I have turned over the ministry to the Mayan people of Tabacal to Carlos Fernandez, a guatemalan american missionary who attends our church. He is now the pastor of missions for our church in San Lucas. The church that was initially constructed by Sierra Bible Church in Reno, NV has now almost been completed and we held the first service in the "completed" building. Carlos brought a team down from the states and we had a lunch in the church for the children, gave food out to the families, and some toys and clothes out to the children. It was a good time of service. Carlos will continue the work there with a children's program for nutrition and spiritual education. We are looking together at options for more permanent houseing in a Habitat for Humanity style setup.
During the event Heather and the
kids all come for the celebration and the kids were able to help with the distribution of the food. Heather read Bible stories to the children of Tabacal and helped organize the distribution of food and gifts. We prayed for the people all together and told of the hope found in the gospel.With the fields for crops in place (even though some crops are failing due to weather), the water system in place and working wonderfully, and the church built, the majority of my job there is complete and it is time for me to hand the ministry over to a guatemalan that can minister to them on a deeper spiritual level and one that will be there for years to come. We thank God for the Fernandez family and their commitment to furthering God's kingdom in Tabacal. We will still be involved there to some level but more and more as volunteers.
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