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The Moody Standard is written and published by students of the Moody Bible Institute

Volume 75:10April 13, 2010

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Naaman witnesses the planting of a native church, after the conversion of several Muslims. photo courtesy Samuel Naaman

by Chandler Mulder managing editor

On April 24 Puente and StuCo will be organizing a workday in La Villita, a predominately Hispanic neighborhood on the West Side. Students will be meeting at 8:30 a.m. under the clock tower for a day filled with fun, food, hard work, and fellowship.

“Our goal is to get the student body active in serving the Lord in a very practical way. To get out of the bubble and give back to a community that needs to see the light of Christ,” said president of Puente, Kenny Alvarado, junior pastoral ministry major.

Last year around 100 Moody students went to La Villita in four separate work teams: making lunch for day-laborers, washing cars, doing yard work, picking up trash, and cleaning at the local church.

But there is a new twist to this year’s workday. Because of all the gang warfare in La Villita, kids walk to school

past walls of graffiti on every street. Puente and StuCo’s goals are to paint over all the graffiti on the streets, then to leave extra paint behind for local churches. These churches have committed to repaint any gang graffiti within 24 hours after it has been reported. Churches in the area and community individuals are assigned to repaint certain streets and sections in La Villita. Neighborhood residents want to send a message to gangs that they will not be tolerated in the community.

Puente and StuCo are looking for 150 Moody students to volunteer. Sign-ups will be in the SDR from April 19-23. There will also be about four to five other community groups coming together to help with the project. In all, Puente is expecting around 400 to 500 servants. Alvarado urges Moody students to get involved.

“Come along side of Puente and Student Council to change the face of La Villita and bring the glory of Christ in a neighborhood that needs our love,” he said. ms

by Brendan Carlton correspondent

MBI missions professor Dr. Samuel Naaman returned to Pakistan during spring break to encourage the work that is going on in his home country. “My main intention was to connect with our co-workers there,” Naaman said. One of his main contacts was Dr. Khan, a church planter. Over the last several years, the Lord has burdened Khan’s heart to be directly involved with outreach in the Swat Valley.

This valley in north Pakistan is located near the Afghanistan border. The language spoken there is Pashto, while the rest of Pakistan speaks mostly Urdu. This frontier region has been called a nation unto itself, because it is largely self-governing and autonomous except for occasional intrusions by the Pakistani army.

When asked about the dangers of preaching the gospel

Naaman sees church born, father's testimony translated