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CFNI Grad in the Senate! Christ for the Nations Colombia (CPN)  not only prepares young people for the mission field but students are encouraged to dream about how they fit into God's plan.   Charlie Calle  was a student at CPN 5 years ago.  He had taken a leave of absence from his Engineering studies to seek God.  During his year at CPN, God impressed on him to study Political Science.   Now, he just graduated and is working with a well known Christian senator to defend the family.  He stopped in the CPN office last week to thank us for helping him hear from God for direction for his life.  Then he showed us a video taken last week when he made a presentation to the Colombian senate.  It was impressive to see the elderly senators all listening to this young man giving his discourse.  We need more Christian voices being heard in these volatile days!!! Praise God for the variety of callings!!!

Vivian sharing God's love Letter from a survivor from the earthquake (translated): April 16, 2016   The Earthquake Day Letter It all began at 6:50 pm.  We were near the park and I kneeled down, crying I saw the buildings began to collapse, we ran to our house and with our family ran to the soccer field where we were told to wait for the tsunami.  Fear struck me when two boys ran by saying “Here comes the tsunami!!!”.   We were altogether, little by little the field was filled with people, all of us crying.  When I woke up, they told me that my brother, Walter was dead.  When I looked at the building he was in, I saw him dead, suffocated by the debris.  I couldn’t believe that my brother was dead. Tu Eres Ciudad Internacional: Juliana ministering  Cynthia praying As part of their McGiver Class, several Christ for the Nations Colombia students founded an organization called “Tu Eres C...

 While in Condoto, Colombia, God allowed us to visit a school and talk to hundreds of young people about salvation and God's unconditional love for them. Standing in the middle of a football field girls lined up to open up their heart and tell us the difficult situations they live at home and ask for prayer. A girl, about 12 years old, came with a hoarse voice and face overshadowed from crying.  While I was hugging her very tight, I reminded her how much God loved her, how much he cared, and no matter the situation, Father God would take care of her and protect her. I was struck by how a girl overwhelmed by fear generated by seeing her mother suffer physical and emotional abuse from her partner, can feel loved, protected and be filled with His peace, only through a simple hug. But perfect love casts out fear.  Six year old Andres’ parents didn’t have money to buy him glasses but after Jon Carvajal prayed for him, he was able to read the banners in the church for th...

My name is Rebekah Hall and I am 19 years old. Right now I am serving as a missionary at Christ for the Nations along with studying. Honestly my first two days in Amazons I didn’t like it at all. I felt like I wasn’t supposed to be there and I really just wanted to go home; however, after those two days, the Lord completely wrecked my heart. I was serving most of the time in the village of Zaragoza and I fell in love with the people there. We did many activities with the kids, youth, women, and men, but we also made a priority of doing house visits. The house visits were one of my favorite parts because we actually went to where the people were and talked and prayed with them in their normal habitat instead of having them come to us.  There’s one word we really like to use with missions and it’s “flexibility.” We went with a detailed plan of activities and when we arrived we changed just about everything to adapt to the people we were ministering to and their needs. It’s...

  Good News!!!   We have an  incredible  student body.  They are hungry to learn sound theology but also to develop solid character.  We have encouraged an atmosphere of accountability where the students are able to talk about their weaknesses and temptations and even of their failures and feel that they are safe and will receive support in overcoming the problem areas.  The students recognize sin and they don’t desire to continue in it so they seek help.   We hope they are developing a habit of accountability that they will continue through their lives.  One of the main reasons given for so many fallen leaders has been that  they thought they could overcome their problems   by themselves.  If they had had a mentor or an accountability partner who could pray and encourage them and give them tools to freedom, maybe they would still be in the ministry today.  We are happy that our students have been vulnerable and ...

Good News!!!     Cara was able to raise the funds needed to receive training in Quito for ministry to women involved in the sex industry.  Other Great News!!!    God provides more than enough.  Not only did she raise enough for herself but for 3 others to receive the training.  It was incredible.  They learned the new ways the pimps work, they learned how to minister to young women who are very  deceived, and they learned how pornography is an addiction and how it has contributed to the growth of the sex industry even into the young children.  As the trainer said, if there were no demand, there would be no need for the workers.  The pornography industry is one of the fastest growing and one of the most prosperous industries now.  We want to be part of the answer. Cara has a team put together to make a plan on how we can help through prevention, education, informing, as well as forming safe homes for young girls t...

Good News!!!    Praise God for the graduates that are now ministering in Venezuela.  One of the graduates who stands out is Milbi Yelena.  She (like most of the Venezuelan students) did not want to return to her country but she was obedient to God.  Today she is the academic director at a worship institute.  She is very respected and fulfilling her call.  Bryce and Marcela (our son and daughter in law) just got back from ministering at a youth conference in Venezuela.  Two days before traveling the borders were closed between Colombia and Venezuela.  The other guest speakers for the conference were canceling as Bryce and Marcela were looking for alternative routes to get into the country.  They were there and ministered and brought life and hope.  Venezuela is going through very difficult times as Maduro is exercising excessive authority.  We have been told that he is exporting Colombians who are married to Venezuelans and ...