Introduction to Missions course

This week, we completed the introduction to missions course in Tecpan. 18 people completed the course, which included making an action plan for putting it into practice in their own churches or ministries. Here´s a few pictures. 

Some recent visitors

 I´ve been busy recently with a full house of visitors.... here´s a few pics.

 It was wonderful to have the Downing family with me for their last few days in Guatemala. They´ve been wonderful members of our Latin Link team and great friends. We had a day out to visit a few places that they hadn´t managed to get to in their 6 years here.... the relief map and the national palace (although that was closed!)

 I also had a visit from Kayla.... who took all these great photos!

 And we celebrated a couple of birthdays whilst we were all together too. You can never have too many cakes!!

The Global Mission of God

This month I´ve been teaching a course for pastors and leaders, and thought I´d share a few photos with you. It´s an introduction to missions course in Tecpan.

The majority of the participants are church leaders in the same town, and some times the same church that they were born and brought up in, and many have never left Guatemala, so to talk about God´s mission and what he is doing around the world is completely new for most of them.

 Each week, we´ve had a time of prayer for the world, or for different groups. It´s been fantastic to involve Guatemalans who have served as missionaries in different countries, and who have shared their experiences.

 The course is following the Xplore booklet, that I was involved in translating and adapting a couple of years ago. Each class involves some Bible Study, discussion groups, activities and prayer.