Day 15 | Guatemala

“Guat” can we pray for today??

It has been a really exciting year so far at Casas por Cristo. We love what is going on in Guatemala. For as long as I can remember it has been our vision to reproduce what we do in other parts of the world, outside of Mexico. It has been very fulfilling to see Guatemala take shape and become a place where great ministry is taking place.

We began 2011 looking at a small list of countries we’d like to expand to and narrowed it down to Guatemala. After some initial planning on our first trip in February, we can say now that we’ve built four homes through local churches in the small village of San Raimundo. We could not have made it happen without God showing up in huge ways. We saw God bring us a great partner in ministry with Morning Glory School (a school, clinic, and church planting organization.) We also witnessed the development of a team of 12 pastors to serve alongside and build up their churches. Finally, after many problems with immigration, our tools arrived and are there to stay. We know that prayer has made all the difference and seeing God’s plan in action has brought peace and enthusiasm to the work going on there.

Please join us in prayer today. We want to pray for the first few families that have received homes. We pray that it was a huge blessing and a life changing event for them. We want to lift up future teams (we are already having registrations come in for 2012) and the work they will do to share God’s love. We want to pray for our pastors there, that their vision remains strong and that they can use the tool we are providing. We want to pray for the ministry of Morning Glory, that their work will impact the kingdom and that we can provide another element of ministry that can be useful to them as well.
Thank you for your prayers.
-Pete