Sexual Education Seminar for the Youths
Today we held a seminar on sexual education for the youths. The mum of one of our youths is a professional in the health sector, and she kindly offered herself to give a short talk to our youths, who listened rather attentively to the talk and had many questions to ask. Karen also invited one of her friends, Miriam, to come and help us out. Oscar contributed as one of the panelists as well, and spoke from the perspective of a guy.
Another lady Giselle also visited us in the afternoon today. She is a young professional who works as an accountant with the Accountant-General Office in Peru. Aili and I spoke with her for almost an hour, while the sexual education talk was going on. She expressed her interest to volunteer with us and to learn English with us. We told her that our NGO is a non-religious and non-political organization, and the activities are non-religious in nature, and the members included both Christians and non-Christians. However, we told her that Aili and myself, as well as Delia, Julian and Serene, are Christians and we believe that many good values to guide our lives can be found in the Bible. Upon hearing that we are Christians, she started to get rather excited, and told us about how she received Jesus Christ 8 years ago. We told her that we usually gather together with a few friends on Sunday mornings to study the Bible together and fellowship together. It is a South American culture to have parties or get-togethers in the weekends to take a break from your work. For us, our weekend "get-together" takes place on Sunday mornings, where we sing some songs together, share about our lives with one another, help one another to find out more about the Bible, and even celebrate birthdays together. Well, she heard enough about the fun we have on Sunday mornings to decide to come and join us tomorrow morning!
The past couple of weeks have been a little tiring. I think it is about time we go out for another great celebration together! Celebrations form an integral part of South American life. When things are going well, we celebrate the success. When things are not going so well, we celebrate so as to encourage ourselves!
Another lady Giselle also visited us in the afternoon today. She is a young professional who works as an accountant with the Accountant-General Office in Peru. Aili and I spoke with her for almost an hour, while the sexual education talk was going on. She expressed her interest to volunteer with us and to learn English with us. We told her that our NGO is a non-religious and non-political organization, and the activities are non-religious in nature, and the members included both Christians and non-Christians. However, we told her that Aili and myself, as well as Delia, Julian and Serene, are Christians and we believe that many good values to guide our lives can be found in the Bible. Upon hearing that we are Christians, she started to get rather excited, and told us about how she received Jesus Christ 8 years ago. We told her that we usually gather together with a few friends on Sunday mornings to study the Bible together and fellowship together. It is a South American culture to have parties or get-togethers in the weekends to take a break from your work. For us, our weekend "get-together" takes place on Sunday mornings, where we sing some songs together, share about our lives with one another, help one another to find out more about the Bible, and even celebrate birthdays together. Well, she heard enough about the fun we have on Sunday mornings to decide to come and join us tomorrow morning!
The past couple of weeks have been a little tiring. I think it is about time we go out for another great celebration together! Celebrations form an integral part of South American life. When things are going well, we celebrate the success. When things are not going so well, we celebrate so as to encourage ourselves!
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