Ministry During the Pandemic - update from Joseph

We are so thankful for your prayers and your sacrificial giving to help those in need here in Guatemala. The Lord is answering your prayers and your gifts are being used to bring others into His kingdom!

We have given out hundreds of pounds of rice, beans, and maseca, along with sugar, salt and consommé. We also have shared the gospel with each and every person that received a bag of food.  (For details about the food we are buying and distributing, please see the note at the end of this post.) We have given out food and shared the gospel in five different communities over the last five weeks. As we have met many new people, they have led us to others they know that also are in need.  It has been so exciting to see the Lord use these people to open doors to two communities.  One of these communities is a little town called Chituc.  Two weeks ago, as we shared food bags and the gospel, three people surrendered to follow King Jesus. We told them we would come back to start discipleship. Yesterday we went back with bibles and six believers (including one of the new believers) showed up. It was a blessing to see Charlie (a “Timothy”) lead them in a bible study. When we finished, they asked for more and told us they were thankful. There is no church in this community and they typically do not receive much assistance from the municipality. Something else that we are rejoicing over is that Charlie’s boss, Fidel, from the market restaurant that is now shut down, has been serving with us and receiving discipleship.  He has gone from being skeptically interested in the changes he’s seen in Charlie to showing a true hunger to be a part of the work God is doing!  He has been truly helpful to the ministry.

After we left Chituc, Fidel asked if we could go visit another little town that he had heard had great need.  So we went to San Antonio, Santo Domingo Xenacoj.  We went house to house giving food and sharing the gospel. Many of them believed in Jesus and want to continue studying the bible next week. Please pray that they receive us when we return. This community also does not have a church! Please pray that the Lord will guard the seeds that have been scattered and allow them to produce much fruit. 

We share all this so that you can know how to pray. I also want to praise the Lord for the work He is doing in our hearts as He opens doors to communities that we did not know even existed and they are within our department. I can say that we are experiencing true joy during this crisis. God has been so faithful to provide for the needs of our brothers. He is using some of you to support the work in a very direct way. Due to your giving, our family and Charlie can continue working in the harvest, teaching the Word of God, and training others to do the same as we go. Thank you and we praise the Lord for you!

One final note… We need a 4X4 vehicle to get around to these towns and villages. Our van is a blessing, but it is a 4-cylinder 12 passenger van with low clearance. As we are traveling to these outlying towns, we need a vehicle with clearance and 4x4. We have seen this need for a while. We have found a 4x4 truck that is being sold by a friend.  It will take $6,000 to purchase the truck and put new tires on it, but he wants to sell it soon.  We are asking the Lord to provide for this.  We have had many of you ask us to make it known whenever we have a specific need so that is what we are doing.  Please let us know if the Lord puts it on your heart to help our ministry in this way.  We believe that if the Lord wants us to have it, it is not a difficult thing for Him to provide! 

Here is how the food bags work:

Each bag we give is an opportunity to be in the community, share the gospel, and build relationships. We are focusing on five communities here in Sacatepéquez. These communities are Chituc, San Bartolomé Milpas Altas, Chaocorral,  Cuatro Caminos & San Antonio Xenacoj. 

For $210 USD (1,520Q) we can make 50 food bags. Each bag contains:

2 pounds of Maseca

2 pounds of rice

2 pounds of beans

1 pound of sugar 

a small bag of salt 

We would like to continue visiting these communities in rotation every week to give 50 bags each week. By rotation we mean that we will visit one or two communities each week. Every gift is helpful and useful to advance the kingdom of God here in Guatemala.

Pandemic Situation in Guate

Hello friends and family! We wanted to send out an update to let you know the current situation here in Guatemala.  For the past 3 weeks, the Guatemalan government has been asking everyone to stay at home as much as possible. They have shut down all non-essential gatherings, public transportation systems, schools, shopping centers, markets, and restaurants. This has resulted in many people completely losing their income.  On March 22 the president announced a curfew from 4pm to 4am.  As of yesterday, the curfew has been extended at least until April 12th. We currently have 34 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 virus. The government is building temporary hospital space to prepare for a peak.  Larger grocery store chains, gas stations, pharmacies and restaurants with drive thru service are still in business.  They are requiring masks and checking everyone’s temperature before allowing entrance into the grocery stores.  There is also a limit to the number of shoppers. Overall, we are impressed with the way the government and businesses are handling these circumstances.

Waiting in line to shop at Pricesmart

Many of the people the Lord has given to us to care for work in the restaurants and other businesses of the open market of our town San Lucas.  This market has been completely shut down causing these people to have no source of income.  Many people in this market have heard the gospel and begun to follow Jesus in discipleship and obedience.  We are seeking the Lord’s direction on how to continue serving these people right here in San Lucas.  This week, Charlie (who is part of our Guate22 team and a talented chef in the market that is now closed) reached out to the local volunteer firefighters/ems workers.  He cooked them a couple of meals and found out their current needs.  Thanks to some generous donations, I was able to buy supplies for their fire station and as we delivered them, we shared the gospel.  We were blessed to see God open the eyes of one of these young men’s hearts as he repented and believed in Jesus!  We are excited about the opportunity to continue ministering to these servants of the community.

I have also been able to continue regular discipleship meetings with the guys on our GUATE22 team through ZOOM.  They are also experiencing financial hardship but sincerely desire to continue in the gospel ministry.  We have even offered disciple making trainings online using ZOOM.  Please let me know if you are interested in participating!

After a few weeks of praying and asking the Lord how to serve during these unusual times, here is what we have concluded. We are not a ministry that is set up to feed, supply medical needs or housing. However, we know that we are here for such a time as this. We have decided to focus on our local public volunteer servants at the fire station. We have also decided that we will work with each of our GUATE22 team members to supply food for them to share with those in their community but focusing on those they have already been praying for and sharing with prior to this situation. An example of this will be supplying Charlie with the ingredients and supplies to prepare food for his neighbors and for the fire station. In this way we hope to build gospel centered relationships with people and families living right next door.  We will also be talking with our neighbors to see who has a need in our community and the rest of the team likewise. All for the opportunity to love our neighbors and deliver the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We have found a great contact selling 100lbs of beans and 100lbs of rice for $100. We will be putting together packets for families including basic non-perishable food staples to be personally delivered with the gospel.  Any donations we receive will also be used to help with basic needs for a few of the GUATE22 team members so they can also take care of their families as they are serving others. Every donation will present an opportunity for us to deliver the gospel of King Jesus. These opportunities may be the way into a house of peace for continued discipleship and kingdom growth. If you would like to give, please visit our website www.guate22.org and click “Donate”. We have the tax-deductible option through our sending church, Faith Baptist Church, or you can give using the PayPal or Google Pay links at the bottom of the “Donate” page. Above all, we ask you to pray for the people of Guatemala.  We long to see God move as only He can do, opening the eyes of the blind and bringing people into a restored relationship with Himself.  Also, please pray for our health and for lasting gospel centered, kingdom expanding relationships to develop as we go. As always, we thank the Lord for each of you!  Please let us know how you are doing and how we can be praying for you! Joseph and Christy Saleeby

Guate22 - Ministry update from Joseph

Once again, too much time has passed since our last update.  On the other hand, we are thankful that the reason for the delay is that we have been preoccupied with the exciting ways God is working around and through us.  I, Joseph, am currently waiting for two members of our ministry team as they are seeking Visas so they can travel with me to the US for further ministry training. I thought I’d take a minute and write a brief update.

Since our last post we have been able to realize steps toward a vision the Lord has put on our hearts. That vision is to establish a nonprofit ministry that will equip existing churches and establish healthy evangelical churches to complete the great commission. Our prayer is that it will eventually be run by Guatemalan nationals. The name of the ministry is GUATE22.   Please follow us on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/guate22/) and visit our new website (www.guate22.org) to learn more about the team, the mission and the vision for the future of GUATE22.

Starting in December 2019 we have had a few short-term teams come from the US. These  teams were very flexible and willing to receive evangelism and discipleship training in their first few days in order to engage the community with the gospel. We saw the Lord work in ways one may feel were very inconvenient, but God showed us that His plans were better than ours. Through the first set of “inconveniences”, the team that came in December ended up staying in our own town of San Lucas instead of traveling to another department according to plan. While staying in San Lucas, we engaged the community with the gospel, saw people repent and believe, and had two baptisms. From one of these two who were baptized, we have since seen the Lord open many doors into a community where we had honestly struggled before. All in the Lord’s timing. We have continued with discipleship and evangelism in this area and the Lord has brought more fruit through repentance and more baptisms.

We had an incredible week of ministry with a team that came in February, and with this team we saw the Lord open even more doors within the same community.  We saw many people repent and believe and had two more baptisms.  Since then, we have been meeting regularly to disciple and follow-up with the contacts that were made that week.  If you, your church, or your small group want to come and see how the Lord is working, please send us a note so we can start planning your trip as soon as possible.

The Lord continues to add young men to the GUATE22 team.  These brothers truly are a blessing to my soul. It is a joy to watch them grow in their faith and confidence in God’s Word, and to see them sharing the gospel and training others to do the same. These brothers are faithfully pursuing the Lord in obedience. We give all praise, honor, and glory to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for all that He is doing in the hearts of men and women here in Guatemala! He is advancing His kingdom for His glory!

God is Moving - stories from Joseph

We are so excited to share a couple of amazing stories from this past month.  We know that many of you give sacrificially to support the ministry God has called us to, so we want to be sure that you get to know some of the ways we are seeing God move!

Before I get to the most recent stories, I (Joseph) want to thank the Lord for the work He allowed us to be a part of when a team from Osborne Baptist Church joined me and the local team (who I am calling the Guate22 team) for a week this month.  Ronnie Bullins, Justin Mize and Phillip Raeburn came from Eden, NC, and worked hard to God’s glory. The Guate22 team that went on the trip was Dany Garcia, Jesús Sanchez, Marbin Flores and Geovanni. We were also blessed to have José Rubí with us from La Ceiba, Honduras.  All of these brothers poured their hearts into kingdom business to glorify God each day. I am thankful for the opportunity to work with each of them.  We witnessed the work of the Holy Spirit in Huehuetenango as we joined Jesus Sanchez and his family in the work that they are doing there.  God clearly led us to those that He had prepared to hear and respond to the gospel.  We saw a whole family get right with God together. We also saw 12 salvations, trained 10 in evangelism and discipleship, and had 2 baptisms. We prayed with many more people along the way and came home knowing that we did not waste a minute. We planted many gospel seeds and we ask the Lord to bring the growth.  

Back row (left to right): Ronnie Bullins, Justin Mize, Marbin Flores, Jose Rubi, Geovanni, and me
Front row (left to right): Dany Garcia and Phillip Raeburn

Jesus Sanchez and his wife, Adali

The first story I want to share is from that trip.  We had been planning the trip for a few months. In the planning process, I needed to find translators. I was waiting for one translator to get time off so he could join us. Well, that did not work out. The week before the trip, I reached out to a guy I met in Zacapa, named Geovanni. He was a translator for another Guatemala based ministry, Hope of Life, and I had only met and worked with him for one day while in Zacapa. So, I called and invited him to travel with us as a translator. By the second day of the trip, he had heard the gospel multiple times. I asked him if he had considered following Jesus. He said he was thinking about it but was worried that he would “mess it up.” I told him there was no doubt about that! I encouraged him to put his faith in Jesus’ work alone and not in his own ability to be righteous. I left him to think on that. Later in the day, we were talking to a man and wife about baptism using the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26-39), and Geovanni who was listening in quietly came to us and said, “I believe in Jesus and I want to be baptized.” So, he and the woman we were talking to were both baptized!  When Geovanni returned home, he shared with his dad what happened to him and shared the gospel with him. His dad surrendered his life to Christ right then! Geovanni called me asking for direction on starting with discipleship. Praise the Lord!

A few days after returning from the trip, I met with Geovanni, along with Dany and Marbin (who had also traveled with us) for discipleship.  We were joined by a man named Charlie, who works at our family’s favorite restaurant in the nearby market.  During our meeting, Charlie realized he was far from God and decided to put his faith in Jesus! He is now planning to share the gospel with some of the women that also work at the restaurant!  After spending time with Charlie, the rest of us went out to share the gospel together. Geovanni was nervous but he really wanted to obey King Jesus and he did. Please pray for Geovanni as he continues following Jesus. Please pray for him to grow in his faith so that he can disciple his dad and continue sharing the gospel with others.

This is the team eating dinner the night before heading out to Huehuetenango.  That's Charlie in the foreground.

And a bonus story… our van was with the mechanic so I had to take an Uber home that night.  After pulling into our neighborhood, I asked the driver, Wilmer, if I could share something with him.  He was open and listened intently as I shared the gospel using the 3 circles.  When I asked him where he found himself (close to God or far from God), he began crying.  He said he knew he was far from God, but had never realized it before.  I was witnessing the Holy Spirit piercing this man’s heart right in front of my eyes.  Through tears, Wilmer prayed to repent of his sins and surrender his life to Christ!  Praise God!  Please pray that he will continue in the faith and be willing to receive discipleship. 

We sincerely thank all our supporters for joining us in this journey. Many of you are giving of your hard-earned money and many of you are praying for the work that is going on. Thank you very much.  If you would like to see more pictures or baptism videos from our trip, check out the recent posts on our facebook page (facebook name: JosephandChristySaleeby  https://www.facebook.com/csaleeby)  Stay tuned in the next few months as we plan to launch our vision for Guate22!

Please continue to pray:

• For more workers in the harvest in all 22 departments of Guatemala.
• For Jesús Sánchez and his family and the ministry in Huehuetenango.
• For the brothers on the GUATE22 team as they grow and develop their own ministries
• For our brother Jose Rubí as he seeks NoPlaceLeft in La Ceiba, Honduras.

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!

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!

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.