Upon our return from out of town, the Lady’s Bible Study welcomed us with a special lunch, honoring us for our 30th Wedding Anniversary. An Aunt with her two nieces formed a trio and dedicated beautiful songs to us. Great food (including a special bread), joyful smiles and warm hugs reminded us of why we do what we do here.
How is it when we bless others we feel more blessed than those we seek to bless? Art and I made distributions to help put food on the tables of 23 families. One of the ladies surprised us with a large bouquet of huge sunflowers. The beautiful flowers have brightened up our home and our…
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…
In July, Amy, Conner and Sophie May spent an action-packed week here with us. Parents, Phil & Amy May, along with their two sons, Jackson and Conner, have served this ministry on teams in previous years, but this was Sophie’s first “Heritage Trip”. Sophie, now eleven, was born in Guatemala and adopted as an infant….
Along with celebrating the children’s Bible Study teacher’s birthday, “Hermana Gloria” is also completing 13 years volunteering in this ministry. We recognized her for demonstrating the character qualities of ALERTNESS and TOLERANCE. She has been extremely alert, taking very good care of these little ones. She has tolerated their different levels of maturity with ages…
The Men’s Bible Study meets every Tuesday night. One of the young men attending grew up in the Children’s Bible Study. Other men have wives in the Lady’s Bible Study. Some are invited by existing members, including a couple of men Art knows from our local gym. This month, Art recognized Agusto for completing eight…
Our Valentine’s Day party was filled with food, fun and festivities. We have been studying the power of the spoken word. The ladies drew names last week and this week brought a spoken blessing for the one she had drawn. It was emotional and powerful. We also celebrated Lidia’s 27th birthday, born on Valentine’s Day….