A local public middle school invited Michael to share about honor and respect at a student assembly celebrating the newly elected student leaders. With the stories of David and King Saul, Michael shared about how honor and respect show in the way we treat others, and the way to build lives of honor starts with …
Equipping Parents to Disciple their Kids
While Michael was on a teaching trip to Mexico, he met a young man who is a newer believer. He is excited about his faith and especially about sharing it with his 8-year-old son. When this young father saw the Adventures in the Bible books that we wrote, he mentioned how he would really like …
Training Leaders in God’s Word
Through the ASELSI Bible institute Michael teaches a weekly Bible class to a group of over 30 adults who have hearts to learn and practice God’s Word. It is wonderful to see young leaders from churches across the area investing their Saturday mornings to learn God’s Word so they can be better prepared to minister …
More Adventures in the Bible for more kids!
Since 2021 our Adventures in the Bible stories have been helping churches and ministries teach Bible stories and principles to children across the Spanish-speaking world and in more than 30 countries. About 2 years ago we printed 2,000 of the teachers’ version of the Adventures in the Bible which contains over 160 stories and Bible …
Bible Study Fun with Local School Children
Morning after morning our front door opens and a class load of students from the local elementary school pour into the playground. These students don’t have much space to play at their school so they come to take their breaktime on our playground. We love that we can give them a space to be active, …
Sharing Christ in Central Park
Chrisi has the heart of an evangelist. For a long time, she has been hoping for an opportunity to share the Gospel in downtown Chichicastenango where hundreds of local people and tourists fill the streets each Thursday and Sunday during market days. Well, God opened a door for this to happen when a local church …
Adventures in the Bible in English!
Since 2021 our Adventures in the Bible stories have been helping churches and ministries teach Bible stories and principles to children across the Spanish-speaking world in more than 30 countries. With over 58,000 downloads from our website and thousands of physical copies in the hands of church and ministry leaders. We have been working on …
Getting the Gospel to Shoeshines and Child Vendors
About 30 minutes down the road from Chichicastenango is the departmental (think state) seat called Santa Cruz del Quiche where about 102,000 people live. In the center of town is a park where people buy and sell a variety of products. Shoeshine boys and kids selling candies ply the park and nearby streets trying to …
Encouraging local teachers
For many years now, we have developed a connection with the teachers at a local elementary school. With the help of teams and donors like you, we’ve been able to support this school in technology needs, share the Gospel at student gatherings, teach English and encourage the teachers. Last week, we invited the teachers over …
Helping Churches Share the Gospel with Kids
As we minister to children and connect with churches we often get invitations to be part of area VBS and kids programs this time of year. Recently three churches invited us to be part of their special activities for kids. We love that as a family we can encourage the ministries they are already doing …
