One of the families in our neighborhood lost their electricity because they couldn’t keep up with the electric bill. They have been dropping by regularly to recharge their old cell phone so we thought we’d help them out. With a solar light kit we had on hand, Michael connected four bulbs that now light up …
Storms swept away homes and, for some, their hope.
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 …
We haven’t had electricity in…forever.
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 …
An answered prayer
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 …
Delivering Food for Families
Teaming up with local churches here in Guatemala, we have been making deliveries of the more than 9,000 pounds of beans, corn, rice, noodles, salt and other food items to help families that have been out of work and in need especially due to the difficult time of the COVID-19 restrictions.Check out the video below …
Helping the Church Take Action during COVID-19
Knock! Knock! Knock! That’s a pretty regular sound we hear these days as people come to our door to sell us things or asking for a job so they can buy a few pounds of corn, basic food items, or medicine that their family needs. We try to help as we can. We realize that many …
Delivering Food and Care during COVID-19
Since the children from our Little Disciples Bible Study can’t come to us, we are checking in on them and their families and delivering food supplies along with some children’s Bible lessons they can do on their own. We have found that some of these families are barely getting by with the food they can …
Catching up with Rosa
Remember Rosa?Rosa is a young lady we helped arrange surgery for a severely twisted foot. At the time she was 11 years old, but that was eight years ago when we first shared her story and a group of Kansas school children helped raise the funds for her surgery. When we recently visited her family …
Angelica finds Faith
Angelica Maria de Leon and her husband didn’t have much. Just a small house without electricity, but they had each other and their three children. Then about 11 years ago, Angelica’s husband decided to go illegally to the United States to try and make a better life for his family. Talking about that time is …
He burst into tears for his daughter.
Sebastian is a local construction worker who we have known for several years. He recently came to our house and asked to talk to Michael. As they chatted, he burst into tears and explained that his 18-year-old daughter with special needs had been severely burned in an kitchen accident. She was cooking on a traditional …
