December 2021
Dear Friends of Dénia Bridges:
It's been a long two years of reacting and adapting to unprecedented challenges at Colegio Alfa & Omega. Starting with the initial lock down and closing school, then quickly deploying technology for remote teaching while losing all of the long term volunteers and short term mission teams, it has been quite a journey. But we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
And through it all, we continued to see God's blessings exemplified by a super-inspiring letter from a recent Alfa & Omega graduate and devoted Christ-follower. She wrote this about her transformational experience at the Colegio:
"Today I am a Christian despite not being raised in a Christian household. Until I was eight, God was not a part of my life. It wasn’t until I met groups of Americans who came to Alfa on mission trips that I became aware of Him. They spoke of a God who saved them and loved them unconditionally....Today I can see clearly how God used these Americans to find me. Thanks to these mission teams, I became part of this great Christ-centered community."
Stories like these are why the faculty and staff work as hard as they do. It's why we at DBF do what we can to support their mission. And it's why we all love Alfa & Omega and the Trinity church in Dénia so much!
Please read Carla's entire letter, here.
Meanwhile as we are all learning to live with the pandemic and the new normal, the faculty and staff at Alfa & Omega have been busy preparing for our return. Although the pandemic continues to provide daily challenges, somehow Eunice and her team have found time to make needed improvements that we will all be able to enjoy as we make our way back to Dénia. Through your donations to DBF, the school has been able to replace the ceiling in the dining room as well as completely renovate the volunteer area. And the plans are to use additional DBF donations to fund a Greenhouse curriculum in 2022 that will vividly illustrate how God accomplishes his plans through nature.
While sadly Sue and I had to cancel our plans to travel to Dénia during the pandemic as many of you did as well, we are planning to venture back this May along with fellow DBF board member JuneAn and her husband, Kevin, We sincerely hope that you do the same as soon as you can. Our beloved friends in Dénia need you there. Eunice, Hugo, the faculty and staff and the children at Alfa & Omega are ready for you.
On behalf of the DBF board,
I wish you hope, peace, joy and love this Christmas season.
Scott Johnson
President, Dénia Bridges Foundation
