{"id":346211,"date":"2025-04-17T17:12:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T21:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/?p=346211"},"modified":"2025-04-17T17:12:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T21:12:41","slug":"initiative-brings-hope-to-young-women-in-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/post\/initiative-brings-hope-to-young-women-in-peru\/","title":{"rendered":"Initiative Brings Hope to Young Women in Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On April 2, 2025, <\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Universal Socioeducativo (USE)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u00a0volunteers held a special event at the Juvenile Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Center in Santa Margarita, located in Lima, Peru. The center,\u00a0exclusively for girls, currently houses around 90 adolescents undergoing socio-educational measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Goal of the Event<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The center\u2019s mission is to assist in the social reintegration of young women in conflict with the law through resocialization programs.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the <strong>USE<\/strong> event was to demonstrate to these young women that true happiness and fulfillment can only be found in <strong>the Lord Jesus.<\/strong> He alone can quench their spiritual thirst.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>What Took Place<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-346213 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/USE-Peru1-768x432-1-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/USE-Peru1-768x432-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/USE-Peru1-768x432-1-318x179.jpeg 318w, https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/USE-Peru1-768x432-1.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u2022 The event lasted about two hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022 This was the first time the <strong>USE<\/strong> initiative was hosted at this location with the support of the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/help.ypg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Help Project.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022 A group of 17 dedicated volunteers participated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022 The gathering included a faith-based message, a moment of prayer, and words of encouragement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2022 At the conclusion of<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the event, snacks were provided to all attendees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A Word of Faith and Encouragement<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.\u201d\u2014 John 4:14<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The message highlighted that <strong>only the Lord Jesus can quench our spiritual thirst.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A Word From the Pastor<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-346214 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/USE-Peru2-768x432-1-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/USE-Peru2-768x432-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/USE-Peru2-768x432-1-318x179.jpeg 318w, https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/USE-Peru2-768x432-1.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pastor Sidney Frank Farias Moreira, who oversees the <strong>USE<\/strong> outreach program in <strong>Peru<\/strong>, shared his reflections:<br \/>\n<em>\u201cIt was powerful to see how the young women received the Word and understood that only Jesus can quench their spiritual thirst. The most touching moment was the appeal when all of them\u00a0decided\u00a0to accept Jesus and drink of the Living Water,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Evangelistic Work in Peru<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Universal Church is currently present in 148 countries. If you would like to learn more about our evangelistic work in Peru, visit their <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iglesiauniversalperu?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official Instagram page (click here).<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How to Get Involved<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you\u2019re interested in participating in the next community outreach event or would like to join a future project, visit any location of <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/locations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Universal Church<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and speak with a pastor. For more information, call\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"tel:18883324141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1-888-332-4141.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On April 2, 2025, Universal Socioeducativo (USE)\u00a0\u00a0volunteers held a special event at the Juvenile Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Center in Santa Margarita, located in Lima, Peru. The center,\u00a0exclusively for girls, currently houses around 90 adolescents undergoing socio-educational measures. \u00a0 The Goal of the Event The center\u2019s mission is to assist in the social reintegration of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":346212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6226],"tags":[80,6236,6269,6213],"site":[],"class_list":["post-346211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-community-outreach","tag-help-project","tag-peru","tag-worldwide-ministry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346211"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346269,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346211\/revisions\/346269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346211"},{"taxonomy":"site","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site?post=346211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}