Today, I called my youngest daughter to go outside with me. I heard her scamper up to the door with her hands full of toys. She was ready to go. But, I didn’t want to have those toys spread over the lawn, so I told her to leave the toys and come with me. I …
New life in Guatemala
It’s a Boy! Haim Lawrence Shead Born March 15 at 3:53 p.m. local time here at our home in Chichicastenango with the assistance of a local midwife Stats: 6 lbs., 10 oz., almost 21 inches long. Haim & Chrisi are both doing great and resting well. We praise the Lord for a wonderful birth and …
Bible study fun
Reaching the hearts of students
In Guatemala every January, thousands of students leave their homes, villages, and families and travel hours away to live in larger towns where they can study and have a chance at a better education. These students are about 12 to 15 years old when they leave their families for the cities. In the larger …
Summary of 2015
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 …
Computers for Coordinators
Thanks to donations through Victory Life Church in Battle Creek, Michigan, these eleven ASELSI coordinators for Bible school extensions across Guatemala and Mexico received laptop computers to help them continue ministering, teaching and developing leaders who understand and apply God’s word in their communities.
Adding new space for sharing Christ
Since 2011, we’ve lived on the second floor of this building. When the first level came available earlier this year, we felt like it was time to expand. With the property manager’s blessing, we now have access to the first floor but we don’t pay rent until January. We’re prepping the first floor as a …
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 …
