Hilda was brought into the ASELSI clinic as a 23-day-old baby. Hilda has a cleft lip and palate. As I got to asking Hilda’s parents questions, I was very surprised to find out that they have another daughter who also had a cleft lip and palate. They told me that she was in the ASELSI …
The Day Diego Nearly Died (and when he really came to life).
In the Spring of 2013 I was visiting a medical outreach where the doctors and a group of residents and medical students from the USA were busy seeing sick patients at a temporary clinic set up in a church in Xepacol — a village of about 400 familes located about 25 minutes outside of …
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Jorge: The Survivor AN UPDATE
Jorge is the 11th of 11 children born to his mother, Lucia. She is around 38 years old and had almost given up hope for her little boy. Jorge entered the ASELSI Milk Program when he was 1 year and 3 months old. He only weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces – that’s what a one …
Back To School
These kids and (about a dozen others) are back in school thanks to scholarship funds that were provided by a group of kids and adults who rode their bikes at a Ride for Refuge* event in West Michigan. Some families needed help with the cost of school supplies to outfit their children for the school …
Homes for Christmas
For Christmas we went home…not to the USA, but the homes of four Guatemalan families with whom we’ve become friends or have been building relationships for some time. As a family, we took a few gifts for the children, bags of food, and shared with them about the reason we celebrate Christmas and how Christ …
Milk Program: Josefa, mother of nine
Josefa is a mother of nine children, a grandmother of two, and a widow — all that and only 35 years old. About one year ago her husband began to have leg and stomach pain but they couldn’t go to the hospital because they didn’t have money for treatment nor did they realize how serious …
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 …
Milk Program: Jorge the survivor
God must have big plans for Jorge Morales. He is a tiny survivor. Jorge is a little boy who is 1 year and 3 months old. He is the youngest of eleven children and has a cleft lip and palate (that means he has a birth defect that left a hole in the roof …
A Widow’s Story: Tomasa’s Tears
On a recent home visit I trekked with a team through a beautiful valley path in the village of Chicua Primero to a small collection of houses where Tomasa Saquic stood waiting to meet us with two of her four boys. We greeted Tomasa and started talking with her. She told us how she is trying …
José Mario’s House
José Mario was 12 years old when we met him. He shows up at our house every Saturday to shine Michael’s shoes, turning the worn leather into a glossy sheen. We often gave him a snack and something to drink and Michael would sit and talk with him. Sometimes, José Mario works with Michael on …
