On our first night of ministry, Drea and I were riding in the front seat alongside Pastor Ronnie, one of our hosts here at Shofar Ministries, and talking about how much we loved Guatemala. Suddenly, Pastor Ronnie became silent. After a moment, he said in his broken English, "I do not want Guatemala. I want Guatebuena." GUATEBUENA! YEAHHHHHHHHH! I can think of no better way to sum up the heart of the movement that we are a part of in Puerto Barrios. Already we have started to see walls being broken down and bridges being built across cultures and relationships. As our...

Team Guatemala has landed!!! We are sitting in Pollo Campero enjoying a lunch, before we begin our long drive to Puerto Barrios from Guatemala City. The team will be posting blogs individually once we have arrived in Puerto Barrios!

After three and a half incredible months in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, our time has come to an end. What a blessed journey it has been. My life will never be the same.    Before this trip if you had told me how hard it was going to be, I most likely would not have come…but praise God I had no idea, because I am so thankful for God’s work in my life. My life will never be the same. God truly transformed my life and my love for Him has blossomed into something so beautiful.    The Christian journey is not always easy, but it is so rewarding. If...

It’s hard for me to grasp the concept that my time in Puerto Barrios is done, at least for a little while. I won’t be holding orphans, teaching them how to walk, and playing with Dalia every Monday. I won’t be at the Children’s Hospital every Tuesday coloring with sick kids and talking with concerned parents. I won’t be talking to prostitutes or walking through garbage dumps every week anymore. Some things I’m happy are coming to an end- cold showers, constantly sweating, power outages, water shortages, rice and beans, pila washing, and language...

“We know that if the life we live here on earth is ever taken down like a tent, we still have a building from God. It is an eternal house in heaven that isn’t made by human hands. In our present tent-like existence we sigh, since we long to put on the house we will have in heaven. After we have put it on, we won’t be naked. While we are in this tent, we sigh. Then eternal life will put an end to our mortal existence. God has prepared us for this and given us his Spirit to guarantee it.” These past three and a half months have been the craziest, hardest, most...

  “A changed life convinces people of Christ’s power.”    “When you face challenges in life, seek to know what God wants you to do, and then do it, confident that he will do his part. You don’t know ahead of time how he will accomplish his will. Trust God and prepare to be surprised by the ways he demonstrates his trustworthiness.”  (study notes in the book of Esther)    Today is day 90 on the mission field. We only have 5 days left of ministry. Then heading back to Antigua for debrief and back to the States on...