1 Venezuela Baptist College “And they…shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.” Ezekiel 2:5 September - October 2015 FEMALE DORM ENROLMENT GROWING The enrolment of female dorm students grew by 150% this semester. It sounds like a lot. But numbers wise, it grew just from two to five students. It may not represent much to some, but it is a great accomplishment to us, considering we opened female dorms last semester. VBC is the only Independent Baptist Bible College in Venezuela to provide dorms for female students. Having Venezuelan parents trust us the education, care and protection of their daughters is not an easy decision for them to make. But the reputation of our Bible College has been gaining ground nationwide, making it easier for them to allow their girls to leave home and come to the big city to get a Bible College education. Interestingly, these girls come from five different states of our country (Miranda, Carabobo, Guárico, Yaracuy and Barinas), and two of them are PKs. The Dean of women is Sister Ingrid Martínez, who is doing a wonderful job taking care of the girls. We wanted to share this wonderful news with you, and invite you to pray that the Lord will continue sending girls our way to train them for fulltime ministry. NEW SCHOOL YEAR STARTS WITH SOME CHANGES We have introduced a few changes in our schedule starting this semester. One of them is having a mid morning daily chapel service. And what a blessing it has been to our student body, as well as to visitors and church staff. It is a 45-minute service with announcements, congregational singing, special music and preaching. I regret to say that we should have done this sooner. Before we only had an early morning meeting for a 30- minute devotional led by our students. We have not changed that, but we have now added a vibrant mid- morning chapel service that challenges our students to make spiritual decisions every single day, and that has created a new dynamic and injected great enthusiasm in students and teachers alike. We have also revamped our curriculum to avoid duplicate content, discard the superfluous, and add what was missing. We have added more courses in education so as to offer a more robust major in Christian Education for women, and added the staff needed to teach them. Venezuela Bible College is slowly maturing and preparing for the challenges ahead. Please, keep praying for us.
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Venezuela Baptist College “And they…shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.” Ezekiel 2:5
September - October 2015 FEMALE DORM ENROLMENT GROWING The enrolment of female dorm students grew by 150% this semester. It sounds like a lot. But numbers wise, it grew just from two to five students. It may not represent much to some, but it is a great accomplishment to us, considering we opened female dorms last semester. VBC is the only Independent Baptist Bible College in Venezuela to provide dorms for female students.
Having Venezuelan parents trust us the education, care and protection of their daughters is not an easy decision for them to make. But the reputation of our Bible College has been gaining ground nationwide, making it easier for them to allow their girls to leave home and come to the big city to get a Bible College education. Interestingly, these girls come from five different states of our country (Miranda, Carabobo, Guárico, Yaracuy and Barinas), and two of them are PKs. The Dean of women is Sister Ingrid Martínez, who is doing a wonderful job taking care of the girls. We wanted to share this wonderful news with you, and invite you to pray that the Lord will continue sending girls our way to train them for fulltime ministry. NEW SCHOOL YEAR STARTS WITH SOME CHANGES We have introduced a few changes in our schedule starting this semester. One of them is having a mid morning daily chapel service. And what a blessing it has been to our student body, as well as to visitors and church staff. It is a 45-minute service with announcements, congregational singing, special music and preaching.
I regret to say that we should have done this sooner. Before we only had an early morning meeting for a 30-minute devotional led by our students. We have not changed that, but we have now added a vibrant mid-morning chapel service that challenges our students to make spiritual decisions every single day, and that has created a new dynamic and injected great enthusiasm in students and teachers alike.
We have also revamped our curriculum to avoid duplicate content, discard the superfluous, and add what was missing. We have added more courses in education so as
to offer a more robust major in Christian Education for women, and added the staff needed to teach them. Venezuela Bible College is slowly maturing and preparing for the challenges ahead. Please, keep praying for us.
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CHURCH PLANTERS TO CUMANÁ – Wilfredo and Yolimar Orellana
Wilfredo visited our church one Prayer Service night 15 years ago. He came in early. I happened to be in the auditorium at the time and greeted him when he came in the door. After just a few minutes conversation, I asked him if he knew Jesus Christ as his personal savior. He shook his head. So I kindly asked him if he was willing to hear for a few minutes how he could get saved, and he agreed. The service was just about to start, and I did not want to wait till it finished, so I asked one of our soul-winners to take Wilfredo apart and share with him the message of the gospel while we proceeded with the service. That day Wilfredo got saved.
To make a long story short, a few years later Wilfredo married Yolimar, who had also come to know the Lord by the time. They now have three beautiful children. Wilfredo is a senior student from VBC and has already started a mission church in the city of Cumaná, located at about 8-hour drive from Caracas. Please pray for the Orellanas. Your continued prayer and financial support will allow us to keep training more men and women like them. MEET ONE OF OUR FRESHMAN – Richard Blanco Richard is brother of Assistant Pastor Luis Blanco. He and his wife Belkis got saved a couple of years back during a Sunday morning service. Last month, while attending our last Married Couples Retreat, Richard decided to surrender his life to the Lord for fulltime service and get trained for the ministry at VBC. Richard is an Electrical Engineer and Belkis is a schoolteacher. Pray the Lord to guide them in the years ahead, and show them how He wants to use them in the ministry. Thank you very much for keeping us in your prayers! Phil. 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Support Address: Field Information:
In the United States:
MACEDONIA WORLD BAPTIST MISSIONS INC. P.O. Box 519
Braselton, GA 30517 Tel: (706) 6542818
Donate through PayPal Online: http://bit.ly/1Lhc9uI
In Canada:
MACEDONIA WORLD BAPTIST MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL OF CANADA
407 Rue St-Alexis Ouest, Trois-Rivières, QC G8W 2E2
Tel: (819) 3753655
E-mail: [email protected] Office Tel. +58 (212) 4723509 Cell. Tel. +58 (414) 2596709 Skype Name: pastorvp Mail Address: 2da. Transv. Avenida Rotaria, con Calle Ciega. Quinta Bautista, Urb. La Paz, Caracas 1020, DC VENEZUELA
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