http://www.pasoapasomissions.org Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:46:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Psalm 118:1 I wanted to share an update from Brian and Brian the two guys that have come to Guatemala to support Paso a Paso. God had a different agenda then they did for this trip, and it's ... http://www.pasoapasomissions.org/2010/06/08/update-from-the-brian-team-trip/ Well it has been a busy month here. It started out scolding hot and now the rain has begun, and yes that means that it is raining from about noon till the next morning. But this is a great thing for all the farmers and such who depend on the ... http://www.pasoapasomissions.org/2010/05/28/may-news/  It is kind of funny, as I sat in the little 10x10 room with Rolando he began to share more about his blindness. He had asked for several books of the Bible he was missing to have a complete Bible. This is something I have heard and tried to help ... http://www.pasoapasomissions.org/2010/05/23/rolando-receives-the-rest-of-his-braille-bible/    With this letter,  I,  Cesar Rolando Garcia Alvarez want to express my deep gratefulness, first to God our Father and to you for providing this machine that arrived at my hands.  I can assure you it will certainly be well  used and taken care of and will be of much blessing for the ministry that ... http://www.pasoapasomissions.org/2010/05/11/rolandos-braille-typewritter/ What is a mission trip to Guatemala in support of Paso a Paso, like? The answer…an adventure! This past January marked my first visit to Guatemala in support of the Missionary organization, Paso a Paso. The home base for the missionary work that is conducted in Barrio La Cruz is ... http://www.pasoapasomissions.org/2010/05/03/a-taste-of-guatemalan-life/ What a blessing to return to Guatemala!  The people are so gracious that it makes  serving so rewarding.  This year I was able to participate again in  preparing the school supplies to be distributed to the children.  The week before the distribution the parents were required to attend a meeting.  At ... http://www.pasoapasomissions.org/2010/02/08/502/ I always say when I travel down to Guatemala that I want to do work.  I don’t speak Spanish very well, so I have thought the best way I could help would be to pick up my shovel and carry the load, literally.  This trip down certainly filled my sore ... http://www.pasoapasomissions.org/2010/01/21/mix-stones-and-sand-make-more-than-a-floor%e2%80%a6/ I walk through the market to the terminal almost daily to get on the bus that take me to Pastores.  But today as I sat on the bus and waited for it to leave Antigua I looked around. There were probably over 50 buses, coming in and out, taking ... http://www.pasoapasomissions.org/2009/11/23/more-than-chickens-on-the-chicken-bus/ [caption id="attachment_492" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Marcial Making boots in his living room."][/caption]After getting off the bus and doing yet another sewing lesson given by a very patient lady. I went to visit Marcial. Marcial, a bootmaker a father of 6 shared with me more about his life as a child and ... http://www.pasoapasomissions.org/2009/10/29/marcial-a-father-of-his-word/ Many of you know or have heard of sweet Breysi, she is in our sponsorship program. She is 10 years old and in the 4th grade. For the past couple years her health has deteriorated. She was has been diagnosed with Lupus and her immune system struggles daily along with ... http://www.pasoapasomissions.org/2009/09/17/breysis-struggle-to-live/