This week we started electricity projects with our DiscipleTec students and talked about how we (like a light or a fan) need to be connected to our spiritual source (Jesus Christ)! The students enjoyed the new SnapCircuit kits that provide a wealth of different projects that we can do with them! Projects like these are …
DiscipleTec: Art Classes
For two weeks in May/June, we teamed up with fellow missionary, Kathlyn Chan, for some art classes for our DiscipleTec students here in Chichicastenango. These classes combined lessons about Forgiveness and Jesus’ Healing Power with art projects that reinforced the teaching. Kathlyn and her team did a great job of tying the art projects to …
Helping youth find practical education for their future
For many young people in Guatemala, finding good work can be a challenge. Some leave their homeland and travel to find work in the USA or other places. Some get education but still struggle to find work. Some get low paying jobs that help them just get by. Still others develop themselves and start new …
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DiscipleTec: Discipling young leaders
In any ministry there are those who come and go, and there are those who stick around. We’ve got a few of those sticky ones. Elvis, Hector and Gustavo are three of the “stick-around” types in our ministry. They lived in our neighborhood for years and attended the small elementary school together a few blocks …
A new level of discipleship
Our dirt yard has become a center for teaching kids about following Jesus through what we call the “Little Disciples” weekly Bible study, but we’ve seen the older kids needing something more to keep growing. Earlier this month we started a more focused Bible study with the kids 12 years and older. We call this …
