June its gone and I am so thankful to God for all the things He has giving me the change to do with many brothers and sisters from USA to bless and be blessed by the indigenas from Guatemala. It is amazing that many people walk more than an hour to be seen by a doctor and sometimes there is nothing the doctors can do to help them but the persons walk back home happy because there was somebody who heard them and there was someone else that prayed with them...
July beggins with a team coming down from Arizona, we will be traveling to Coban, and doing ministry in the city as well. They will go back on the 17th ,and on the 24th the next team arrives, they will be doing ministry in the city for most of the time.

I will try to keep you up date on what is going on.

To some people this can be scary, for others adveture! for me... this is my Guatemala!
The roads are not that safe, but that just force you to be careful when you drive and helps you develop faith! Here is a picture of the roads to Campur.

I am back in the city for the weekend, it is good to be home for a couple of nights, I was doing ministry in Campur that is a village outside Coban, it is the rain forest! I am posting a couple of pictues to show you how happy the children are to have visitors and how happy we are to serve them!

Thank you for your concerns... about the earthquake,
thank God no major damage has been done, me and my family are doing good.
Please continue praying for me and the group I am doing ministry with,
we are 7 hours from the city and it is raining a lot.

Blessings!

Marcos Vidal is from Spain and he sings this song:
"Mi Regalo" (My gift)

I want to share with you the lirics and my attemp to translate it!

No son muchos pero Dios los puso ahí, un poquito más cercanos, me los regaló a mí, para hacerme comprender un poco más el calibre del amor de mi Padre celestial. No son muchos, pero no los hay mejores en la tierra, sin temor a los leones en la arena. Sólo pendientes de que alguien me proteja, aunque el precio sea mayor, son amigos, y no tengo que dar nombres o apellidos... ... porque ellos mismos ya se saben aludidos. No son muchos pero Dios los puso ahí, extranjeros de otra talla, tan insólitos aquí, que me respetan y regañan a la vez, y me quieren como soy, aunque me conocen bien. Están cerca, no me es fácil engañarles, porque llevan mis heridas y miserias en su pecho, y jamás me echan en cara lo que han hecho, aún teniendo una razón, son amigos, no hace falta dar sus nombres o apellidos... ...porque de sobra ellos se saben aludidos. No son muchos pero Dios los puso ahí, peregrinos incansables, luchadores de marfil, forasteros con nostalgia del hogar, en sus frentes brilla el sol, en sus manos siempre hay pan...... ...y en sus labios no hay engaño ni traición porque son sellos, y jamás he visto zánganos más bellos, ni me he reído tanto, como junto a ellos, aún en medio del dolor, son amigos, y no quiero dar sus nombres ni apellidos... ...ellos lo saben y se dan por aludidos

There are not too many, but God placed them there, A little closer He gave them as a gift to me, To make me understand a little deeper His love for me as my heavenly father. There aren’t many of them, but there are not better than them in earth. They are always making sure that someone is protecting me, even if they have to pay the price, they are FRIENDS, and I don’t have to say their names ... … they know who they are. There are not many but God placed them there, foreign and bigger than me, so different here, they respect me , correct me, and love me as I am, even though they know how I am. They are close, it is not easy for me to try to lie to them, because they carry my wounds and my sorrows in their hearts, and have never told me what they have done for me. They are friends; I don’t have to say their names, because they already know it! There are not many but God placed them there, peregrines that never get tired, fighters, foreigners that miss their home, in their face the sun shines, and in their hands there is always bread… … and in their lips there are never tricks or lies, And I have never seen weird creatures more beautiful than them, and I have never laugh so hard with anyone just with them, even when I am in pain, They are friends, And I don’t want to say their names or last names… … they know and know that I am talking about them

Hola desde New York!

I am still in New York, I went to the movies yesterday with my mom and my cousin Jose,
we saw "spiderman" and it was very special to see the movie in New York!
We went for a walk after the movie but even I looked for him I did not see him "jumping around"

We went to Atlantic City today and it was pretty fun!

Hello from New York City!

I am having a good time with my mom, New Yorkers are so happy to see me here (yeah right...)
I will be going to the movies tonight and see my old time hero "spider man", and after the movie we will walk around in the city trying to see him jumping around from building to building, I hope I can get a good picture of him....

Life is such a miracle and Guille is one for sure!

He recognize my voice now, (maybe cause I talk a lot...???) he smiles a lot and he sure eats a lot!

Thank you for your prayes and please keep me in your prayers as my trip continues in USA.

Blessings to you!

I am in California now, my nephew is such a blessing!
He made his first field trip today! we went to the zoo, my aunt came from NY to see me and I am happy with my family and eating guatemalan food in USA!

PRAISE THE LORD!!!

I have nothing but praise in my heart!

He is so good and powerful!

I survived to all my commitmets in MN and thank God I didn't mess up!
It was so good to spend time with old friends just to talk, pray and have fun.
I thank God for every person I saw, talked to or got a smile from, I thank God for the friends that hosted me in their homes, may Him bless them for taking the risk of having me with them!
I had a great time!

This morning I has the privilege to speak at a christian school in MN, I was a "little" nervious about my language skill with children but GOD was with me and it was great!

Still in Minnesota and having a great time visiting friends and getting to know their families and even their pets! These are Tom and Linda Siegart and their lovely dog! we had a great time tonight!

Greetings from the not cold Minnesota!
I am having a great time visiting with my friends Deb and Tom Mortimer,
it is good to see old friends and meet new people everyday!

Just to give you an up-date of my trip, I had a GREAT time in Massachussets, where IT WAS cold and snowy! but the warm surrounded me by all my brothers and sisters in there! it was good to see and visit the same brothers and sisters that came to Guatemala last year and talk about the next trip, everybody was really nice to me, and God used them to answer our prayers about my monthly support! the church Heritage Bible Chapel is now my supporting church! and not only that but some members of the church got me this great gift: " a new digital camera" ! Praise the Lord!!! Gloria a Dios!

Now in MN I am having a great time and opportunities to share about the ministry and share my needs with others! The picture above is at Solomon's Porch, a church that has been sending teams to Guatemala for a number of years and now I got to be at with them, I had a great time!!!

Thank you for your prayers! we are still praying for $270.00 monthly support, $750 for my computer and $800.00 for a projector!

love,
Betty

ayayayyy


How difficult can be coming to USA?

Well it got a little tricky!

I got in USA air territory thursday morning, I was suppost to land at 11:30 and my connection flight was at 2:55 pm... enough time right? well... a big storm was hitting Miami, my airplane could not land we were on the air for a long time, then we had to re fuel in another airport, try to get back to Miami, we finally landed at 3:00 pm. My flight was gone and about 500 people were in the same problem I had... no connection flight, no place to stay, no food and lots of bags with us! but I am not alone! God is with me!!! my sister called a hotel and I stayed there, the next day I arrived safe and good to Boston, and my friends were right there waiting for me!!!

Heritage Bible Chapel has been a blessing to me, I spoke at church last sunday and I have been visiting with people during the week, I am flying to MN tomorrow and God willing I hope to make it on time!!!

Thank you so much for your love, care and prayers,

Little William is out of the hospital and on it’s way to his home,

My family and myself are so thankful to GOD for His protections and healing,

We know that it wasn’t the act of the doctors, it was the will of GOD that healed my little nephew.

William is such a grown up name for such a small baby so I decided I will call him Will,

Now William in Spanish is: “Guillermo” so I will call him “Guille” that is my short name for my nephew,

When he grows up I can call him William but he is my healed and loved “Guille”

Thanks again!

Betty

Hello my friends!

May Him bless you greatly today!

3 days ago a very exciting event took place in my family, my sister Cynthia (the one in my blog)

Gave birth to a healthy 7 ½ pound baby, half Guatemalan and half American! So he is white with dark hair.

We were all very happy and I am so proud of my “little sister”, I rejoiced with her and even though I haven’t seen even a picture of my new nephew William I love him dearly and we all do in the family!

Now is a time of worries and tears, he is not doing well, high fever and he is hospitalized, many things plugged into his little body and I cry with my sister too!

Please pray with me that GOD will heal this baby, and use this event to be glorified by this!

I have been good! (for all those who are asking "how is Betty doing?) Thank God I am healthy, I didn't feel quite good so I went to the doctor, and he run some tests and Praise Him it was nothing serious and I am feeling great now!
A team from Minnesota is coming tomorrow, I am taking them to the lake area where they will be building homes, doing medical clinics, playing soccer with the children of the village and a "movie night" we will show Narnia! Pray for me, as I have to go with them saturday and make sure everything runs well and drive back to the city monday afternoon as we have an important meeting in the city Tuesday morning, and drive back to be with them for the rest of the week. Pray for energy and protection. Thank you!
Praise God with me for the joy I have in my life and the up coming trip to USA to visit supporters, friends, family and meet my new niece or nephew!!! (my sister can go in labor any time now! pray for her!)
Thank you for your love for me, my country and my family!

Mis queridos amigos:

I just came back from a trip to the Lake Atitlan, I was ministering with a Brigde Builders in that area. I have to say that the Lake Atitlan is a beatiful place to go, God was really inspired when He created it. (not as much as He was when He was making me! :-)
I helped the children ministry and it was challenging but God was with us every single day of thejorney. I will be the rest of this week in the city. I am really excited to go to a woman's reatreat this weekend.

My dogs and cat are really happy to have me "back" home! now they don't have to worry about protecting the house and can take as many naps as they want...

Hi there!
I just came back from a trip to Lanquin, Lanquin is a mayan comunity, I was lucky enough to go with a team of missionaries from Colorado, the team was divided in three ministries: medical, dental and children. It was challenging just to get there! but once there we had a great time, we were able to visit 2 comunities for the first time ever! I got the privilege to share God's plan of salvation and saw many persons giving their lifes to God. The comuties we went are so rural that my camara didn't work... (just kidding) the truth is that I forgot my camara at home... sorry no pictures of this trip.

Thank you for your prayers!
I will be in the city for the next 10 days.

This is my car! I really like it though!
Thank you so much for your prayers!