The last part of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 found us busy with various Character Presentations to Credit Unions. We often drive to “the interior” of Guatemala to do presentations with the employees. We have also met with the Character Committees for 2014 planning.
This year we divided our annual Christmas Party into two parts. The children’s teacher could not be with us for our last meeting in 2014, so we celebrated the Children’s Christmas party a week early. The saddest part of this ministry is having to say “farewell” to any children that have turned 13 during the…
We enjoyed our last big planned event for 2013! Twenty-seven ladies and who knows how many children, gathered together to celebrate the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We ate festive homemade tamales and drank hot fruit punch. We celebrated December birthdays and special milestones. One of the ladies brought us a wonderful Christmas message….
One facet of the Character First training is for schools. A local private school saw what we do and wanted it for their faculty. They planned a “teacher’s planning retreat day” for the grade school teachers and asked us to be the guest speakers. It was called the “Character Kick-off”. They had a hand-made sign…
(This post was neglected due to Lisa’s mother’s passing) In May 2013, Lisa was asked by the Mayor’s office of San Lucas to deliver a Mother’s Day message to approximately 1000 women and families on the Guatemalan Mother’s Day, Friday, the 10th of May. The day started with mariachis and included many activities going on…
November 2008 (pictures below) Due to the overwhelming success of the character initiative in a credit union we have been working with, three more credit unions asked us to do our two-day Character Seminars for them. We first traveled toward the Atlantic Coast (Zacapa) and did a seminar for the “Cooperativa (Credit Union) Guayacán” then…
Four boys and the leader of our Boy’s Club had a fabulous end-of-the-year weekend outing; staying in a classy hotel, bowling, playing billiards and various games, going to the movie theater, enjoying the jacuzzi, going to the zoo and having Biblical devotions together. All of which none of them had ever experienced before. Art opened…