A few days before Thanksgiving, we loaded up the kids along with a few friends and drove a couple of hours to the town of Sacapulas. Located in a river valley between mountains, Sacapulas is known for home-made sweets and for being hot. We met up with Cesi and Chechin, a sweet couple who have …
A Christmas festival for the heart.
It was a drizzly afternoon on the day of our Christmas Party, and we weren’t sure how many people would show up, while we put up a tarp to cover the seating area. We had no need to be concerned about people showing up… As the start time of 4 p.m. drew near, the skies …
Equipping kids ministry in rural Guatemala
Using the Adventures in the Bible stories we are helping equip other ministries to teach God’s Word to new generations. Check out the video above to see how one rural ministry is using these tools to disciple children in Guatemala. The minilibros (minibooks) that you see in this video are made possible through donations from …
Shining bright
If you live in Santa Cruz del Quiche, Saturday is a good day to tidy up your shoes. This town is a governmental seat located in the mountains about three and half hours from the Guatemalan capital and many of the population are of Mayan indian heritage. Saturday is one of the days when groups …
Celebrating Independence
September 15 was the 200th anniversary of Guatemalan independence from Spain. While we are restricted from holding our Bible study, we still celebrated by giving out Guatemalan flags to the students who dropped off their homework sheets and gave them a new homework lesson that teaches about the best independence day of all…when Jesus died …
A much needed resource
I was recently talking with some of my friends in Guatemala about how Spanish speakers are all over the world. They responded something like, “We are everywhere!” It’s true. Spanish speakers can be found all over the world and they tend to build communities wherever they go. In those communities across Latin American and other …
Adventures in the Bible now available online
Over 120 Bible stories in Spanish with coloring pictures and questions for each story ready for your children’s ministry. Las Aventuras en La Biblia are field-tested in Guatemala and now in a book on Amazon.com, but you can search for the story or even the map you want and print all you need for free …
Filling the distances
We continue reaching out in our neighborhood through the Little Disciples Bible Study. Even with required social distancing, we keep looking for ways to fill those distances with real relationship that points to Jesus. That includes teaching Bible principles and sometimes that means visiting our students and their families in their homes, praying for one …
Hot off the presses!
We are putting the principles from God’s Word in the hands and hearts of children and churches with the new Bible story booklet we published this year. Just before Christmas, we picked up the first 2,000 copies of our Bible lesson book 16 Adventures in the Bible in Guatemala City and started distributing them. After …
The Little Disciples are back!
After nine months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Little Disciples Bible study has re-opened! We are glad to see many of those children who were here before returning and new students joining us as well. Back in mid-March, businesses, ministries and schools were forced to close across Guatemala as the nation went …
