With the help of a team from Grace Fellowship Church in Arkansas, we held a special game day for the Little Disciples Bible Study. The kids had a great time and learned the Gospel message too! Check out the video!
Reaching Cuba
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A New Revolution
God is turning things around for His kingdom in the island nation of Cuba. Michael and a team of six Guatemalan missionaries traveled hours to get from Guatemala to their destination in Santiago de Cuba including traversing almost the entire island in an overnight bus ride. Here’s how it went… After more than 30 hours …
Mission: Cuba
For months, we’ve been training a group of Guatemalans to think about missions as something they can do themselves…and to start doing it. In November Michael will be traveling with a team of six Guatemalans on a mission trip to Cuba (Pictured above is the team minus one). Plans for Cuba include teaching at a …
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 …
Building, Caring, & Sharing with Faith
A team from Faith Church in Kansas spent a little over a week of their summer to build, share and care for the people of Guatemala. They built a play structure for kids at the Little Disciples Bible Study and a beautiful house for Anastasia, a single mom of two, in the village of Quijel. …
A Guatemalan Tale of Three Little Pigs
A team from Victory Life Church in Battle Creek, Michigan, brought home the bacon to three families when they visited the village of Xepacol last month. Working with a local church and the Guatemalan association called ASELSI, the Victory Life team, built three pig pens — complete with pigs — to provide ongoing income …
Manuela’s House on the Mountain
Manuela needed a home. Years ago she married, but soon she faced the rejection of a husband who didn’t understand why she wasn’t pregnant yet. He left her for another woman not knowing that Manuela was in the early stages of their first pregancy. Returning to her family, Manuela was reluctantly given a place to …
A Widow’s Story: Tomasa’s Tears
On a recent home visit I trekked with a team through a beautiful valley path in the village of Chicua Primero to a small collection of houses where Tomasa Saquic stood waiting to meet us with two of her four boys. We greeted Tomasa and started talking with her. She told us how she is trying …
José Mario’s House
José Mario was 12 years old when we met him. He shows up at our house every Saturday to shine Michael’s shoes, turning the worn leather into a glossy sheen. We often gave him a snack and something to drink and Michael would sit and talk with him. Sometimes, José Mario works with Michael on …
