Brazos Abiertos

The new school year has started and for some children it is difficult to go to school for the first time as a 3-year-old and to undergo this change. All preparations for the school are almost finished and a number of classes can already use their new classrooms, what a blessing. The first meeting with the parents was also good. We are grateful that we can offer the children Christian education.

A morning filled with joy. God allowed us to participate in the Ambassadors Cup interchurch championship. The 11 and 12-year-old teams from our Brazos Abiertos church were champions, and the 9 and 10-year-old teams were runners-up. The players received backpacks and school supplies for their participation in the championship. We are grateful to God for this victory.

We had a Love Feast of worshipping the Lord and sharing testimonies of His goodness and the miracles He has done for us and we have been growing in unity as we live in close community and share our lives and stories with one another. We had a week of missions and we were enthralled by how God partners with us to being His Kingdom to earth.

The students have been learning lots of different ways to bring the gospel to others including dramas and dances! We had a special time of promise to the Lord and put our written promises in balloons that we decorated with our names and affirmations. The students are taking the initiative in decorating, cleaning, serving, and one student even decided to cut the watermelon as a heart so that it would be perfect for a Love Feast for his friends.

We had a time of recreating the last supper and studying Jesus and his love for the disciples. We had a week on identity and proclaiming truth in place of lies we have believed about ourselves. We studied the walls we build up in response to pain, hurts, false prophets, and how those walls we build to protect ourselves are not in line with how God has called us to live with dependence on Him.

We have been incredibly blessed with teachers from around the world who speak multiple languages and have been leading youth to love Jesus for years. Keep on praying for us.

Living a heavenly experience in Galaxia Express! During our week of Vacation Bible School, children and teenagers will embark on a journey full of learning and fun, about the story of Moses. With activities such as games, dances, teaching verses, words, crafts and exciting theater, each moment was a discovery that illuminated their hearts. In addition, the valuable participation of missionaries from the United States of the Southbrook Church, school teachers, volunteers and the committed church team transformed this experience into a true journey of faith and blessings. Thank you all for being part of this galactic journey towards the love of God!

We are so thankful for the team from Southbrook Church in America who visited us for a week. They helped with sanding and painting 8 rooms, tiling 3 toilets and with the holiday bible club. We also had a few visits and several workshops on first aid and English lessons. It was great to see how they were a blessing to so many children, teens and adults and to the new building. Praise the Lord again and again for the teams that come to help and support the project. God is good.

The first Discipleship Training School in the base of Youth With A Mission Lima, Brazos Abiertos has started. We are so thankful for the amazing staff and the 5 students from 5 different countries (USA, Germany, Chile, Venezuela and Peru). It is beautiful to see how God is working in their lives and that they have set aside 5 months to get to know God better. We have different teachers from different countries who will come and teach the students for a week. Please pray for the students and staff to continue to grow in their relationship with God.

We are grateful that we can continue to build step by step in this phase and believe that God will continue to provide for the finances. Thank you for all the donations in recent times. The construction has been delayed somewhat because the changed plans were not ready in time, but that will be fine. The roof on the 6 rooms on the 2nd floor is done. We are now working on the toilets, the painting and the cabling.
The fundraising is still ongoing and another 63,000 dollars are needed to complete this phase 4. Will you pray and help?
You can transfer a donation to the account of Modernday, stating new construction phase 4.
The donations are tax deductible, thank you very much.

After I saw Brazos Abiertos on the internet and read about the impact the school has in the slum, I contacted them. Not much later I was allowed to come and help with some maintenance of the building.

When I arrived it was quite quiet, because it was the children’s holiday. After a tour of the building, the neighborhood and the new construction project I immediately felt at home. What struck me was the peace and love that prevailed. In the weeks that followed I also noticed how pleasant the atmosphere was and how faith was central, I really liked this.

After having done a number of painting projects it was time to prepare the building for the DTS (Discipleship Training School). It is the first time that the DTS is held at this location, so there was a lot to do. It is fantastic to see that God is working and that now, in addition to the school and the church, people can be trained to go out as missionaries.

We are very excited and grateful to God for our second Primary graduation in 2024. We have been privileged witnesses of the growth, maturity, learning and spiritual development of these beautiful children. We are saddened to have to say goodbye to them, but we are excited to know that God has great plans for them.
During these years we have strived to plant the seeds of faith, hope and love in their hearts, with the full conviction that God will give growth.
Many successes to our ALESUS Class of 2024!

What an amazing 2 weeks we had with the DTS team from the Netherlands. We visited a number of churches and schools to speak, testify, do theater and evangelize on the streets. And to promote the work of Youth with a Mission and the DTS. In addition, we shared the gospel in a creative way with the children, teenagers and young adults. We saw God at work through the team and people gave their hearts to Jesus and we prayed for different people. Do you also want to do a DTS send us a message, we start on February 2, 2025.

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