Since Antigua we have traveled to Puerto San Jose near the western coast of Guatemala just south of Guatemala City.  Prior to our arrival we were given little information about our involvement during our ten day stay which made us…

If you haven’t already, please read Rebekah’s blog “Drink Deeply”.   One of the hardest things as believers in Christ is to actually live as believers in Christ…together. The Church. The Body. We really do get to do this together.…

K, so, I’m not sure how in the creating of nicknames I got to be “Mom” for these 2 months, but it happened. Maybe it’s cause God showed me the value of these priceless daughters of the King and my…

I can hardly believe that we have been in Guatemala for just over a week. Time has just been flying by. Over the course of this week we have all plugged into ministry in many different ways. Rebekah introduced me…

According to UNICEF, the status of Guatemala’s country-wide nutrition is one of the worst in the entire Central American region.  23% of children between the ages of three and five months suffer from general malnutrition across the country.   A 2008…

“Ministry,” as you might call it, occurs daily here in Antigua, Guatemala.  We teach ESL, paint orphanages, comfort malnourished children, and visit hospitals.  We pray for the Guatemalans and petition God for this city.  Even on off days we share…

I’ve been reading about Peter a lot lately. In Scripture and through a weekly devotional. Yesterday it was explaining to me the Church Jesus came to establish. The disciples knew that church – ekklesia – was a “called-out people.” The…

  Caitlin had an idea to paint a mural on one of the walls at the church in Candelaria.  It is a work in progress that has been left to a few other missionaries to complete.  Linda, our host and…

Liz, Rebekah and Katie show how to make Tortillas in this candid video shot in the village of Candelaria, Nicaragua.  This “factory” made anywhere between 600 – 800 tortillas in one day!