January has been a busy month of hosting teams from Montana, Iowa and Colorado. We have enjoyed working with them and have appreciated the ministries they have been doing. The Montana team is part of the YWAM Montana base. They have been with us since December 8 and have conducted many types of ministries including, children's VBS, conducting our weekly worship service in Antigua, feeding the homeless, building a home and ministering to church groups. They spend 10 days in San Pedro La Laguna working with Pastor Antonio and helped build a home for a family with money that was donated by a family in Superior, Wisconsin.
We also hosted a team from Spirit Lake, Iowa, who came to build a home for a family living near our base. The former home had a couple layers of cement block as the foundation and then had cornstalks for the walls. The original home was build in 1994 so the family has lived with this type of structure for 16 years. The team put in cement block walls, a new metal roof and extended the size of the house by 5 feet to give the family more room. They also build bunk beds for 2 of the girls so they no longer have to sleep in the same bed as their parents. The new home improvement was a tremendous blessing to the family.
Our final group of the month was a team from Colorado Springs "Springs Church." They ministered in San Pablo La Laguna in 2 churches as well as in a Catholic school. The Pope had declared that the week of January 16-23 as a week of working together with the Evangelical churches in Guatemala so our visit to the school was made possible. The team conducted ministry with several different groups within the church and had great ministry during the week they were here.
We are grateful to the Lord for the teams that have come and the impact they have made on the people of Guatemala. We look forward to hosting another team in February that will be distributing a 40 foot container shipped from the USA filled with food, medicine and Christian books.
We also hosted a team from Spirit Lake, Iowa, who came to build a home for a family living near our base. The former home had a couple layers of cement block as the foundation and then had cornstalks for the walls. The original home was build in 1994 so the family has lived with this type of structure for 16 years. The team put in cement block walls, a new metal roof and extended the size of the house by 5 feet to give the family more room. They also build bunk beds for 2 of the girls so they no longer have to sleep in the same bed as their parents. The new home improvement was a tremendous blessing to the family.
Our final group of the month was a team from Colorado Springs "Springs Church." They ministered in San Pablo La Laguna in 2 churches as well as in a Catholic school. The Pope had declared that the week of January 16-23 as a week of working together with the Evangelical churches in Guatemala so our visit to the school was made possible. The team conducted ministry with several different groups within the church and had great ministry during the week they were here.
We are grateful to the Lord for the teams that have come and the impact they have made on the people of Guatemala. We look forward to hosting another team in February that will be distributing a 40 foot container shipped from the USA filled with food, medicine and Christian books.
