What Can I Do?

We would like to give you this area to show you some practical ways that you can be involved.  We will list prayer requests and opportunities to participate in the work in Guatemala through the following information:

1. Collect school supplies or funds to buy them – see more information for our “School Sponsorship Project” under Community Projects.
   
   
2. Make a lasting change in the life of a Guatemalan child through sponsorship in our Embrace program.  See more information under Embrace.
   
   
3. Give monthly support to keep Servant Ministries moving forward with all of its outreaches and ministries.
   
   
4. Sponsor a retreat for our national pastors.  We would like to have one toward the end of the year and need sponsors to help with the costs.  We would also like to have a speaker (with translator if necessary) come to pour into these pastors’ lives.
   
   
5. Contribute toward a retreat for North American missionaries-- that is scheduled for October.  See more information under Short Term Missions.
   
   
6. Bring a team to Guatemala and participate through:
1. Medical clinics
2. Construction projects
3. Evangelism
4. Church/open air meetings
5. Children/youth meetings
6. Other
   
   
7. Provide funds for Bibles and New Testaments and tracts for ministry outreaches.
   
   
8. Be a “Prayer Partner”.  We know that it is prayer that paves the way for us to continue to move forward.  Here are some specific areas to cover in prayer:
   
   
1. For spiritual revival in our churches and the surrounding areas.
   
   
2. For a full time North American (or bilingual Guatemalan) office manager/personal assistance for Nancy.
   
   
3. For health, protection and favor for all ministry workers.
   
   

4. Economy -  This is the time frame that is most difficult for the people every year.  Last year’s harvest is gone and they are waiting for their current harvest.  The rain began late and so crops were planted almost a month later than usual, which means that the harvest will be delayed by a month also.  As in all parts of the world, the fuel hikes are affecting prices on everything.  Even the main basic staples of beans and rice have taken huge price jumps and what used to be considered the “basic diet” is becoming unattainable to many.
   
   

5. Excessive rain -  It is very strange for me to say that we have had too much rain.  Our part of the country is usually in drought 3 out of 5 years.  We are usually communicating with you that we are lacking in the harvest due to lack of sufficient rain and although our rains began late this year, we have had an unusual amount since that point.  We have been getting rains that last all night and rain during the day as well.  The ground is saturated and there is no place for the rain to go.  Houses are collapsing as the foundations are being shaken loose by the unstable ground.  About an hour from here, 12 houses were buried in a landslide with the families inside of them.  They had been warned to leave but didn’t want to and unfortunately were buried alive as a result of not heeding the warning.  Closer to home, 86 families from Jocotán have been ordered by the municipal office to be on standby to vacate their houses including Lidia, my secretary.  There have seen signs of some of the foundations giving way and are taken precautionary measures to have this whole sector of town look for temporary housing else where as they deem necessary.  15 houses are near an area where a hole has opened in the land and have been evacuated.  They have tried to measure the depth of this hole and cannot because it is extremely deep and they cannot reach the bottom of this open crater.  These families are living in the salon of the municipal office.  Where the 12 houses were buried there is concern of the whole town of 15,000 inhabitants being buried as they sit on a plateau above a mountain that is dangerously unsettled and ready to break loose.  Please pray for a cease in the rains and for the land to settle and dry sufficiently to remove this danger.
   
   
6. We have been praying for land to buy for the Camotán church for a few years now.  We have the ministry center to meet at for the time being but the people would really like to have something that is identified as the Camotán local church for Servant Ministries; that will be developed as the central church of all of our churches.  We have been praying specifically about a piece of property as you enter Camotán that would be an ideal locale.  The owner lives in the capital and over the last year or more has not shown interest in selling it.  We have had a number of prayer meetings dedicated specifically to this need and believing for God to change this man’s heart.  Our last conversation with him has resulted in him saying that “he will put together some numbers and let us know what his price would be” which is a huge step forward.  We are now praying for his heart to be favorable toward selling us this property and at a very reasonable price…..and for our provision to buy it!  Please stand with us on this matter. 
   
   We want to keep you informed on what the ministry is doing and to let you know how much we appreciate your prayers and financial support to allow us to keep reaching out in all of these areas.
   
   
   
9. Provide funds for our annual VBS which is in November. 

If you are interested in being a participant in any of these areas, feel free to communicate with us by completing the form HERE.