2010 San Julian Youth Conference

This March, we held our first youth conference in San Julian. It was a Friday night and all day Saturday event. We sent out posters to all the churches in town to invite the youth to the conference. Our pastor, Daniel Gettemy, and Jay Monteblanco, the junior high youth leader from our church in Vancouver, came down as the keynote speakers for the event. The title of the conference was, “A Faith without Fear”. The focus was on the life of Daniel in the Bible. It was our desire to encourage the youth to boldly live for Jesus. One of the local churches provided the worship for the conference. A friend of ours, Jorge Campos, from San Salvador, brought his ministry troupe to lead the youth in some songs and present three dramas using sign language. We were really blessed to have his group as a part of the conference. He also did the translating for all of us English speakers. Pastor Daniel led off the conference Friday night sharing about peer pressure and what it means to be a standout Christian. On Saturday morning, Jay shared about avoiding idolatry and standing for the Lord. After that session, we provided a lunch for the attendees. After lunch, we separated the guys and gals. Kathy shared with the young women while David shared with the young men. David used the life of David in the Bible to show that God has a purpose for our lives and we need to faithfully walk with him as He prepares us for that purpose. Kathy shared from the life of Queen Esther with the ladies. Another friend, Susy Ayala, from San Salvador translated for her. Then, Pastor Daniel finished off the session with “Trusting God when the whole world is against you.” Overall, we had about 150 to 200 youth attend the event and we were encouraged by the response from the youth. Our prayer is that this young generation will choose God over the things of this world and have a faith that will truly be without fear. Here is some video and pictures of the conference, and our visit with Daniel and Jay. Enjoy!

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Hello everyone! The Porter family is alive and well, and attempting to communicate with everyone better by starting a blog! We hope that this site helps you to keep tabs on us, and to help US here from you, by posting your comments. We are finally sending out our first official newsletter this week. We apologize that it has taken us so long to get our act together...what can I say? We did send out a few e-mail updates in January and February, so our newsletter might be repetitive for those of you who received the updates. We have decided that as a rule, we will be sending out newsletters every other month, to cut down on cost. But, we will be sending out short weekly e-mail updates, and also continuing to post news and photos on this blog. We are doing well, and have been busy making new friends, getting involved in a local church, and attempting to adjust to all the changes that moving to a new country involve. I don't want to be redundant by telling you everything that we already wrote in the newsletter. We will be putting up information here often, and hope that you check it out on a regular basis and enjoy it. Thank you for your support, love and prayers! We miss you all so very much!