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 …
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 …
Equipping Guatemalan missionaries and churches
Did you know that Guatemalan believers are following the Great Commission and going to the nations? Yes! They are. And we delivered 600 copies of our Adventures in the Bible minibooks to an agency that is focusing on developing Guatemalan missions. Hudson and Michael delivered the books to the director of the Guatemalan Missions Agency …
Bible resources on their way!
A shipping container with 2,250 copies of the Adventures in the Bible book are on their way from Illinois to Guatemala today! Thanks to Resourcing Now and their partners for helping get these delivered! We expect delivery in Guatemala in mid-February! We continue developing and providing quality Bible resources for churches, schools, ministries and families. …
10,000 downloads of Bible resources for kids
Churches, children’s homes, families, and ministries in 32 countries have been downloading the Adventures in the Bible stories and coloring pages…lots of them. Since we posted over 130 stories from our Adventures in the Bible kids resource book in April, 2021, 10,000 copies of the stories have been downloaded in 32 countries. The last seven …
More Adventures for discipling
During the last week of 2021, 2,500 full-size (8.5×11″) Adventures in the Bible books with 161 stories rolled off the presses at a printshop in Newton, Illinois. They were boxed up and ready for delivery as the old year came to a close. Half of those books are going to international distributors we’ve partnered with …
Encouraging and equipping teachers
Since 2015 we’ve been helping with the teachers at an elementary school that sits about two blocks from our home. With help from generous donors we outfitted a computer lab with 10 computers. We’ve provided school supplies and English teachers. When school is in session, the teachers bring children to our yard for break time …
Equipping kids ministry in rural Guatemala
Using the Adventures in the Bible stories we are helping equip other ministries to teach God’s Word to new generations. Check out the video above to see how one rural ministry is using these tools to disciple children in Guatemala. The minilibros (minibooks) that you see in this video are made possible through donations from …
Shining bright
If you live in Santa Cruz del Quiche, Saturday is a good day to tidy up your shoes. This town is a governmental seat located in the mountains about three and half hours from the Guatemalan capital and many of the population are of Mayan indian heritage. Saturday is one of the days when groups …
A much needed resource
I was recently talking with some of my friends in Guatemala about how Spanish speakers are all over the world. They responded something like, “We are everywhere!” It’s true. Spanish speakers can be found all over the world and they tend to build communities wherever they go. In those communities across Latin American and other …
