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Dear
friends of the Colombian Scholarship Fund & Leadership
Initiatives LIZWAN:
Grace and
peace to you from our Lord Jesus Christ! It gives us great
joy to share this September 2003 Newsletter with you!
My
name is Aura Stella. I am the Director of the
Colombian Scholarship Fund & Leadership Initiatives
LIZWAN since January. I give thanks to God for the opportunities
and blessings He has given me and for using me now as a
real candle of hope for my people here in war-torn Colombia!
Many
positive changes are happening for the Colombian Scholarship
Fund & Leadership Initiatives LIZWAN now that there
is a full time Director. As Director, my daily work involves
mentoring students, offering leadership seminars, taking
care of our growing administrative work, translating correspondence,
offering spiritual formation to our students and engaging
in ongoing planning and evaluation. In relating to our
national church, my work involves facilitating communication
between sister congregations in the United States & the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia - IELCO.
We
started 2003 filled with fresh hopes and envisioning an
efficiently organized ministry. A big leap of faith happened
on January 15th when I officially begun my work
as Director. Currently we are also working towards establishing
a National Board of Directors to relieve the Council of
San Pablo Lutheran Church from further administration.
It is our hope to have this Board of Directors by December
or early January.
Pastors
Natanael and Barbara, along with their daughter Alicia,
continue working tirelessly for this empowering ministry.
Thanks to their great love towards Colombia, leadership
development, evangelism, service to human needs, educational
opportunities and hope continue to be available to poor
and hurting people in Colombia.
I
take this opportunity to thank those of you who have supported
and continue to support our ministry in Colombia. It is
thanks to your ongoing generosity that our work is possible.
We continue to see faces filled with hope, kids with no
hunger, poor families with shelter, people taking up leadership
roles and young people getting their formal education thanks
to your gifts and prayers.
Yes
indeed! Your faithful support makes possible for those
whose wings have been cut to fly again! You continue to
give light to those whose candles have been extinguished.
You are the answer from God to poor Colombian sisters and
brothers. We thank you in the name of Christ!
We
hope you will continue supporting our shared ministry.
Let's offer our prayers so that peace may reign in God's
world. May the immensurable love of our God be with you
and guide your steps every day. I invite you to communicate
with us. I would be happy to hear from you. Our email address
is
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You can also write to us via regular mail at this address:
Calle 75 # 20-54, Bogotá, Colombia.
Read the
entire CSFLI 2003 Newsletter (.pdf format)
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