I: What´s new?
- We had our second office retreat of the year at the Cumbre focusing on integration, evaluation of the first semester and defining our work plan for the second part of the year taking into account the transitions and internal changes that have occurred in the past month with the new director (Jorge Morales) and the departure of the Millers.
- In Partnership with the YMCA we finished the training portion of the 80 community service hours. Here in Colombia students are required to complete 80 community service hours in order to graduate and Edupaz has teamed up with the local YMCA to offer the opportunity to fulfil this requirement in a way that could truly make a difference in their community and their personal development.
- Chet finished his second workshop on Conflict Transformation and Analysis, and successfully trained 8 people from the community and various churches.
- Holly and Mery were able to travel to Silvia(a region located south of cali that isin the middle of a critical very period and has often been labeled as a red zone), to administer tests to 10 indigenous(Guambianos) that had been trained in health by local community leaders. All of them passed their tests and graduated!!
- We went to the march in response to the assasination of the 11 government leaders from the Valley that was to show support for the families, demanding the return of the cadavers and the release of others who have been kidnapped throughout the country.
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II: Schedule for the month
- Workshops in Americas Unidas (the local Mennonite Brethren School)
+The implications of being a "Sanctuary of Peace"
+Restorative Justice
-The Visit from MCC for the Evaluating 5 years of MCC in Colombia
-Erin and Jorge went to Bogotá at the end of the month to participate in a workshop on sustainable development, hear the results of the Evaluation and become acquainted with the work of the Mennonite and MB churches there.
-Meetings with the Mediation Center group and "Families of Peace" (a workshop dedicated to strengthening conflict transformation and improving family dynamics in the home)
III: Testimonies
Community Workers from AIEPI ( Holistic attention towards common illnesses in children)
Place: The department of Cauca,
the municipality of Suárez in the neighborhood la toma
Community Worker: Esneda Ortiz
I had a case with a girl that was less than a year old that was having problems breathing due to nasal congestion and a respiratory infection. Her mother told me that in two days she would bring her to the doctor but I insisted that she bring her that day as soon as possible. I couldn´t accompany her but I wrote her a reference and convinced her to go. For me it was very important because it turns out that the results of the physical exam showed that they prevented her death because when the doctor saw her he said that if they would have waited one more day she would have been dead.
IV: Prayer Requests
The arrival of the Miller in the United States and that God may support their ministry in Dover, Ohio and also their readaptation in the coming months.
Due the nature of our work, it is dificult to become self-sufficient. We pray that the spirit of God moves in people to sponsor Edupaz monthly or annually so that we can continue with our ministries.
For our new director Jorge, his family, his ministry, for safety and grace as he assumes this new role.
For the relationships that have formed between the YMCA, Edupaz and Americas Unidas School and may they continue prospering for the benefit of the institutions and the comunity that they are blessing.
We pray for the activities that we have planned so that they may be a tangible response to the necesities of the communities, the security of those who will be leading the workshops and the participants.
For each volunteer and their families, their health and well-being
Thanks for your continued support!
Blessings-
The Peace Office
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