No. 2 Director: Alejandro Medina VillarrealEditor: Merab Tello TiradoTranslator: Paola ÁlvarezReporter: Lisbeth Antonio SánchezDesing: Estela Hayasaka Reyes

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WednesdayApril 20th

2011

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“Keep a songin my heart”.

This is one of the rulesof the Pathfinders law. This

should identify us with David,the giant-conqueror. We don't

need to be artists, composers or musi-cians to have a song in our hearts. I invite

you to take the theme song of this camporee asthe song of your heart.

Conquering giants, fighting the battles,I am sure that God won’t let me down.

No, God never let us down,and in the same way David defeated the giant,

He will give us the victory.I believe this theme song to be true. I have kept songs in my heartsince I was a little kid. And I have experienced what the music and thelyrics can do to the heart and the mind. I encourage you to have yourown and exclusive song with God. So when you have to “walk throughthe darkest valley” you won't be afraid, you won't go back, you won'tgive up your values. Find the strength in the song you chose. Go to the battle with a song in your heart!

Your friend, Benjamín Carballo C.Youth Ministry Director / Inter-American Division

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III INTER-AMERICAN PATHFINDER CAMPOREE

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WHO ARE THE GIANTS?

In the Bible, the term “giants” istranslated from nephilim that comesfrom the world naphal, which literal-ly means “the one who falls”. And itis associated with those that have“apostatized or left the true reli-gion”. The Septuagint (Greek ver-sion of the Old Testament) trans-lates the original word used for“giants” as “earth-born”. We usuallyuse the world “giants” to refer to aperson of exceptional size, but inthe biblical context, the word isused for establishing a clear distinc-tion between the sons of God and

the sons of men: therighteous and unright-eous.

It is more likely thatthe word “giant” makesreference, generallyspeaking, to people ofvast knowledge, vio-lent, brave or evil, andnot necessarily to peo-ple of great height, asit is frequently used. Infact, most of the peo-ple at that time werevery tall. But, whatmade the giants differ-ent? Well, giants wereindividuals of greatstrength, and greatintellectual capacitywhose audacity andtemerity had takenthem to assume thesocial leadership.Those giants wereeverywhere. They wereadmired, veneratedand considered to belike gods. Their opin-ions and points of viewestablished the waypeople should live.They decided whatwas “right” and what

was “wrong”, theypointed out to peoplethe path they had tofollow. Nobody daredto contradict them, orquestion their per-spectives. Of course,there was no place intheir world for aCreator.

The giants felt theyhave the world at theirfeet. They subjugatedthe world. But one daya giant-conquerorappeared. His namewas Noah, and he didnot fear their arrogantwords or their preten-tious knowledge. Onthe contrary, Noahhonored the name ofGod and announcedthe end of thesupremacy of thegiants. Would you liketo be a giant-con-queror like Noah?

(Adapted fromVencer en tierra degigantes, GEMA EDI-TORES, 2011).

• Alejandro Medina V.http://3.blogspot.com

www.dibujosbiblicos.net

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This past Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,Six Flags Mexico received more than10,000 pathfinders from all over our Inter-American Division. You could see through-out the theme park, pathfinders from theNorth, South and Central part of Mexico,as well as, Guatemala, DominicanRepublic, Puerto Rico and other countriesthat form the IAD.

We saw some pathfinders repeatingPsalm 23 before riding on the Batman!Others were very excited on the slotmachines; another group did not care ifthey get wet on the water rides, but thebrave ones, got on; the Superman, theMedusa, the Boomerang and the Kilauea.

Nevertheless, the best attractions of allwere the Dolphins. Several pathfinders gotclose enough so the dolphins could sayhello with a big splash! Another goodattraction was the Batman Show; someadvisers even got to participate live on theshow, at the end of the play all pathfindersapplauded the actors, for it was worldclass show.

Throughout these past three days, SixFlags Mexico was honored with the pres-ence of delegates for the 3rd Camporee ofthe Inter-American Divison.

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One of the most tradi-tional places in MexicoCity is Coyoacan, whereyou can witness thecolonial legacy of thecity as in no otherplace. Each stroll by theneighborhoods there isa pleasure. It allows youto admire the beautifularchitecture of NewSpain mixed with color-ful and contemporarybuildings. You can have

a fabulous day visiting the gardens, cafés, muse-ums, bookstores and markets. The nameCoyoacan comes from the Nahuatl wordcoy_huac_n, «a place of coyotes», and was too avery important town for the pre-Hispanic peoples.Its fertile grounds allowed for a rich agriculturalactivity and its location offered refuge during thefrequent flooding of Lake Texcoco -that madestaying in Tenochtitlan impossible. Later during thecolonial period, rich families build there their holi-day homes. In the center of Coyoacan you canfind one of the first churches built in New Spain,as well as the old city council building that was theresidence of Hernan Cortez, though he never actu-ally lived there. Coyoacan also offers the opportu-nity to witness the best crafts and cuisine in thecountry. There is always something there for everytaste and preference.

• Alvin Maya A.

Did you know…? Hernan Cortez wanted thecapital of New Spain to be definitely

established in Coyoacan but was never able to do so.

Home of thecoyotes

www.caminandosinrumbo.com

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PASTOR GILBERT R. CANGYKNOWING YOUR LEADERS

WORLD YOUTH DIRECTOR OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE

What are the giants thatthe Adventist youth mustovercome?Every corner of the world, every

generation and every young person

has had, has and will have their own

giants to face. They come to us in

different shapes and forms; some

are global and some are strictly per-

sonal; but they have the same

source and the same intent; our

enemy the devil wants to occupy,

distract and confuse our minds and

eventually discourage and destroy

us.

Why do they need to bedefeated?The giants have already been

defeated; Jesus has defeated them

all. If we place ourselves under his

banner, not only do we gain freedom

from and victory over our giants, but

we can join Him in rescuing our

friends who are being tormented by

their own giants.

What armor do you re-commend for defeatingthese giants?In the name of Jesus. By taking the

full armor of God; all the weapons

hat God ha placed in our hands: the

Bible, prayer, faith, truth, righteous-

ness.

What tools canPathfinders Clubs provide to conquerthese giants?Pathfinder Ministries is about lead-

ing young people to trust in Jesus

as leaders share with them not only

the stories of the Bible, but the sto-

ries of victories over their own

giants in the name of Jesus.

Pathfinder ministries teaches us to

develop skills to build up our armor,

make the right decisions and leads

us to understand and experience

that life with Jesus is the best.

Who is the best examplefor defeating giants?Jesus, of course.

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COLPAC signed 60 contracts in which theyagree to feed 38 national clubs and 21 internationalclubs, plus each of the clubs staff. Besides, thosewho submitted their menus on time got a 10% dis-count; you should know that 90% of the clubs whodid this are from the South Union of Mexico.Pathfinders, be prepare! The COLPAC mascot,Foxyn, will soon appeared with lots of surprises!

Volunteers 848 volunteers from Mexico and other countriesform the Inter-American Division accepted the invi-tation to come to help, in order to do this: “Theyhave to be invested Master Guides, they had to fillan application, and collect the signatures from theirpastor or local elder and from the youth director oftheir conference”, Ursula Sors, associate director ofthe youth ministries of the Mexican SouthUnion, explains. The volunteer's job is: to be maintain the restroomsclean, to help in the booths, help with the registra-tion, to keep the order and the security in theentrances and exits of the camp, etc. They can beeasily identified with their fluorescent vests.Cooperate with them, and don't hesitate to ask forhelp.

Water¡Water, water, water! Rain water, water for showers,drinking water, spiritual water, we will need watereach form mentioned previously. We have estimat-ed use, while the camporee last, 500,000 liters ofwater daily. For such an important element to bepresent, Pastor Raul Gonzalez, of the CentralMexican Union, is in charge to provide drinkingwater for everyone, so don't waste it!

• Merab Tello T./Raúl LozanoBenjamín García

You can see the photos of the Camporeein the Flickr of IAD

Live transmision of the Camporee

www.radiointeroceanica.orgwww.radiounionadventista.org

www.umtuclub.com

People around “Cuidad Deportiva” arestarting to notice that something big ishappening. They see an endlessamount of buses arriving, tents areeverywhere, hundreds of young peoplehave filled the streets of the entire com-plex with their suitcases, and if thatwas not enough, they have interestingaccent, some even speak other lan-guages. There is no doubt that this hasintrigue the locals, but they have seennothing yet!

COLPACCOLPAC is a vegetarian company ownby the Seventh Day Adventist Church,they are in charge of feeding all thePathfinders and their crews, they arealso in charge of providing all thecleaning supplies so Pathfinders cankeep their camp sites clean. More than100 people will be working on the dif-ferent booths of COLPAC; 2 stores willbe located in doors number 5 and 6,the cafeteria, and the advertising bothwill be located in the “Plaza de lasArmas”.

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