Shoeshine boys often have their eyes downcast, not because they’re sad, but because they’re looking for dull, dusty shoes that might earn them a few coins. Many of these boys are between 8 and 14 and help provide for their families by roaming the streets and parks looking for people with dirty shoes. Once they …
Celebrating Bible school graduations
About three hours from Chichicastenango is a small town called Chicaman. On the outskirts of Chicaman, up a gravel road a flat area has been carved out of the hill and a covered soccer field with fake grass welcomes some unlikely teams from the area. For the past two years, teams of students have been …
Lunchtime for teachers
It was lunchtime for teachers and values were on the menu. Through some God-given connections, we have been building relationships with schools, teachers and the local school district here in Chichicastenango. As part of this we invited about 75 teachers to join us for lunch at a local restaurant. We wanted to present our book …
Adventures in the Bible books have arrived!
After a long journey in a shipping container, 2,228 Adventures in the Bible books arrived in Guatemala City this month. These 344-page books are filled with 161 Bible stories written in Spanish in easy-to-learn formats, with maps, interactive questions, verses and coloring pages to help kids learn the Bible. We are distributing these books in …
Equipping Guatemalan missionaries and churches
Did you know that Guatemalan believers are following the Great Commission and going to the nations? Yes! They are. And we delivered 600 copies of our Adventures in the Bible minibooks to an agency that is focusing on developing Guatemalan missions. Hudson and Michael delivered the books to the director of the Guatemalan Missions Agency …
Training teachers to disciple kids
In the neighborhood of Chulumal III sits a church building where the Gethsemane Methodist Church meets. It is nearly surrounded by a grassy yard that is often trampled by the feet of kids and adults who come to learn, share, and grow together. In January, Michael lead a group of about 16 church leaders in …
Encouraging leaders at a local church.
Michael taught a class on the importance of vision and working together at a meeting of the 2022 teachers for IgleKids (Kids Church) at Iglesia Algo Nuevo, Chichicastenango. I love the heart these teachers have for kids!
Bible resources on their way!
A shipping container with 2,250 copies of the Adventures in the Bible book are on their way from Illinois to Guatemala today! Thanks to Resourcing Now and their partners for helping get these delivered! We expect delivery in Guatemala in mid-February! We continue developing and providing quality Bible resources for churches, schools, ministries and families. …
10,000 downloads of Bible resources for kids
Churches, children’s homes, families, and ministries in 32 countries have been downloading the Adventures in the Bible stories and coloring pages…lots of them. Since we posted over 130 stories from our Adventures in the Bible kids resource book in April, 2021, 10,000 copies of the stories have been downloaded in 32 countries. The last seven …
More Adventures for discipling
During the last week of 2021, 2,500 full-size (8.5×11″) Adventures in the Bible books with 161 stories rolled off the presses at a printshop in Newton, Illinois. They were boxed up and ready for delivery as the old year came to a close. Half of those books are going to international distributors we’ve partnered with …
