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And thus ends the first year of chapter two.
A whiz-bang
year full of new characters and new initiatives... full of hope
and promise. Quite a turn around from the end of chapter 1 when
it looked like Tim and Annette might throw in the towel. They
sensed a change was coming, but didn't know that change would
be, Now after a year of "chapter 2" of their work in
Latin America they are as excited as ever about discovering what's
to come. Let's recap this last year:
- 251
youth
leaders
were trained in foundational principal of youth ministry
-
2000+ teens
and young adults heard about the exciting option of cross-cultural
missions
- 1000
(approximately)
youth leaders took online youth ministry
courses that we developed
- 18,000
(average)
people per month used our web site,
96.1% of whom work with youth
(34,000
in December and 41,000 in January '03)
- 38
countries
represented in our list of registered users
- 4000+
pages
of youth ministry materials now available on the ParaLideres.org
site
-
4 youth
work books published for free via the web site (all donated by
their authors)
- 5828
youth
workers
signed up to receive our monthly youth work e-mailing
- Over
100 new
authors
have published their youth ministry resources on our site
- 20
youth
ministry polls completed via the web site
- 1555
messages
on
our youth ministry forum
- 25
original
youth ministry lessons
- with accompanying devotionals - developed for local youth group
and also published online
Some
of our materials being sold at a conference
in Guatemala that we participated in
- 400+
CD's
of youth ministry materials sold at cost ($1
for 1500 pages of resources)
- 5
paid
employees (part-time), and approximately $1000/month
raised for their salaries
- Our
local church's youth group is now being
led 100% by others
(well trained nationals)
- 3
new
online youth work courses developed (plans for 19 more over the
next 2 years)
What
is an online
course? We are always talking
about them, but you may not have a clear idea
of what they are. So we translated one into
English for you. To see it, just click the
image image above or click here.
- Accepted
an invitation to be
on the board
of an int'l youth ministry organization
- Took
on temporary leadership and treasurer
responsibilities for
their team in Mexico
Tim & Annette
P.S.
- if you'd like to see the official year end report that we
turned in to our headquarters, click
here to download the Word document. It contains our
goals for 2002 and the progress we made toward them.
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