Greater

        Yo espero que todos quienes lean esta publicación estén bien. Mi español está mejorando. En las últimas dos semanas mi maestro ha tenido más estudiantes empiezan clases entonces su esposa tuvo que ayudarlo. Entonces algunos de mis clases su esposa me ha ensenado. (I’ll stop here and translate J) I hope that everybody who reads this post is well! My Spanish is improving. In the last two weeks my teacher has had more students start classes so his wife had to help him. So a few of my classes his wife has taught me.

        

         We are coming back to Pennsylvania in June for two weddings, and we would love to bring you some different items. If you are interested in purchasing Guatemalan coffee, chocolate covered coffee beans, Guatemalan style bracelets, belts, scarves, or wallets let us know. We can send photos of some options or examples. We would love to sell enough items to pay for our plane tickets!

Recently a couple of my Spanish classes I have had to cancel because of our busy schedule. Yesterday we went into Guatemala City to pick up Krishauna’s passport with her new official residency stamp inside. She was already a resident, but needed to get her name changed. We also were able to use some of our Christmas money as I was able to purchase a few tools. This coming Friday we are headed to a place called Panajachel (prounced Pawn-a-hachel) for a weekend conference for Guatemalan missionaries. Please pray that the time will be an encouragement for us as well as a great time to interact and get to know others here serving in Guatemala. 

From the conference we are headed directly to Quetzaltenango (nickname is Xela – pronounced Shayla). We will be spending four days with a family there who has a soccer ministry as well as an after-school program. We look forward to getting to know them as well as seeing how their ministry operates. One of our other goals while there is to see a little bit of the area and be asking God if that city is where He wants us to settle permanently. Please be praying with us that God will make it clear and evident if this is where He wants us.

I wrote in an update a couple months ago that Push The Rock would be sending down a couple of guys near the end of March. I received an e-mail this past week saying that due to schedule changes and other things they couldn’t control they would have to visit in the fall now. In a way this is a blessing, because, Lord willing, by then we will be in a more permanent location in Guatemala, we will have a vehicle, and when they visit they can see the area we are living. In the meantime, I will be starting the application process for full-time status under Push The Rock. We will also be able to start to make more connections and begin to explore what ‘type’ of ministry would work best in the area where we live. (Ex. After-school programming, during school physical education programs, sports training, community events, tournaments, and tutoring.) I will also be keeping my eyes open for good deals on sports equipment to start building up some inventory. Please pray that details would begin to fall into place and that we would make decisions with God’s guidance and trust Him that His timing is always right.

Sometimes God’s timing is annoying or frustrating, but I am learning that He will do greater things than I ever could imagine. It’s also pretty cool here in Guatemala our church’s theme for this year is “Greater.” The church of Jesus Christ needs to be greater. Our love needs to be greater. Our trust needs to be greater. God is going to do greater things. John 3:30 says, “He must become greater and I must become less.” Through Him we can do greater things!

May God be greater in your lives!

Andi and Krishauna