We welcomed the Rosales family a few months back, but now we are saying good-bye to Steve and Malana Ganz. They served with us as teachers for over three years.
Thank you for your service. You will be missed.
YWAM NUEVAS CULTURAS
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
COME JOIN OUR NEXT SCHOOL FALL 2016
Be a part of something bigger than yourself!
Come and learn how to know God and make Him known. Experience living and studying alongside the Indigenous people of Panama. We will begin probably late in October. Please watch for the start date to be published. Classes will last 3 months and be presented in English and Spanish. There will be a different teacher every week. The practicum phase will last two months in Central America. Cost for the classes is US$2,000, all inclusive room board and teaching. Practicum, depending on location, will be from US $1,000 - $2,000.
Find the kind of family atmosphere that we love - all of us together, regardless of culture or background, forging ahead in our faith, confident that we can be one body in Christ.
Come and learn how to know God and make Him known. Experience living and studying alongside the Indigenous people of Panama. We will begin probably late in October. Please watch for the start date to be published. Classes will last 3 months and be presented in English and Spanish. There will be a different teacher every week. The practicum phase will last two months in Central America. Cost for the classes is US$2,000, all inclusive room board and teaching. Practicum, depending on location, will be from US $1,000 - $2,000.
Find the kind of family atmosphere that we love - all of us together, regardless of culture or background, forging ahead in our faith, confident that we can be one body in Christ.
Sunday, April 24, 2016
ANNOUNCING.....
Our new Discipleship Training School!
We will start on October 7th, 2016, for our three month classroom phase, then transition into our two month practicum. Practicum always involves cross-cultural ministry.
This school will be bi-lingual - English and Spanish - so come for a Panamanian adventure! If you speak no Spanish, or have limited skills in English, look to improve your facility with the language as you learn more about Our Father, the Holy Spirit and the wonderful Son of God, Jesus.
Classes include deepening your personal spiritual life, understanding God's heart, philosophy of missions, worldview, cross-cultural understanding, and much more.
Prices are available by request, but I promise you that they are very reasonable. Email the office of JUCUM Nuevas Culturas - jucumnuevasculturas@gmail.com
Tell your friends! Come with someone else from your church or community or family, and learn together about God's saving grace, and how to share it with the world.
Saturday, April 16, 2016
A Busy Time With Many Changes
We have been a very active group these last few months! So much to do, so many changes!
In February we hosted two teams of 26 people - one group from the US and the other from a Bible School in Norway. Both teams built a house with Homes of Hope, right here in Las Margaritas de Chepo.
Our dear friends, Ken and Elaine Orozco (and Judah) move back to Costa Rica. They left a huge hole in the staff and work here, as they were the Homes of Hope directors. We do not yet have a replacement for them. We have lots of people looking for help with housing, so we are hoping that someone will respond to the need here and come on staff with us.
When the Orozcos moved, we were able to take over the lease on the comfortable three bedroom home they had been living in. This is now our JUCUM Nuevas Culturas Center! After four years of running everything from the Cabezon's home, this is a welcome change for their family, and also gives us a place to have meetings and host teams. Right now, four staff members are living there to keep it safe and offer hospitality.
Later this month, two of our Leadership Formation School graduates are planning on serving at the YWAM Ships ministry in the Caribbean on Bastimentos Island near Bocas Del Toro. The base there is very low on staff and needs help for a month. Could you pray, and consider helping with their travel/room and board expenses? Each of them needs $300 in total. Although about $70 each has been raised or donated, this is still a lot for them.
One of our other LFS graduates is hoping to attend a school to learn how to run Kings Kids. She will either attend in Chiriqui, Panama, or in Costa Rica. This would be in May, and she also really needs help with her expenses.
We also welcomed Tulio and Norelia Rosales and their four children. They have a huge heart for Indigenous people, lots of vision and energy. They are now not only staff but on the Leadership Team with the Cabezons and Robls.
Come June, we will be saying goodbye to the Ganzs, who have served us for almost 3 and a half years as teachers. Steve has taught in our DTSs, in Panama City, in Bocas, Guatemala and Russia. He has been focused more on the Wounaan churches here in Panama, spending time in the villages as well as in homes, and teaching most Sunday mornings in the local church.
Up and Coming: New bi-lingual DTS in October!
In February we hosted two teams of 26 people - one group from the US and the other from a Bible School in Norway. Both teams built a house with Homes of Hope, right here in Las Margaritas de Chepo.
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| Bible School young people - some had no construction experience - but these 19 and 20 year olds built a house! |
Our dear friends, Ken and Elaine Orozco (and Judah) move back to Costa Rica. They left a huge hole in the staff and work here, as they were the Homes of Hope directors. We do not yet have a replacement for them. We have lots of people looking for help with housing, so we are hoping that someone will respond to the need here and come on staff with us.
When the Orozcos moved, we were able to take over the lease on the comfortable three bedroom home they had been living in. This is now our JUCUM Nuevas Culturas Center! After four years of running everything from the Cabezon's home, this is a welcome change for their family, and also gives us a place to have meetings and host teams. Right now, four staff members are living there to keep it safe and offer hospitality.
Later this month, two of our Leadership Formation School graduates are planning on serving at the YWAM Ships ministry in the Caribbean on Bastimentos Island near Bocas Del Toro. The base there is very low on staff and needs help for a month. Could you pray, and consider helping with their travel/room and board expenses? Each of them needs $300 in total. Although about $70 each has been raised or donated, this is still a lot for them.
One of our other LFS graduates is hoping to attend a school to learn how to run Kings Kids. She will either attend in Chiriqui, Panama, or in Costa Rica. This would be in May, and she also really needs help with her expenses.
We also welcomed Tulio and Norelia Rosales and their four children. They have a huge heart for Indigenous people, lots of vision and energy. They are now not only staff but on the Leadership Team with the Cabezons and Robls.
Come June, we will be saying goodbye to the Ganzs, who have served us for almost 3 and a half years as teachers. Steve has taught in our DTSs, in Panama City, in Bocas, Guatemala and Russia. He has been focused more on the Wounaan churches here in Panama, spending time in the villages as well as in homes, and teaching most Sunday mornings in the local church.
Up and Coming: New bi-lingual DTS in October!
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Graduation!
This week we hit a huge milestone in our ministry. We graduated seven students!
The first three were young men finishing their DTS. Two are Wounaan and one is Embera. They worked hard, and especially for these active young guys, sitting in class was the hardest part of the training. Once they got to the practicum and got to travel around the country and be active with projects and ministry, things were much better for them. They were beaming, so proud of their consistency and accomplishments.
The next four were all Wounaan women. All of them had graduated from their DTS last year, and had moved on to the Leadership Formation School. How hard they worked! Three of them planned the entire practicum for the DTS and accompanied the guys. Another worked within her church, providing Sunday School classes and Women's Ministry.
All seven of these amazing people are testifying that God has changed their lives. We couldn't be more proud of them, and are so grateful to the Lord for sustaining the students and staff during this time.
The first three were young men finishing their DTS. Two are Wounaan and one is Embera. They worked hard, and especially for these active young guys, sitting in class was the hardest part of the training. Once they got to the practicum and got to travel around the country and be active with projects and ministry, things were much better for them. They were beaming, so proud of their consistency and accomplishments.
The next four were all Wounaan women. All of them had graduated from their DTS last year, and had moved on to the Leadership Formation School. How hard they worked! Three of them planned the entire practicum for the DTS and accompanied the guys. Another worked within her church, providing Sunday School classes and Women's Ministry.
All seven of these amazing people are testifying that God has changed their lives. We couldn't be more proud of them, and are so grateful to the Lord for sustaining the students and staff during this time.
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| Some of our staff and students, with guest teacher Bill Wilbur, translator Jaime Campbell with his wife Reina. |
Let's not forget the world's best dog, Carmelita!
Saturday, January 2, 2016
Christmas Party News
Just a quick note to let you know that the Christmas party for neighborhood children went exceptionally well. Lina Puchicama did a wonderful job of organizing. Our staff and volunteers, as well as many church members from El Shaday, made it all happen.
Each child received a gift. Some money was donated, and also the women of the church worked very hard in fund-raising to make this time a real blessing. There were games, presents, a telling of the Nativity Story, and food for all of the children and adults. We estimate almost eighty children came, as well as their parents.
Each child received a gift. Some money was donated, and also the women of the church worked very hard in fund-raising to make this time a real blessing. There were games, presents, a telling of the Nativity Story, and food for all of the children and adults. We estimate almost eighty children came, as well as their parents.
Happy New Year Welcome to 2016!
Plans, promises to yourself, hopes and dreams. These are the things that often accompany the changing of years - turning a calendar page somehow encourages us to turn a new leaf.
Do you have some dreams? Is God calling you to a new path, a deeper faith? Are you a little afraid while you are also excited?
Well, just so you know, you aren't alone. All of us are in a season of some kind of change. God is not static - he is always moving, and calling us to follow.
Will you take some time to meditate on his goodness today? Only when we are grounded in the love and mercy of God will we have the courage to take risks.
Colossians 2:6, 7
And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
Do you have some dreams? Is God calling you to a new path, a deeper faith? Are you a little afraid while you are also excited?
Well, just so you know, you aren't alone. All of us are in a season of some kind of change. God is not static - he is always moving, and calling us to follow.
Will you take some time to meditate on his goodness today? Only when we are grounded in the love and mercy of God will we have the courage to take risks.
Colossians 2:6, 7
And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
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