Dear Friends and Family,
We want to wish you a VERY Merry Christmas! Melissa was thrilled to be able to travel to Guatemala from Dec 3 – Dec 10. Two ladies from the ministry, Submersion 14 went with her. Their ministry supplies eco-friendly backpacks to children in-need all over the world. You can see more about their ministry at https://submersion14.com/
We were thrilled to be able to handout backpacks to the children we teach English and Bible classes in our ministry. It was great to see the joy on the kid’s faces as they played with the hacky sacks, coloring books and crayons, and jump ropes included in the bags.
The next day, we went again to our ministry and had a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new virtual school that we will start in January of 2021 for 12 of the children in our ministry that will be in High School, grades 7-10. The school will be called E–Learning Centro Educativo Luz Para El Futuro!
The students also received school t-shirts. A company called Proud to Believe made the shirts, and donated half the shirts as a way that they give back to their community. You can check them out here: https://www.instagram.com/proud2believegt/
We also handed out food to all of the families in our ministry. With some extra goodies for Christmas! We have been blessed to be able to bless these families with food every month during the Covid pandemic! The families were very grateful for this support! We are very thankful for the donation of a newer van to be able to bring all the food to the families.
Last month, we were praying that all of our students would receive scholarships for school and that we would get enough computers donated so that each student would have one for class. Once again, what we saw as impossible, God, in His goodness, provided! We are blown away by everyone who stepped up to help us with this new vision for ministry that God has given us. And for the new partnerships that we have made.
Please pray for our new school as we plan to begin Jan 18, 2021.
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