The month of January left us absolutely speechless as we watched God use people and churches to surpass our wildest dreams of reaching the financial goal for building the school. We stood in awe of His faithfulness and excited about the future for these children. We laughed as our biggest fear is any type of … More Before the Need is Known…
Our hearts are in Pascagoula, Mississippi, as “Pops” has a knee replacement. We are praying it is a fast, easy recovery and relieves lots of pain. His bad knee has not kept him from plundering in the barn, riding the tractor, going out to eat, burning the burn pile, or going to the bank and … More Praying for Pops!
The lower grades (kinder-third) come to the center on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. One of my favorite parts is watching them sing. They are not afraid to sing extremely loud and they love the interaction with the songs. Here is a short video of the kids singing a song about Noah’s ark. (The kids … More Happy Friday!
If you have approximately 60 children for lunch and tutoring then you need to have great help! We began praying God would send us teachers who love Him and love our children. He sent the perfect two for this season of the feeding center. Daisy began working with Guatemala Relief And Compassion Efforts last year. … More Meet Dayana & Daisy
I hardly ever write anything personal about our family. However, we do have people ask about how our girls are adjusting, how they are liking Guatemala, etc. These are some of examples of the conversations that happen in out house. Large black ash is starting to fall from the sky (it is from a nearby … More Taylor Girls
Watching the progress of the school is very exciting for us. We want all of you to be able to see the progress also. We are updating the construction progress on the website aglimpseofgrace.com. Obviously, some weeks will have more visible progress than other weeks. Some weeks will have videos and some weeks will have … More School Construction Update
Mrs. Terri Scholz spent many days cleaning the teeth of the children at the feeding center. Did she finish?–No way! However, she tried to prioritize the children who needed to see an oral surgeon. Last Wednesday, the dental team spent all day serving in a community. They came in tired from the week, but … More Three Pretty Smiles!
The group last week dedicated 20 houses. They worked in a small village about 45 minutes from the mission house. They came back truly touched by the way the families showed appreciation for the houses. I wanted to share this sweet video of the family singing during the dedication. This is a 12ft x 12 … More House Dedications!
If you have visited the feeding center within the last year then you have seen the beautiful murals painted on the wall. Krista Arendsen is an extremely talented artist who spent this past week making the feeding center beautiful. She had help from Carla Mast and Lana Walters also. All three of them selflessly spent … More A Lot of Talent!
I don’t even know where to start. Much of our time over the past two weeks has been spent with the team. They have accomplished a lot with house building, medical clinics, dental clinics, food distribution, feeding 800 people, feeding 75 at the dump, men’s breakfast, feeding sponsored families, and painting the feeding center. Their … More What a Week!
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