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Latin America Ignite Permeate Free Cultivate Refresh *Ecuador Seminary Program Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.40192 Funds are used to buy seminary textbooks and books for the National Seminary Library located in the seminary building. They also provide construction materials for updating the seminary building—mandated by strict Quito municipal building codes—and to buy furnishings for dorms and library. (Annual Goal $5,000) Ecuador Ministry Outreach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.40194 Funds help facilitate the ministry of the church in Ecuador. Medical care is expensive and nearly unavailable for pastors. Donations have paid for surgeries, births, prescription medicine, and even coffins. Funds also are invested to develop a national youth convention and youth seminars. (Annual Goal $4,500) Guatemala Guatemala Leadership Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.40236 The Church of God in Guatemala, as of June 2007, has more than 120 pastors. Promoting, supporting, and supplying extension seminaries and Sunday schools necessitate more than 100,000 kilometers of travel per year. Budget defrays travel costs and helps meet leadership training needs. (Annual Goal $2,040) Honduras Honduras Church Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.40255 A new church in Santa Cruz de Yojoa is currently under construction. The Villas del Carmen congregation is developing classrooms, a parsonage, and a welding school. The La Ceiba Church of God is preparing an elementary school building. To date, the local church has supplied most of the necessary resources, reports national leader Donny Allen. (Annual Goal $5,000) Mexico Northeast *Mexico Northeast Theological Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.30370 El Instituto La Buena Tierra in Saltillo celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2004. Funds help with administrative and operational costs of the school. (Annual Goal $6,500) Nicaragua Nicaragua New Church Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.40123 Funds help purchase building sites and construction materials for new church plants supervised by national missionary Guillermo Herrera Moncada. Funds underwrite salary, travel expenses, and other initial outlays. (Annual Goal $12,000) * Approved educational institutions and capital projects that carry a 4 percent support fee 34 www.chogmissions.org
Ignite Permeate Free Cultivate Refresh Panama Panama Leadership Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.30445 The Church of God in Panama is seeing renewal nearly one hundred years after it was established through the influence of the Gospel Trumpet. The five congregations on the isthmus have rallied to sponsor an International Kingdom Workers Forum, renovating the Nueva Providencia retreat center in the process. (Annual Goal $500) Paraguay Paraguay Asunción Youth Outreach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.30450 Training workshops and seminars are provided for young leaders. Costs include travel expenses and room and board for participants and teachers. (Annual Goal $14,500) Paraguay Ciudad del Este Church Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.40427 Church planting activities are coordinated between pastors Alcirio and Marise Hobus and copastors Augusto and Teresa Roa. “The church is growing in zeal, maturity, and numbers. We praise God for this,” write pioneer missionaries Martin and Tabitha Kurrle. (Annual Goal $14,500) Paraguay Encarnación Church Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.40428 This congregation is one of the fastest growing in the country. Pastor Donald Franz has local daily radio programs; the church has established a nutrition and education center in Ita Paso for more than three hundred children from low-income families receive noon meals. (Annual Goal $5,850) Paraguay Obligado Radio Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.40429 This Christian radio station reaches into thousands of homes within a thirty-mile radius in Paraguay and neighboring Argentina. Quality Christian programs are broadcast twenty-four hours a day. The station also organizes marriage seminars and activities for children and youth. (Annual Goal $1,350) Peru Peru Christian Elementary School (Chepen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.40591 Founded on November 8, 2000, under the triple theme of “Study, Serve, Share,” the Daniel Sidney Warner Elementary School currently has students studying in elementary grades. The development plan calls for expanding into secondary school and completing the four-story classroom building. (Annual Goal $2,000) Uruguay Uruguay National Leaders/Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.30630 The Church of God began in Uruguay in 1971. Jesús Acosta is the national leader for the three congregations. Support is provided for pastoral leadership and national administration expenses. (Annual Goal $3,000) 800-848-2464, ext 3047 35 Latin America
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