"You can kill the dreamer, but never the dream"

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060309/whistleblower_prison_060316/20060316?hub=CTVNewsAt11



This quote is what I am reminded of when I think of "Majed Al Shafie, a victim of torture and founder of the human rights organization One Free World." I also think of Paul, and many martyrs. And of course, Martin Luther King jr.

Majed Al Shafie He spoke today at Osgoode Law School about the 200 million Christians who are being persecuted right now for being active in their faith. Majed was one of them, to the point where he was tied to a cross during an interrogation.

I guess it makes our suffering for being politically incorrect on campus sound like a cake walk.

"But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, that that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you...If you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name...So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good"

1 Peter 4: 13,14, 16, 19

**Majed accepted Christ into his life and decided to write a book about the difference between Islam and Christianity...this was not the proper thing to do where he lived.

Wanting to learn and hoping

Hi every one,
I was wondering if any one would be willing to teach me how to play the guitar like some worship songs and I would teach them spanish, I have teaching experience ;I have been a T.A . for about a year now. Well let me know if any one is willing. Or I could just pay some one, either way I would like to learn. Hope some one out there is willing.

Shout out to the U of S crew!

Hey! Just wanted to say I had the blessing of meeting up with Tom and Mindy this week as they came to visit the U of C crew. Mindy informed me that there's some awesome people coming from U of S so... I just wanted to say that I am really looking forward to meeting you all and thanks for sending Tom and Mindy out, you guys are getting Jill out there next year, and she's amazing so I guess we'll all be blessed!

P.S. Just for the record, I'm stoked to be seeing all of you soon! Has anyone else had crazy Panama dreams yet? Or is it just me?

hi every one

Okay so I dont know how to start this but here it goes. I can see that alot of you ladies and guys are hyped up for the trip , im glad to see that. So im going to introduce my self , Name is Matthew Silva, study political science concentration international affairs, and in 4rth year so im almost done yay! for me. Have only lived in Ottawa for 5 years , before that I lived a year in Houston, Texas, USA and before that for 20 years in Mexico.

I do not know about any one else but I am worried about the support raising, I have had some people respond but I am still worried to a point. And yet I know that God will do exactly what he wants for me. So I would ask for prayers and Ill be praying for all of you. And apart from the prayer I would have to say best of luck in the papers and exams that you will be having soon. So apart from this I have no idea of what else to write. Hope to see you all soon and to hear from you, take care and tons of love to you all , your brother in Christ.

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Hey there Panama team! My name is Jon Agudelo, I'm 21 years old and I'm in my second year of International Development Studies at York University. If you're just nodding your head right now cause you have no idea what these "studies" actually are, visit http://www.arts.yorku.ca/sosc/ids/ to get more info on it. That's usually the response I get from most people, so now we won't have to get into a deep discussion of what "development" really is.

I believe that God has called us to make an eternal impact in the nation of Panama, and that we will all be used in very unique ways for His plan. http://www.cruzada.org.ve/html/cuatro_leyes.htm Visit this link and you will be able to read the four spiritual laws in spanish. I was actually born in Colombia, but my family to Venezuela when I was still a baby. We came to Canada 12 years ago, so I can now go back to Latin America with speaking both English and Spanish. I am really thankful for having the ability to speak both languages, and have been praying that God will use this effectively. Oh and one more thing, read, read, read and then read some more on Panama!!! they have a very interesting history!!!

I love you guys already!

Alright so for the record, I'm pretty sure I'm computer illiterate and so the fact this is getting posted is amazing! And look, I even found a picture... its a gooder, I was swiping icing off a birthday cake and got caught! Honestly though, this is all a little overwhelming and my first reaction was to run into a hole and hide from everyone, haha but that would never do so here we go. My name is Lindsey, I usually go simply by Lins and I am in my third year of a combined degree with natural science (bio major and chem minor) and education at the University of Calgary, Alberta. Contrary to the point that I come from a small "hick" town called High River, ride a horse and do own a cowboy hat and cowboy boots... for the record that still makes me cool! :)

In all honesty, Panama wasn't where I thought I would end up being this summer, but as always God takes the plans I try to make, mixes them up and more often than not throws them completely out the window. The beauty of this though is that when I let him guide my steps and set my expectations, I never end up disapointed. I've been learning that a lot over the last couple of weeks. I just wanted to say that I'm praying for you guys, and not only us, but that God would work already in preparing the hearts of the people in Panama to hear and accept Him. God's going to move hugely (is that a word?) on this project, I believe that with all my heart! But until then, we're almost done school guys, keep pushing on and in the end we get that treasure and prize that God so lovingly has in store for us, and besides that, soon we'll all be in Panama together, party on!

[I'm not good at coming up with titles...]

I'm like Julia and I'm not sure what I'm doing (I'm more of a Xanga person, myself), but I figured I'd post something before heading off to fellowship tonight...

Hey everyone! My name is Christina Cheng; I'm in my 3rd year at UBC, in the General Sciences Program focussing on "life sciences" (so...I guess you could call that my "major" - it's a little confusing). I was born and raised here in Vancouver and, if you're familiar with the term, I am a banana. Ack! I spelled that, "banama" at least four times already! Too much Panama on the brain!
Anyway, I have to get going, but I look forward to reading everyone else's posts!

God bless!
Christina

Greetings from Seymour

Hey guys!

So my name is Seymour and I'm going to be on staff for this project. I'm in my late 60s and I like all of my grandchildren, except Cassidy--she's naughty. I'm looking forward to meeting you all, except the naughty ones.

Please keep it groovy everyone,

--Seymour









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Ok, so for those of you who bought that: hahaha. Not to abuse my "blogging" privileges, but I thought it was necessary that I make a good first impression. Mind you, maybe we all learned an important lesson on Judging.

[Insert Revisionist History]

I'm in my first year at U of S and I've been taking Spanish for two semesters, so I'm really excited to put that into practice. But this 'blog' is becoming my 'bmemoirs', so I shall look forward to meeting you all--except the naughty ones.

Keeping it groovy,

Joe