At Nicaragua Christian Academy, January 28 was our annual Spiritual Emphasis Day in high school. Spiritual Emphasis Day is a day full of guest speakers, praise and worship, special interest seminars, games and prayer, designed to allow students in grades 7 to 12 to take time away from their regular academic routine and focus on their spiritual walk with the Lord.
Our theme this year was "I Believe in You", and focused on how God believes in us (our identity in Christ), our parents, teachers and families believe in us, and how we can believe in others (make a difference). Our students enjoyed attending four special-interest seminars that they selected from among 18 guest speakers. One highlight of the day for many of the 140 middle school and high school students who attended was opening personal letters their parents had written to them (as a surprise) along the theme of, "I Believe in You."Our main speaker this year was Jeremy Havlin, founder and director of One By One Missions. Jeremy was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He spent his subsequent years living in various countries throughout South America- where he developed a love and compassion for Latin American people. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Intercultural Studies and Spanish from Taylor University, and spent five years as the start-up youth pastor and missions director of Discover Church in Greenville, South Carolina. He and his wife Jessica have been serving as missionaries in Nicaragua since 2008.
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