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 …
Mission: Cuba
For months, we’ve been training a group of Guatemalans to think about missions as something they can do themselves…and to start doing it. In November Michael will be traveling with a team of six Guatemalans on a mission trip to Cuba (Pictured above is the team minus one). Plans for Cuba include teaching at a …
Angelica finds Faith
Angelica Maria de Leon and her husband didn’t have much. Just a small house without electricity, but they had each other and their three children. Then about 11 years ago, Angelica’s husband decided to go illegally to the United States to try and make a better life for his family. Talking about that time is …
Building, Caring, & Sharing with Faith
A team from Faith Church in Kansas spent a little over a week of their summer to build, share and care for the people of Guatemala. They built a play structure for kids at the Little Disciples Bible Study and a beautiful house for Anastasia, a single mom of two, in the village of Quijel. …
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 …
Not Just Us: A Mission for All
Earlier this year, Michael met with a group from another ministry talking about training locals to be missionaries and to reach out to their neighbors, regions, and to go outside Guatemala. Out of that meeting came other meetings, connections, and new relationships that have blossomed into a partnership between ASELSI and Adventures in Missions–two ministries …
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 …
He burst into tears for his daughter.
Sebastian is a local construction worker who we have known for several years. He recently came to our house and asked to talk to Michael. As they chatted, he burst into tears and explained that his 18-year-old daughter with special needs had been severely burned in an kitchen accident. She was cooking on a traditional …
