Guatemala Transitions…The Beginning :)
- Jan
- 16
Well our Guatemalan culture training has started right from the beginning. We arrived safely on Monday evening and got to New Life Children’s Home (NLCH) after driving around for about 2 hours trying to find our way. Lesson number 1 in Guatemala driving: left hand turns pretty much don’t exist in Guatemala so you spend […]
read moreAdjustments and Perspectives
- Aug
- 12
As I wrote about in our last blog update this first month at SOM has been a great time of learning in the classroom. However, we are also being taught lessons outside of the classroom; specifically we are learning lessons on adjustment and perspective changes. There have been definite times of struggle but as ALWAYS […]
read moreOur First Month in SOM
- Jul
- 21
As I sit down to write this blog I find myself thinking “I can’t believe we have only been here 1 month.” We thank God every day for the blessing of being able to attend this school. We are learning so much! Our teachers are all current long term missionaries or long term missionaries who are […]
read moreMissin’ Y’all :)
- Jul
- 01
Well, this month has certainly been an adventure! We know that many of you, our friends and family have said, “wow, the time has come,” when we said we were in the process of packing our stuff and moving to Texas for our school. We certainly felt the same way! We want to thank once […]
read moreVisiting Home
- Apr
- 14
Ahhhh the joy of going home!!! Ok so I know technically Guatemala is not my home yet however, it really is starting to feel that way. I had the opportunity to return to Guatemala in February with our church’s missions team. York Christian Church (YCC), our home church, has taken a team to Guatemala for […]
read moreGod’s grace in times of sorrow
- Jan
- 31
As wonderful as it is to serve God and be involved in the Serving At Risk Families (SARF) ministry all things in life have times of sadness. We experienced one of those times last week as we received news that the mother of one of the families we serve succumbed to her chronic kidney disease […]
read moreRunning into the New Year
- Jan
- 19
God is with us every step of the way. This is what He has affirmed in us over the past month. We’ve had an amazing experience in preparing our presentation to give to our home church. We will be giving the presentation for this first time at York Christian Church on January 29, 2012 at […]
read moreThe Power of Prayer
- Dec
- 28
I must say, the initial response we have received has been quite amazing. Our families seem to have accepted the fact that this is really happening. It didn’t feel awkward to talk about going to Guatemala and it was exciting when we got a chance to talk about it. We are extremely thankful for the […]
read moreIn the beginning…
- Aug
- 16
Hi everyone! We wanted to send out an e-mail regarding the wonderful things God is doing through the Servants: Serving At Risk Families ministry and how He is allowing us to serve others for Him. We know that most of you are familiar with this ministry (and maybe even tired of us going on and on about it…lol) […]
read moreConnect 2 Serve!
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