In our community is a public middle school where about 500 students study. Through a God-given connection with a staff member, we were invited to speak at assembly to inaugurate their student government. We talked about the importance of responsiblity and making good decisions using the story of Joseph as an example. Things don’t always …
A Middle School Outreach
Chichicastenango, Guatemala — Twice a day hundreds of uniformed students flood in and out of the INEEB/INEB middle school where two groups of students study — one in the morning and another group in the afternoon. Even though they are in middle school, these students are on their way to choosing their careers. Along with …
God opens public school doors
On the edge of the town of Chichicastenango there is a middle school. This middle school holds morning and afternoon classes (technically it’s two schools: one in the morning, one in the afternoon). It is amazing to watch as the students poor in and out of the doors at the ending of each school day. …
Sharing Christ in Central Park
Chrisi has the heart of an evangelist. For a long time, she has been hoping for an opportunity to share the Gospel in downtown Chichicastenango where hundreds of local people and tourists fill the streets each Thursday and Sunday during market days. Well, God opened a door for this to happen when a local church …
Lighting up the night
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 …
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 …
A life lost, A new life found
Yesterday was a day of contrasts. I left home at 4:30 a.m. to get to the Guatemalan capital in time to pickup up supplies, run errands, get a new pair of much needed tires and still make it back to Chichicastenango at a decent hour. With all the vehicles on the road these days, the …
Outreach to the shoeshine boys of Chichicastenango
No one is really sure how many shoeshine boys work the streets of Chichicastenango, but estimates reach into the 50s. Sometimes these boys start working to make a few dimes worth of profit when they are as young as the age of five. They wander the streets with a small wooden box of shoe shining …
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 …
Discovery Bible Studies
As we serve as missionaries in Guatemala, the process of discipling others to be obedient followers of Christ has become more and more our focus. Through prayer and seeking wisdom in God’s Word as well as ideas from others, we have been discovering more about discipleship. One of the resources we’ve found that has been …