{"id":2634,"date":"2019-07-25T20:46:51","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T02:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=2634"},"modified":"2019-07-25T20:51:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T02:51:33","slug":"alejandros-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/?p=2634","title":{"rendered":"Alejandro&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Panama-City-skyline-with-flag-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2638\" src=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Panama-City-skyline-with-flag-1-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Panama-City-skyline-with-flag-1-200x120.jpg 200w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Panama-City-skyline-with-flag-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Panama-City-skyline-with-flag-1-400x240.jpg 400w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Panama-City-skyline-with-flag-1-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Panama-City-skyline-with-flag-1-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Panama-City-skyline-with-flag-1-800x480.jpg 800w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Panama-City-skyline-with-flag-1-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forvidas.org\/blogmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Panama-City-skyline-with-flag-1.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It\u2019s exciting to hear of the impact Mission Generation teachings are making in the lives of young people! Sometimes, students just need something to unlock the belief that they have potential.\u00a0 The principles and lessons laid out in the Mission Generation curriculum are doing just that.<\/p>\n<p>Alejandro Mansilla, a 14-year-old from Panama, shared his experience.\u00a0 Alejandro says that his attendance at school was poor because he liked to go out with his friends.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t want to study, so his mom threatened to throw him out of the house.\u00a0 One of the days he did go to class, the teacher taught a Mission Generation lesson.\u00a0 She taught them that they all <strong>had a purpose<\/strong>, and to fulfill it, they had to <strong>make a plan<\/strong> for their future. \u00a0On that day, Alejandro made the decision he was going to be a doctor and help the sick like his grandfather.\u00a0 He proudly states that now he does not miss a day of school.<\/p>\n<p>Alejandro\u2019s story is one of the many testimonies of lives changed through Mission Generation!\u00a0 Students just like him are changed every day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It\u2019s exciting to hear of the impact Mission Generation teachings are making in the lives of young people! Sometimes, students just need something to unlock the belief that they have potential.\u00a0 The principles and lessons laid out in the Mission Generation curriculum are doing just that. 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