Newsletter July - Sept 2002
Office Telephone and Fax: +57-4-2161818 AA 5156 Medellín Colombia JucMed@Hotmail.com
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Director YWAM Medellín Enith Diaz 
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Psalms 39: 4-6 The psalmist David also suffered very difficult moments in life, unto the point that I consider that life was short and fragile when he requested from the Lord. “4) LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. 5) Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. 6) Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.” For this cause I think that I should not toil for what I am able to do, because I can do it; neither for what I cannot do, because I cannot really do it. |
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Reading the Argentinean writer's thought's
Jorge Luis Borges that entitles “Instants (If life could be lived over again)”
he said the following thing:
In the next life I would try to make more errors I would not try to be so perfect, I would be more relax it would be sillier than that I have been, in fact, I would take fewer things seriously, I would be less hygienic, I would run more risks, I would take more trips, I would enjoy more evenings, I would go up more mountains, I would swim more rivers, I would go to more places where I have never been, I would eat more icecream and less beans, I would have more real and less imaginary problems, I would not be one of those people that lives very sensible and fruitfull every minute of their life; cleary, I have had moments of happiness but if I could do it over, I would try to only have good moments, for in case you don't know, that is what life is made of; moments, don't miss this moment........ I was one of those that never went anywhere without a thermometer a bag of hot water, an umbrella and a parachute; If I lived again I would begin to walk barefoot at the beginning of the spring and I would continue this way until concluding the autumn I would do more merry-go-rounds, I would enjoy more dawns and I would play more with children if I had another opportunity to live. “But I missed my chance I am 85 years old and dying” |
WORK ON THE STREET We have started again with our work on the Guayaquil street of Medellín. We are visiting the hotel "The Passenger's Rest" giving chocolate and bread to 120 people of that sector and it has been a very nice experience. |
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Youth with A Mission Medellín Colombia
“Mercy Ministry” House of Refuge “Bethel ” (First stage for boy's) JucumMisericordiaCasaBethel@Yahoo.com Coordinators: Magda Rocío Largo Patricia Lucía Contreras 
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Every Sunday at ten in the morning Miguel
goes running to the door when the doorbell of the house sounds, not just
because the bus that will take us to Sunday school has arrived, but it is
that his mom who wears her best dress will accompany him to church; Miguel's
face lights up and wears a big smile for the rest of the day.
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With this and other small miracles we begin
the second semester in “Casa Refugio Bethel”. It is enough to increase our
faith, spirit and commitment that we get from heaven, but not everything
is joy; we live at the edge in relationship to the budget, since the house
has generated economic deficit for this year. God has stayed faithful,
the fair provision has always arrived and on time.
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"... we are out of potatoes", says mamita
... while taking out the last bags of rice from the cupboard... "We pray
to God, we live of faith!!" ... was the answer she got. The following
morning we almost fell over a huge bag of potatoes while entering the house...
it was so heavy that we needed several volunteers: Sanyer, Jair and
Yeferson, "aunty..." one of them said... "God knows that we like potatoes".
Do you want to know who brought them?... a friend that reads our newsletter;
the answer came right to the heart.
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Youth with A Mission Medellín Colombia “Mercy Ministry” House of Refuge “Mi Hogar ” (Second stage for boy's) Tel; 2161818 Director: Coordinator: Daniel Menjivar María Cecilia Muñoz 
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From July 30, God guided us to pray because
he wanted to begin to raise a solid wall in each boy's life and it went like
that as we begin to break the incredulity and hardness of heart. The news
is that changes have been originating in them and some already began to make
decisions for life.
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August 25 took place the III Gastronomic
Festival with foods from: Colombia, Sweden, Mexico, El Salvador and Peru.
The purpose was to thank all the people that have been a blessing to the
Mercy Ministry.
November 10 and 11 we will have an outing with the mothers and children, the theme will be “Breaking the Generational Curses” |
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The 5th Song Festival, with the theme:
“Let us ascend to Zion” will be carried out November 24 at 6:00 o'clock,
different houses are participating with songs, choreographies, plays and
choirs. This activity we would like to use to evangelize.
Academically the kids do well, using time well. The work team is pleased with the knowledge that God likes to see us do good deeds. |
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Youth with A Mission Medellín Colombia
“Mercy Ministry” House of Refuge “Ebenezer ” (House for Girls) Tel; +57-4-2168665 Coordinator: Alba Marina Oviedo 
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The blessing
of God has stayed with us in spite of not being as faithful as He wanted
it. We have had spiritual, physical and economic provision. When finishing
this semester Carolina Lennis will graduate to 10th grade and the other girls
intellectually are also worthy of congratulating, thank God. |
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Some have had
difficulty with their health, but they are already improving. The atmosphere
in the home has been characterized in particular more like partners and friends
since all adolescents act in a very different way. They progress in
all the areas, responding more in some that other, but always going forward
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Youth with A Mission Medellín Colombia
“Mercy Ministry” “Workshop of Dressmaking and Handycraft” ”Berseba ” Tel; +57-4-2540195 NimiaIbanez@Yahoo.com Director: Nímia Inés Ibañez Ortiz 
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After a semester of preparation and constant dialogue
with God through the Counseling School IBCS, I can share the new vision that
God has for the ministry. |
We are projecting for next year in opening
a house for the ministry where we will be with the help and the guide of
God opening new perspectives and strategies that God has for the life of
the boys, girls, their families and other people that we have at the moment.
God is interested to give, to create and to develop in each boy's and girl's
life, the capacity of an art through the gifts and talents given by Him.
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Pray For: * Fulltime workers · That God will reveal His love and grace to each person in the workshop · Economic help for this house. |
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Youth with A Mission Medellín Colombia
Training “DTS” Discipleship Training School and “IBCS” Introduction to Biblical Counseling School Bario Pila Rica JucuEdem@Yahoo.com Tel; 4213295 Director; Jorge Colmenares 
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In the Introduction of Biblical Counseling
School in Medellín we had twenty-two students, it was a new experience.
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We are happy to anounce that we
will have our first bilingual English/Spanish DTS starts 26th of Jan 2003
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