Hello SHBC,
Day four is now about to wind down and the Lord has not let us down at all. He blessed us with weather about 85-90 degrees and also with a great time of door to door and VBS. We had 298 children attend the vacation bible school and for the week we have had about 70 persons profess their belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Praise the Lord–we will be leaving in the morning headed to Antigua for Thursday and Friday. Then the Lord willing we will be flying out headed to Atlanta and then be driving home. The Lord has been good to us this week with some schemes the devil has thrown at us and He still reigns. We are looking forward to being back with our faith family on Sunday at Sharon Heights Baptist Church.
Prayer requests–please pray for no roadblocks heaeded to Antigua on Thursday.
We are looking forward to sharing more fo what the Lord is doing and what He has done in the town of La Mercedes.
Thanks for being a praying people
Operation GO Guatemala
Operation “GO” Guatemala Blog#3 Day three has been a definite success for the team and for the Kingdom of God! For some they have had the privilege to lead their first person to Jesus Christ! Praise be to the Almighty Father, who is good and Sovereign in all things. This morning we started out by meeting with our host church and praying over some property that have purchased for building a larger sanctuary for more people to be a part of the service. Then we headed to the town where they have the vision of planting a church, and SHBC is sharing in this vision as well. The town is called La Mercedes. This is the same town we worked in last year with the same church, and the awesome thing is that some of the people we had the privilege of leading to Jesus Christ last year were working with them and us on the mission this morning. To God be the Glory for people meaning business with Jesus. Anyway, this morning ( Tuesday ) we had the opportunity for teams to go door-to-door. There were so many seeds planted and many were harvested. I am thinking that we had 20 professions of faith and one Bible study planted and many follow-ups done for the studies that have been planted since last year. This afternoon we had our VBS with we are estimating a little over 200 children in the school. Wow! God is good! Thanks to all the workers that are making this event happen on Operation “GO” Guatemala. A few of our men went out during VBS and visited with a couple of families that have been allowing Pastor Walter to have Bible studies in their homes. Catch this—the families are not saved but they want studies in their homes…God is up to something. Anyway, same drill the Lord willing on Wednesday. Continue to pray for us that He will receive glory and honor due His name. ( Matthew 5:16 ) Operation “GO” Team
Guatemala Blog #2 Well, we have had a wonderful day on Monday here in Coatepeque, Guatemala. We really appreciate so many of you going to the Lord in prayer this afternoon when I sent a urgent prayer request out on behalf of our team. The Lord did answer the prayer and we made it safely back to the site and had a wonderful afternoon of VBS and in-home visits. The problem was that the teachers had went on strike and had both of the roads blocked with people, tires, and any other thing they could find to block cars from getting through. Praise the Lord that one of the nationals that is working with us knew a pig-trail to go to with vehicles to get us through back to our rooms to eat lunch and then get back to the town of La Mercedes. After going on a “pretty much” mud ride in tourist vans we made it. Thank You Jesus! You guys prayed and the road block was taken down. Please continue to pray that it will stay down so we can continue the work God has begun to do once again with the church we are partnering with this week. This is our second year as SHBC teams to work with Pastor Walter and his church to build relationships and trust with the people of La Mercedes. This is our vision, along with Larry and Sarah Plyler ( IMB missionaries ), and along with Pastor Walter to plant a church in La Mercedes. This is what we are working on. On Tuesday we will be going door-to-door visiting from home to home and also in the afternoon we will be doing VBS again with the children. We are expecting 200-300 children on Tuesday. Will update hopefully Tuesday evening…have a great day in Jesus Christ! Operation “GO” Team
Well, we are finally here in Coatepeque, Guatemala and the Lord has already blessed us by providing ways to get here. First, we had to purchase another ticket in Atlanta, but this was American Airlines fault, but this was just another wile ( scheme ) of the devil. We are bedding down for the evening and we have got prayer walking and VBS on Monday in La Mercedes. We will update as we go throughout the week. Pray for us as we plant seeds and spread the Gospel through door to door, VBS, and ministry.
This evening we had services at the church and Ernie, Danny, David, and Jamie shared testimonies and I had the privilege of preaching the Word of God. It was an awesome time and Soc and David had the privilege of leading one of our translators to the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise the Lord…keep praying….we are already looking forward to being back with our faith family at Sharon Heights Baptist Church.
Operation “GO” Team
