More Cement, and off to Membrillal

Greeting from Guatemala, to God be the Glory!!

Once again we came here to serve and bless, and we are the ones who get served and blessed. Awhile back I told Kevin, I love being put in the position, were I whole heartedly have to depend on Christ. Well I’m there now. A lot of illness has hit here and hit me hard. Today the woman went with Jennifer and I to membrillal, Jen and I taught the class we teach at our church to approx 20 pastor’s. I feel it went very well and the pastors seemed to really enjoy, hopefully we gave them some tools to start this classes, for the people suffering emotion instability and addiction issues.

The women were able to play with the kids and serve them lunch. It was made very clear to me that we serve a very big God and he is everywhere.

Construction continued on today, at a slower pace then previous days which was a relief to all, as mentioned earlier stomach issues are hitting us and I feel this team is under spiritual attack, but I have read the end of the book and know God wins.

We so appreciate your prayers, please continue them.

Tomorrow is VBS day at the school which is always fun, watching the kids be kid’s. I am amazed each trip that the people here and how happy they are and their love for god. I have learned to appreciate what we have it is truly a blessing to be here.

and again we came to serve and bless and were the ones being served and blessed to God be the glory.

Scott

Hola! This is the place where my soul comes alive! We have had continued blessings today. Praise God that he blessed us with His peace as Scott and I delivered the message of freedom from the bondage of addictions, emotional issues and destructive thinking behaviors to the churches surrounding Membrillal. I was meet with the reality of the magnitude of the alcohol problem here in this country again. Children in grade school have the freedom to purchase and abuse alcohol. The Transformation Program will be able to offer hope to mothers as well as the church leaders here with their congregations. God’s word heals and saves! I pray that those that are back home will feel the relationships that we have built with God’s church here in Guatemala. We are all one body where God’s message of hope and love can be felt.

We were then taken to the Oasis girls home where the organization Kids Alive International operates the most amazing ministry of helping sexually abused girls here in Guatemala as well as all over the world. We were able to see the orphan needs here in Guatemala and how the Oasis is meeting the needs of the girls for an advocate in the justice system, a safe place for girls that are in crisis situations and the importance of re-integrating children back into family situations. We were encouraged by Gods greatness in this ministry.

Praise God for the team’s unity on the construction site! Today the team hit 78.5 tons of concrete poured…absolutely amazing!

In Gods love and grace,

Jen Brown