Video personal para celebrar el mes de la adopción



Gracias al Alberto Delgado y su esposa Marian delgado por permitirnos contra nuestra historia y después de 2 años de utilizar este programa sabemos que una “historia de amor” que se cuenta puede cambiar la historia de otra personita que espera por una familia. Gracias por celebrar el mes de la adopción. Y recuerda el 11-11-11 “El Día Internacional de compromiso con el Huérfano”

Details concerning the orphan’s event to be held at our church crossbridge on November 11, 2011

These are the answers I gave to an interview concerning the orphan’s event to be held at our church crossbridge on November 11, 2011. I thought this might help a little with my friends that do not speak Spanish.

Q. what do you have planned for your first concert for orphans in Miami on November 11?
A: We will have several simultaneous events in Latin-American with the main event being held in Miami.

The Miami event will be broadcasted live via radio to more than 380 radio stations through a network called CVC La Voz, or Christian Vision.
We have the participation of praise and worship singers and one band that will come from Argentina to participate at the event.

The purpose of the event is to create awareness and at the event we will be reading 4 challenges to which we will ask people to respond in practical ways. All this challenges are about the orphans, either to visit them, foster or adopt them.

At the end we will ask attendees (and listeners) to make Commitments – personal and/or communal – towards the orphans. We are providing commitment cards for this reason.

We also have worked with local churches and encouraged them to hold their own events and we have created a Leaders and pastors’ guide which are available on our web site www.religionpura.com under the tab “Kit de Prensa” which means “Press Kit”. This document contains our 4 goals:

• That many churches would decide to hold a Religion Pura event to celebrate the International Commitment with the Orphan Day on 11.11.11
• That the churches that are involved would choose a charity to pass on the donations or maybe there is a project or effort that the church is already active in or they can choose to help our ministry Religion Pura.
• That they choose the band and the type of the event they will hold on the 11.11.11 and that they would notify us of the event so we can help pass the news. We encourage them to use the marketing materials on the web –if necessary.
• That they would call us back on Monday November 14 or email us at info@religionpura.com to tells us about the commitments that were made during their particular event and we all will be encouraged with the great things that God is doing.

Q: What are your anticipated outcomes?
A: Our anticipated outcomes are:
• to receive specific, real commitments from people, organizations and churches to help the children in need.
• We would like to see (and we are already seeing) people asking how do we get into a missions trip.
• People will say things like: “Where are the orphanages in my city to visit?” This is one of the reasons they might decide to do something practical like: “I will create a directory of orphanages we know about. “
• We also expect some people to say “I want to find out where do I get information for adoption in my city and will help others to adopt or I will plan to adopt”.
• Or they might say: “I will help the organizations that Religion Pura brought to this event.” Also, I can see churches coming together and to some reform work.
• Part of the outcome expected with the movement “Pure Religion” is to see the church coming together with organizations to do some reform work using a plan that would include my book "The Miracle of Adoption" (Spanish) as a resource and a tool. I already presented this idea last week at two conferences, one in Paraguay and another in Mexico City with great outcomes. I already have done this same type of work in a previous trip to Colombia last month. In Paraguay I had the opportunity of meeting with the former first lady, the director of the Adoptions office for the country and the director of the local non-profit organization that cares about orphans. We were able to brainstorm some ideas and we will continue working towards some common goals.

We need to allow the Holy Spirit speak to the people and be ready to help them move on the call.

Q: How will you measure if the event was a success or not?
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• When at least we get 5 live events to actually happen on the 11.11.11.
• When we get at least 3 mayor churches in our city selling tickets for the concert we are planning in Miami.
• When other organizations would say "we will pray that day specifically for our part, even though we won’t hold an event that day". When we get 2 more churches to say "we will preach on Sunday 6th or 13 about James 1: 27"
• When the several concerts provide specific practical actions that the people attending could decide to take as a result of one of the challenges, and that they would write it on their commitment cards.
• When many more radio stations decide to get the live signal and transmit the event live on 11.11.11. We traveled to the “NRB” Latin event called COICOM and we got some more radio and TV stations signed up.
• When we get any donations towards our Religion Pura projects: missions trips 2012, The TV Channel project for the Russian Orphanages, etc.

Rebeca Knowles

Today Steve Jobs died. He was a great man who experienced The Miracle of Adoption


When I talk about Steve Jobs and adoption, I mean the beginning of his story and that’s why I want to share with you part of a beautiful speech by Steve Jobs.
This particular speech was delivered on June 12, 2005 at the Graduation Ceremony at Stanford University. I think it's appropriate to share his story for two reasons: first, because here he talks about his beginnings and second because it talks about how he saw death.

His beginnings were of adventure and miracles, just as it is in any adoption story. And for me, (Rebeca Knowles) adoptive mother to David and Julia, I am moved when hearing the story because it reminds me that all humans beings have a destiny inside of us. We as parents are privileged to be part of witnessing the life of another individual through fatherhood, motherhood, whether biological or through the Miracle of Adoption.
She did not know that the child she once held in her arms would become the great Steve Jobs. Neither she nor the other one knew that. However, only one of them was able to enjoy him and watch him grow.
Two mothers loved him. The first gave him life when she "gave birth" to him, the other gave him life when she allowed him to be born in her heart and adopt him her child.

At the end of the speech, when he speaks of death, Steve says, "Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."

I am an adoptive mother, I am a "mother of the heart" and it is my desire to inspire those around me, especially my children, to live with heart, to give the heart to what we do, to love with the entire heart. Steve Jobs managed to do so.

You can read his speech where he explains his story on my Facebook page here(Spanish) or you can watch the video in English in this link

Steve Jobs, A man who experienced the miracle of adoption

A man who experienced the miracle of adoption
His story can be repeated in the lives of orphans who are looking for adoptive families
11.11.11 International Day of Commitment to Orphans
So the world would have many more Steve Jobs!

- Pure Religion -

You can read his speech where he explains his story on my Facebook page here(Spanish) or you can watch the video in English here:


I want to invite you to join the movement: www.religionpura.com (Spanish) or Here is the information of the concert to celebrate the International Orphan Commitment Day. On Friday, November 11th at 7:30 Crossbridge (6605 SW 88th St.) will host several artists for a fund raising concert here

11.11.11 Religion Pura Concert

Join Religion Pura on 11.11.11 for the International Orphan Commitment Day. On Friday, November 11th at 7:30 Crossbridge (6605 SW 88th St.) will host several artists for a fund raising concert.

See it all here: http://bit.ly/neaMFC

What is Pure Religion

According to James 1:27

“The pure and true religion in the eyes of God, the Father, consists of taking care of the orphans and the widows in their afflictions, not allowing the world to corrupt you”.

In connection with this verse, we need to respond to this question/challenge:

Do you have a Pure Religion or is yours plain religion?
We invite you to connect with the Pure Religion movement.

What is Pure Religion?It is a movement which extends a challenge to nowadays Church as after showing you the heart of God in connection with the orphans; it asks you a fundamental question: what is my share in the world of the orphans?
- Pure Religion is in the heart of God, because of the one hundred and forty three million orphans in the world, whom He wants to love through us.
- Pure Religion has to do with the task that was given to us, the Church, so that we can take care of them.
- Pure Religion means asking two questions: What is your place in God’s plan in favor of the orphans? Is adoption a part of God’s plan for your life?
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Pure Religion Definition and Invitation


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Other organizations have joined this Pure Religion movement, will be participating in some of these workshops, and also will have their space in the exhibition booth.

TBN Russia has joined Pure Religion. They are working with 1000 Russian orphanages to inaugurate “The Smile of a Child” channel. For US$500 we may change the life of 100 children in a Russian orphanage as we share with them the Christian principles and the biblical teachings through “The Smile of a Child” channel. Their lives will change as they learn how to live a full life and reach eternity with Christ.

Do you have a Pure Religion, or is yours just plain religion?If you would like to live a Pure Religion, then your responsibility now is to opt making yours this message.

Likewise, keeping in mind that November is the National Month of Adoption, and the second Monday of November is the International Day of the Orphan, we have chosen Friday, 11/11/11, as a date where we all take the time to choose a place and a space so that you, as a church and as an individual, make a promise, a commitment before God toward the orphan. We have named this day “the international day of commitment with the orphans”

How can I join Pure Religion?
1. The official launching of Pure Religion will be in the city of Miami, within the framework of Expolit 2011, with a fabulous ceremony and a press conference. We want to invite you to this ceremony and count on you to motivate you to live a Pure Religion!

The launching will count with the participation of Christian personalities, such as Julissa, Ademar Arau, Miriam Bloise, Barbara Palacios, Katie Porter, Adoption & Orphan Care Program Manager, Focus on the Family, Norma Nashed, Jaime “Papa Jaime” Jaramillo and, of course, the vice president of Expolit 2011, Mrs. Marie Tamayo!

We would like you to join us and say, “I live a Pure Religion!”

2. If you are a Christian singer or leader and would like to participate with an initiative in your community, send us an e-mail to: info@religionpura.com. In a few months more, during Expolit 2011, we are going to undertake the path toward a Pure Religion together. My prayer to God is that this Friday, 11/11/11, you could say: “Lord, you can count on me!”





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Religion Pura Ministry in Theaters This May 2011

Religion Pura Ministry in Theaters This May 2011!

Join us at Expolit 2011

Get your tickets!

This "Like Dandelion Dust" movie event is the perfect one to invite your friends to. Reach out to other women in a relevant, relatable way after watching this moving film together. Based on a novel by New York Times best-selling author Karen Kingsbury, Like Dandelion Dust connects with women in a deep way, spawning conversations about things that really matter.

Help us make this the event of the year!

This movie will touch the hearts of women in our neighborhoods and church and help us all see our need for God. Think of five people you can invite and bring them along.

About the author: Rebeca Knowles

Rebeca Knowles is a Systems Engineer, Bachelor in Theology and Missions and a prolific writer. Her popular reflections «One Minute with God» are broadcast on radio and television throughout Latin America. Beside her husband, Brian, she is cofounder and director of the ministry Reaching Out Network, Inc. (RONI), an organization that supports families and helps establish strong marriages through the Christian values of hope, faith and love. Together they produce the radio and TV show «Healthy Marriages with Brian and Rebeca Knowles”.

Also, it’s interesting to emphasize a series of services that they offer to families and the community. For example, they teach seminars such as «The base for success at home», «Intelligence, emotions and commitment in marriage», «The naked Marriage», «The miracle of adoption», etc.
Her latest book is “Confessions of a desperate woman” by Unilit publishing house.

Rebeca tells us:
“In the first place, I am not an adoptive mother who writes a book, but a writer who was given by God the joy of adoption. Then, as for me writing is not a task but a pleasure, the way I express myself, I kept an electronic journal with the experiences and teachings that I was being given by God. But, the teachings didn’t end with the adoption. God continues shaping the message in my heart and discovering it in front of my eyes. “

After showing God’s heart to the orphans and the task that was entrusted to us, the church, to take care of them, Rebeca Knowles asks two questions:
 What’s your place in God’s plan for the orphan?
 Is adoption part of God’s plan for your life?


www.facebook.com/ReligionPura/

Rebeca Knowles makes the Pure Religion challenge to this generation:
With the aim of responding to these and other questions, which you may have, in relation to adoption and orphans, Rebecca Knowles Ministries and Expolit 2011 have got together with several other organizations which help orphans or work in favor of adoption. That is why you will find, this year, a list of 4 workshops and activities within the Expolit area which will help you to enter this world to which God has called us to be his representatives. The workshops include several hours of work with questions which will help you in the process of guiding orphans in the adoption procedure, if God has called you to this task.
More information, as well as a press report, will be sent to all interested! Let us know if you want to participate. Send an e-mail to info@ReligionPura.com
Besides this, Expolit 2011 will count on Expolit Cinema. We will be showing pictures telling concrete stories about orphans’ lives and the miracle of adoption.

For information in English go to: www.SayYesToPureReligion.com
For information in Spanish go to: www.ReligionPura.com

Preface for Rebeca Knowles's adoption book written by Sixto Porras, Focus on the Family

Preface for the book "El Milagro de la Adopción" "The Miracle of Adoption" by Rebeca Knowles, launching in Expolit 2011 by Unilit Editorial.

Preface written by Sixto Porras, Regional Director
Focus in the Family

"Running my eyes through the pages of this book captured my heart, and I know it will do the same to you, because it is your story and mine… We were adopted out of love! The Father loved us and this is sublime.

This book isn’t only for the parents who adopted a child or for those who wish to do so. It’s a book for all Christians in the world, because if the Church doesn’t adopt the orphans, who will?

In my case, I was thinking that I knew love through my parenthood to Daniel and Esteban, my sons, but I realized that nobody can experience it better than an adoptive father. My recommendation is that you read this book like you would read a novel. Enjoy the stories and allow God to reveal Himself in your life as you read its pages. This book will bewitch you, because Rebeca has the power to write it with such clarity that you can feel the scents, see the streets, and be there with them. In this book you will see God speak in the most difficult times: when the strengths are exhausted, when bureaucracy prevents adoption through one simple step, when questions accumulate and there’s no answer. In spite of everything, it’s also to see how God opens doors. This book will help you grow your trust in God. Like Rebeca said: «My daughter’s name is Julia “Amada (Loved)” because I decided to love her. She is the person in whom my heart and my soul spill». Rebeca shows us that loving is still a decision. She also expresses: «If you went through infertility, this book will help you heal the wounds that this disease can cause in the heart of a man and a woman. And if one day God talked to you about adoption, with this book you will spare yourself many deceptions from people who don’t know what they’re talking about. Here the myths are explained, as well as the practical steps of adoption». There’s no doubt, this book is interesting and captivating!

This book will help you transform pain into hope, just like Rebeca tells us: «I never imagined that in the middle of my great pain I would experience the greatest happiness [...] I experienced the greatest pain in the desert that brought me my infertility. The greatest joy came through the path to the adoption of my children. The infertility was crushing my fingers with pain as it closed the door to my awaited future, but in some way opened my eyes to allow me to see a path that I had never considered. In the road to adoption many doors opened to a new world: the orphan’s world».
The Miracle of Adoption will be an adventure that will allow you to discover that in its story there are no leftover details and that the best story of all time is about to be written once we let God talk to our hearts. I’m sure that you will enjoy the trip with Rebeca and her family!

Sixto Porras
Regional Director
Focus on the Family
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“This could be the beginning of a movement within the Hispanic churches to give life and hope to thousands of children who are waiting!” says Darrell Eash, Hispanic Ministry Director of Focus on the Family's "Enfoque USA".

Four types of workshops are being planned during Expolit 2011:

What are you going to do for the orphans of this world? Stories that inspire.

Does adoption shape part of God’s plan for your life? Discover it today!

Stories of Adoption that inspire and tear down myths. The miracle of adoption: A love story.

This year, Expolit will present Expolit films and Pure Religion will carry out “film therapies.” That means, we are going to coordinate la presentation of movies that tell concrete stories of the life of the orphan and the miracle of adoption.

During Expolit 2011, the author Rebeca Knowles will launch the challenge “Pure Religion” during the Editorial Unilit’s Women’s Conference. “There are two challenges for the church today in James 1:27 and I believe that the time to take God seriously has arrived: 1. To bring God’s justice to a group of people that do not have to be blamed for its condition of orphans and widows. And, 2. Do not let the world to corrupt us with its ideas and vain ways of life.”

Also, we have the contribution of the several communication outlets that have joined this movement, among them the main radio station of Miami: La Nueva 88.3FM, Radio ZOE 1430 AM, as well as the satellite chain CVC La Voz; global social media outlets such as Noti-prensa and El Mensajero Comunicaciones; Print media, the magazine Enfoque. Vida Nueva Radio in Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, with Franklin Veloz, leading the movement in this island; and other radio networks in the United States of America.







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