A few weeks ago, I sent you a video of 500 youth playing their harps together at a concert in Paraguay. My friend, Carolina, who has a deep passion for peace and justice in her native country of Paraguay, continues to work faithfully with "Sonidos de la Tierra", an organization that brings music to the hidden corners of the country believing that "When there is music, history changes." I am hoping that I will be traveling to Paraguay in March of next year to facilitate several workshops at the Jack Norment Camp. Please be praying that all the pieces might fall into place so that I might be able to go, and that the program there might empower and bless the young people who volunteer at the camp.
I include part of Carolina's letter:
"I know I haven't written in a long time because of the trip with the World Orchestra of the Sounds of the Earth and the Ars Canendi
Choir from Italy through different cities of Paraguay taking music and building bridges that bring together generations, cultures and countries beyond the divide of language. I returned to the Asunción where there was great upheaval because of a new requirement from this government that many of us refuse to recognize as legitimate.
Just as if we were still in the times of the dictatorship, the government was requiring that all the young men turn in the document which proves that they have completed the process of Obligatory Military Service. The requirement came to all business and companies who had to solicit from their male employees this document or be heavily fined. Praise be to God, we have been witnesses to a small but strong revolution. Thousands of young men have decided to declare themselves Conscientious Objectors. At first the government was going to obligate these young men to be detained in different forts and military installations but there were too many so that the process was derailed.
I add to the joy of the results of this commitment on behalf of the young men of Paraguay, a video which we would like to become the MOST SEEN video of Paraguay with more that 1 million viewers. We hope that the video gets to the Rolling Stones in celebration of their 50th anniversary as we celebrate 10 years of Sounds of the Earth. Please help us! In this video, more than 2000 young people gathered for the National Music Seminar in July. Please share the video with as many contacts as you can so that we can reach our goal!
We want to tell the world that Paraguay is still beating with hearts seeking to build a better country!"
I add to the joy of the results of this commitment on behalf of the young men of Paraguay, a video which we would like to become the MOST SEEN video of Paraguay with more that 1 million viewers. We hope that the video gets to the Rolling Stones in celebration of their 50th anniversary as we celebrate 10 years of Sounds of the Earth. Please help us! In this video, more than 2000 young people gathered for the National Music Seminar in July. Please share the video with as many contacts as you can so that we can reach our goal!
We want to tell the world that Paraguay is still beating with hearts seeking to build a better country!"
Please share the video, and if anyone happens to have contacts with the Rolling Stones, please share it with them, too!
Shalom
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