On the edge of the town of Chichicastenango there is a middle school. This middle school holds morning and afternoon classes (technically it’s two schools: one in the morning, one in the afternoon). It is amazing to watch as the students poor in and out of the doors at the ending of each school day. …
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 …
Lighting up the night
One of the families in our neighborhood lost their electricity because they couldn’t keep up with the electric bill. They have been dropping by regularly to recharge their old cell phone so we thought we’d help them out. With a solar light kit we had on hand, Michael connected four bulbs that now light up …
A New Revolution
God is turning things around for His kingdom in the island nation of Cuba. Michael and a team of six Guatemalan missionaries traveled hours to get from Guatemala to their destination in Santiago de Cuba including traversing almost the entire island in an overnight bus ride. Here’s how it went… After more than 30 hours …
A life lost, A new life found
Yesterday was a day of contrasts. I left home at 4:30 a.m. to get to the Guatemalan capital in time to pickup up supplies, run errands, get a new pair of much needed tires and still make it back to Chichicastenango at a decent hour. With all the vehicles on the road these days, the …
Outreach to the shoeshine boys of Chichicastenango
No one is really sure how many shoeshine boys work the streets of Chichicastenango, but estimates reach into the 50s. Sometimes these boys start working to make a few dimes worth of profit when they are as young as the age of five. They wander the streets with a small wooden box of shoe shining …
ASELSI Christmas Party 2015
Every year hundreds of families who have been part of the ASELSI Clinic come back to ASELSI from their communities to be part of the Fiesta Navideña — the big Christmas Party. This year over 600 families came with some 1200 kids. With additional family members we estimate that we had over 2500 people at …
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 …
Milk Program stories: 2 years, 17 pounds
At the ASELSI Milk Program, Chrisi works with many very malnourished babies and children every week. At the clinic, we help provide these young ones with formula or milk, vitamin fortified health drinks, cereals and a months supply of vitamins. We measure and weigh these children every month as well as assess them for any …
‘El Gran Evento’ Evangelism Concert
The culmination of three weeks of training over 60 youth leaders here in Chichicastenango came in the form of an evangelism concert with eight churches, three bands, two former gang members, a dance crew and prizes but most of all, the life-changing Gospel presented to over 400 who attended! Here’s an update I posted on …
