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 …
Games: Balloon Stomp
A great game for groups of 5 to 100+. 1) Use yarn to tie an inflated balloon to all participant’s ankle with a piece of yarn. 2) Explain the designated area (depending on size of your group) 3) Say “Go.” 4) Everyone tries to stomp on the balloon of everybody else. 5) When …
Computers for Coordinators
Thanks to donations through Victory Life Church in Battle Creek, Michigan, these eleven ASELSI coordinators for Bible school extensions across Guatemala and Mexico received laptop computers to help them continue ministering, teaching and developing leaders who understand and apply God’s word in their communities.
Discovery Bible Studies
As we serve as missionaries in Guatemala, the process of discipling others to be obedient followers of Christ has become more and more our focus. Through prayer and seeking wisdom in God’s Word as well as ideas from others, we have been discovering more about discipleship. One of the resources we’ve found that has been …
Hiding God’s Word in Ears and Hearts
Here’s a story that comes from a fellow missionary that works among the Ixil language group. We received some Audio Bible devices that we passed along to them. Here’s how God used those materials to plant His word in the hearts of the people as they told me… Last summer we began working on trying …
Preparing a short-term mission team
I received an email the other day from California asking what my recommendations are for preparing a group of teenagers to go on a two week mission trip to Guatemala. Here’s what I told them: Glad to hear that a group is coming to serve here in Guatemala! Your question about preparing this team is …
Great Missionary Quotes
Since we’ve been posting missionary (or related) quotes that we found inspiring on Facebook. I thought we’d share these quotes here for anyone who wants to have them more easily accessible. I will try and reference my sources as much as I can! “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in …
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 …
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 …
How to say “hola” in Guatemala.
We’re learning a lot here in Guatemala and it’s not just how to speak Spanish. We’re also learning how to interact in our new culture! Guatemala has a very friendly culture and, similar to many Latin cultures, greetings are handled differently here than we were use to in the States. We discovered this pretty quickly …
