Both Men’s and the Lady’s and Children’s Bible Studies made plans to bless Art for his birthday. His actual birthday fell on a holiday, so they celebrated the week prior. Lots of cake, special words, song made for fun events. The most meaningful to him were the prayers.
The week of Thanksgiving, we hosted a team of fifteen in our home. The team was affectionately named the “Thanksgiving Team”. They came to work and work they did! They made it possible for a double wedding to take place in our garden, just after their arrival. They spent two days painting at various locations….
The children’s Bible Study had a blast with visitors from New Hampshire, Bob & Marla. A scientist and social worker by trade, they love coming to Guatemala to make the children laugh! And laugh they did! With their trunk full of puppets, what a team they made. As crazy as they were with the kids,…
This month was our kick-off for 2018 Bible Studies. We inaugurated the new colorful children’s facility. One of the girls that grew up in the Children’s Bible Study, now married and a teacher, volunteered her talent to paint the murals over the holidays. Joy was in the air as a set of very impoverished twins…
We recently made a special day for these young ladies to always remember! We hosted a beautiful ceremony where each one stood up in front and recited 1 Corinthians 6:18 by memory, then signed a Declaration of their intent to remain pure until marriage. They were prayed over with scented anointing oil from Israel (Rose…
The Eagles of Christ Boys Club celebrated their end-of-the-year Christmas celebration at a local park. Hilarious games prompted laughter, a Biblical message gave them guidance and pizza filled their tummies. For many, this was the first time they had experienced such an outing. Despite many of their difficult home circumstances, they wound-up the year of…
We celebrated the children’s teacher, Gloria’s 70th birthday and 15 YEARS serving in this ministry. Celebrating a girl’s 15th birthday is a BIG thing in a Latin country and this was no exception. The ladies prepared delicious Pepián, each shared meaningful words of appreciation and we recognized her for demonstrating the Character Quality of DEPENDABILITY….