Fuuuuuego!

"El oro, aunque perecedero, se acrisola al fuego. Así también la fe de ustedes, que vale mucho más que el oro, al ser acrisolada por las pruebas demostrará que es digna de aprobación, gloria y honor cuando Jesucristo se revele." -1 Pedro 1:7

"These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed." -1 Peter 1:7

The heart behind “Prueba de Fuego” is to give students hope; to see students learn to turn to God and depend on Him no matter what circumstance, trial, or challenge life throws at them; to help students learn to praise the Lord at all times; and for God to receive glory through our genuine proven faith

Prueba de Fuego - literally, a "Test of Fire". This is the theme for our national conference in Vida Estudiantil, Venezuela this year. The conference is in March, 19-22. Currently, a huge portion of my (and all the staff in VZ) time and energy is going into prepping for this conference. We are super excited to see what the Lord will do at the conference this year, and the students he will bring....but right now, there is a TON of prep work required to get this show on the road - in about a month! One thing I have to say - MAD PROPS to all the Crusade staff who put on Winter Conference for the Northwest every year - I never realize how intense and how much work they put in to make it such a cool experience. I am working on the team in charge of the "Administration". What does that mean? That involves getting each and every student and staff member registered, housed, fed, etc....As well as raising the extra funds to supplement the money that the students will pay (it's super expensive, so we are trying to raise extra funds to lower the cost for students - let me know if you're interested in helping!) I have also been appointed one (of two) liasons with the Estancia (basically, like a retreat center) that we are staying at in Valencia (another city in VZ, about 10 hours from where I live). I will be venturing to Valencia next week/end to work out details with the Estancia, as well as check out the venue and do some promotion on the campus at the University of Carabobo, in Valencia (the newest campus of Vida Estudiantil, just launched last year). Please pray for that and the finances.

More importantly, please pray for the students. There are so many students in Vida Estudiantil here in Merida and across this beautiful country that would love to go, but there are many obstacles in their way....Permission from parents, MONEY (always), transportation, and many other excuses....We know the Lord is going to move at this conference, and there are so many students who will have the opportunity to have their lives changed here - please pray that their hearts would be burdened to raise the money and step out in faith that this is where they are supposed to - despite the difficulties in getting there.

For any Venezuelans out there who don't yet know the conference details - or for NorthAmericans who want to pray over specific details, here they are:

PRUEBA DE FUEGO

(Congreso Nacional de Vida Estudiantil 2008)
Cuando: Marzo 19-22
Donde: Estancia el Milagro,
Valencia
Cuanto: 245 BsF (Incluye: hospedaje, comida, materiales)
Inscríbete:
Banco Provincial Cuenta Corriente
# 0108-0059-58-0100223300
a nombre de Ninive Rojas
y envia tus datos a ninive.logie@uscm.org