Real stories from the communities, ministries, and partnerships that shape JBU Association. Discover how lives are being transformed through faith and collective action.
Compassion Starting September 2, we can share warm meals once again. Someone prepares the food, someone drives, and someone hands it over — every hand that connects a meal becomes a bridge, carrying love once again to our neighbors at MacArthur.
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Discipleship Members of Esperanza Church began practicing Scripture meditation on their own, meeting weekly or every other week to share the grace they receive from the Word. In their commitment to stand before the Word for the next three years, we see the hope of a church being established in faith and growing in self-reliance.
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Discipleship From receiving the Word to sharing the Word. A month of online Spanish QT instructor training welcomed six participants from North America serving in homeless outreach, public health ministry, and Guatemalan church leadership.
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Compassion Three days a week, carrying a bowl of food and a word of the gospel, we go to the most vulnerable places of MacArthur Park. Even in a reality that does not easily change, it is a slow but unceasing companionship.
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Youth Ministry A small soccer team in Palawan that began with 17 shirts. The children's victory planted a dream of the future not only on the field but in their homes.
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Discipleship During the COVID-19 pandemic, JBU explored a Virtual Library with Hope Library to connect carefully selected books and learning resources with children who had limited access to books.
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Discipleship One possibility discovered while looking at the 2024 Paraguay youth QT conference. Meditating on the Word can be a bridge that connects people and generations and builds up the next generation.
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Youth Ministry A small soccer team that began on a dirt field in Kampot, Cambodia. A meeting that started with a single small ball is now opening new dreams and hope for about thirty children.
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Compassion Before Sophia's heart surgery in San Quintín, many people prayed and helped connect the relationships needed for a safe path forward.
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