Recent Activities

Levantando el Alma (Lifting up the soul)
Pastoral Youth Camp
January 21-22, 2005

Kevin Borjas The Pastoral youth camp was wonderful and very satisfying. We had a praise and worship time and worshiped Jesus during the evening. It was a very special time where we could focus on God. After singing we had a speaker share with us how we are forgiven from our sins even though we are people who sin. We shared many special moments, singing and listening to the word of God and this made me feel like a special person. It was a special time for me and I think it was a special time for God. I also was able to share about my life with the group from John Knox church. I have had many challenges and am learning how to have the courage to forgive those who have hurt me.

Ana Patricia Pastora Varela
My favorite part of the camp was the ministry when Pastor Francis shared with us about Renewal. Thanks to the seminars at the camp, we learned that we can learn to forgive everyone that has hurt us. We also were able to renew and restore some areas of our life such as our character. Renewal is a painful experience; this pain makes it difficult to forgive others. I would like to encourage PAG to keep having these camps not only to escape from our daily environment, and have a good time, but to help us build our spiritual lives also.

Maria Sagrano Corea
I enjoyed the seminar because I was able to experience renewal and now I feel different than when I went to camp the day before. I learned a lot about forgiveness and learning to forgive those who hurt us. Thanks to the counsel given though the speakers I was able to reflect on my life and now I feel better about myself. Thank you very much and may God richly bless all the supporters of this project. Thank you.

God at Work at Aldea Global, Flor del Campo

On Saturday, the 17 of July, the beneficiaries, or scholarship students , of Proyecto Aldea Global from the area of Flor del Campo in Tegucigalpa, Honduras put on a concert for the community of Monte Redondo (Colonia Carolina), located about one hour outside of Tegucigalpa. Twenty of the youth from the Flor arrived in Monte Redondo at a sunny 2:30 in the afternoon to help set up for the concert and to practice one final time. The youth set up the sound system, put up decorations for the event, and visited with the local youth

People began filtering into the school where the concert took place around 5:30, and the concert started shortly after. During that time, the people of Monte Redondo enjoyed the dance routines, solos, and duets in which the youth of the Flor participated. This was such a wonderful night of talent and hard work. These students had been working hard at the preparation for this night for weeks, and it was such a wonderful opportunity for them to see some of the fruits of their work. The people of Monte Redondo also really enjoyed the presence and talents of these students. This was a special event for the scholarship kids from Flor del Campo. As volunteers with Proyecto Aldea Global, we had the privilege to participate and help out in this event, and as well as the daily activities of the youth who participate in the various programs the project offers.

The scholarship program at Aldea Global has two main groups: children, first-sixth grade; young people, seventh-twelfth grade. Each youth participates in at least one of five programs the project offers: Evangelism , Children's Club , Social Projection , and Office Work, and Tutoring . Each Wednesday the youth come together and meet where they have a devotional and work on their homework. The evangelism group prepares Gospel presentations to share at the schools. Club de Niños is a Saturday Bible school/ Children's club run by some of the older scholarship recipients for the neighborhood children. The students involved with Social Projection complete various projects and needs in and around the community of Aldea Global. There is also a group that comes to the Aldea Global office to help with whatever needs to be done. Reforzamiento is a weekly tutoring program for the children that is run and managed by a group of the youth. The younger students come and receive a group lesson and then have time for individual tutoring in areas of school where they have deficiencies. Jóvenes and niños, (or scholarship recipients) can be found in the comforting environment of Aldea Global at any given time in a day!

Proyecto Aldea Global definitely has a positive impact on the lives of these youth because it ministers to them in holistic ways. Basic needs are provided for, education is a priority, and the youth have the opportunity to learn more about our Lord. The youth are also given responsibility through participating in their various activities and can take ownership in the good things that are happening in their community.

As volunteers of the project, we have had the privilege of working with the youth and have spent some time with the younger scholarship students who are involved in Club de Niños and benefit from the tutoring in Reforzamiento . Our daily schedules involve working on various projects such as organizing school supply lists for kids, working on the library, interviewing youth, preparing devotionals, and other types of office work. At the same time, we work in a flexible atmosphere, with great people, who allow us to build authentic relationships with the young people we work with. We truly have seen God at work in the lives of these young people and in our lives as well, and we anticipate good things for the future of these kids as we all continue to learn from each other through community.