Grace's 9 Month Pictures

We are so in love with Grace Christina and enjoying every moment with her. She is crawling and starting to get into everything and developing more and more personality. It is fun to watch each stage of growth. We recently took her 9 month pictures that you can see below and some other pictures of her. Thanks for your prayers for her and us.

Stateside Trip

Carlos, Ben and Joel made a quick trip to the US. They went to a conference for the church planting network that New Life Church is a part of. We also connected with supporters, family and friends. Here are a few pics from the time there.

 Catching an Indians baseball game.

Carlos and Joel doing a little fishing.

The conference.

Carlos sharing about the work the Lord is doing through Iglesia Nueva Vida in Guatemala.

Family times.

Grateful for time with family!

This was taken the day we left. We ended up getting to Indy a day late because of a cancelled flight.

Weddings, Prayer and More

It has been a full summer. We had weddings, teams, visitors, trips stateside etc. We just finished up a time of focused prayer as well. It has been full but a great summer. We have attended a few weddings and participated in one of them. See some pics below of all these activities and more.

This is a special place that we hike up to for prayer time about once per month with people from our church.

Ben, Levi and Jake at a wedding

A celebration with one of our discipleship groups with New Life Church.

A recent outreach we did at a public school and a team serving with us from Columbia.

Caleb and Grace. Love how our boys enjoy their sister.

Carlos and Ben at Pabel and Naomi's wedding.

We just finished studying the books of Colossians in our schools and a few weeks ago our students presented what they learned during this time and did a great job!

Grace, baptisms, teams and more

It has been a busy summer so far. Here are a few of the happenings with us, our family and ministry.

Grace turned 7 months last week! Here are a few pics:

We had some baptisms recently at New Life Church. We are so proud of Katie, Walter and Julio.

We also had a couples event at our church to strengthen the marriages. Here are a few pics from this event:

Also here are a few pics from some of the teams we have had this summer and some of the fun stuff we could do with the kids:

Thanks for your prayers and support to help us continue to bring change and hope in Guatemala through the gospel and vocational training!

Guatemala: 7 Years!!

It's hard to believe that today we celebrate 7 years serving here in Magdalena, Guatemala! The Lord has been so good to us in so many ways and I want to put down a few of the things we have seen God do over the last 7 years so you can celebrate with us and worship the Lord for his goodness. I was reading this morning in Psalm 116 and came across this verse that describes the Lord's goodness in our lives over the past 7 years: "How kind the Lord is! How good he is! So merciful, this God of ours!" Psalm 116:5

Here are a few ways you can celebrate with us:

• God's faithful provision for our family. Our family has grown and our expenses have grown but God continues to provide for our financial needs! Here's our family pic 7 years ago:
  

• Lives Changed. We have seen many people give their lives to Jesus, baptized, trained in a trade, grow as leaders, etc, etc. Here are a few pics of some changed lives:

• Faithful Provision of God for Love Guatemala. We have seen the Lord provide for the vision he has given us. He has provide for the operational costs of LG. Houses, bunk beds, shoes, medical care, clothing, food and so much more for so many! We have seen hundreds of students trained, graduate and get jobs or start businesses. We have seen God provide over half million dollars for a vocational training center and now for expansion for a new multi-purpose facility. Here are a few pics:

• An Amazing Team the Lord has given us to work with! I am grateful that from day one were able to work with this amazing couple:

God has given us these great teams to work with over the years:

To God be the glory, great things He has done! Thanks to each of you for your faithful prayers and support!