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. How often have you wondered, where are the young adults in the PC(USA)? Wonder no longer. The 2014 Presbyterian Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is devoted to the theme of young adults in the church. Its stories, many told by young adults, lift up how Presbyterians of all ages are engaging and joining with Presbyterian young adults in reforming the church for Christ’s mission.

Today in the Mission Yearbook: February 19, 2014

COLOMBIA - Elías Guerra is a young adult who was born in a province called Valencia, in the Department of Córdoba. It is an area of limited resources, where peasant families live on small plots of land, too small to produce enough food for a dignified life. Because much of the land in that region has been expropriated by paramilitary groups, many families have left for the cities, where they have little chance of building a successful life. The Colombian government calls this phenomenon forced displacement..

Elías studied amid these circumstances in a rural area, at a level inadequate to face life in the city. In 2000 he moved to the city of Barranquilla in order to find a job, because he had no chance of getting into a university..

The Presbyterian Church of Colombia (IPC) has always been a source of hope for transformation in Elías’s life. Finding himself in the city, surrounded by businesses and industries, he looked toward that horizon.

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