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Phone:
US Office
(810) 385-4338
Field Address
Nancy Sheldon
Barrio Shalom
Camotán, Chiquimula
Guatemala, C.A.
Stateside Address
Servant Ministries
P.O. Box 596073
Fort Gratiot, MI 48059-6073
Canadian Address
Koinonia Christian Fellowship
850 Sawmill Road
Bloomingdale, ONT N0B 1K0
Email
tamie@servantministries.net
nancy@servantministries.net
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  Surrounding the towns of Camotan and Jocotan, there are around 150 different mountain villages. Only a handful of these villages have an evangelical church. Due to distance and rough roads some of these villages are very hard to travel to and during the rainy season are sometimes impossible to reach. Many people never travel out of their own village and that means there is a need to take Jesus to them.
The vision of Servant Ministries is to have an evangelical witness in every village. That's a BIG vision!!! But we serve a BIG God!!!
In 2010 we will be starting construction on the foundation of our 15th church. This will be in the village of Dos Quebradas. We have a team scheduled to come in January 2011 to work on the actual church construction. There has also been several pastors' houses built over the recent years.
The first step in building a church is to first establish a Christian witness in that particular village. This is done through door-to-door evangelism. When there is an interest shown, a place is found to start a small meeting. After the people have had a time to grow in the Word and in their Christian walk, then a formal church building is planned.
Servant Ministries has to first raise the funds to build and then find the laborers to do the construction. Often times it becomes a cooperative effort between mission teams and nationals to complete the construction. Praise the Lord for His faithfulness to provide all that is needed to bring His presence into these remote villages!
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Church Planting Update:
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We had our quarterly water baptisms on August 9 at the ministry center and were happy to see another good turnout, with 11 candidates taking this step in their spiritual walk with the Lord. There was 5 people from the village of Oquen, 1 from Marimba and 5 from Dos Quebradas. It was especially exciting to have new believers that took this step from Dos Quebradas, as this is a new area that we are opening. We just bought property in August and continue to work in this village, with the goal to have it be our next church construction. |
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