Hundreds turned out at Elmwood Park last Friday evening for the inaugural “I Love Virginia Fest,” a free community concert that featured a cross-cultural mix of music and entertainment including Latin, hip-hop and praise music, a step team, a dramatic presentation and multi-lingual speakers. The event was sponsored and organized by youth and leaders from the Santiago, Chile branch of Youth With A Mission (YWAM), an international Christian outreach organization; the student ministry of Church of the Holy Spirit (CHS); and the North Roanoke Baptist Hispanic church plant, Convivencia Familiar Chrisiana.
