Sunday, August 17, 2008

Graduation Ceremony!

Where there's cake, there's a party, and that means celebration for something good that God has done! Last Sunday, we had a worship and commemorative ceremony at the chácara to thank God for seven young men who have successfully completed the first phase of the treatment program. Five of them finished this first phase within the past few weeks, and two of them finished the first phase last year but at that time we did not have this tradition of honoring the victorious. Now we do!
From left to right: Marcelo, Alexandre, Eduardo, Jefferson, Anderson, Rodrigo and Christian. All of these young men were baptized at the chácara, successfully completed a discipleship course, and have now successfully concluded the first phase of the treatment, which involves nine months of on-site rehabilitation. Now we move to the next phase, resocialization: helping these guys finish their schooling, finding jobs, reconciling with their families, and becoming active in a local church. For the time being, all seven guys will continue living at the chácara until they can establish their own living conditions while they seek employment and complete high school equivalency. CONGRATULATIONS to these guys and praise God for this accomplishment!

2 comments:

Mark and Ali said...

we are excited to be coming next week! lots going on here.
so glad to see the victories happening thru the chacara!

much love, matt!
ali

Ed Rehbein said...

WoW again. Great work for the Lord Jesus.
Love Dad