Guatemala Revisted! (Taken with permission from Dennis's Facebook page.)

Note From John R:  We at the Foreign Mission are very excited, thankful and happy that Dennis has found a Godly wife, Marilyn, who fits in so well and who plans to often accompany him as he travels with us (FM) around the world!  God has surely blessed!    

Now from Dennis:

One of my very favorite ways to serve in Guatemala is to visit homes to encourage people in their daily walk of life and encourage them with personal prayer. Time was spent in Zacapa and Juan Ponce with Pastor Giovanni Sinay Leiva on this mission.

So happy and thankful that we had come all the way up to their home they prepared a 'fiesta' for us - one boy scaled a tree in the yard and cut down coconuts for us to drink out of - and to eat fresh like Salomon Archila is doing here. Salomon was our driver for the day. A wonderfully faithful brother!!

 Another home visit in Juan Ponce was at the home of little blind Jonathan, who I met on my very first prayer walk with Pastor Giovanni Sinay Leiva the first time I came to Guatemala two years ago

Marilyn joined in on Women's Day in Piedras Azules Together with Giovanni's wife Magaly helping to teach the village women important skills with which they can help to support their families. Songs and time for worship and fellowship also a part of it in the church.

 

Pastor Giovanni often teaches Christianity in schools such as this!  What a blessing to be able to reach the children in such settings.

Ryan Ruotsala (who is a full time missionary in Guatemala with the Foreign Mission) is a man of virtually unlimited energy, gifts and vision. As one of the initiators and driving forces behind the Little Lambs Orphanage Center project in the grandeur of the Jalapa (pron. "Halapa") hills, he readily shares his vision, as he did with us today. One task, which appeared daunting at first, was to convince these mountain people of the legitimacy of this project as their neighbor. He has since won their hearts!  (Note: Little Lambs is not part of the Foreign Mission, but is a wonderful project and the Foreign Mission preachers and missionaries usually go there as well)

 

For much more about this trip by Dennis Hilman and his new bride Marilyn, please see Dennis’s Facebook Page.