We are here on assignment from Jesus

      Many of you probably wonder exactly where in Guatemala we live. So these maps should help you with location (You can click the photos to enlarge them). We live in the town of San Antonio Aguas Calientes, about 15 minutes drive from the bigger "city" of Antigua. Antigua is not really a city, but it a very touristy and historic/colonial area and has many restaurants, shops, stores, and other places. Guatemala City (shown on the map as Guatemala) is the capital and where the main airport is located that we fly into.

             

 
 
            

The pin is right on top of our roof
Directly beside the pin to the NE is
a little gray rectangle. That is our
patio/courtyard.

       We are currently working on becoming permanent residents of Guatemala. Before we moved here we had to get our marriage certificate, birth certificates, background checks, and a letter from the organization we are working under all certified and notarized by the state and Guatemala consulate of PA. All those papers are needed in order to bcome a resident here. Two weeks ago we headed into the city to a laywer's office to start the process. We paid a deposit fee, gave all the paperwork, then realized we needed one other thing. We needed to get headshot photos taken for the resident

application for me and name-change application for Krishauna (she is already a resident here, but under the last name Fulp). So a week later we headed back in to sign a few more papers and hand in our photos. On December 8th we have another meeting at the office to head to immigration with someone from the laywer's office to pay VISA fees, then Lord willing we will be 'in process.' This means we will not have to pay anymore VISA fees, and will not have to leave the country every six months (which you have to do if you are not an official resident). We should be official residents within the next 6-8 months if all goes according to plan. So you can be praying that all the processing will go smoothly and there will not be any hiccups.

     We have official dates where Push The Rock will be visiting Guatemala! Two guys are planning on coming down at the end of March to see a little bit of the culture and area of Guatemala, along with meeting some of the people here. They will also be learning and hearing about Hope for Home Ministries. They will be here for aproximately a week and we will spend a good amount of that time praying, talking about vision and plans for the future of what PTR Guatemala would look like, and brainstorming. So excited to see what God has in store!

     Shoreline is the name of a church we found three weeks ago. It is a church of about 100-125 people and it meets in Antigua. It is in English, but they do a translation over in-ear headphone in Spanish for those who do not know English. They are a church plant from Shoreline Dallas, Texas. We have just started to get connected with some people and have enjoyed the church a lot. Last week the lead pastor from the Dallas church came and spoke a powerful message. We lost power in the building and sound at points, but we still had church. A church doesn't need power and lights to be the body of Christ. It needs the people to rise up and be the hands and feet of Jesus. We are here on this earth on assignment from Jesus and the church should be movement not a monument. However, we just received an e-mail on Friday that they are changing the service time from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday's. We currently meet in a nightclub building, and supposedly due to the noise on Sunday mornings the church makes the neighbors were not happy. So we were extremely disappointed to hear that because it cuts into our Sunday afternoon lunch and schedule along with some other reasons. We are going today, and hope to hear some more explanation, but we will probably not be able to continue going if the time stays at 1:30. You can be praying for the church leaders as they have to make decisions about location/timing as well as for us in our decision making.

Blessings on you and your family during this Christmas season. Here's a picture from Christmas tree day (Decoration day) from the Fulp house!

Glory Be To God! 

-Andi and Krishauna