MONTHLY REPORT
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J A N U A R Y
God was very good at the beginning of the year, He allowed me to have a good time with my family and start a new year serving Him.
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Beginning of the year 01. Hand-pointer In this month I was finishing collecting and editing the information to place it on the website that would soon be launched.
thanksgiving and petitions. I hope this will be a little more detailed and specific so that you will know much more about the ministry that we carry out together.
02. Hands-Helping Before the website was launched, I started doing some campaigns on social networks like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to slowly start introducing RNV.
07. For those who don't know, in 2011 I was diagnosed with Neurocysticercosis after a after a convulsive episode and a 15-day hospitalization. At that time I was treated with medicine for about 5 years. Until this moment everything was normal. However, in this month I began to feel the symptoms of 2011 so I had to go to the doctor and go back to take the treatment to control these episodes. The medication I take numbs me a bit, so I do not like to take it, even so, I know it's the best. I ask you to continue praying for my health and a good performance of the work to be done.
03. Hand-pointer I was in need of a lot of wisdom for the new projects and the ministerial projections for this new year. God was good and He gave me His wisdom to bring this forward. 04. Hand-pointer The economic part was a factor in which I saw the hand of God, since I needed His provision for the trip to the USA that I made in February and he met every need during the trip. 05. It is always my request to God to continue to strengthen me spiritually. I ask you to keep praying for this constantly. 06. Hands-Helping For this year and from this month, I want to implement a new way of prayer and support circle. This new format consists of a monthly newsletter like this one with the events of the month, with
08. Hand-pointer We had a great news and thanksgiving to God, this is that my parents' visa application was approved in a miraculous way and they can go to USA to serve full time with RNV. 09. Hand-pointer | As thanks to God I also share that my grandmother has had a very good recovery from her illness. I am very grateful for the prayers you have made and I ask you to continue praying for complete healing.
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02
F E B R E R O
This was a month of beginning work, new responsibilities and commitments that motivate me to move forward and give my best.
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Going to the United States 01. Hand-pointer | Hands-Helping I am very grateful to God, because after a long process, we made the official launch of the New Life Network website. So if you haven't visited the site yet, enter now rednuevavida.org and know more! 02. Hand-pointer I had the opportunity to be at our first planning meetings with the entire RNV international pastoral team. Thank God they were very effective, productive meetings and the RNV pastoral and leadership team could be consolidated. 03. Hand-pointer | After some meetings and to define some very favorable changes for RNV, I acquired a new responsibility for this year to direct and represent the New Life Network in Colombia. This brings new commitments that together with your prayers, advice and support will be a blessing for many. 04. Hand-pointer | We also had the opportunity to meet with the Asbury Theological Seminary and thus establish a joint, much more consolidated and solid plan of
work that will soon be materialized in the Institute for bi-vocational lay leaders. Pray that this will bring much fruit to the kingdom of God. 05. Hand-pointer | Thank God, my health situation is being controlled with medicine. Although the medicine is a bit strong, it has helped me a lot. 06. Hands-Helping In the time I was in the USA, I was able to continue contributing in the Indy New Life Praise Ministry and we continue advancing and serving the church better, motivating more people to join and providing resources to move forward. 07. We want to start recording the sermons of the Nueva Vida Indy church so that more people can hear the message of salvation. We want the Lord to provide the right people for this work and the necessary resources.
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03
M A R Z O
God continues to provide people, opening doors and confirming his purpose in each one of us.
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Back to Colombia 01. Hands-Helping | In this month God continues to provide a team for the work in RNV. We could count on the incorporation of my sister Saron Barrios in the graphic part as a great support. She is finishing her professional career as a graphic designer. May the Lord give us wisdom to continue developing more projects. 02. Hands-Helping | We were able to help and promote the start of the first Nueva Vida church in Guatemala, which already has about 30 members. We were also able to give a visit and accompaniment to the leadership with a training about RNV and tools for the ministry. Let's keep praying for this ministry. 03. Hands-Helping | I began to carry out the first mobilization process of a young missionary from Colombia to support the first Nueva Vida church in Guatemala. I am taking
the process of your service description, medical insurance, flight tickets and other requirements so that he can go and serve in this new church. May the Lord continue to give us wisdom and grace to lead a good process. 04. Hand-pointer Thank God, doors keep on opening in the USA. We had a first meeting with a church in Indianapolis called Elevation that wants to start as part of their ministry a Hispanic church. We also had a contact with another church in Texas with the desire to join RNV. 05. Hands-Helping | Hand-pointer After a month and a half in the USA working and sharing with the RNV team and with friends, I had a good return to Colombia. I started to perform my new responsibility as a representative of RNV in Colombia and I am very happy to continue serving. Information to Share Hands-Helping Thanksgiving Hand-pointer Pray request
04 A P R I L
God is still good. Although we face new ministerial challenges, He gives the wisdom to face them successfully.
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New responsabilities 01. Hands-Helping | Hand-pointer I had the opportunity to share a bit of the vision of RNV in an event of coordinators of missions of IGLEICO, we also could talk a little about the new open door to serve in Guatemala. Thank God for this and for let me keep sharing what He is doing in RNV. 02. Hands-Helping | We have more than 175 people who are following our Facebook fanpage, almost 100 followers on Instagram. More than 150 posts in these 3 months of release. We want to continue going deeper, have more content, more people who continue to support us and reach as many people as possible with a message of life and hope. 03. Hands-Helping | In mid-May, our first Colombian missionary travels to Guatemala to serve for one year and support the first Nueva Vida church in Guatemala. I ask you to pray for him, his name is Yeison Álvarez, for protection, wisdom and grace to do a good job in this place.
Missions, OMS ministry) outside of Medellín. On that day around 70 people heard the message of salvation and will have the opportunity to be discipled by a local church. Pray that this seed that was planted will bear good fruit for the glory of God. 05. Hands-Helping | The Lord has moved a friend from USA, an audiovisual producer, with whom I have already developed some materials, to work on some projects for RNV and have some more tools to talk about the gospel and the ministry we are developing, so we will start producing very soon new material. Pray that the Lord will give us wisdom and creativity for all this. 06. Hands-Helping | I already have a profile on the OMS website. This is a great help, from there other people can know the ministry we are doing and also can support me financially by making their donations or gifts of love directly. Pray that more people can join this ministry to which God has called us.
04. Hand-pointer | I had the opportunity to serve as a translator in one of the evangelization days of MFM (Men For Information to Share Hands-Helping Thanksgiving Hand-pointer Pray request