Betto Roldan, Mary Suarez, Maybelline Hayer, Johana Vasquez and Jennifer del Toro pose for a picture at the annual National Youth Conference in Pereira, Colombia. More than 150 youths from across the South American nation attended the conference, which ended with two baptisms.


The church in Pereira, a city of about 575,000 people in western Colombia, hosted the event.

Speakers included Alberto Castaneda of Pereira; Gustavo Vasquez of Medellin, Colombia; Marvin Tercero of Bogota, Colombia; Juan Jose Flores of Ibarra, Ecuador; and Jonathan Hanegan of Colorado. Hanegan, who works with churches in neighboring Venezuela, makes regular trips to Colombia to assist in ministry there.