2014 summary

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Some of the things I am thankful and want to share with you because you had present this requests to the Lord with me are:

School year is over, we were able to serve 180 children at Precious Moments School, 4 classrooms were supported 100% all year long and 1 started to be supported in July.

Kids at the orphanage got to hear the Gospel several times during the year, thank God for using us in something so precious as sharing His love with them.

Sumpango Church has been blessed with 5 teams this year, 2 from Minnesota, one from Arkansas, one from Wahoo Nebraska, and one from Washington! 2 classrooms, restrooms, and a kitchen were built! God is good and faithful! 

I became a mom this year and that has been such a blessing, Miguel Angel had been living at an orphanage since he was one day old, (not the same one I work at) we are a family now, some people had said to me things like “what a good action you did” I know that God rescued me from falling apart this year by sending me the cutest boy to raise for His Kingdom!

My dad is in heaven now, and we (my sisters and I) had the opportunity to served, loved and cared for him, I know that I should be pleased with that, but I am not, my heart is still grieving the man I had loved the most, and these coming Holidays are going to be hard!

Miguel Angel and I want to thank you for been part of these ministries, for caring for us, praying for and with us, and supporting us. We ask the Lord to bless you and your family with more than what you can imagine!

My life has had a 180 degrees change! Miguel Angel has come to change and rock my world!

We became a family (he moved in with me) February the 19^th, 3 months had passed by and I love him every day a little more, he is very affectionate towards me, he kisses, hugs, plays, sings and dances! He loves to sing and dance, and of course we have had our incidents! Every day is a teaching-learning experience for both of us, but not only for us we are an example to other Guatemalans, that never had thought about adopting and even more uncommon, a single female adopting, is that a new concept for many!

The kids at the orphanage had trouble accepting the idea of me adopting, and when I finally told them that it was not up to me to decide who I was going to adopt but it was a decision taken by the government, easy up a little the stress. When the kids met Miguel Angel they were very accepting and thank God it has been ok!

As you might remember I had major surgery  in January and was still recovering from it when I got Miguel at home, I begged you to pray for us as he had horrible time getting alone with the dogs, and I had to hold him and I was still in pain, well thank GOD, Miguel has no more problem with the dogs, he is not afraid of them anymore, now is the other extreme, poor Milly she hides from him now! Again thank you for your prayers!

JOY, THANKFULNESS, LOVE

Those words may describe the feelings I have in my heart now.

As you know Miguel Angel has been living with me since the 19^th of February, and a time of adjustment begun, he lived in the orphanage since he was 3 days old, and now he is 4 years old, he used to sleep in a room with 5 other boys and slept in his crib still, so moving to a new home,  was big to him but he is happy! He wakes up singing and dancing! he sleeps good in his bed and I think he loves his “mami” the main problem I had was that he is terrified of dogs, and I don’t want to jump into conclusions but he always asks me if that dog (any dog) eats children, and I wonder if someone at the orphanage used to tell him that… that is why when he came was terrified of my dogs, he could not see them or would start screaming and shaking and sweating, please help me pray that he can feel safe with me and will understand that dogs do not eat children! And also that I can teach him now about God in such a way that he would never doubt that God is next to him.

The Lord has been great to me, after surgery and Miguel Angel coming, I got the privilege to serve with a team from Minnesota, we served in Precious Moments, also in Sumpango church, near the garbage dump of Sumpango, and the HIV orphanage, the children had so much fun and the nuns too! Thank God for this ministry! In a not that happy note, for those of you who met and prayed for Alfredo (the boy who had a big surgery) he is in heaven now, the Lord took him about 3 weeks ago, please pray that the other kids do not think that they are “next”.

I will start teaching formally next Wednesday, after taking 2 months to recover from surgery and adjust with Miguel, thank you for your on going love and support, we need it! Please pray for safety as Precious Moments area had become even more dangerous more killings, more gang activity in the area, pray for Pastor Jaime, teachers and I please.

The Miracle of Becoming a Mom

"You need to have those tumors out Betty, and either get pregnant or take the uterus out as well to prevent more tumors in the future" those words by my doctor made me feel frighten again, many emotions, one decision, and I could just have the tumors out but I might have to go through surgery again, I decided to take the uterus out and with that decision knew that I would not have a baby in my stomach, but God knows that I have a child, my son in my heart!

I had surgery done January 6th and I am recovering well thank to my God, I wont been able to get pregnant ever, but I will be a mom this year! the plans that God has for me are good and perfect, I pray that I follow that path all of my life.

Classes are going to start tomorrow (Jan. 20th) but I wont start teaching until my surgery has healed completely.

I praise the Lord for the love that He has shown me to glorify his name!
I praise God for my life and encourage you to praise him every day of your life, that is the whole point of been alive, to Praise Him.