Michael and two of our kids made a short visit to Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma where they connected with family, friends, churches and like-minded ministries. Above, they participated with the Community Christian Church (Ft. Scott, KS) VBS program and shared about missions and Guatemala. Getting to participate in VBS has always been a great time …
Equipping leaders for kids ministry
One of the ways we help equip kids ministry leaders is through workshops that we take to area churches and through training activities here at the REACH ministry center. We also team up with other ministries that provid training and resources to help equip leaders. One of those we trust to provide quality, Bible-based training …
Teaming up to share Christ and train leaders
A team from Radiant Church in Richland, MI, came to help us train leaders, share Christ with kids at a local elementary school and church and get some painting done too! The team activities included: Seeing our own children interact with this team was a joy to us as they helped translate, played and enjoyed …
Raising God-following families
Michael had the opportunity to share principles for building strong families when he was invited to speak at the ASELSI Conference. We love that Guatemalans see the difference that a godly foundation makes for a family. Pray with us that parents will have wisdom and godly understanding on how to train up their children in …
Families on a mission
We enjoyed the heart, vision and desire to serve that we found in the Sizemore and Quizenas families who came on a short-term mission trip with us. These families spent time with a nearby children’s home and helped us with kids and youth ministry, taught about dental care and helped with some painting projects. It …
An update from the Sheads
Needed: Computers for school kids
About two blocks from our house is a little blue elementary school. This school serves many of the poor children in our community and has about 75 elementary students. Even with free public education some parents here in Guatemala struggle to pay for required uniforms, school supplies and other fees that come along with the …
Helping keep kids in school
While public education is free here in Guatemala, the costs of uniforms,supplies, cleaning fees, computer tech fees and snack preparation fees really add up for families that have few resources. Through support from friends like you, we are able to help a limited number of familes keep their young kids in elementary school. Here are …
Equipping churches, ministries and families with Bible resources
As our Adventures in the Bible resources have become better known here in Guatemla, we have people contacting us and asking for copies for their churches or ministries. Some of these are with Sunday Schools, some with schools, some with ministries to kids, outreaches, churches, children’s homes or even a Christian ballet company. We print …
Equipping churches, ministries and families with Bible resourcesRead More
Training Children’s Ministers
Training workshops have turned out to be a great way to serve ministries and churches by encouraging and training their children’s ministry leaders with fresh ideas for teaching the children they serve. Here are a few pictures from a training we did with representatives from at least two nearby churches. In the workshops we cover …
