{"id":856,"date":"2014-01-23T13:40:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T18:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/worldmission\/?p=856"},"modified":"2014-02-14T12:08:56","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T17:08:56","slug":"a-new-year-of-promise-for-children-in-columbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2014\/01\/23\/a-new-year-of-promise-for-children-in-columbia\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Year of Promise for Children in Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Colombia this week, excited laughter and eager spirits fill hallways and classrooms as children are headed back to school!\"VLUU<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n


\nOur partnership with the Colombia Covenant Church helps children in displaced families throughout Medellin, Bogota, and Barranquilla receive an education that will empower their futures and invite them to experience the love of God.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Ten-year-old Dylan has encountered the healing power and love of Jesus Christ at Bethel Covenant Foundation. At Bethel, Dylan is making significant changes from a childhood lifestyle filled with drinking, drugs, and stealing and now dreams of becoming a better person, which includes helping his mom complete her education too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fourth grade teacher Claudia Ramirez in Bogota shares that \u201cevery day is a new day that God allows me to get close to these children, not only as a teacher but as a friend and counselor. God has put me here to help form spiritual and moral values in these children by teaching God\u2019s Word and guiding them in His ways.\u00a0I want my\u00a0children go\u00a0very well prepared\u00a0academically in the\u00a0area\u00a0mathematics,\u00a0and spiritually\u00a0ready to\u00a0make decisions\u00a0and deal\u00a0an unknown\u00a0world for them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Please PRAY:<\/span><\/p>\n