Guatemala

Our family is returning to Guatemala this January.  We have purchased our tickets and are making our plans.  We will be gone from January 12th through February 6th.  Our original intent was to take a team with us to Guatemala again this year, but the Lord has other plans for us.  Our heart is to provide another retreat for the workers at the Home of Life where we serve.  They really enjoyed getting away together last year and we wanted to bless them in this way again.  We are not sure that our family alone can manage the Home for 2 nights so we are really seeking the Lord for His guidance and direction.  We have a few options but are still working out the details.  More on this to come!

The other ministry that we serve with (Adonai International Ministries) has started a new project called the “Widows’ Project.”  They are training women in a poor village to make baskets as a way to provide for their families.  The ministry is buying their baskets and then selling them to earn the money back.  To read more about this project and the women that are involved, follow this link: http://rachaelslifepouredout.blogspot.com/.  

We would like to help facilitate the sale of these baskets.  If you are interested in “pre-buying” baskets, we will deliver them to you when we arrive home in February. The widows’ situations look desperate and hopeless, but, as a part of this project, they are learning about the God of hope. They are all alone as they try to raise their children and provide for their daily needs, but they are learning about the Lord who promises to never leave or forsake them. We are excited to see their lives change as they meet the One who holds them in the palm of His hand.