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The greatest joy for us is to see our graduate, Jerson, walking out the leadership that he felt called to at Christ For The Nations, Colombia.   Jerson is the son of a missionary in the Amazons.   He is dedicated to working with the ministry his father founded.   In December, he led a team of 7 students who traveled three days in bus and jeep, and 11 hours in boat to arrive at their destination.   Living in the extreme poverty of the community, the team slept on mattresses on the floor and were awakened at night by the sound of rats, bats, and insects.   The students said that the hardships they faced were nothing compared to the joy of being able to serve the community.   The team brought hope and smiles to the remote indigenous groups.   They shared the gospel in a fresh, real way to the indigenous people and saw miracles happen each night. The team did not only minister to the spiritual needs.    The people who live along the river do not have drinkable water.   They d

Two of our Venezuelan graduates led a team of 29 students and graduates to minister to their home town in Venezuela.   The team had an incredible journey.   They went through about 15 detention stations that are kind of like TSA except the officers are corrupt and ask for bribes or steal money or products.   The biggest miracle the team witnessed was that none of their supplies were stolen and they did not have to pay any bribes.   Praise God!!!   They must have had angels around them. The team had two aspects to the trip.    One was “Outside” where they ministered to the people who were outside the church.    The other was “inside” where they ministered alongside the ministries and churches that were already doing the work in Venezuela.  Juan  Miguel and Sanel said that they did not want to arrive in their hometown and try and be heroes.    They wanted to bring encouragement and hope to the workers who had stayed in the country to continue to minister to this hurting nation