2x3 Campaign Crosses the Finish Line!
During our three year campaign we saw much fruit from our evangelism, disciplemaking, leadership training and healthy reproducing church goals. We were also able to increase our capacity at our training centers! Over 8 million dollars has been given towards the 2×3 Vision!
Thank You for your faithful prayers, generous giving and joyful service to our ministry. We want to share with you the stories that give praise to our mighty God for what the 2×3 Campaign has accomplished…
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Found by your Father
Dear Friends,
I continue to be amazed at the impact fathers have on their children. So many young people feel disconnected from their dads, and it affects them in deep ways. One of my daughter’s friends, a 17 year old Czech girl, told her a couple weeks ago that she just heard her dad say he loved her for the first time in her life. “He was drunk at the time”, she said, “but I didn’t even care. I was so happy.”
Some kids actually wish they had more distance from dad, because of the wounding nature of their relationship. Not long ago a Slovakian youth leader told me that when she became a Christian her dad stopped using her name, and just called her “child” to communicate his disdain for her. As she shared the way he still makes fun of her and cuts her down in front of others, my heart broke for her and the pain that she has been through. Bad fathering can leave a lot of debris.
We didn’t choose our fathers and changing them is something that is often …
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