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