August found us celebrating Lisa’s milestone birthday. The best gift of all was longtime friend, Lynn Sperry, from Gilbert, Az., who came to celebrate it with us. She joined in the parties given by the Lady’s and Children’s Bible Studies and the Señorita Group the days prior to Lisa’s birthday and a special luncheon in the garden on the day of her birthday. It was a very festive time! (slideshow below)
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…
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…
Here is a short video that shows the fun we had with the children at the annual Christmas Party. They performed the Christmas story about Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, the shepherds, wise men and angels, followed by a Christmas carol. They presented gifts to each of the teachers and the teacher’s assistant. Each child received…
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…
Being in Guatemala 20 years has allowed us to watch children grow into adults. One of our greatest joys has been to attend many of their weddings. Some of them grew up in the Children’s Bible Study while others were in the Boy’s Club we had years ago. Featured in the recent weddings below is…
Art had his last weekly Men’s Group meeting for 2015. They spent the last eight weeks together going through an intense course on Anger Resolution. Art presented each of the men with a diploma. They each one shared how this course has impacted and changed their lives. They are now looking forward to their Christmas…