Passion for Paraguay

E and V are two men that are being helped through your support of the MV Gift Catalog .  They are living at  CECI institute in San Lorenzo.  Through Missionary Ventures' Catalog projects, the institute received wheelbarrows, tools, seeds, and help in building chicken coops for their community vision to help change lives in despair.  These men are learning how to live their lives without the use of alcohol.  They are being discipled in God's word and using their skills productively to aid their own community.  Please pray for CECI as it reaches out to more hurting people in the community and shows them a healthy way to recovery and fulfillment.  Their next project is to start a Christian daycare for poor families that need a safe and loving place to send their children while they work. Thank you for your help with the Gift Catalog this past year!  There are many more ways you can bless a life with this year's gifts, so check out all the ways y...

I (Julie) just have had very little energy to write the past few weeks.  It seems like even the ant hills are mountains right now.  I'm just overwhelmed with the rats, the fleas, the cold, the sickness, the lack of energy and the amount of work around us.  Yesterday was especially heavy. I went to visit the sick at the public health center, like I do every other Tuesday and when I asked to pray with a dying man who couldn't speak, he began to moan and scream.  It was obvious something in the prayer was perturbing his spirit and my co-worker began to intercede as I prayed.  The room smelled like death, but I cried out for this man's soul.  If you think about it today, could you lift up Renius and his relationship with the Almighty.  Then, as we left the center, we saw a woman from town, a sister of my close friend.  As I greeted her, she excitedly told me she was pregnant.  She is not married and many times she has asked me to...

Aren't we blessed?  It just seems natural that during this time of year we pause and reflect upon God's goodness to us.  We have a God that loves us, a roof over our heads, clothing on our bodies and a big feast to eat tomorrow. As you do your Christmas shopping this season, would you consider giving back by helping the poor? Missionary Ventures has highlighted 35 projects around the globe in this year's Christmas catalog .  Your investment in one of these areas (children, nutrition, agriculture, ministry, education, community development) is changing the landscape of daily life for many people worldwide.    Here are just a few of the ways you can tangibly give back this holiday season to the people of Paraguay... Keep a child warm with a wool blanket this winter, click here . Give the Word of God to someone who doesn't own a Bible, click here .   Impact a family's economy by allowing them to raise and sell chicken, click here or here to help...

This is Radio Alternativa , the Christian radio where we serve. We have an audience of 500,000 and we are consistently reaching new listeners! One of our current URGENT needs is for a generator at the radio station. Here in Paraguay we are constantly frustrated with the blessed beneficiaries of power outages on an almost daily basis. The constant power fluctuations take a huge toll on the radio equipment, especially the transmitter. If you noticed our thermometer on the right hand side of the website, we are raising money for a 17 kva generator. A generator will allow us to continue to broadcast to the greater population despite recurrent power surges and outages. That would make us the ONLY radio station to continue on air when the power goes out. Since we are the only Christian radio station in southern Paraguay and we broadcast the Good News 24 hours a day (with 12 hours live programming) we feel that a generator is an important tool for us to beat out the competition on th...