April e-News: Lives transformed … and more!
You reached Santy — now he’s reaching his family
You reached out to Santy’s neighborhood in Argentina when the pandemic hit it hardest — our OneHope partner church opened a soup kitchen that helped keep Santy and his family fed …
When Santy’s family got back on their feet, they didn’t come to the soup kitchen anymore — but last year, our partner church launched a Sunday school outreach, and Santy turned up! He received God’s Word through our Superbook program. He was following Jesus and wanted to be baptized.
Today his grandmother attends church with him and says Santy is the driving force that moves her to follow Jesus. They’re praying the rest of the family will soon come to know Him, too.
Catalyze: developing Christian leaders for tomorrow
Naomi was finishing high school — and graduating from our Lead Today program, too.
Her heart’s desire was to go on to pursue higher education, but she comes from a struggling family in Kenya, and there was no money for college.
Thanks to you, this didn’t stop Naomi from getting an education: she was able to begin our internship program, Catalyze.
Catalyze is a OneHope community-building initiative that helps Lead Today graduates to continue to develop as leaders. In Kenya, our local partners have added to the Catalyze curriculum with a selection of online classes that interns can take.
It’s not the conventional college education Naomi wanted, but she is pursuing academics at the same time as she grows in her faith and develops the leadership qualities she learned in Lead Today.
Today, she’s volunteering at a local nonprofit, taking her online classes, and participating in Catalyze leadership development and community building, too.
Vision 2033 has a goal of getting God’s Word to the next 2 billion young people by the year 2023, along with catalyzing a movement that will reach every child in every generation — and model discipleship for 20 million young people. Naomi is one of those 20 million, and Catalyze is playing an important role in her life and in the vision of Vision 2033.
Affect Destiny Matching Challenge — Double your impact!
Friends have donated an amazing $500,000 Affect Destiny Matching Challenge that means DOUBLE impact: you can get God’s Word to twice as many children when you step out in faith today.
For a limited time, we’ll combine your generous donation with the same amount from the matching challenge fund …
- A single $1 that normally reaches 3 children and youth will now reach 6 when matched by the fund. Praise God!
How many children will you reach with the Good News today? Now is the time for a generous contribution, because every dollar will be doubled in impact! Thank you for prayerfully considering a donation today.
