Colombia Video Diaries

At long last – a Colombia trip report! Sincere apologies for the delay! Team leader and Global Encounters director Elizabeth Fox put together this video of our time in Colombia. So, sit back and enjoy a glimpse into our grand adventure and my favorite international trip yet!

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Colombia Picture Diaries

Just to let you know, I haven’t forgotten to post yet! There’s been a delay due to the fact that the memory cards from my camera accidentally made their way to California instead of Iowa. I had given them to a team leader to download into the group collection, but forgot to get the cards [...]

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I’m Home!

After an awesome trip, I’m home! Everything was super, and I can’t wait to pass along stories and pictures of what God did. For now however, it’s off to get some rest! Thanks for praying, and I’ll write more in a couple of days.

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Hola from Bogota!

Hi ya’ll! Wow, what a great time we’re having. We just returned today from doing three programs at a Christian junior high and high school. The kids were really attentive, and responded well the message of total surrender. Many were honest when we asked who was totally surrendered, totally unsurrendered, and who was trying to [...]

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I’m Off…

It’s Tuesday evening and I leave for Bogota tomorrow morning! Yay! My goal was to be packed by 6:00 p.m. so as to be able to spend the evening with my family, and at 5:30, I’m pretty close! And, amazingly, I think I’m actually underweight for luggage this time… if so, that’s a definite first! [...]

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Colombia Prayer Request

Hey everyone, I just got an update this week that Global Encounters is still at least two people short to make a Colombia team. There was a lot of initial interest, but we’re lacking actual registrations.  The deadline which was originally set for tomorrow (January 9) has been pushed back to next Friday (January 16), [...]

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Colombia ’09

It’s official – I’m going to Colombia in 2009! Hurrah! I’ll once again be joining Global Encounters, doing many of the same type of projects as the last few trips – children’s ministry, family conferences, school presentations, chalk art, and possible shanty-town ministry. Our team will be working in and around Bogota in connection with [...]

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