Guatemala has one of the highest infant mortality rates in all of the Western hemisphere. Here’s an example of one little guy who is beating those statistics. In the ASELSI Milk Program where Chrisi serves every week, we see many very malnourished babies and children. One story we would like to share is of an …
Milk Program: a desparate fight
We have a little boy named Rogelio Peliz in the ASELSI Milk program. He is 1 year and 8 months old and only weighs 14 pounds and a quarter. He has been in the 14 pound range now for 4 months. Despite our constant attempts to educate his mom on how many ounces of milk/vitamin …
Surgery Ward Salvations
Five salvations during a hospital visit! We recently visited the national hospital located about 45 minutes away from where we live. We were with a team from Columbia, Missouri. In the men’s surgery ward alone, four people accepted Christ and one rededicated his life to the Lord! One of the guys who accepted Christ was …
‘El Gran Evento’ Evangelism Concert
The culmination of three weeks of training over 60 youth leaders here in Chichicastenango came in the form of an evangelism concert with eight churches, three bands, two former gang members, a dance crew and prizes but most of all, the life-changing Gospel presented to over 400 who attended! Here’s an update I posted on …
ORU Summer Interns: CORDS
Sad to say, it’s rare to see churches from different backgrounds working together, but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen! This summer, eight different churches in Chichicastenango, Guatemala are stepping outside their own buildings and working together to develop their youth leaders and hold an evangelistic concert that will have an impact on the entire …
Aleyda: a baby lost
I (Chrisi) had the opportunity to meet a young single mom a few weeks ago who had just lost her 8 month old baby girl to malnutrition and sickness. Beatriz arrived at ASLESI with her daughter Aleyda a few months ago and was admitted into the ASELSI Milk Program. Baby Aleyda was 6 months old …
The Children Who Wave
If you’re ever in Guatemala shortly before Christmas there is a phenomenon that you might not even realize is happening as you drive the PanAmerican Highway (CA-1) through the mountains. Children are found sitting along the highway waving at the cars that go by. While that seems less than remarkable at first mention, the fact …
Building a School for Special Needs
A team of 21 hard workers from Be The Change Volunteers joined ASELSI to help open the Jesus’ Little Lambs School for special needs students on the outskirts of Chichicastenango, Guatemala. I had the privilege of coordinating the team from the Guatemalan side of things and getting to see so many projects completed while the …
Teaching in the Milk Program
I feel so blessed to be a part of the ASELSI Milk Program. If I didn’t actually see first hand the lives of the mothers and babies here, I don’t think I’d believe it. While we’re only a three hour’s flight away from the United States, this is truly a different world. The Mayans we …
Conference 2012
ASELSI‘s annual Leadership Conference was a rousing success. Over 400 pastors and church leaders from five different countries (mainly alumni of ASELSI’s Bible training programs) were part of this two-day event that focused on preparing attendees for spiritual warfare. ASELSI founder John Harvey emphasized that Christians are in a spiritual battle and not only recognizing …
