Bruce Ahlberg
We have a new group of DTS students from 5 different countries with us for the next 5 months. It is a great mix of cultures and for the first time we have more men than women. While we conduct the DTS we also have a Community Bible study that meets once a week. We ask the visiting teacher to conduct the evening Bible study to give the attendees a little flavor of what a DTS is like. They have appreciated the teachings and the time of fellowship provided. Our Bible distribution has almost reached the entire city of Ciudad Vieja. We have given away 1,300 Bible since we started in this year. We will continue making this ministry part of our work as the funds come in to purchase the Bibles. While visiting families we often find situations that need attention through prayer,
additional visits and providing food, clothing or other articles to help meet pressing needs of families. The family in the picture is a single mom with 5 children. Her husband died 4 years ago and she is doing all she can to provide for her children. They live in a one room metal home with a dirt floor. Very difficult living conditions for anyone. Its families like this that we offer help with donations that are sent for this purpose.
Kalissa Scott- Discipleship Training School (DTS)
We finished our last DTS on July 4 and six students graduated. It was a blessing to get to know them
and be able to work with them over the last five months. We now are beginning our next DTS with new staff and students. Our prayer is to see this team unified in it’s desire to know God more and to share that message with the world. Please pray for us as we start the school and prepare for outreach in India!
Dayle Annand
Soup run has been busy! We’ve hosted teams from YWAM and other ministries at least 2 nights a
week and often 3 nights a week the entire summer. God provided for one of our guys who has had a
serious medical condition to not only get his surgery but also receive 2 weeks of after care. We offered to continue to help him if he wanted to get off the street but he wanted to return. Sometimes its difficult! But, God did not call us to change their lives, and we can’t anyway only God can, but to love them the way Jesus does. There are times it gets discouraging, this isn’t a ministry for those who need to see lots of fruit, but then He encourages us! One night I had prayed that God would show me something encouraging. At the end of soup run we had run out of food when a woman came to us and needed food. We told her we didn't have any and one of the guys jumped up and divided his meal with her! God’s is so good!
Susy Ayala
During the Evangelism Boot Camp, I was able to interpret for the students during their Outreach at the park. During one afternoon, after the Open Air sermon had already been given, a gentleman in suit and tie decided to accept Jesus Christ. It was interesting, because he hadn’t heard any of the message, and had just gotten there when the invitation was given; but he wanted to accept Christ. When we started to talk to him, we found out that he had been a Christian for 30 years and he wanted prayer. He was very discouraged because he did not have a job to support himself. As a result, he had to live in a nursing home. He told us that he had told God that morning that if He did not intervene in his situation, he did not want to live anymore. We prayed for him and one of us offered to go pick him up on Sunday to go to Church. He was very happy to know that he would go to Church and his face had lit up after praying for him.
Renzo and Emma
Renzo and I are very thankful for the great things God is doing at the YWAM Antigua base. It`s been two months since we started to work with Moms of all ages every week. This is a time the women enjoy fellowship, learning about God and also how to make things that they could sell or use for their homes. We are so happy to see this group of ladies growing each week, how they interact with one another and their desire to learn new things.
We are also staffing the Discipleship Training School (DTS) with YWAM Antigua, Guatemala. We have twelve students from different countries and they all are excited to learn more of God and have a close relationship with Him. The Outreach phase will take place in India and Nepal. Please pray for us, if God wants us to go to India, He will open the way!
Aaron and Brianna
I, Aaron, have been running our homeless coffee shop (facebook.com/CafeRefrescante) and have been catching vision with our partners Mark and Dayle about how we can further the ministry. We currently have 2 homeless volunteers that we disciple. When I’m not working there, I work from home on design. I recently updated our YWAM base website (www.ywamantigua.com).
My wife Brianna, recently graduated from the DTS and has now been working alongside me at the cafe and does children’s ministry at a few locations. She recently got a Teaching English as a Second language certification and thus teaches our staff as well as at a school in Antigua for a bit.
Mark Annand
The End Is Near... OK, the world may not end today, but it will basically end for thousands of people who will die today. With that in mind, look at the following two verses back to back:
Matthew 7:14 “...narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”
Matthew 9:37 “...The harvest truly [is] plenteous, but the labourers [are] few;”
Both verses contain the word “few”. There are a few workers bringing in the harvest and only a few finding the way to eternal life. What if there were many workers? Many more may find the way to life. Jesus wanted us to pray that God would send more workers to bring in the harvest of souls. Those workers need to be trained. That’s why I’m excited about our first YWAM Evangelism Boot Camp. We had our first school in July of this year. Three wonderful students attended and were equipped with some evangelism power tools. We had them out street preaching, giving out tracts, talking to individuals about the gospel as well as taking daily classes. We also had plenty of fun. We got the gospel out to hundreds of people and a relative few of those did pray to receive the Lord. Hmmmm.... A few students, a few workers, a few praying for eternal life. What if we had many students next time? What if one of the next “few” was you?
Trevor Hill
A ton has happened in these past few months, our DTS went to Costa Rica, Panama, and Lake Atitlan here in Guatemala, and God used us to do some amazing things. Over the two months we took part in so many different ministries, but one of my favorite things that we got to do on the outreach was distribute baskets filled with food to poor families around the lake. It was so incredible to see how thankful they were, and I hope I get the chance to do it again soon. The second DTS of the year has already started. This first week has been amazing, and I can’t wait to see all of the things God is going to do through this group when we go to India for our outreach.
David and Shawn King
Dave and Shawn saw the first group of students graduate from the literacy class they host, and had the joy of watching their students read the Bible for the first time. David has also been keeping busy in the YWAM kitchen and Bible distribution. The Kings are currently in the process of applying for temporary residency in Guatemala, and would appreciate prayer that God would expedite and assist them through this complicated process.
Eder and Carolina
Children’s Club
The joy in a child is something that I couldn’t buy. On Wednesday, it was the third time that we met with children under 9-year-old. This is because children were getting older and already have so many others. It is a great blessing because there are many children who are looking for and want to know more about God. We now have three kids club twice a week.
Alotenango Club
We also work with children of various disabilities. Our biggest joy whenever we return is that they remember the songs that we teach them and put into practice what they learned of God. They share with more children of God’s wonder.
Mission in San Pablo
On one of our trips to San Pablo, we had the opportunity to meet a family with four children. The father of their house had promised to his family to finish building his house and to change his attitude towards them. He wanted to be a better father and husband but failed to do so because of alcohol. One night, the father began to physically beat his children and his wife in the back of the house. In the early morning, they had to sleep in the street. The next day one of the youngest children came to our meeting and told us with tears in their eyes of what had happened that night with his family. The same afternoon we talked to the man and shared how he needed to leave his life of drinking. After a long talk with him, he began to cry for his situation and accepted Jesus. This is why we like this ministry with children and family.
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additional visits and providing food, clothing or other articles to help meet pressing needs of families. The family in the picture is a single mom with 5 children. Her husband died 4 years ago and she is doing all she can to provide for her children. They live in a one room metal home with a dirt floor. Very difficult living conditions for anyone. Its families like this that we offer help with donations that are sent for this purpose.
Kalissa Scott- Discipleship Training School (DTS)
We finished our last DTS on July 4 and six students graduated. It was a blessing to get to know them
and be able to work with them over the last five months. We now are beginning our next DTS with new staff and students. Our prayer is to see this team unified in it’s desire to know God more and to share that message with the world. Please pray for us as we start the school and prepare for outreach in India!
Dayle Annand
Soup run has been busy! We’ve hosted teams from YWAM and other ministries at least 2 nights a
week and often 3 nights a week the entire summer. God provided for one of our guys who has had a
serious medical condition to not only get his surgery but also receive 2 weeks of after care. We offered to continue to help him if he wanted to get off the street but he wanted to return. Sometimes its difficult! But, God did not call us to change their lives, and we can’t anyway only God can, but to love them the way Jesus does. There are times it gets discouraging, this isn’t a ministry for those who need to see lots of fruit, but then He encourages us! One night I had prayed that God would show me something encouraging. At the end of soup run we had run out of food when a woman came to us and needed food. We told her we didn't have any and one of the guys jumped up and divided his meal with her! God’s is so good!
Susy Ayala
Renzo and Emma
Renzo and I are very thankful for the great things God is doing at the YWAM Antigua base. It`s been two months since we started to work with Moms of all ages every week. This is a time the women enjoy fellowship, learning about God and also how to make things that they could sell or use for their homes. We are so happy to see this group of ladies growing each week, how they interact with one another and their desire to learn new things.
We are also staffing the Discipleship Training School (DTS) with YWAM Antigua, Guatemala. We have twelve students from different countries and they all are excited to learn more of God and have a close relationship with Him. The Outreach phase will take place in India and Nepal. Please pray for us, if God wants us to go to India, He will open the way!
Aaron and Brianna
My wife Brianna, recently graduated from the DTS and has now been working alongside me at the cafe and does children’s ministry at a few locations. She recently got a Teaching English as a Second language certification and thus teaches our staff as well as at a school in Antigua for a bit.
Mark Annand
The End Is Near... OK, the world may not end today, but it will basically end for thousands of people who will die today. With that in mind, look at the following two verses back to back:
Matthew 7:14 “...narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”
Matthew 9:37 “...The harvest truly [is] plenteous, but the labourers [are] few;”
Both verses contain the word “few”. There are a few workers bringing in the harvest and only a few finding the way to eternal life. What if there were many workers? Many more may find the way to life. Jesus wanted us to pray that God would send more workers to bring in the harvest of souls. Those workers need to be trained. That’s why I’m excited about our first YWAM Evangelism Boot Camp. We had our first school in July of this year. Three wonderful students attended and were equipped with some evangelism power tools. We had them out street preaching, giving out tracts, talking to individuals about the gospel as well as taking daily classes. We also had plenty of fun. We got the gospel out to hundreds of people and a relative few of those did pray to receive the Lord. Hmmmm.... A few students, a few workers, a few praying for eternal life. What if we had many students next time? What if one of the next “few” was you?
Trevor Hill
A ton has happened in these past few months, our DTS went to Costa Rica, Panama, and Lake Atitlan here in Guatemala, and God used us to do some amazing things. Over the two months we took part in so many different ministries, but one of my favorite things that we got to do on the outreach was distribute baskets filled with food to poor families around the lake. It was so incredible to see how thankful they were, and I hope I get the chance to do it again soon. The second DTS of the year has already started. This first week has been amazing, and I can’t wait to see all of the things God is going to do through this group when we go to India for our outreach.
David and Shawn King
Dave and Shawn saw the first group of students graduate from the literacy class they host, and had the joy of watching their students read the Bible for the first time. David has also been keeping busy in the YWAM kitchen and Bible distribution. The Kings are currently in the process of applying for temporary residency in Guatemala, and would appreciate prayer that God would expedite and assist them through this complicated process.
Eder and Carolina
The joy in a child is something that I couldn’t buy. On Wednesday, it was the third time that we met with children under 9-year-old. This is because children were getting older and already have so many others. It is a great blessing because there are many children who are looking for and want to know more about God. We now have three kids club twice a week.
We also work with children of various disabilities. Our biggest joy whenever we return is that they remember the songs that we teach them and put into practice what they learned of God. They share with more children of God’s wonder.
Mission in San Pablo
On one of our trips to San Pablo, we had the opportunity to meet a family with four children. The father of their house had promised to his family to finish building his house and to change his attitude towards them. He wanted to be a better father and husband but failed to do so because of alcohol. One night, the father began to physically beat his children and his wife in the back of the house. In the early morning, they had to sleep in the street. The next day one of the youngest children came to our meeting and told us with tears in their eyes of what had happened that night with his family. The same afternoon we talked to the man and shared how he needed to leave his life of drinking. After a long talk with him, he began to cry for his situation and accepted Jesus. This is why we like this ministry with children and family.
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