Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer. The stories in the 2012 Mission Yearbook were gathered around the prayer of Paul for the Colossians, that these faithful brothers and sisters would bear fruit and grow in the knowledge of God (1:10).

Today in the Mission Yearbook: August 17, 2012

PRESBYTERY OF THE SHENANDOAH, VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA - Children and backpacks. They go together with school, recess, and new pencils. They have been an important part of the ministry at Spring of Hope, an outreach program of Promised Land Ministries at San Lucas Toliman, located on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. This school program developed after Presbyterian churches from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia joined to help purchase land for a mission outreach program there. Medical and veterinary services also have been part of the program. Education has grown to include 240 children in the 2011 school year. Each January the staff at Spring of Hope gathers to prepare for a new year. New backpacks are filled with school supplies, books, pencils, and markers and placed in the classroom.

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