In the house of the second stage the bigger boys and their parent celebrating their last day here before Christmas break.

In the girls’ house, celebrating the high school graduation of the girl on the left.

 

On the Discipleship Training School Base, celebrating the graduation of the Counseling School students.

 This year was a special year in which I celebrated 20 years of fulltime mission. 7 years I worked with YWAM, which stands for Youth With A Mission, and in Colombia it is called JuCUM which stands for Juventud Con Una Misión. YWAM is one of the largest mission organizations which exist completely out of volunteers, that means that nobody gets paid for the work we do, we all live by gifts received from churches and friends. The work we do is to glorify God.

High in the mountains at an altitude of 1500m / 5000ft close to the equator the weather in Medellín is just perfect with an average of 22ºC / 70°F, no need of heating or air-conditioning all year round.

Politically Colombia is in better shape now with a new president. Even though the problem with illegal drug trafficking and the Guerrilla still exists the people are optimistic.