KAREN AND LATIN AMERICA, SPAIN, INDIA, AND THE GOOD OLD USA!
Praise God for His provision and ministry direction in February and March!
As you know, in my ministry I train leaders to prevent, recognize, and respond appropriately to sexual abuse. I do this through 4 different organizations: the safety team of our mission board WorldVenture, ESEPA Seminary in Costa Rica, the Child Safety and Protection Network (CSPN), and my own Levanta La Voz.
Thank you to Paradise Bible Fellowship Church for the provision and opportunity to do a one-day workshop to train your staff and volunteers in February. It was a joy to spread the word for the first time in our sending denomination and with the community that has welcomed us so warmly!
Thank you to Woodlyn Baptist Church for their generous donation that made it possible for me to complete my March ministry trip to Spain with CSPN. CSPN provides child safety training for international Christian workers: missionaries and staff of Christian schools overseas. This unique demographic is more vulnerable and has unusually complicated response situations, so it is a challenge for us to invent appropriate methods and get the training done. I do various projects with CSPN, several of which necessitated my involvement in their annual conference in Spain last month. I took a training which I will be teaching in July in Indianapolis, began working with the team that will revise the same training over the next year, and attended the conference. These photos show 3 other projects I worked on there: I recorded videos for a project I co-wrote that will provide safety training for thousands of Christian workers overseas, did a presentation at the conference on a monthly training I manage, and met various times with teammates from WorldVenture.
PLEASE PRAY!
Karen’s upcoming ministry at the Woodlyn Baptist Church ladies’ retreat April 26-28.
* Pray for Gary’s Spanish-language evangelistic/discipleship group in Chester PA, they meet every other Tuesday night. So far three non-Christians have come out!
* Gary is finishing the SUN edition of Bible Stories. Click LINK to see them in English. They are open-source, so download and use them as you like!
FINANCIAL PICTURE: Two new churches have picked us up for support! Thanks to Paradise Bible Fellowship Church (where we attend) and Stony Lane Baptist in Rhode Island. Will 20 individuals pray about supporting us at $50/month? JUST TAP HERE!
Karen Shogren
Gary Shogren
Shogrens in Costa Rica 