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Anniversary
Celebration
On April
23 we had our 2 year anniversary from when our “association” or
denomination for the churches was approved by the Guatemalan government.
People from all 7 Servant Ministries’ churches were in attendance with a
total of 230 people. We had a special music group from the capital, an
invited speaker and served chow mien to all in attendance. We give God
the glory for this milestone that we celebrated.
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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.
“Church in Jocotan”
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!!!
Last year the ministry completed the construction of its 13th church. There has also been several pastors' houses built over the
recent years.
“Church in Agua Zarca”
“Construction on La Puente Church”
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! |
