2012 news letter

I thank God for my family, my mom is doing well, He protected her in New York during the storm that hit the West Coast this year. She is still working (cleaning apartments) but she is tired, I pray that 2013 would be her last year there and then she can come back home and enjoyed her grandchildren and beautiful daughters here J

My father is doing OK, he is still drinking but not too bad, he has a lot of physical problems that had kept him away from drinking too much. He lives by himself in Guatemala City. I see him often, it is hard for me to see him drunk, I love my dad!

I thank God for the opportunity to visit my sister Cynthia in September, her husband William is a marine and he is serving in Afghanistan, I got to visit her right while his base got attacked, God protected him but some other marines died, and I was with my sister while that happened. I got to see my mom who came from NY to see me in California as well as my aunt who raised

 me, her name is Zoila, she is 75 years old, and prayed for her son conversion for more than 25 years... God gave her the gift of seen his 50 year old son walk up to the altar to accept Jesus in his heart!

My sister Doris, is doing good, she did great in university and she is only one year away to become an E.S.L. teacher, just like me, I love when my sisters follow my steps! Except when I fall, than I don´t want them following me!

My bodies, Junior and Milly, Junior became 8 year old last August, he loves Milly, she is full of energy, playful, and does not like to listen! I love them both, but Junior is the one I love the most. (please do not comment anything in front of Milly!) We love going to visit the children at the orphanage, and the children there LOVE them, they love Milly the most but I don’t tell Junior that. 

PRECIOUS MOMENTS

2012 has been a pretty busy ministry year; I continue teaching Bible lessons, at Precious Moments, a school for poor children that live near the garbage dump of Santa Fe, zone 13 of Guatemala. This year we only got 2 teams to visit us, to do ministry there. It is hard to teach about a loving father if their father here in earth is a gang member who kills people as a job. This year we got 2 families that the father was killed, and another family, of a single mom, whose 2 children got to be in the wrong place, at the wrong time, they both got shot, both alive thank God, but seriously injured. I visited this 3 families a number of times now, but their heart  is hurt and love is not in their eyes any more. Please continue to pray for these children, for Martita the founder of this ministry, and for finances that would cover the teachers’ salaries, we are looking for next year 8 churches, small groups or schools that would like to “adopt” a classroom for $250.00 per month, this year we served to 180 children. (in a 3 bedroom house!)

And please pray for me! As I drive there now once a week, please pray for safety more than anything.

HIV ORPHANAGE

There had been some changes, If you had ever visited the orphanage you have to had noticed the lack of adults in the babies area, only one or two nurses to take care to 8 to 12 children… thank God a church from Minnesota started a program called “Hug a baby” and they hired a nanny to hold babies while they drink their bottle, change their diapers regularly and also give some physical therapy to the children, she is doing a great help and I can see the improvement in the health and social skills of the babies, if you want to be part of this ministry let me know and I can give you the information you need to do so.

One of our children is in heaven now, she (Ingrid) had some cardiac condition that affected her, if you visited she is the one in bed, or wheel chair, she could not walk, talk, or move, now she is free as an eagle!
The children learn in a slower pace, but they have fun doing it. Please pray for me as I want to be a witness of the love of Jesus for me and for them.