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Storms swept away homes and, for some, their hope.

December 31, 2020 //  by michael.shead

When two hurricanes passed Guatemala one after another in November, they left floods that swept away homes, crops and hope. Families in hard-hit regions lost more than homes and crops to the floodwaters. Some lost their livelihoods. Others lost hope. When two storms ruined homes, some lost hope, others reached out. On the outskirts of Aguacatan in the …

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Hot off the presses!

December 31, 2020 //  by michael.shead

We are putting the principles from God’s Word in the hands and hearts of children and churches with the new Bible story booklet we published this year. Just before Christmas, we picked up the first 2,000 copies of our Bible lesson book 16 Adventures in the Bible in Guatemala City and started distributing them. After …

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Teaching money management

December 31, 2020 //  by michael.shead

Money isn’t easy to come by in Lemoa–a small farming community about 20 minutes down the road from Chichicastenango in the mountains of Guatemala–for that matter neither are stable jobs or education (if you want to study anything past the sixth grade). Yet, in this village one church is training a team of young adults …

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The Little Disciples are back!

December 31, 2020 //  by michael.shead

After nine months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Little Disciples Bible study has re-opened! We are glad to see many of those children who were here before returning and new students joining us as well. Back in mid-March, businesses, ministries and schools were forced to close across Guatemala as the nation went …

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Not a silent night…

December 25, 2020 //  by michael.shead

Here in Guatemala “Silent Night” and nice poems about the night before Christmas when “no one was stirring” do not fit with the Christmas culture around us. Here, many families stay up late making traditional tamales and then blasting the midnight sky with fireworks in displays that would fit right in with many fourth of …

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The adventures continue

October 21, 2020 //  by michael.shead

We are moving forward with the Adventures in the Bible book project that we designed and wrote to help churches and ministries disciple children. The book consists of coloring pages and stories from the Bible along with, interactive questions and lessons to help the readers learn and apply God’s word in their hearts and lives. …

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Willing learners

October 7, 2020 //  by michael.shead

A rural church is leading classes and workshops to train rural teens for a better future. On the outskirts of the town of Lemoa, a dusty gravel road leads to a tidy little church building where a group of 11 students are being discipled in God’s word and taught practical skills that are designed to …

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We haven’t had electricity in…forever.

October 7, 2020 //  by michael.shead

Tomas and his family of nine live on the side of a large hill less than a mile up a narrow road from our house where we’ve visited them two or three times to chat, pray for them, and to encourage their son who has been part of our Bible Study. Despite many conversations with …

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An answered prayer

August 27, 2020 //  by michael.shead

It was Thursday when Katí and her little brother, Victor, were carrying a small bag as they trudged down the gravel road on their way to the main highway that cuts through the Guatemalan countryside near the village of Lemoa. In their bag they had a white flag–a symbol that shows they are begging for …

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Online courses keep Bible classes running

August 18, 2020 //  by michael.shead

In what normally would be in-person classes, Michael is video teaching the second part of the Life and Ministry of Christ class with ASELSI — the local ministry we’ve been working with for nearly nine years. There are 16 students in this 12-week class for first-year students studying in ASELSI’s Bible classes. More students are …

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