Actively writing, praying, dreaming, helping, and preparing — that’s what we’ve been doing when it comes to making good use of this “time-out” due to the COVID-19 virus. Besides helping a local ministry with online Bible classes and some limited distribution of food supplies that we’ve been doing, we have been using this time to …
Little Disciples Christmas Party
We celebrated Christmas with the Little Disciples and taught them about the the greatest gift. Using the story of the boy who gave the loaves and fish to Jesus, we taught about giving our best gift to Christ. We also reminded them of the story of the Gift that God sent to us in Christ …
Pocohil I: Children’s Service
For the second year, a church out in the mountains overlooking Chichicastenango invited us to come and preach at the closing service for their Vacation Bible School (School summer break is from Oct.-Jan. here in Guatemala.) We came prepared. Chrisi led active praise songs with actions and Michael led a attention-grabbing game before launching into …
Little Disciples
The Little Disciples is a group of kids who meet in our yard each Wednesday to play, learn Bible stories together and to grow in the principles found in the Bible. Check out some pictures of the Little Disciples in action! Consider donating to help us continue the work to disciple this generation in Guatemala.
Sharing Jesus Stories
Lesly has been coming to the Little Disciples for four years. Lesly is 12. She has a tough family life, but she often comes to our house after school to eat supper with us, listen to family devotions, chat with Chrisi, and play with the kids. She said kids at school spend break time looking …
A new level of discipleship
Our dirt yard has become a center for teaching kids about following Jesus through what we call the “Little Disciples” weekly Bible study, but we’ve seen the older kids needing something more to keep growing. Earlier this month we started a more focused Bible study with the kids 12 years and older. We call this …
Games for Kids Ministry
Keeping the attention of children is often a challenge. There is so much energy bottled up in a kid that it may seem a bit like a nuclear power plant…the energy seems endless and if it’s not handled right it can cause an “explosion” of chaos. That doesn’t mean that one must use heavy handed …
Giving Our Best Gift to Jesus
Since 2005, we’ve been connected with a Guatemalan ministry in one way or another. After moving to Guatemala in 2011, we started serving alongside the ministry of ASELSI. One of the biggest evangelistic events of the year is the annual Christmas Party. This year, we were invited to lead the children’s story time of …
Games: Balloon Stomp
A great game for groups of 5 to 100+. 1) Use yarn to tie an inflated balloon to all participant’s ankle with a piece of yarn. 2) Explain the designated area (depending on size of your group) 3) Say “Go.” 4) Everyone tries to stomp on the balloon of everybody else. 5) When …
A “Sticky” Christmas Party
It was a “sticky” Christmas Party this year at the Little Disciples Bible Study. Kids started showing up at 2 p.m. — some to play in the yard and others to help make Christmas cookies and practice their part in the Christmas drama. By 4 p.m. things were in full swing and we kicked off …
