We had our first English class this past Sunday night! There were 16 young adults/youth who were excited to learn. We are teaching English through Bible storytelling, vocabulary, and conversation. We are praying this is simply a tool to stengthen the church and to build relationships for discipleship. We appreciate your prayers as we look … More September 13th
So, we obviously borrowed the necessary twelve thousand dollars and set the wheels in motion to get our “new” vehicle to Guatemala. Edwin is Guatemalan and he was one of the original three men to attend the first Hispanic service hosted by our home church eight years ago. He has since moved back to Guatemala … More By Faith
We did experience an earthquake at 10:50 last night. It was strong enough to wake me, and long enough for us to carry all of the girls outside. We are blessed to live in a house with a solid foundation, but I immediately think about those families living in tin houses. As we answered … More By Faith
The past several days have been busy as we said goodbye to my mom and hello to Thuy. Our schedule allows us to take a break from langauge which is a good thing. We were able to feed the people from El Tejar dump and My Special Treasure School. It was a special treat … More September 6th
We are overwhelmed with gratitude of how God is using people to invest in our ministry. Honestly, He is leaving us speechless and in awe as we watch Him move in ways only He can move. Several weeks ago, I was talking to a lady from Guatemala. She was very complimentary of our work in … More Overwhelmed!
As Soy and I were originally planning to go to live on the mission field, we were pretty sure that would mean an appointment somewhere on the other side of the world. We were good with that if that was the will of God for our lives. However, ever after basically spending entire Summer in … More Welcome MiMi!
Last Wednesday, 8/23, the blog shared about our desire to purchase ten computers in order to help the students at the feeding center and in the My Special Treasure School learn computing skills that can benefit them as they seek to better their lives. Our hope was to purchase ten computers at a cost of … More Our God is an Awesome God!
As mentioned in our previous post, our main focus is to see people come to know Christ as their personal Lord and grow in their relationship with Him. However, one tool we will use to minister to the people is through teaching English. We will offer our first English class on September 10th. We will … More August 23rd
As Soy and I moved to Guatemala our driving force was to be in complete obedience to the Lord. We definitely feel we are in the center of God’s will for our lives. Getting our feet wet by working with some of the teams, learning some customs (with a lot more to learn) and going … More August 23rd
If you are part of the Friendship family then you should be familiar with the story of Esvin’s family. Several months ago, Esvin’s father was not able to find work forcing them to move from the room they were renting. They own a small piece of land, but do not have the funds to build … More Esvin’s Family
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