While on the ground we were able to walk and pray over a piece of land that the Lord has shown Pastor Morales and us as an excellent location to establish a long-term work through the mission church in Sajcavilla. We have been seeking the Lord's direction for over a year about a permanent home for the church and a place to establish a feeding center for the community. The Lord has provided! We currently have the money pledged to help the church buy land for the permanent home for the mission church and begin a feeding center in Sajcavilla!
Jesus shared with us in the Gospels that He did not come for those who were well but for those who were sick. He clearly came to pour into the lives of those who need nourishment and hope that comes from an eternal hope that does not disappoint! I am excited about the days ahead in Guatemala. The hope of a permanent location for the church to establish a long-term ministry in Sajcavilla and the future feeding of thousands in that Mayan village is truly a dream that is coming true. God has been weighing our hearts down with the need for food, teaching and showing the Gospel in this community since we first walked among the homes in 2009. Today we see His hand at work in bringing this vision of hope to reality.
We will not be able to do this alone! We need your help. Just as we have been dependent upon your support through prayer and finances up to this point, we need you even more now! The future is exciting. The reality of long-term impact is upon us. Now we whom God has blessed with the excesses of His blessings will need to be sacrificial with our giving to fulfill the hope of impacting a people group with the truth of the Gospel through food, worship, teaching and the planting of the Word in this community.
Will you begin to pray now about how the Father wants you involved in the exciting days ahead in Guatemala. We will need prayer support as decisions need to made and plans begin to become reality. We will need financial support to progress into the new day of long-term ministry the Lord is inviting us to get involved with as He reaches a people in Sajcavilla. We will need teams to go to Guatemala and help us build, develop and serve the community. We will need servants to continue to carry the Word into the homes as we make home visits and spread the Gospel message across the community. We will need teams to go and teach the children in the local schools the Word and continue to establish a foundation of truth among the future generation of Mayan young people. We need soccer players to help us establish a soccer clinic this summer for the schools and play the local teenagers as an example of the grace and goodness of God in the area of sports. We need men to journey with us into homes and share with the men of the community the value of Godly dads and the hope that brings to a family as the dads follow the Lord. We need young people who will serve as interns to go and invest some time in the future leaders and partners from within the churches to help us establish a leadership base for the future. And on and on the list goes of what we need from you!
You see the Lord opens doors for His church to share in the ministry of reconciliation throughout the world. When He shows you what He is doing in a particular place, that is His invitation for you to get involved with Him in His work! So, we have some exciting days ahead in Guatemala...will you join us as we follow Him into Sajcavilla? Will you get involved in impacting a community, long-term with the truth of the Gospel? Will you pray with us for the Lord of the harvest to send workers into the field to bring in the harvest that is ripe and ready! Come on, lets reach the world and teach His Word in Guatemala!
In His Grip,
JT
