Casa de Alabbanza

I can't believe how long it's been since I've written on my blog! My brother in law who's in India write now has inspired me to get on this.
I just returned from Guatemala, where our Children's Home Project is coming along nicely. Renovations are looking fantastic, and we hope to have kids in there by January or February of next year. Very exciting. We have another team going to Guatemala in about 10 days, but I won't be joining them this time. I'm very thankful for our Project Manager who is handling the renovations. I will most likely have to go back in January, or the latest February sometime.
Thank you for your prayers to this ministry!

(Photo - "October Teams" last night in Villa Nueva... at Pizza Hut)

Back from Ireland, Back from Ohio in Hamilton

So Ireland was amazing. We trained the young people in street evangelism and saw 80 people saved, and the young people ignited with passion for Jesus! It was so awesome. The connects made with the Church in Dublin are so awesome, I know we have made lifelong friends. I pray the Lord so richly bless them and keep them going strong for the Lord! I led a team of 9, and we joined Pastors Francis & Edith and Chris ministering at the conference for the week. It was such an amazing experience. I miss waking up and hearing the sheep outside and opening the door to the hills all around. What a wonderful place to spend time with the Lord!

After Ireland I went strait to Ohio with my dad, Pastor Francis (who had also been with us in Ireland), and were met by Kim Weiler from Fe Viva there. It was awesome, we met with Pastor Rod Parsley and his creative team about Casa de Alabbanza. We will be meeting up with him in September when he goes to Guatemala.

I am now in Hamilton, ON working on a youth conference affiliated with OBFF. We are praying for an amazing encounter with God!

A week from Monday I leave again with Natasha Shorey to go to Guatemala to continue working on the Children's Home project (or as I like to call it "the casa project". We will be there for 8 days working with some of the locals and Fe Viva. Please pray that God would give me wisdom and the connects we need! We also need about $30,000 for renovations, and on top of that a vehicle and a container to begin collecting donations.

This year is such a whirlwind. Sometimes it's so crazy all I can do is trust God and watch His sovereign hand at work every day, on every trip, and in so many lives. I am honored to be apart of the work He is doing. Thank you for supporting me - I couldn't do it without being sent! Thanks for prayers and financial support. Thanks for making it possible.

May 5th 2009

We have secured the building for the Children's Home in Guatemala. Right now we are hard at work raising money, and plan to begin renovations this fall in Villa Nueva. We'll be needing lots of help - carpenters, plumbers, electricians, painters, etc.

Tomorrow I leave for Edmonton for FeViva's 3rd annual mission's conference with Pastors Francis and Edith. Pastor Roberto will be there, and we'll be having some meetings regarding the project.

Thanks for your prayers! There's lots of work to be done with the Children's Home, and I am also leading a mission's trip to Ireland - we leave June 8th.

God Bless!

Learning about Children's Homes in Guatemala

Hola! I am back from Guatemala and ready to hit the ground running. I am so grateful to the Director of Casa Esperanza, Steve Peters, and the staff at the Children's home for answering my questions, and allowing me to learn from them. It was an invaluable two weeks, and although I realize I still have so much to learn, I feel prepared to get things rolling. I appreciate that we do not have to create the wheel here, because Fe Viva have been so great for helping me and showing me the things they have learned over the years.

For the last week of my time in Guatemala I had a team from Kingston with me - they had been in Nicaragua and El Salvador before joining me in Guatemala. I was able to spend a few days ministering with them, and many of them got to see the building that will be the children's home in Villa Nueva for the first time! That was very exciting, I'm so glad they got to see it. One of the team members was in tears after seeing it.

Thank you for your prayers and support! I'll send out a formal newsletter soon! If you are not on my newsletter email list, but want to be, let me know!

Blessings
Amy