Changing Lives

Hope you and yours enjoyed the most important holiday time of the year! Christ’s death and resurrection changed our futures forever, giving us the gift of “eternal life”. Like Easter the JESUS movie is all about changing lives. We’d like to introduce you to Ayline from the community of Gamboa in Panamá.

She is a 12 year old student whose life was changed in March while attending a church youth camp; now she is changing lives by impacting her peers and using the JESUS movie in Spanish as a tool to do so!  

Ayline shares that she has been able to show the movie at her school this month. She attends a Catholic school and with April being time for Holy week the teachers and students are more open to hear the message.  

The movie has been shown in several classes and teachers have asked Ayline to come after the showings to talk with the students. As students respond with tears in their eyes Ayline has been able to give each one a DVD movie.

We look forward to more testimonies of how God is going to use Ayline in her community. Thank you Pastor Wilbur from Gamboa Union Church for keeping us updated on how the JESUS movie continues to change lives in Panama!  

Embera JESUS movie update… As many of you know the dubbing of the Embera JESUS movie was completed last month. On Good Friday the movie was brought to a remote area called the Darién located on the eastside of Panamá close to the border of Colombia. 

Well over 600 Emberas showed up for the first showing of the JESUS movie in their native tongue! More than 12 villages were represented at this annual conference put together by the Embera church leadership.                                       

Over 50% of the people viewing the movie that night were from local villages and was the first time they got to see and hear Jesus in their own language. The Embera church leadership is very encouraged and excited as many people are requesting copies of the movie. Let’s continue to pray for the Embera and for this movie translation to continue to change lives in Panamá.

Sharing the Vision …… This month we continue to meet with individuals and churches sharing the need of the translation of the JESUS movie. Our goal is to complete a team of partners that will make it possible for us to report to our assignment and continue to change lives through this amazing media tool.  

Thank you for your love

 & support!  Edgar, Mel, Morgan, Blake, & Micaela