On May 8th, on the one-year anniversary of Lisa’s mother’s home-going, the ladies and children of the weekly Bible Studies celebrated Mother’s Day with a big outdoor party. Not only did they enjoy delicious food, games, a spiritual message and lots of prizes, but they also planted another tree and released helium balloons in L.J.’s…
The last part of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 found us busy with various Character Presentations to Credit Unions. We often drive to “the interior” of Guatemala to do presentations with the employees. We have also met with the Character Committees for 2014 planning.
We enjoyed our last big planned event for 2013! Twenty-seven ladies and who knows how many children, gathered together to celebrate the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We ate festive homemade tamales and drank hot fruit punch. We celebrated December birthdays and special milestones. One of the ladies brought us a wonderful Christmas message….
The week of Thanksgiving, we hosted a team of fifteen in our home. The team was affectionately named the “Thanksgiving Team”. They came to work and work they did! They made it possible for a double wedding to take place in our garden, just after their arrival. They spent two days painting at various locations….
(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…
On June 1st, long time friend, Diane Hallett, arrived with two of her seven children. They stayed with us for six weeks while they studied Spanish in Antigua. While they were here, they lived life with us and shared in our ministry outreaches. Diane shared challenging messages with the ladies in the Lady’s Bible Study,…
In June 2013, we traveled to Guastatoya, Guatemala to do a Character Presentation and Workshop for the management staff of a credit union on building trust and praising for character. Cooperativa Guyacán has been using the Character First character initiative for the last three years. They are a great group of people and we always…
December found the Lady’s and Children’s Bible Studies once again celebrating another special event, the coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ. They savored the traditional Christmas tamales and hot fruit punch, sang Christmas carols together, listened to a message brought by one of the ladies, exchanged gifts and received a basket of goodies from the…
October 3, 2012, we had the privilege of hosting the first CHARACTER FIRST CONFERENCE in Guatemala. The four Credit Unions we have been working with over the last 3 to 7 years, along with ourselves, sponsored the event. We brought John Burnett, Director of the central region of the U.S., from the home office of…
One facet of the Character First training is for schools. A local private school saw what we do and wanted it for their faculty. They planned a “teacher’s planning retreat day” for the grade school teachers and asked us to be the guest speakers. It was called the “Character Kick-off”. They had a hand-made sign…