Moving into our new house!

Whew. It’s been a crazy past couple weeks! We moved into our new house last Monday! We’ve had all sorts of little projects associated with moving into a new house. Some examples include: having to get a new pila due to cracks and leaks, hooking up water lines and drains for the pila and our washing machine, concrete work, fixing leaks, cleaning, hanging photos and decorations on the wall, making shelves, unpacking, and reorganizing.

Packing up:

Day of the move:

 

 Our house beginning to take shape:

We are looking forward to starting our (summer version) after-school program in our new space by this Monday the 23^rd. The school year here in Guatemala ends this week so the kids have their summer/Christmas break until mid-January. By the time school starts back up again for 2018 we hope to have a good base of kids along with more structure to the program. Please be praying for and with us as we officially begin the program.

If anyone is still interested in donating/purchasing some items for our after-school program we have an Amazon wish-list to give you some ideas. You can follow this link to the list (click here). We have a piece of luggage coming down at the end of October. If you are interested in helping us out please contact us as soon as possible and we will tell you where to ship the item(s) you are purchasing/donating to not miss the cut-off date. Thank you to those who have already donated and purchased items!

We are looking forward to a visit from two guys from Push The Rock who will be coming on November 5^th. They will be visiting to see the area, pray, talk about vision, see the beginnings of the after-school program, give encouragement, and spend time learning and seeing Hope for Home Ministries.

We also both are becoming more involved in our church, Shoreline City, Antigua. I (Andi) have started playing on worship team twice a month and Shauna has become involved with children’s ministry. We also have started up connect groups again and we meet every other Monday night.

Every night while we eat dinner, we have started saying ten thing we were thankful for that day. We realized that we were complaining and not being grateful for things that were happening in our day to day lives. So while we eat we take turns saying things that we are thankful for that God has done for us, other people have done for us, or general items of thanksgiving. We just started this last week, but it has allowed us to reflect on how much we are blessed each day. Sometimes they are small things while other times they are things that have impacted us greatly. It also has helped turn our attitudes toward the positives things of the day instead of the negative ones. 

We are so thankful for your continued prayers and support. 

To make Jesus' name famous,

Andi and Krishauna

Wish List

Our move is coming up soon!

We were told that the house will be ready for us on October 8th (hopefully all the work will be done by then) so we are working on getting things ready on our end. We are slowly packing things up, sorting through things to get rid of stuff we don't need, and we are making lists of things we will need to get after we make the move.

The plan is for us to spend a couple weeks getting settled in the new house and purchasing the stuff for our after-school program before we start having kids over.

 As the time is getting closer, we are getting more and more anxious for the after-school program to be up and running. The school year here in Guatemala runs from mid-January to mid-October so this school year is coming to an end, but that gives us an excellent opportunity to start with a more laid-back program of playing games, and getting to know the kids before school starts up and we have more structure and organization.

In preparation for all of this, we want to get books, games, puzzles, Legos and other toys that will be used for the program. We know that many people would love to be able to help out with these needs so here is our Amazon Wish List (click here). If this is something you would like to help with, you can purchase or donate any of the items on our list or you can donate any other lightly used items that you think would be a good addition to the program. We are very happy to get used items so if you find any of the items on the Wish List for a better price used, that would be great!

A few things to keep in mind: 

1) We will have kids between the ages of 6 and 13 so remember that when picking out items to donate

2) Books need to be in Spanish or Spanish/English bilingual books
3) Any used puzzles should not have missing pieces


Last, we also want to be able to work on math concepts with the kids and the Rocket Math program was recommended to me by a friend. I looked into it a bit more and think it would be a great addition to our program. We would like to purchase a subscription to that so if you would like to help us with that cost, please contact us. 

We are not able to receive packages easily here in Guatemala so if you are interested in helping, please email us at abrubaker@pushtherock.org or krishauna@hopeforhome.org and we will give you instructions for where to have it sent so it can be brought down to us. We also want to be sure we know what items are being purchased or donated so we can update the list as needed. 

Thank you for your prayers and support!

Andi and Krishauna