Leslie is eleven. Her shy smile hides a rough life that has many times been dark and lonely. During the school year, she wakes up, gets her uniform on and walks an hour to the other side of town to go to school to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor. She said she chose …
ASELSI Christmas Party 2015
Every year hundreds of families who have been part of the ASELSI Clinic come back to ASELSI from their communities to be part of the Fiesta Navideña — the big Christmas Party. This year over 600 families came with some 1200 kids. With additional family members we estimate that we had over 2500 people at …
Milk Program: Too weak to play
Angelina, is 1 year and 3 months old (shown here, held by her mom, at left). She only weighs 15 pounds — that’s the normal weight for babies less than half her age–and she was showing signs of malnutrition — weakness and docility. Chrisi recently met with Angelina and her mom, Josefina, at the ASELSI …
An Update: Rosa’s Foot
We first met Rosa nearly two years ago. She was a joyful, but shy eleven-year-old girl who hobbled along on a bent left foot. Because of her twisted foot, her parents had never sent her to school and she only spoke a few words of Spanish since she’d never had the opportunity to …
Tomas and his rubber pants.
Tomas was born with legs that don’t work. His legs don’t work, but he does. Ever since he was strong enough to pull himself around on his arms, Tomas has been on the move. He learned to beg and earned enough to keep himself fed. Using a bicycle horn, he get’s peoples attention and pulls …
Visiting the USA
Kansas & Oklahoma Sept. 5 Christians On Campus (Fort Scott Community College) 7 p.m. Student Union, Bailey Hall Sept. 8 Life Park Christian Fellowship 10 a.m. 5900 S Union Ave. Tulsa, OK 74107 Sept. 9 Gathering* at Joel & Mitzi Ray’s Home 6:30 p.m. 6219 S. 28th W Ave. Tulsa, OK Sept. 11 Gathering* at …
‘El Gran Evento’ Evangelism Concert
The culmination of three weeks of training over 60 youth leaders here in Chichicastenango came in the form of an evangelism concert with eight churches, three bands, two former gang members, a dance crew and prizes but most of all, the life-changing Gospel presented to over 400 who attended! Here’s an update I posted on …
The Children Who Wave
If you’re ever in Guatemala shortly before Christmas there is a phenomenon that you might not even realize is happening as you drive the PanAmerican Highway (CA-1) through the mountains. Children are found sitting along the highway waving at the cars that go by. While that seems less than remarkable at first mention, the fact …
Juan and a Change of Heart
BAREFOOT AND SAD Juan* grew up outside of Chichicastenango. His parents owned several milk cows and goats. As a boy Juan’s job along with his five brothers and two sisters was to milk the cows, sell the milk to neighbors and scavenge enough food for the cattle to fill their bellies for the night. Each …
Conference 2012
ASELSI‘s annual Leadership Conference was a rousing success. Over 400 pastors and church leaders from five different countries (mainly alumni of ASELSI’s Bible training programs) were part of this two-day event that focused on preparing attendees for spiritual warfare. ASELSI founder John Harvey emphasized that Christians are in a spiritual battle and not only recognizing …