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 …
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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 …
Equipping little ones to share with their families
Even a child can teach their family about Jesus. We have distributed thousands of copies of the Bible resources that we wrote to help children understand that the Bible stories mean something that is real for our lives. We want to help ministries disciple children to follow Jesus. We also want to equip ministries and …
Bible values for elementary students
Values with a strong foundation of faith are values that endure. We are excited to partner with a rural church that is just outside of the town center to help take Bible-based values to a local elementary school. Guatemalan pastor Juan Peliz and his wife Evelyn have hearts to reach their neighbors with Christ. For …
Teaching the Old Testament
Training new leaders for Guatemalan churches is important for the future of this country and for leaders we hope will go to the nations as pastors, missionaries and leaders. Michael just finished 12 weeks of teaching an Old Testament survey class for 15 students in the undergraduate level classes at the Guatemalan Bible institute of …
