Divine Appointment

On April 25 the S4H team went to Totonicapan to present sewing machines for the widows training project we have there (this is a story in itself).  On the way we stopped at a favorite restaurant for breakfast in Tecpan.  As we were eating a group of men, as they were leaving, stopped at our table and asked if we were Christians.  We asked these men where they were from; they were from Poxlajuj, a village in Totonicapan.

We went on to Quiacquix, Totonicapan and celebrated with the widows and gave them the sewing machines.  On our return trip to Antigua we stopped for dinner at a different restuarant, also in Tecpan.  The same group of men we saw at breakfast we eating dinner where we stopped.  Nothing but a God thing.

We exchange information with these men and gave them Juan and Celestina’s contact information (since they live in Toto).  Last week one of these men contacted Juan and invited him to come to Poxlajuj.  Here is Juan’s summary of their meeting. …

Forrest, we are praying to God for all the work of the ministry, and Wednesday God placed in our hearts to visit the brothers in Poxlajuj, and today we went to talk to them, we wanted to talk to the pastor of the church but did not find him, we could only talk to the brother Luis who talked to you in Tecpan, we were talking and sharing with his brother for more than 2 hours and finally invited Celestina and me to present the ministry in a conference held at the church on Sunday afternoon, and to make decisions on the timing of doing inductive Bible study training in this church.

I Did not know anyone from the church or place but God directed us to find them, when we arrived in the community in the first house where the brothers asked about Forrest spoke immediately the person who left the house was the one who spoke with Forrest and joy was that he also is the second pastor of the church and President of the rebuilding of the church.

On Sunday we will make decisions on the dates of training, so I inform you to take it into account and also welcome your prayers for our visit and presentation of the Ministry on Sunday next.

 

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Time Well Spent

This week the S4H Antigua Team set some time aside to go through our Level One Inductive Bible Study Training together. This is the same tool that we use with Church leaders here in Guatemala.

Some of our team had not yet been through the training and so this was an ideal opportunity to not only introduce them to what is becoming more and more central to our ministry, but also to solidify it’s importance in our own vision as well.

We studied Mark 2, Psalm 1 and Jude through the course of the week and saw God increase our love for His word and our confidence in handling it. Time well spent.

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Our Ministry in Graphic Form

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The Blessing of Giving…

This winter Cornerstone Chapel in Leesburg, Virginia was able to raise enough money to fund a program that S4H’s Juan Aguilar is working on in Quiaquix, Totonicapan. With the backing of Juan’s home church, this program is designed to come alongside of widows, teach them to sew, provide homes for them and to train them up spiritually.

Part of the monies raised by Cornerstone for this project was specifically used to outfit the “sewing center” with new sewing machines purchased in Guatemala City. This week we got to deliver those machines and with them deliver hope. Hope for a future. Hope for opportunity. And hope for eternity.

If you would like to participate in the funding of this incredibly worthy project, please CLICK HERE to help Juan serve his community and reach them with the Good News of Jesus Christ.

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