INVEST IN A FUTURE LEADER
Here at VidaNet, we are so excited about the disciples & leaders that are being developed for North and Central America through our Vida220 discipleship program. These students would benefit from your prayer & financial support. Please consider a one-time or monthly donation to assist in their discipleship process.
Allison
Swartzentruber
USA
Age: 18
Describe Vida220 in one word: Belonging. I have felt so much joy and peace since coming, and God is showing me that I’m important and valuable in His Kingdom.
What are you learning in Vida220: I have been learning the importance of abiding in God’s Word and reading it in context.
What are you most excited about for outreach: I can’t wait to get to know our team better and see how God is going to use us to serve the community.
Ayner
Lopez jimenez
Costa Rica
Age: 23
Describe Vida220 in one word: Experiences. The cultural variety makes you see things from various points of view and the teaching method makes the personal application a unique experience.
What are you learning in Vida220: The great privilege to be closer and closer to God and to learn, listen, and feel Him in my daily life.
What are you most excited about for outreach: To put into practice what we have learned about the difficulties of the mission field and to show others God’s love through our service.
ciara
salicetti luna
Costa Rica
Age: 18
Describe Vida220 in one word: Transformation. My mind has definitely been transformed and I see God doing it in others lives.
What are you learning in Vida220: To be a community, to fall more in love with God’s Word, to know how to help others in their growth, and how the Bible has power.
What are you most excited about for outreach: I’m excited to be able to serve others and the church and to grow personally.
clarisa
alvarez berger
Costa Rica
Age: 17
Describe Vida220 in one word: Community. There is respect and love for each other there and there is support in healing.
What are you learning in Vida220: I have learned to heal my heart and really see God at work in my life. I have been able to sense and see how much He loves me.
What are you most excited about for outreach: I am excited to see how God is going to work with my gifts and with the community. I am looking forward to traveling and the challenges to come.
Jelue
ifeanyIchineke
Belize
Age: 19
Describe Vida220 in one word: Different. Being in Vida220 does not feel equivalent to normal life.
What are you learning in Vida220: I am learning about myself personally and about God.
What are you most excited about for outreach: I am excited to hopefully serve in another country and community.
julia
kramer
USA
Age: 18
Describe Vida220 in one word: Revealing & Stretching. You learn a lot about yourself during Vida220 and as you grow as a person with the goal of becoming more like Christ, you are stretched in ways that you don’t expect. You truly start to understand what it means to be clay in the hands of the potter.
What are you learning in Vida220: When we are pushed outside of our comfort zones, it causes things to come to the surface that we were able to previously avoid while living a comfortable life. We have to learn to depend on God in a whole new way, a hard process, because the growth and transformation that come as a result are amazing.
What are you most excited about for outreach: Growing deeper relationships with my team and truly beginning to understand what it means to be the hands and feet of Jesus, in both big and small ways.
kenneth
ramirez soto
Costa Rica
Age: 28
Describe Vida220 in one word: Discipline. Vida220 has taught us to have more discipline in our daily lives.
What are you learning in Vida220: I am learning that different cultures have different ways of speaking to God.
What are you most excited about for outreach: To be able to share with people what God has spoken and to be able to share the Holy Spirit.
latrese
pastor
Belize
Age: 22
Describe Vida220 in one word: Foundation. Coming to Vida220 is like opening new and old cuts and about having and building a solid foundation.
What are you learning in Vida220: I am learning to read the Bible the right way, hearing God clearly, how to live in community with God’s people, and how to make my relationship strong with God.
What are you most excited about for outreach: To meeting new people, learning their culture, and sharing my culture with them.
margarita
morales chaves
Costa Rica
Age: 20
Describe Vida220 in one word: A Discipleship School. We are being taught how to follow God and make disciples.
What are you learning in Vida220: I am learning how I can know God more.
What are you most excited about for outreach: I am looking forward to being a blessing wherever I am.
NICOLE
Miller
USA
Age: 22
Describe Vida220 in one word: Surrender. Being here has forced me to surrender and let go of different physical, personal, and emotional wants and ideas.
What are you learning in Vida220: I am learning the insane value of practicing spiritual discipline and spending time in God’s presence. I’m also learning to be more focused on God and less distracted.
What are you most excited about for outreach: I am excited to put to use the passion and fire God has started to build in me. I’m also excited to see more of Central America.
rUthie
Garrett
USA
Age: 19
Describe Vida220 in one word: Healing. Vida220 has made me realize how deep the hurt is from my past. The leadership and other students have surrounded me as I walk through the hurt showing me God’s love.
What are you learning in Vida220: I am learning how to be vulnerable with others and see God’s light shine through others and their spiritual gifts.
What are you most excited about for outreach: I am looking forward to building deeper relationships with the other students and leader on my team and building relationships with the church and community in my outreach location.
EThan
HOrst
USA
Age: 18
Describe Vida220 in one word: Stretching. I am constantly learning and being pushed to learn new culture, new teaching about the Bible, new language, new friends, and a new routine of life.
What are you learning in Vida220: I am learning that in order to function in a community, each member will have to sacrifice certain things, be honest, and be trustworthy.
What are you most excited about for outreach: I am excited to serve and be a blessing. I am also looking for a constant team that won’t change.
Holly
Hollenbach
USA
Age: 17
Describe Vida220 in one word: Grounding. I am learning how to think for myself in spiritual, emotional, and mental forms.
What are you learning in Vida220: I am learning that I need to give myself grace, I need to give others grace, and that we are all human, broken, and learning as we go.
What are you most excited about for outreach: I am excited to create relationships that will last a lifetime. Also, to have to use and improve my Spanish because I will be outside a bilingual setting.
GROWING UP AND REACHING OUT!
We serve to raise up disciples and send out missionaries to spread the gospel of Christ through acts of love