September Update

Bruce Ahlberg
The summer months have been busy for the base as we hosted teams from the USA and Canada.  We also conducted our Summer Spanish School and Outreach in July and had 10 students

participating.  The SSSO is comprised of 3 weeks of Spanish language classes and 1 week of outreach.  The outreach was conducted in San Pablo La Laguna where we worked with Pastor Antonio church and Christian school. At the end of July we conducted a week long medical clinic that saw 360 people receive help.  In addition the team from “People Helping People” constructed part of a home for one of the voluntary missionary families serving at the YWAM Base.  Shortly after the medical clinic, students began to arrive to attend the YWAM-DTS which began August 3 and will end on December 22.  We have 7 students attending from the USA, Canada, El Salvador and Guatemala.

We are still in the process of getting all the legal papers to enable us to buy the property adjacent to the base.  It has been a long drawn out process but it should conclude in September and construction of the addition to the base will begin immediately.  We project that it will take 4 months to finish the construction.  Please continue to pray for the papers to be finalized and for the construction to be completed on time and done well.  We are still taking donations for the $20,000 matching gift given to the base.  Your donation will be double in value! If you would like to help us with funding please go to our donation page on our website for information.

YWAM Antigua is in the process also of becoming a legally recognized NGO in Guatemala.  Our legal name will be CEMAS (Centro de Entrenamiento Misionero y Apoyo Social) but we will still be known by groups and students as YWAM Antigua.  Once our legal papers are submitted it will take 1-6 months for approval. 

Susy Ahlberg

A Testimony – Bible Distribution Ministry

During this summer, we were able to facilitate ministry for several teams that came from Canada and the United States.  I mainly helped by driving them to different sites and interpreting for them.  One of the ministries that we did was going door-to-door asking families if they already owned a Bible at their homes.  During one of these family visits, we met a lady with her three children.  She and her two oldest teenage boys had already accepted Jesus Christ, but her youngest 9 year-old daughter hadn’t.  She told us that she was too young to accept Jesus Christ.  I translated the questions the team leader asked her regarding her knowledge of Jesus.  After listening to her answers, we asked her if she wanted to invite Jesus Christ into her heart as her Lord and Savior.  She said, “Yes!”  I led her in a short prayer and I could see how her mom was very happy for her!  There was a celebration in Heaven that morning!

David and Juli Voncannon

Bearing a Harvest of Good Fruit! 

"If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples." John 15:7-8

The Fall DTS Has Launched

On August 3, we had the joy of launching yet another DTS school at our YWAM base in Antigua, Guatemala! We have 7 students from 4 different nations (Guatemala, El Salvador, USA, Canada) and we also have a team of 3 other staff members to help us out! Before the DTS began, we as a staff were praying for what God wanted to do in this school and had a strong sense that He wants to take them on a journey into the depths of His presence so that as they cross over the bridge into the calling He has on their lives, that they will bear much fruit! We felt that He is going to draw each of us into such a deep level of intimacy that there will be no form of darkness that will be able to snuff the light of Christ out of us as we minister on outreach! For us, this is a very exciting word and a very exciting season for us as a family and ministry!

Week 1: Hearing God's Voice!

The first week of teaching was with a dear friend and spiritual leader of ours, Pastor Ken Smith, as he taught on Intimacy and Hearing God's Voice. Hearing His voice is such a key element in growing in our Intimacy with the Father and there is no better person to model it before the student than Pastor Ken. All week long, we were constantly challenged in spending time in His presence and hearing what He wanted to tell us!  It was beautiful and powerful all at the same time!

On the last day of class, we went out to the streets to find God's treasures and minister the love of the Father with them! The only catch was to listen to His voice for clues as to where these people would be! So out we went and though we only got to be out for less than an hour, our DTS team was able to minister profoundly to 14 people that God specifically led us to!

One of the stories that came back was from the group that David was with. They had felt God show them a "White man" and a "bike" near a "soccer field". As they approached where the local stadium was at, they saw a man that looked white from a distance who just happened to be riding a bike. As he approached, they realized that he was not exactly a "white" man, so they hesitated for a bit. However, as he reached where they were standing he actually stopped his bike to talk to them! So they started chatting with him and told him what they were doing. He seemed very pleased that he was someone that God was highlighting to them and as they finished the conversation they prayed with him to bless him and his business. At first glance, there was nothing supernatural about the moment... just that he fit the description they were looking for and actually stopped to talk to them, as opposed to them stopping him. But as he went away, they saw the miracle that God wanted to do in him. It was clear that as he rode away, that he was no longer downcast, rather he was now riding that bike with intention and a huge smile on his face. God took this man and gave him a jolt of encouragement that we believe carried him throughout the remainder of his day!

Week 2: Intercession and Prayer

During this past week, David had the honor of teaching in the DTS on Intercession and Prayer. As always, it was an amazing week where we saw God take the teaching from the previous week and elevate it to a whole new level! Intercession is not just ordinary prayer, but a time of listening to God and praying or taking some sort of action in accordance to what He is showing us.

On the last day of class, we took a time to intercede for Huehuetenango, Guatemala. We spent a bit of time just waiting on Him to give us a picture and then once we had something, we would pray the image exactly as we saw it! The point of the exercise was to let God develop the picture as we prayed. What was amazing about the exercise was how precise the images became as we prayed and even more incredible was how the images confirmed our sense that the DTS outreach needed to begin in Huehue! So once we finished our time of intercession, we decided to go ahead and make the official announcement that we would begin our DTS outreach in Huehue. This was very exciting for the students to hear and for us as well! 

Eder and Carolina Quiacain

Queremos compartirles esta noticia.

Estas semanas estamos construyendo la casa para mi familia.

Estamos viendo la provision y fidelidad de Dios por medio de esto, que tambien es una gran bendicion.
Pero nos falta mucho todavia por construir, porfavor les pedimos sus oraciones, 
Y si tiene el deseo de apoyar para esta construccion sera de gran apoyo para nosotros.

Uno de los ministerios que tenemos a cargo es el ministerio con jovenes. Este ministerio lo realizamos cada vierne en la noche para los jovenes de la comunidad

esta semana en particular tuvimos la visita de los jovenes del lago fue de mucha bendicion al estar compartiendo con ellos esperamos que Dios siga obrando en la vida de ellos


Brenda Roldán

My name is Brenda Roldán and I'm from Guatemala. I recently started to be part of the YWAM Antigua staff in August and during this month, God has used me and my talents in different ministries. I've been helping with the DTS as a translator for the teachers for some part of the day and also, now I'm in charge of housekeeping and improvement of the base wich has challenged me to give and do my best so people always feel welcome when they come to YWAM Antigua. I'm excited to see what are God's plans for me in the future and see all of my gifts being used by Him.

Mi nombre es Brenda Roldán y soy de Guatemala. En agosto me uní a JUCUM Antigua para ser personal tiempo completo y durante este mes, Dios ha usado mis talentos en diferentes ministerios. He estado ayudando en la EDE como traductora para los maestros durante una parte del día y ahora que también estoy a cargo del área de limpieza y mejoramiento de la base que me ha retado para dar lo mejor de mi para que las personas se sientan bienvenidas cuando vengan a JUCUM Antigua. Estoy muy emocionada por todo lo que Dios tiene planeado para mi y ver cómo usará mis talentos.

Renzo and Emma Lopez

In our weekly discipleship group with the local moms, a movement towards prayer has begun. They’ve begun a prayer chain, where each day, 20 moms are praying for the same person. It’s been amazing to see the way this has encouraged them in their faith! We are also seeing amazing fruit from this.  The moms also been praying over teams and visitors that pass through, and it’s been a huge blessing.  Here is a glimpse of prayer over some recent teams and visitors during women’s group.

Stove Installations!

This summer, we were able to install 14 stoves! These fuel-efficient stoves continue to impact the lives of the families who receive them. They are dependable, safe ways for families to cook meals and reduce costs while doing so.   When a family receives a stove, they are so excited to start cooking on it. 

Please keep us in your prayers! We know that we cannot do this alone, and we value your prayers for our life and ministry. 

Angela Carey

Karin Bedford and I are working to build a medical ministry at YWAM-Antigua.  This month we launched our first nutrition class!  Our goal is to have monthly classes that discuss the importance of a balanced diet, the health benefits of different foods and to share recipes using these foods.  We are currently partnering with the pastors of a local church, Juan Carlos and Miriam.  We gathered at their house with about 8-9 people from the community.  We talked about the different food groups, individual foods that go into each group and the health benefits of each group.  After the short lesson we made naan bread and hummus.  Something made from simple, inexpensive and easily accessible ingredients. We then discussed what food groups these ingredients belong to.  We had a wonderful afternoon laughing, loving and sharing with each other.  We are very excited for future classes and to see what God does in and through this ministry.