JUST ONE LIFE
JUST ONE LIFE
BY CHRIS CONTI
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CHILE YOUTH CONFERENCE
Thousands of young people have said ‘yes’ to God’s mission. More than 2,000 young people in Latin America attended the CIMA International Missions Conference in February in Santiago, Chile. During the six-day event, speakers challenged the youth with the theme: ‘We have just this one life. How are you going to live it?’ Matzi Vögelin, director of CIMA International 2020 said: “The radical life of Jesus makes us question the values and foundation of our lives and will lead us to ask ourselves what our role is in his Kingdom.” More than 200 pastors and leaders also attended the event and had separate sessions to learn mission topics. PLEASE PRAY: SIM International Director For young people in Latin America to remain Joshua Bogunjoko, Director of SIM faithful to their call. Latinoamérica Julieta Murillo, and For follow-up with contacts made at the SIM booth. SIM Peru mobiliser Chris Conti, each For good partnerships with local agencies and shared in several plenary sessions, churches in Latin America. workshops and forums. Their topics included: Using your profession in missions, Reaching Muslim women, As people entered the booth, they were How to disciple children and teens, Reaching the challenged to write their name on a sticker unreached, Self-care, Pastoral care for pastors, and place it on a huge map banner, making a Spiritual warfare, and Mission mobilisation. commitment to pray for that specific area in the Six SIM staff were kept busy at the booth world and to seek God’s will for their involvement in answering questions and explaining SIM’s resources. that area. They encouraged participants to realise their specific More than 50 props and frames for selfies role in God’s mission, through a mini-magazine, provided even more interaction with participants. which included pages to fill in as people prayed Uniquely, the CIMA conference offered more through their calling. than 50 mission trips leaving directly from CIMA to 15 different countries. The conference, which takes place every four years, challenged young people to live their lives for God’s glory, with Jesus as their example. The last day, every hand was marked with henna as if pierced, a symbol of dying to themselves and living for God. This mark lasted about a week on participants’ hands, but we pray the impact of CIMA International willlast a lifetime.
Joshua and Joanna pose for a photo using one of the SIM booth selfie props.
ProVisión is a Chilean sending organisation founded in 2006 to send workers through partner missions, such as SIM. ProVisión has sent 32 adults as mid- or long-term (more than a year) and 23 adults as short-term missionaries. Three have served on SIM teams in Mozambique, China and Pakistan. They have 18 candidates now; two will serve on SIM teams.
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