Chicaman is becoming home now. We have an incredible market for fruits and vegetables, our favorite pizza place, our host family who welcomes us daily into their home, and the sweetest little kitchen- all while being surrounded by mountains.
Because our host’s heart is called to the surrounding villages, we get to meet people from various areas including pastors, Sunday school teachers, women, and children. On Friday, we met with eleven young adult missionaries from these villages who are traveling to Honduras next month for their own mission trip. They will be doing street evangelism, kids ministry, and house to house visits.
What if I told you that Guatemala is sending out missionaries? What feelings get stirred up within you?
The feeling I felt was conviction. I thought, ‘I traveled to a place where the same God that sent me here is also sending them out into the world to share the good news.’ Woah! God is using missionaries here for mobilization, training, and discipleship in order to send more.
God is calling missionaries from many nations! I’m learning that people from differing nations bring new perspectives and avenues to reach unreached communities. It often opens doors North American believers can’t open. Guatemala is a third world country. I have observed how being an underprivileged nation has established a deep level of dependence on God that I believe presents powerfully in ministry. Think about that for a second, what if it was easier to give up everything? Would it be easier to step into the call God has for your life? Would it be easier to leave your home to devote your life to Him?
I am simply inspired by my now peers who have stepped out in faith to travel to Honduras. It was an honor to share with them my heart for missions and how God has again and again pursued me to be obedient. And now, here they go!
Luke 9:2 says ”and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God to heal”.
Prayer Requests!
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Raise up more believers in Guatemala to bring in the harvest
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Ask God to create radical mission movements from people of every tribe and tongue
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Incredible discipleship and training for those being sent out
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Safety for the young adults being sent to Honduras
Be well. Love well.
Mags
