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.
We started out our year making a trip to the coastal part of Guatemala to the town of Tiquisate. The Credit Union, Union Popular, is the first of our four Credit Unions to start and finish the four year Character Initiative. The whole process started six years ago when we took Luis Salazar, the General…
On June 1st, long time friend, Diane Hallett, arrived with two of her seven children. They stayed with us for six weeks while they studied Spanish in Antigua. While they were here, they lived life with us and shared in our ministry outreaches. Diane shared challenging messages with the ladies in the Lady’s Bible Study,…
A Dream Came True… …for Ana, Jose and their family. When Ana started attending the Ladies’ Bible Study from a near by town, she, Jose and their three children lived in a simple home of old rusted corrugated tin with a dirt floor. They soon after dedicated their lives to the Lord, settled in a…
December found the Lady’s and Children’s Bible Studies once again celebrating another special event, the coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ. They savored the traditional Christmas tamales and hot fruit punch, sang Christmas carols together, listened to a message brought by one of the ladies, exchanged gifts and received a basket of goodies from the…
In July, we went to the interior of Guatemala to do a Character Presentation for one of the credit unions, with whom we work. They gathered together their entire management team, along with the Board of Directors. We brought them new ideas and techniques to strengthen their on-going character initiative.
We started off the month by doing a half day seminar for the Mayor, City Council Members and Supervisors of the San Lucas, Sacatepéquez Mayor’s office. The topic was “Culture”; What is the culture of the municipality, which employs over 350 people. The beautiful setting overlooking the Guatemalan landscape of volcanoes made for a relaxing…