February Trip to Magdalena

Wow, what a trip!  We had a great time!  It was wonderful staying with Carlos and Telma and catching up with them.  We had a Love Guatemala team meeting to discuss future visions for Magdalena and what our role will be there.  We are so excited to have this opportunity and feel very blessed to be working with Carlos and Telma of the Art School and Jose and Antionetta of the Cooking School.  We are looking forward to being there full-time!

We visited many homes to pray with families, find out their needs, and delivered food baskets to some.  We had an adventurous day building chicken coops, buying baby chicks and food in Antiqua, and delivering them to families to equip them with tools that will allow them to provide for their families.                                 

We were able to view two possible homes for rent for our family.  (AND we regret that we didn't take pictures!)  We liked the second option.  It is in the heart of Magdalena where we will be serving.  It's a new home, not yet finished, with a yard and plenty of play area for the boys, brick fence for privacy and safety, and a place to park our future vehicle :)  It has only one room and a basement currently.  The builder is willing to add on two bedrooms and a bathroom.  It is not typical to have a sink in the kitchen, but my desire is for a sink and also a washer and dryer hook up.  Please pray with us that these details and many others will be worked out, agreed upon and completed so that we can move in, as planned, in mid-June.  We know that God has the perfect house picked out for our family and He cares about the details. 

Thank you for your prayers and support!

Ben and Jen

The Art School and the Baking School in Magdalena have some needs that we would like to meet.

Art School - gently used clothing and shoes for children, all sizes

Cooking School - cutting boards, food processor, fondant tools/books, pie pans, cake pans, rolling pins, and cake turn table.

If you would like to donate any of the items, or give money towards these things, we would greatly appreciate it!  We want to equip these precious women and children with the tools to further their education and in doing so provide for them and their families!

If you would like to make a donation, please contact us by February 15th.  We would love to take all the needed items with us when we visit in a few weeks. 

Thank you so much!

20 Days and Counting!

We are very excited that in 20 days we will be taking a short trip to Guatemala.  We are looking forward to seeing our friends, doing some projects, and hopefully finding a place to live!