Both Men’s and the Lady’s and Children’s Bible Studies made plans to bless Art for his birthday. His actual birthday fell on a holiday, so they celebrated the week prior. Lots of cake, special words, song made for fun events. The most meaningful to him were the prayers.
The Angels rejoiced as Ines made her profession of faith in Jesus Christ and was baptized during the weekly Bible Study. Flory brought us a meditation on the meaning of communion and we celebrated the April birthdays! Joy abounds!
On September 29th, we celebrated THE DAY OF THE CHILD in the weekly Bible Study with 23 of our kiddos. (The actual day is October 1st) Within this group, six of the kids are the top students in their class at school. They were publically recognized and given a reward. Laughter was in the air as the kids participated in various races…
Thanks to some generous donors, this year we were able to make a huge difference in the lives of two families. Two sisters escaped from the war-torn area of the Ixil Triangle with their children during the civil war years ago and settled in San Lucas. One of them was widowed due to the war,…
This week we had the second part of our end-of-the-year party, bringing the 2014 Lady’s and Children’s Bible Studies to a close. Thirty ladies and about 30 children gathered together for the last time this year. We savored the homemade tamales and hot fruit punch traditionally prepared at Christmastime. Each one of the ladies shared…
2009 started out with a bang! As a result of the Character Seminars we gave to some Credit Unions in November (see “previous post”), we were asked to be the guest speakers at their company-wide “Character Kick-off” meetings. It is a four-year initiative they have embraced to teach and train their employees to be employees…
(This post was neglected due to Lisa’s mother’s passing) In May 2013, Lisa was asked by the Mayor’s office of San Lucas to deliver a Mother’s Day message to approximately 1000 women and families on the Guatemalan Mother’s Day, Friday, the 10th of May. The day started with mariachis and included many activities going on…