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Beauty in Bogota

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Dear Friends,      Thanks for your prayers for my trip last week. It was great to be with the team in Colombia and see how they’ve been growing.    Here’s a very short video where you can meet Alejandro Maldonado, our team leader in Colombia--    Alejandro Maldonado - Area Director of Bogota from yllatinamerica on Vimeo .        A quick snapshot of the ministry in Bogota by the numbers--- ·          Three years ago we had 7 leaders starting the ministry in one neighborhood in Bogota, now we have a team of 16 leaders doing ministry in 4 neighborhoods. ·          8 of those leaders met the Lord through the ministry of Young Life and are now discipling others just as they were. ·          They’ll be holding a training camp for new leaders in April and hope to bring 12-15 potential new leaders along. ·          Their third outreach camp will be held in July. Last year they took 22 students, this year they hope to take at least 40 students. ·          In 2013 we hope to start YL in