Bible Verse

"Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments and untraceable His ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor? And who has ever given to God, that he should be repaid? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen." Romans 11:33-36 (CSB)

Sunday, August 11, 2019

Two Year Anniversary in Guatemala


It’s hard to believe that this Tuesday is the 2-year anniversary of our move to Guatemala.  It has been a most unexpected adventure with many ups and downs, but we can confidently say that the Lord continues to be faithful to every one of His promises.  Christy and the girls are 3 weeks into a new homeschool year and finally able to speak Spanish well enough to build friendships with people at church and in the neighborhood. 
The girls play soccer in the park most days after school.  The neighborhood kids were so excited when someone gave us a set of portable goals!  Our girls have had many opportunities to both speak the gospel to these kids and to stand firm in their convictions despite opposition and temptation.  

I (Joseph) am truly thankful that the Lord has given me the language as well.  I am able to build discipleship relationships and lead trainings in Spanish.  Thank you to everyone that prayed for this miracle!  But even greater than that, it has been thrilling to witness the Lord bringing about movement right before our very eyes.  We are praising Him for raising up workers in the harvest and moving in the hearts of men, women and children all around us.  




Here are a couple of brief stories…

Dany is a young man that lives in a village in Patzún, Chimaltenango, with his wife and 2 small children.  He works in his family’s hardware store business and helps with the youth at his uncle’s church.  Dany recently accompanied me to Huehuetenango to train a church there in evangelism and discipleship.  (This was the church of a brother named Jesús that we met through working with God in the Streets.)  Since that trip, we have seen him return to his home and become very active in the training and discipleship of his pastor and church. They have formed a team of 8 who are faithful to go share the gospel and begin discipleship.  Dany is so committed to following Jesus and fishing for men that he and his family are sacrificing an already meager income so that he can spend time sharing the gospel and discipling others. 

Training in Huehuetenango

From left to right: me, Salvador (see story below), Jesús and Dany.  We are in Huehuetenango, right at the border of Mexico.

Here is Dany back at home training his church.


Also, last year I met and trained Salvador Archila. We have stayed in touch since. He recently told me of a new church plant in a small town in El Progreso La Union, Zacapa.  Salvador trained a few people there using the NoPlaceLeft/NingunLugarSinAlacanzar tools and methods.  After receiving the training, they went out and shared the gospel and saw 16 salvations in one day. They immediately began to gather and said, “We are church.”  Please pray for them as they develop. This town had no evangelical church before now. I will go and see for myself next week and will ask the Lord for discernment there. Also, if this is truly a new church plant, then I need to learn something from them.  I am asking the Lord to help me see how He (the Lord) did that!  Salvador is so committed to following Jesus and fishing for men that he and his family are also sacrificing an already meager income so that he can spend time sharing the gospel and doing discipleship. 
Our family with Salvador

 
This week, Dany and I will be joined by a brother who came all the way from Colombia, as well as Jesús from Huehuetenango, to train in both the above locations (Patzún and El Progreso).  We hope to be an encouragement and to help them with their discipleship and leadership development.  We will be focused on training trainers as they will train others in various parts of Guatemala. We have invited many local pastors and laymen to come to the training in Patzún and anticipate at least 25 people in the training.

For anyone interested in getting involved:

  1. You can join us through financial support. We need more faithful givers to meet our family needs. See the info in the right-hand margin of our blog homepage for how to give.
  2. You can come and see what the Lord is doing. If you are physically capable and want to come please contact us and arrange a trip to see how the Lord is moving.
  3. You can pray. We need constant prayer for endurance and discernment to follow the work of the Holy Spirit.  Some specific prayer requests for this week:
·        For the work to be done this week and the weeks following.  
·        For protection of our minds, protection of our families, and for unity in the team.  
·        For more workers in the harvest and more fruit from the harvest.
·        For safe travel for all involved. 
·        For us to see an unmistakable movement of the Holy Spirit to the glory of God.

We sincerely thank you all for your love and support!

Saturday, April 27, 2019

Discipleship - update and encouragement from Joseph



It has been a long time since we have posted a blog. There has been a lot to report on but little time to write it out. The Lord has blessed in many ways. I will do my best to stick to the highlights. As you may know our ministry model is very simple. We exist to make disciples, teach them to make disciples and disciple others until we see no place left (noplaceleft.net) in Guatemala. We have been working to achieve this by networking with local pastors and missionaries in various parts of the country. We offer free training on sharing the gospel and discipleship.  We give them the tools and ask them to continue the work. So far, we have heard from the locals that they are seeing fruit and their congregations are getting involved in the gospel ministry. We have trained in churches with dirt floors and only 5 attended and in nice churches with AC and up to 60 people. We have trained in homes and in garages. The main idea has been to encourage and equip all believers to be the church of Christ and to take the gospel into their homes, offices, farming fields and ball fields. We have heard stories of this happening and that is exciting.

About seven or eight months ago, as we were training others to make multiplying disciples, I asked the Lord to give me a “Timothy” - someone that I could invest a great deal of time in and see the Lord working and moving him to live a life on mission. Our faithful God answered with a young man named Mario. Mario was already a believer, but he dealt with many typical youthful temptations in his walk and struggled to grow and stay faithful to Jesus. God put an interest in Mario to work with me and learn from me. Mario even asked if I could spend time with him. So, I received Mario as a gift from the Lord and begged the Lord to show me how to love Mario well. The Lord used me to teach Mario how to share the gospel, study the bible, and teach others to do the same. Mario is actively seeking opportunities to share the gospel and is now looking for his own Timothy. He has a sincere hunger and desire for the Word of God which has kept me on my toes. Mario now has his own in-home bible study and from his group another has started.  They are also using the same tools for evangelism and discipleship. I have no claim or boast in this at all. I completely credit the Spirit of God and the Word of God in Mario for this great work. The only reason I am able to see this work take place is by the grace of God. I asked and committed the time to do it and God was faithful to move.

I was once challenged to read the New Testament and observe Jesus’ model of discipleship. As I read and observed Jesus’ example, I began to see and understand that discipleship is God’s plan for expanding His Kingdom here on earth. In Matthew 28:18-20, Jesus tells the disciples to go, make disciples, baptize them, and teach them to do the same. The most valuable ingredient that one can offer in discipleship is TIME - time to sit with someone pointing them to Jesus in the scriptures, as well as spending time to model sharing the gospel and discipleship. The Word of God and the Spirit of God will do the work.

I am now seeking another “Timothy” to invest in. I pray for another Mario who has a sincere desire for the Word of God. It takes a real commitment of time for someone to decide they will follow Jesus. Many people in many cultures struggle to provide for their families. So, I am aware that I am asking a lot of someone to follow Jesus with abandon. But Jesus asked the same of his followers. He even told them to leave their stuff behind. Some left their homes, families, their jobs and their money to follow Jesus. This should tell us that we truly have nothing to offer.  He just wants our obedient hearts to follow and He will put what we need in our hands, in our bellies, and on our feet. Even though we are here, I often feel ill-equipped and out-numbered but I know that His grace is sufficient. I am here and He is my strength. He is working in the hearts of men even more than we can see or tell.

I admit that although I have been one who is passionate to persuade others to follow Jesus, I have been very weak in the area of discipleship. I am convinced that we all have time that could be used investing in another “Timothy”.  So, I will end this post with an encouragement to consider your days and redeem the time that you have left.  Ask God for a “Timothy”, invest the time, and trust the Word of God and the Spirit of God.  Then you will see what He does in and through you.

I also want to thank those of you who have come alongside us to support us financially and through prayer.  We thank God for each one of you.  You are a major blessing and encouragement to us.  We believe that the Lord will continue to use your investment to reach people with the hope of the gospel!

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Update from Joseph

It has been a while, but I will do my best to keep this short and sweet! In September, just after our one year anniversary of living in Guatemala, we made our visa run to the States. The Lord blessed us with amazing opportunities to serve and minister the gospel along the way. It was a blessing to visit with our families, friends, and churches who are supporting this ministry in various ways - through loving, preaching, sharing the gospel and sharing in gospel conversations training.

If you are interested, here is a link to the sermon,, "Connecting with Your Purpose", I shared at Spring Valley Baptist Church in Columbia, SC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhyFWdWS7a0&authuser=0

And here is a link to the sermon, "Living with a Right Perspective", I shared at New Covenant Church in Myrtle Beach, SC: https://newcovenantmb.com/?download=%2F2018%2F09%2F2018-09-09-2-Corinthians-5-JS.mp3&nocache 


We are excited to share with you how 2018 will end for the Saleebys, Lord willing! 



1) This week, we have a couple from our neighborhood coming over Thursday night to begin discipleship/bible study in our home. This is a very exciting start to reaching our neighbors. PRAY: Please pray that we grow together in this fellowship.



2) This Saturday, we have a full day gospel conversation training in San Cristobal. Four churches from San Cristobal will have leaders there and Engadi Ministries will have 4 representatives there. This will be the beginning of our working toward a church plant in Zone 18 with Engadi Ministries (www.engadiministries.org). This is going to be a very exciting weekend! PRAY: Please pray for Pastor Julio Arenales and the leaders of Casa Jehovah Dios, where we will give this training. Please ask the Lord to put His passion in their hearts and desire for reaching their loved ones, neighbors and co-workers. 



3) October 22-November 9, I have the great opportunity and pleasure of working with a YWAM (Youth with a Mission) team from the States over these 3 weeks as they work in Nimajuyu (Zone 21). I will not have full-time involvement, but I will have several opportunities for training in gospel conversations. PRAY: Please pray for fruit in the harvest time and for the Lord to guide our steps during these weeks. 



4) In November we have two awesome opportunities to serve: 

  • November 10-17, we will have VBS in our church, Vida Nueva Guatemala.  During the same week, we will have the Good News In Action team here for the evangelism campaigns throughout the city. PRAY: Please pray that we see fruit in the harvest (people truly surrendered to follow Jesus) and that we, the church, handle the responsibility of follow-up with discipleship well. Pray: Please pray for strength and wisdom for Pastor Nelson, Pastor Javier, and their families as they lead Vida Nueva Guatemala. 

  • November 18-24, I will have the opportunity to shadow Nathan Hardeman, founder of Engadi Ministries, as he hosts a team from the States in their continued work in Zone 18 of Guatemala City. This will help me learn from a veteran in handling large groups as well as help me to become familiar with the area. Nathan and his team believe the Lord has called them to plant a church. We have the privilege of assisting and training their existing employees, starting this weekend. They have been working in this same area for 20 years. PRAY: Please pray for me to learn as we prepare for many of you to join us on future trips. Also, please pray for the Lord to guide our steps in reaching this area further with the gospel. 

5) December... I am working with Adrian Hernandez, the founding pastor of two churches. One in Santiago and another in Xenacoj ("Chin-a-co"). Both are located near to our home and outside the city in the department of Sacatepéquez. We are praying together and discussing the best approach for implementing the gospel conversation tools and training in these two little towns. We are hopeful that this will happen in early December. PRAY: For these two very precious congregations, that the Lord will put His compassion and desire to grow His Kingdom in the hearts of their loved ones, neighbors and co-workers. Please pray for pastor Josh Hill and Adrian Hernandez and their families. 

6) May 04-11, 2019 We are planning to work with God In the Streets (gits) and Engadi Ministries to do street ministry work in Zone 21 Nimajuyu and Zone 18 in Guatemala City. We will have local teams ready for follow up and discipleship. These teams have developed from the trainings done in and around Guatemala City. God In the Streets is a collaboration ministry of Latin American gospel hip-hop artists who will travel from Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Houston (TX), etc. PRAY: Please pray for all the artists who will sacrifice their own time and money to join us in ministry here in Guatemala. Please pray for fruit and for workers to rise up for the harvest and be ready to disciple new believers. 



We want you to know that we sincerely appreciate all who are sacrificing and giving to keep us active in the ministry. We ask that you do something for us to continue in the ministry. Share this blog with others so they can know what God is doing here. Share it with your friends and pastors.  Ask them to consider joining us in financial support. We are sincerely committed to doing the work of ministry and we are independent of organizational support. We count on you as individuals to consider giving above and beyond your normal organizational or cooperative giving. If you are currently supporting us and you have committed to two years but you plan to continue please let us know so we can plan well. If you need to discontinue or decrease support, please let us know. We are into our second year of service and believe the Lord would have us stay indefinitely. We are committed to stay and work as hard as we can for as long as we can while we have funding. The forms and information for giving are on the right hand side of your screen (desktop view). 

Again, Thank you very much for your willingness to support us as you do. We love and appreciate all of you and we ask the Lord to bless you with joy as you seek to grow the Kingdom of God in the hearts of those you know and love.

Monday, May 7, 2018

Seeing God at Work


It has been way too long since we last posted an update. Life has been full and busy, and we praise the Lord that we are witnessing Him doing a work that is so much bigger than us!  We are seeing people choosing to follow Jesus.  We are seeing people become passionate about their calling as ambassadors who carry the message of reconciliation to those around them.  We are seeing leaders and pastors who are eager to train and equip those under their care.  We are seeing young men eager to be a part of training and encouraging others.  We praise God for allowing us to witness and be a part of the miraculous ways He is moving here!  If you would like to partner with us financially, please see the info on the right side of our blog page (you won't see this if you are looking at the mobile site).  Also, if you would like to be included in the group that receives real-time updates/prayer requests, see info at the end of this blog post.  Here are some of the things we’ve been up to…

Since the process to get a permanent visa here in Guatemala is long, complicated, expensive and not really necessary, we are living here with only our tourism visa.  This means we have to leave the country for a few days every 6 months in order to renew it.  So, in February our 6 months was up and we visited the States.  We thoroughly enjoyed the time we were able to spend with friends and family.  We also had some great opportunities to share what the Lord has been teaching us and how He is moving in the hearts of the people here in Guatemala. 

We returned home to Guatemala and received some special guests… the pastor of our home church (Faith Baptist in Youngsville, NC) and his wife, Steven and Jenny Wade. It was a treat to spend time with them and to share our new surroundings with them. After their visit, Christy and the girls began their final 15 week stretch of their homeschool year. We also spent the rest of March moving into a different condo in our same neighborhood.  We had been living in the home of some missionary friends of ours that have been in the States for the past year, but plan to return soon.  Joseph, with the help of several brothers in Christ here, worked hard making repairs and getting the new home ready for us.  Praise the Lord for all who are giving so that we can afford a safe and secure home with beds and enough space for all to feel at home. 


The Lord’s timing amazes us.  As soon as we finished getting settled into our new home, new opportunities for ministry opened before us. After being away, having guests and getting moved, I (Joseph) thought the things in ministry where suffering. I was worried that we may have setbacks in the work but the Lord’s timing is always best. With my horizontal view I saw no work being done, but God was working here even still. People we trained prior to this long stint had been practicing and have seen fruit. They have also been speaking with other churches who have heard of the work and are eager to have us come and train. For months, we have been praying for opportunities to train in more places more often and for more trainers to rise up and begin to practice and train. Just a few weeks ago we heard from a pastor in Zacapa, Guatemala (La Majada) who was looking for someone in the NoPlaceLeft/NingunLugarSinAlcanzar network to help him with gospel conversations and discipleship training. I am overwhelmed and excited to tell you that God has provided faithful men who want to join in the work of making disciples and training them to make disciples who will entrust the ministry to other faithful men as well (2Tim 2:2). Right now, we have at least three months of trainings from these organic contacts.

Prayer Requests:
  • Rising Leaders: We are seeing the Lord develop leaders in Guatemala City, Nimajuyu, and Zacapa (La Majada and Llano De Piedras). The Lord is working, and the enemy is attacking.
  • Luke 10:2. Please pray for more workers in the harvest. We need more trainers to rise up from the harvest and begin to disciple others who will become trainers.
  • Effective communication in trainings scheduled for the next few months in Zacapa/Rio Hondo, Villa Nueva (South of the City) and Nimajuyu (where local pastors will receive training).
  • Wisdom to know and see where the Lord is working vs. working where we think we should because it is more convenient or comfortable.
  • For continued strength to persevere in learning Spanish, homeschool and ministry.
  • Continued financial support so we can stay here and witness the Lord’s work. We need more faithful monthly partners to continue the work.

I (Joseph) often send real-time updates and prayer requests to a group chat using the WhatsApp messenger app.  If you get WhatsApp and would like to be added to this group, send me a message at +502 4803-5579 or email me at jdsaleeby@gmail.com.  
This entire family repented and believed in Jesus! Please pray that we will be able to meet with the father (who was not there that day) and be able to share with him as well.

Jhonnatan is a young man from Nimajuyu who is passionate about making disciples and learning to train others.  Pastor Pedro and Jose are church leaders in Zacapa that have opened their home to us and worked with us to train the local congregations.

This 15 year old named Diego realized his need to repent and believe in Jesus during our training at a local school in Zacapa.  Praise the Lord for opening His eyes to the light of Christ!  Pray that he grows in his understanding of the Gospel and what it means to follow Jesus.

Church training in Zacapa (La Majada)

Stephen Frein helping to train.  These are leaders from La Majada that want to plant a church

Another training.  This church is in Llano de Piedras, Zacapa. We had a pig wander in during one of the trainings here!

Two young men in Nimajuyu that are eager to make disciples.  We will be working together a lot in the next month.
Training at a school in Zacapa.

The vision is to seek houses of peace or churches that would like to practice the tools of evangelism for strengthening an existing church or planting a new church.  Please join us in praying for connections in these locations.




Thursday, December 14, 2017

Update from Joseph - God is raising up workers!

Just wanted to share a couple of quick stories of the way we are seeing God at work here! We cannot tell you how much we value your prayer support.  Please continue to pray that those in darkness would see the light of Christ… and that as they begin to follow Jesus, they would bring the good news of the Gospel to those people they know and love.  Also, please pray that we would be strong in the Lord even as we are in the midst of many spiritual battles.  We are blessed beyond measure to know that He indeed is always with us.  He gives His grace and peace in abundance!  (1 Peter 1: 2)

I met Nery in the market in Antigua last Friday night. He said he was a Christian and wanted to know more about following Jesus. So I went back to train him in how to study the Bible and share the Gospel. During the second training, he discovered that he had never surrendered to Jesus as Lord and repented of his sins. Nery asked Jesus to be his Lord and King last night. Praise God for blessing this encounter and for making all things new in the hearts of men. Please pray for Nery, his wife Mersy, and their daughter, Adriana, as he shares the gospel with them and as we continue discipleship. Also, ¡Gloria a Dios! this was my first time in Spanish without translation.

Nery and I

Gospel conversations training



Sofia is a young lady who attends our church.  She contacted me recently and asked for training in gospel conversations since she had missed the trainings we did at the church a couple of months ago.  So this last Sunday, we had a training at our house with Sofia and two of the guys that have been going out on Thursday nights to share the gospel in the Nimajuyú community.  After some time spent in training at our house, we went to a very busy street in San Lucas. It’s right beside the shopping center and a grocery store we frequent.  In an hour and a half our team of five engaged 38 people.  Seven of them asked Jesus to be their King that night. Two of them, Javier & Adreana, are not believers but they did say yes to studying the Bible in their home. They have agreed to meet this Saturday at 2:30pm. Please pray that their hearts will be changed and that they will become fruit that yields 100-fold.

Thankful for Stephen Frein's help in the training

Our team of 5: Vinicio Tello, Sofia Rod, Stephen Frein, Julio Jimenez and me





We praise the Lord for the work He is doing and the souls He has saved!  Our continual prayer is that He will send out more workers into the harvest (Luke 10:2).  Please let us know if there is ever any way we can be praying for you! 

We also thank those of you that have come alongside us in financial support.  If you would like to give a gift to help support this ministry, please see the right column of our blog for info on how to give.


Merry Christmas!

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Update from Joseph - Gospel Conversations Trainings


HOLA! We are sincerely thankful to all of you who are faithfully supporting us financially and in prayer. We praise the Lord for His faithfulness and for putting Guatemala on your hearts. Without your support we would not have the blessing to be here and to see the Lord’s work in and around us. Thank you very much.

The view of Guatemala City from our neighborhood
When we first said “Yes” to the Lord and began this journey to Guatemala we thought the Lord would have us come here and work only with Good News in Action and Vida Nueva Guatemala on training in evangelism. As we began to move in this direction the Lord introduced us to a network of people who are seeking the fulfilment of the Great Commission, #NoPlaceLeft where the gospel has not been heard by a mouth to ear gospel presentation. You can visit www.noplaceleft.net for more information on trainings, worldwide, and mission statements. In Latin America this best translates to #NingunLugarSinAlcanzar (NLSA). With this network the Lord provided encouragement, training, methods for training trainers, challenged our then tiny vision for His mission and gave us many great resources useful for equipping new and existing believers to carry out His kingdom-building mission. It is a comprehensive biblical approach of training in gospel conversations, equipping believers for discipleship and challenging immediate obedience to the Gospel. It is truly a way to multiply the workers in the harvest to get more Great Commission kingdom-building work accomplished.
Our strategy here in Guatemala is pretty simple: Share the Gospel. Train others to share the gospel. Train Trainers to train others to share the gospel until there is #NingunLugarSinAlcanzar in Guatemala where the gospel has not been heard by a mouth to ear conversation.

(I am including a couple of videos below... one is from a training held at the church and the other is from a training held in our home.)
Pastor Nelson Rivas after the VNG training




Training held at the church (VNG)
We are excited, and we praise the Lord for His great work here. Since our last blog post we have experienced the Lord open doors for trainings and gospel conversations. The Lord has provided great translators, who speak English well and want to be trained and they want to be trainers. So we have seen the Lord do much more in the onset of this adventure than we expected. So far, in the last 8 weeks we have had 12 trainings and trained at least 70 people in gospel conversations. Some trainings were in our home, some in other homes and some in the church at Vida Nueva Guatemala. We are also in the process of training leaders from three churches just outside the city so that they can take the training and cast the #NLSA vision in their church and community. In December we will work with them and do a full day training complete with harvest time in their communities (Santiago, Chimaltenango, Xeno & Nimajuyu). In short, The Lord is opening doors for the people of God to be mobilized with the gospel.

Training in our home
 
With the youth of VNG
Some pics of small group trainings:







We are hearing stories of people from VNG sharing the gospel in the work place, with family members and elsewhere. Last night we met in a large colonia (group of neighborhoods) in the north of Guatemala City called Nimajuyu. Back in August I was in Guatemala for the GNIA campaigns and met a couple named Julio and Ana in the park of this colonia. These two were already following Jesus when we met. We stayed in touch through Facebook. They saw the pictures of NLSA trainings on FB and wanted to know more. We met for coffee and I cast the NLSA Vision for them. Julio and Ana were very excited and saw that this is a great way for them to reach their community and possibly other parts of Guatemala. Since this coffee meeting we have spent a lot of time together looking at scripture, training and praying for more workers in the harvest. Last night, four men from Vida Nueva and I met in their home, prayed and went into the harvest together. In one hour and 15 minutes we engaged 14 people. Some would not receive prayer. Some wanted to hear more and have been invited to discover more through bible study. One young woman surrendered to the Lordship of King Jesus and will be discipled by Ana and Julio.

Last night in Julio and Ana's home

Last night in the harvest

Notes from our sharing time after the harvest


I am sorry for the long post and I do apologize that my words cannot express how much we can see happening in the hearts of the people here. I am humbled to say that I could keep on and on with how the Lord has been working for His name sake.

We had the opportunity to share the gospel after playing a game of soccer with a group of boys in a local neighborhood park.
I will end with this one scripture that has recently come alive to us. “The Kingdom of God is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all he has and buys that field.” (Matt 13:44) Jesus calls us to recognize the value of the Kingdom of God. It is worth everything we have and we cannot outgive God - not with our time, our money or even our lives. In this time our family is learning more about the true and lasting joy that comes from simple obedience and the discovery of the value of the Kingdom of God. The further we go down this road of investing in eternal things the more we discover true joy in in Christ in the midst of the uncertainties we face.

Christy and the girls were so excited to find a leaf at the park that reminded them of fall in NC :)



The girls loved helping with VBS decorations


Again, we cannot thank you enough for your prayers and financial support. We would not be on this journey if many of you did not give of your finances and prayer support. Please continue to pray for more workers in the harvest and please continue to give. If you are looking for a mission to support please prayerfully consider us and view the right side of the blog for more information.

Prayer Points:
Ø  More workers in the harvest.
Ø  More opportunities for training trainers.
Ø  For the training to remain simple and reproducible.
Ø  Those who are trained to produce fruit and to become trainers.
Ø  32,000 trainers who will train at least 50 more people.
Ø  Patience and persistence in pursuing the Kingdom of God.
Ø  Strength and perception when the enemy strikes. We are waging war against him and he is striking, but God is faithful to sustain us.
Ø  Family as we continue to adjust to the culture.
Ø  Family to grow in our understanding and ability to speak Spanish. (The Lord is blessing in this way.)
Ø  Christy and the girls and they continue to valiantly keep up with a full homeschool schedule. With our move they had a little delay in starting. They are 10 weeks into the school year now and are doing a great job of getting caught up.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss sending a mission team to Guatemala:
My cell number is +502 4803 5579 (I can receive texts and I can call you.)
Email: jdsaleeby@gmail.com


Joseph