The Ladies’ and Children’s Bible Studies celebrated Mother’s Day with fun, food, games, gifts and lots of laughter. Lidia, who grew up in this ministry, through her tears, she taught about the humble heart of Mary Magdalene when she washed Jesus’ feet with expensive oil. Lidia, a mother herself, said she is proud to serve in this ministry as part of the first fruits. She was very young when she starting attending the Children’s Bible Study.
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…
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.
In June 2013, we traveled to Guastatoya, Guatemala to do a Character Presentation and Workshop for the management staff of a credit union on building trust and praising for character. Cooperativa Guyacán has been using the Character First character initiative for the last three years. They are a great group of people and we always…
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,…
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…
In August, “Agusto” celebrated six years laboring along side us in the ministry. He is joyful and diligent, but this year, we recognized him during the Tuesday night Men’s Bible Study for the character quality of FLEXIBILITY: Willingness to change plans or ideas according to the direction of my authorities. (definition per Character First) He’s…