Everyone who has supported me either financially or in Prayer and to those who continue to support me (and the team) in prayer, Thank you very, very much for your support. God is preparing something amazing. Below is will tell you what we are doing for our missions trip and some more details about it. Aside from what is below, we will be teaching a number of concepts (such as fear, self-image and creation) through songs, games, skits, object lessons and much, much more. It will be a challenge because of the language barrier, but through the interpreter and God working through us, God will do great things.
Praying
for your SLI Team – 2016
1. Safe travels
including flights and daily ground transportation to and from ministry
sites
2. Wisdom and strength
for team leaders
3. Unity and
grace as team ministers cross-culturally
4. Favour with
hosts, ministry partners, and the communities which will be visited
5. Physical
health of the team & national hosts
6. Effective
ministry, partners encouraged, lives touched by the love of God and Gospel
advancement in each community
Dates: Feb 27 – Mar 10, 2016
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Destination: Guatemala
& Honduras
World Team Members:
Amada Dickerson, Ariel Bondy, Brooke
Nafziger, Dana Paris,
Daniel Baxter, Janette Kuepfer, Jasmine
Ortiz-Yang,
Joshua Baurer, Rosalie Nugteren, Sierra
Guderian,
Bryan & Rebecca Ferguson, Oto & Liz
Perez.
Travel Schedule:
Departing –Feb 27 Avianca #627 departing
Toronto 3:10pm
Returning – March 10 Avianca #626 arriving
Toronto 1:55pm
Purpose of Trip:
To
bless and encourage and experience the Church in another culture. Experience
cross cultural service through ministry, outreach and building projects. We
will learn about leadership in other cultural contexts and hear their stories.
We will also be challenged to connect our gifts to the needs before us.
Ministry during the trip:
Children’s Ministry and
Evangelism Presentations
Painting Project at a
local school
Assembly of Picnic Tables
Share testimonies and encourage partner missionaries,
national leaders and students.
Saturday – Arrive & Settle
Sunday – Worship at Spanish
congregation / orientation / visit Antigua
Monday – Ministry at Christian Schools
/ Visit Casa Esperanza & Anthony Van Engen
Tuesday – Ministry at Christian
Schools
Wednesday -Ministry at Christian
Schools
Thursday - Ministry & sharing with
Guatemalan aboriginal people group - Atitlan Rest Day
Friday- Atitlan Rest Day
Saturday-
Travel
to Honduras-touristy day shopping or Jesus Statue/Park
Sunday-
Spanish Church Afternoon - touristy, shopping time
Monday- Teach with Dale in 1 School OR help with Fun Day at 1
School
Tuesday- Teach with Dale in 1 School OR
help with Fun Day at 1 School
Wednesday- Teach with Dale in 1 School
OR help with Fun Day at 1 School
Thursday-
Fly home - debrief/prayer time before you leave
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Get to know our Missionaries
Since
2004, Anthony van Engen has been part of Fe Viva World Missions, in Guatemala
City, Guatemala. Fe Viva World Missions’
goal is to reach Guatemala and Central America with the Gospel of Christ and
they focus on many areas of community development. Founded in 1995, Fe Viva World Missions has
been “exploding” Central America with Bible College training, children’s’ homes,
youth ministry, community service, and the list goes on and on. All the while
they are fully focused on spreading the Gospel of Christ to everyone.
Our class will be focused
on working alongside Anthony in ministry at Christian Schools and possibly a
few community service projects. Anthony
spends some of his time assembling picnic tables to give away to vulnerable
Guatemalan families; we may have a chance to be apart of this community
ministry as well. In addition, Anthony
will be inviting us to spend the day with him, and possible will be our
overnight host for a night.
Hector
and Ruth Aragon are missionaries at The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada,
founded in 1939, and will be our Hosts as well. The Pentecostal Assemblies of
Canada is a Fellowship of more than 1,100 churches who help facilitate the
vital work of global workers in more than 50 countries around the world. Their
goal is to spread the good news of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and
bring hope and help to those in nee
Hector and Ruth’s focus in
Guatemala is ChildCarePlus, a program that takes place in 15 different
Christian schools providing a great Christian education. They focus on the
younger generation, helping them grow up to be better, godly and sustainable
people in the community and overall, Guatemala.
They want to help break the mould of poverty, their family and their
community. They do this through CCP, which is ultimately a child sponsorship
that allows these children to attend school, receive meals, hear the Gospel and
have a better chance to change the future of their community.
Hector
will take us to a few of the schools that he oversees in terms of child
sponsorships. He makes sure the children receive medical care, nutrition,
uniforms, and an education. In addition he also hosts teams like ours that are
come to Guatemala wanting to spread the Gospel.
Switching over from the
Guatemala perspective to the Honduras side of things, we will take ourselves to
Honduras’s Capital City, Tegucigalpa.
Dale and Carolyn Ruttan, missionaries in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, work at
Schools of Hope, also located in the capital city. Both Dale and Carolyn are teaching and equipping
people to preach the gospel. They are
also involved in the CCP and the feeding program through ERDO, just as Hector
and Ruth Aragon are.
Schools
of Hope is involved with three schools where they teach the children Bible
stories, songs and memory verses. The
Ruttans preach the gospel to encourage the children and remind them that there
is still hope. Generally the meals that the students receive through ERDO are
rice, beans and tortillas.
We will
spend our final three days in Central America with Dale either teaching in one
of the schools or helping with a Fun Day at one of the schools nearby.
Guatemala Honduras
Population: 15.4 Million Population:
8.098 million (2013)
Literacy rate: 75% Literacy
rate: 95%
Religion: Christian 97% (62% Roman Catholic) Religion: Catholics 47%, Protestants 41%,
Atheists 8%
Capitol: Guatemala City Capitol:
Tegucigalpa
Language: 60% Spanish, 40% Amerindian Language:
Spanish
Our Team
Back Row: Daniel Baxter, Sierra Guderian, Rosalie Nugteren, Jasmine Ortiz-Yang, Brooke Nafziger, Joshua Baurer, Oto Perez
Front Row: Bryan Ferguson, Rebecca Ferguson, Janette Kuepfer, Amanda Dickerson, Dana Paris, Ariel Bondy, Liz Perez
Since
2004, Anthony van Engen has been part of Fe Viva World Missions, in Guatemala
City, Guatemala. Fe Viva World Missions’
goal is to reach Guatemala and Central America with the Gospel of Christ and
they focus on many areas of community development. Founded in 1995, Fe Viva World Missions has
been “exploding” Central America with Bible College training, children’s’ homes,
youth ministry, community service, and the list goes on and on. All the while
they are fully focused on spreading the Gospel of Christ to everyone. 
Our class will be focused
on working alongside Anthony in ministry at Christian Schools and possibly a
few community service projects. Anthony
spends some of his time assembling picnic tables to give away to vulnerable
Guatemalan families; we may have a chance to be apart of this community
ministry as well. In addition, Anthony
will be inviting us to spend the day with him, and possible will be our
overnight host for a night.
Hector and Ruth’s focus in
Guatemala is ChildCarePlus, a program that takes place in 15 different
Christian schools providing a great Christian education. They focus on the
younger generation, helping them grow up to be better, godly and sustainable
people in the community and overall, Guatemala.
They want to help break the mould of poverty, their family and their
community. They do this through CCP, which is ultimately a child sponsorship
that allows these children to attend school, receive meals, hear the Gospel and
have a better chance to change the future of their community.
