Valentine’s Day 2019

The week of Thanksgiving, we hosted a team of fifteen in our home. The team was affectionately named the “Thanksgiving Team”. They came to work and work they did! They made it possible for a double wedding to take place in our garden, just after their arrival. They spent two days painting at various locations….

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…

On May 14th, 2016, we celebrated with a special event to honor God and friends of this ministry, people who have come alongside the ministry to support it financially or through prayer. Most of our invitees for the event were people who have benefited from the ministry sometime throughout its twenty year existence. Several of…

The Lady’s and Children’s Bible Studies celebrated with scrumptious food, song and meaningful words, honoring  Art for being such a father to them all! The ladies had been planning this day for weeks. Three young sisters sang a beautiful song for him. Each of the ladies expressed their love so eloquently. Of course, our true…

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…

The Coronavirus had already started in the U.S. when we visited Arizona for a few weeks. Taking care of business, meeting with people, speaking in church, a Bible Study and celebrating Art’s birthday early kept us busy. However, the days prior to our return to Guatemala, both Guatemala and the U.S. were beginning to take…