This month:

This month our ministry is focusing more on prayer, getting closer to God and having an intimate relationship with him. To do this we are having a weekly prayer time with the students. Our goal is that God can speak to us as a movement and guide our path. We are also praying that our students will make God the number 1 priority in their life.








We also are preparing ourselves for the annual national conference, ¨Solo Uno¨ (only one). This conference is based on Psalms 27:4

¨One thing I ask from the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.¨

The aim of this conference is to go back to our first love: God, to enjoy devotional times and to have a hungry heart for the Lord.
At this conference we will have students from all over our country so we are really excited about this. I would really like for you to join us in prayer. Here are some prayer request:

Our ministry:

• That God unify our hearts
• That God will guide our decisions
• That God give us wisdom
• That God break our hearts and give us a desire for his word and his will
• That God prepare our students´ hearts for the conference, so they can be open to hear his voice
• That we can have 50 students from Mérida at the conference
• That God provide students with ideas to raise financial support to go to the conference.

Did I mention that I went to "Los Llanos" ?

Well , yes I did, during this past Christmas vacation. Los llanos is a beautiful place to see God´s creation!!!

It was so fun to be there, surrounded by wonderful views that made you thank the Lord for the privilege of being there (except the frogs!!)





While we were there we saw Anacondas

(a huge snake),

Caimanes (a type of crocodile)

to fish Pirañas (well I didn´t fish,

I was frustated because

they were faster that me).

As well, we saw a lot of beautiful birds.

We had a New Year´s party there and they have their own way to party(even when its my country. They played joporo there and we danced, I really tried!!) However, it was so difficult to dance, even harder than salsa.
It was amazing for me to hear people

say: "Let´s play this song, who´s playing the maracas?"

(maracas is a traditional instrument,

like a raddle).


Well just enjoy the pictures!!!!!












Emily and me with our little friends

from "Los llanos" they are so cute

December:

When we came back from Maracaibo we had Christmas decoration in our place!!!!!
Instead using words, I will show you some pictures...

QUICK UPDATE!!

November:
On november we had our annual retreat. It was called " Conexion 90 degrees", this name was due to the vertical relationship that we have with the Lord and how this relationship affect our relationship with other people.
This was a great opportunity to see our student leaders work with us and commited in every detail like worship, program, sound system free time,etc.


The speaker was Deivi Bracho, the coordinator from other city (San Cristobal). He is a really fun person and he always gives good illustrations to each talk even the names of the talks were funny " The Glory of the conexion", " Enjoy the Glory of the conexion", " The language of the conexion" and " How to connect with other people", I think he is funny.
We really had fun at this retreat and God touch our hearts during the talks and the worship time.



There were 45 students who attended the retreat wich was great. It was an answer to a prayer because be hhad been praying that God motivated the students to go.





On November we also traveled as a team to Maracaibo( my city) to have some planning meetings for this new year, one of thoses plans is our annual national conference. This conference is going to be on April 4-8.







In Maracaibo we also had a Thanksgiving time with all the staff (Venezuelans and Americans), it was so beautiful. It was my first Thanksgiving!!!