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Colombia - MedellinOUR FOCUS
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OUR MISSION
Our vision is to empower the youth to reach out to their own generation with the love and power of God.
THE TEAM
OUR MINISTRY - website
* Church ministry with emphasis on bringing youth to Christ out of a culture heavily affected by gangs, drug and the mafia
* Using a fast growing local ministry as the basis to train leaders in other churches in Medellin and elswhere in Latin America
* Cell group discipleship ministry model
* Strong personal evangelism focus
* Using a fast growing local ministry as the basis to train leaders in other churches in Medellin and elswhere in Latin America
* Cell group discipleship ministry model
* Strong personal evangelism focus
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE
| Colombian Intern | ||
| Help with the refuge center for street kids and/or Help with the short term teams and/or Help with the database and web page maintenance and/or Help with the outreaches to other communities and/or Help with the English services and Bible studies and/or Help write testimonies and take pictures to communicate some of the wonderful things God is doing in Colombia. |
Short Term | |
| Colombian Short Term Missionary | ||
| Help with the refuge center for street kids and/or Help with the short term teams and/or Help with the database and web page maintenance and/or Help with the outreaches to other communities and/or Help with the English services and Bible studies |
Long Term | |
| Communications Coordinator | ||
| Work with the team leader to communicate the successes that we have seen in Colombia. This person would help with communications within IT and help with grant writing. Help with communications with summer teams and other groups that speak in English. |
Long Term | |
| English Camp Counselor | ||
| Help teach at a Summer English Camp Help lead English Bible studies at the camp, do crafts, lead songs, direct sports, counsel the students, etc. |
Short Term | |
| ESL Outreach Director | ||
| Program coodination and expansion. Looking for ways to raise some of the funds to start new programs. Put together the vision and goals and be sure we continue to work toward our goals as an outreach to the community. |
Long Term | |
| ESL Teacher | ||
| Teach English as a second language at an English Institute. | Short Term | |
| English Camp | |||
| Evangelism and Outreach Physical Work |
Help with English camps during the summer months. The English camps are an outreach to young people who don't know Christ. The dates are flexible but they need to be at least 2 weeks between June 10 and July 15. |
Less than 3 weeks | |
| Caribbean Island Evangelistic Outreach | |||
| Evangelism and Outreach Physical Work Teaching and Training Children/Youth Programs |
A team willing to work hard and help a local church on a Caribbean Island. They will join with a Colombian youth group to do maintenance and painting on the buildings and evangelistic outreaches in the evening. Isla Fuerte is an island that is very poor. The team will need to be prepared to be without running water or electricity. Bottled water will be provided for drinking. There is a generator for lights in the evening. Many of the meals will be fish (prepared deliciously). The success of the trip will depend on the US team and the Colombian team interacting and working well together. |
Less than 3 weeks | |
OPPORTUNITES TO GIVE
| Refuge House for Children | ||
| Now providing food for about 90 street kids every day. Working with their mothers (many of which are on drugs and living in the streets). Better program would provide Christian employedment. Very easily could transition into some orphanages. Need better facility, program expansion funds and training materials. | 500 USD | |
| Impact Leadership Conferences | ||
| Latin America youth leaders conference in Medellin to address issues of long and short-term strategies in Latin America's current youth programs and ministries. | 5,000 USD | |
| Leadership Multiplication Training Center | ||
| A counseling and vocational training center for young people. Outreach to entire city. Neutral tool to train leaders from all churches. Build Christian communication network citywide. | 25,000 USD | |
| National Leadership Network | ||
| (Local and national) Establish a youth network and to provide leadership training and technical assistance to the city's 90 affiliated youth organizations, benefiting thousands of youth in Medellin and the over 50 affiliated youth ministries in the country...contributing to the significant reduction of youth-related violence. | 5,000 USD | |
