As part of an ongoing effort to encourage and help teachers in the local school district, we teamed up with another missionary to provide a teaching about the importance of teaching values and a workshop on techniques for teaching math. About 50 teachers attended in two groups–1st grade and 6th grade. These teachers represented schools …
Teaching distance Bible courses with ASELSI
In July, Michael finished teaching a Bible class on the Christian Family with the Guatemalan Bible institute at ASELSI. Now he’s co-teaching an online class with a pastor friend. The class is on the Holy Spirit and has students from Mexico, Venezuela and Guatemala. Pray for these students and for Michael as they explore Scripture …
Delivering Adventures in the Bible to Pastors
I’d last spoken with pastor Eliseo when I was at his church teaching a workshop for new children’s ministry workers a few weeks ago, so I wasn’t expecting his call when the phone rang that morning. Eliseo told me he needed 10 sets of our children’s ministry books for the pastors who are visiting his …
A message for mothers
Chrisi was invited to speak at a women’s Bible study luncheon to help celebrate Mother’s Day. The event even included a mariachi singer! Chrisi led an interactive time for the ladies and spoke about the atributes of the Proverbs 31 woman and how to implement those principles in life. She also encouraged others who shared …
DiscipleTec: Discipling young leaders
In any ministry there are those who come and go, and there are those who stick around. We’ve got a few of those sticky ones. Elvis, Hector and Gustavo are three of the “stick-around” types in our ministry. They lived in our neighborhood for years and attended the small elementary school together a few blocks …
Bible-based values for schools
Chicua III is a small community nestled in the hills about 30 minutes outside of Chichicastenago in the western mountains of Guatemala. Recently we got lost trying to use a digital map to find this community so we asked some of the friendly locals. They directed us to leave the paved highway behind as we …
Sharing Jesus with shoeshine boys
Shoeshine boys often have their eyes downcast, not because they’re sad, but because they’re looking for dull, dusty shoes that might earn them a few coins. Many of these boys are between 8 and 14 and help provide for their families by roaming the streets and parks looking for people with dirty shoes. Once they …
Celebrating Bible school graduations
About three hours from Chichicastenango is a small town called Chicaman. On the outskirts of Chicaman, up a gravel road a flat area has been carved out of the hill and a covered soccer field with fake grass welcomes some unlikely teams from the area. For the past two years, teams of students have been …
Lunchtime for teachers
It was lunchtime for teachers and values were on the menu. Through some God-given connections, we have been building relationships with schools, teachers and the local school district here in Chichicastenango. As part of this we invited about 75 teachers to join us for lunch at a local restaurant. We wanted to present our book …
Adventures in the Bible books have arrived!
After a long journey in a shipping container, 2,228 Adventures in the Bible books arrived in Guatemala City this month. These 344-page books are filled with 161 Bible stories written in Spanish in easy-to-learn formats, with maps, interactive questions, verses and coloring pages to help kids learn the Bible. We are distributing these books in …
