There is so
much to say, but not enough words to express my gratitude towards God and
towards you. The month of July was so crazy so many things and so much work to
come. In July we traveled to USA to
visited friends and family, and it was amazing to see you guys and to be loved
by all of you. Also, it was a month of transitions;
I have accepted a position as a pastor here in Guatemala. You may wonder what about your ministry? Is this
going to affect ONE for Guate? Are you going to stop working with kids? Well the answer is NO. Almost nothing will change ONE for Guate feeding
center still running and we are happy with what God is doing in San Mateo. We have
partnered with MANNA worldwide ministry and they have been amazing people to
work with. Basically our work has expanded,
and I know you may have questions so please feel free to ask anything you want.
If you reading this you know our hearts and our mission and by now hopefully
you can trust in us that we will answer you truthfully. I guess now I am a pastor and now I need your
support more than ever. The devil will try to destroy me and to destroy God’s
ministry so please pray for my family pray for the people in Guatemala and pray
for the ministry.
In addition,
in the month of July we got so much support from all of you and not just
emotionally we received a ton of materials to work with our kids in San Mateo. I
would like to say thank you and name you all but the list would be endless. Also, we received many shoes and many kids
were blessed by you all! We had all
kinds of offerings from you all so I want to say thank you agian. When we left the US airport they made us leave
two suitcases, and sadly we left shoes and books for the kids. On top of that
they made us pay $100.00 per 20 extra lbs. and we took 40 lbs extra just to be
able to bring a few more shoes and books. We didn’t have any other options unfortunately
and we seem to always run into issues in the airport,t but it was just a speed
bump that we luckily got to move past. Despite
all the issues many kids were bless by you all.
The month
of August was a month of waiting and learning as we are making the new transitions
into our new work. Again we are still
working in ONE for Guate, but this new ministry requires my full attention now.
We are meeting with families and we are visiting them and trying to know them
better every day. Also, we are preparing
for the new church which will be AMAZING!
Funny fact I have no idea what to do this is my first work as a full
time pastor; however, I trust in the Lord and not on my own understanding. He will prepare me. By the way for those that does not know my
degree is in preaching and church leadership just putting that out there.
I know I ask
so much from you, but I need you I cannot do this alone you have no idea what
your prayers, your moral support, your offerings, your e-mails, your calls,
your designs etc. do for us and for our people. So keep them coming!
We love you
all!
p.s you can like our ONE for Guate fb page ....we post a lot more pictures there!
