Guatemala
Monday 7-23-19 Day 3 in Guatemala City Following a great day of worship and house visits yesterday (Sunday), our team split in to 2 groups today. One group conducted 2 assembly sessions in a public school. In these sessions the danger of drugs and alcohol were addressed and our team’s younger members actually conducted an…
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Today we were able to be a part of the celebration of the 7 year anniversary of the Zone 21 church. What a great day of celebration it was! Not only were the members of Bautista Elim Church in Zone 21 in attendance but also members from each of the other 3 churches that they…
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Hello church family. We would like to thank you for your support in sending us to Guatemala. Not only your financial support but your spiritual support. Your prayers are needed. We spent our first day traveling, shopping for supplies and preparing for the week. Tomorrow we visit Elim Bautista Church in Zone 21, Guatemala City.…
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First, before I explain what I mean by “Youth are Great Teachers” lets give some statistics that Pastor Jamie and Jorge gave us this evening at dinner. We have seen and shared the gospel as a group to over 1500 kids, we were able to share the message with over 60 kids at VBS today…
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We had a great day in Patzun, Guatemala. We made house visits to encourage families in the community near the church. The team also went to an elementary school in Patzun. Last year we brought Spanish Gideon Bibles which were distributed to the school. One team was telling the story about Zacchaeus. When the Luke…
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One of my favorite things that Pastor Jaime does is his work with the public school system in Zone 21. Today, we were able to experience that work first hand. Because of the work that Jaime has done at the school, we were able to go into the schools and share the plan of salvation…
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Today started off well, with a wonderful church service at Elim church. Stephen shared his testimony and Dave preached on 2 Corinthians 5:21. After the service we all went on house visits in the Zone 21 community. I’d love to go into vast detail about them all, but I don’t think many people could endure…
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Our mission team has arrived, and we were greeted warmly at the airport by Pastors Jamie & Jorge, Ingrid, and Walter. Today has been a day of planning for house and school visits and buying supplies. A highlight of my day…when we arrived at Seteca-our place of residence for a few days-we had four children…
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My first trip to Guatemala with Ivy Creek was last year. In regards to the trip, I was nervously excited. I had been to Guatemala before, but I was taking a youth group and I was the leader of the trip and we went to a different city. In being the leader of the trip,…
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Guatemala……. Stephen Mainer asked me to write a blog about what I am feeling and anticipating about the upcoming trip to Guatemala. Thankfulness comes to mind. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. I’m thankful for a son that told me last year it…
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As we close in on the final few weeks before you send us to Guatemala I would like to ask for your prayers that we will be spiritually prepared to serve the people of Guatemala for Christ. Also, to be prepared for Him to work in us as we grow in Him. We have planned…
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In just a few weeks you, Ivy Creek Baptist Church, will be sending a team of 16 people to Guatemala. The team will be serving in Guatemala City, Guatemala Zone 21 and a village in the mountains, Patzun, Chimeltenago, Guatemala. Zone 21 is a high crime, gang ruled area of Guatemala City where alcohol use…
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