October Birthdays

Not much time passes between one activity and another. Yes, we were partying……AGAIN! This time we were celebrating two of the Lady’s Bible Study leader’s October birthdays. Some of the ladies from the Bible Study spent two days preparing the food and decorating, while another made a huge fragrant fresh flower arrangement for the children’s…

This month was our kick-off for 2018 Bible Studies. We inaugurated the new colorful children’s facility. One of the girls that grew up in the Children’s Bible Study, now married and a teacher, volunteered her talent to paint the murals over the holidays. Joy was in the air as a set of very impoverished twins…

This month found us working in another part of the country with a Credit Union we have worked with since 2008. We had a good meeting with the Character Committee making plans to take the Character Initiative to the next level. This initiative is changing lives, one life at a time!

Both Men’s and the Lady’s and Children’s Bible Studies made plans to bless Art for his birthday. His actual birthday fell on a holiday, so they celebrated the week prior. Lots of cake, special words, song made for fun events. The most meaningful to him were the prayers.

We have had the joy over the recent years to attend weddings of young adults that either grew up in our Children’s Bible Study or were members of the Boy’s Club we had years ago. It has been a privilege to be a part of their lives, to know them as kids and participate in their milestone moments….

The things we take for granted…..like a high school education. That is something relatively few Guatemalan students achieve. Dayana grew up in our Children’s Bible Study and Señorita Group. Abandoned by her father, Art had the privilege of placing the class ring on her finger during the graduation ceremony. Thirty-one graduates, mostly Mayan Indian, made…