It's already mid November which is just nuts! I need to get the December kick-off talk ready and then 2 workshops for the annual jovenes campamento in early January done. I'll be starting that this afternoon. I'm also getting back into Horizons again; that needs to be a priority for the next few months. I need a new brain :) Terry Smith and two others from the CBM home office will be arriving early December for team meetings as well as partnership meetings with the Bolivian Baptist Union (UBB). I must say that it'll be great to see them as well the Guthries and Nachos (and their new little baby :)).

Basically the next month will be crazy busy but exciting so please be praying regarding the kick-off event, the Vida Joven leadership team - commitment, bringing everyone together, etc., cbm's team & ubb meetings and the workshops I'm putting together.

In other words...keep praying! :)

Blessings!
rebecca