Big news, T-shirts, basketball, bombas and more!

 Greetings from Guatemala!

For those of you who didn’t hear the news, we posted this on Thanksgiving day!

                                 
Obviously, we are super excited especially after the molar pregnancy that happened in the spring.

The word keeps spreading about the after-school program throughout our town. We had three kids this week ring our doorbell and ask about the program and when it meets. We now have 22 kids who have come at least once. Most of the kids are consistent in attending with the average at about 14-15 each day. We have been busy planning each day of the program with the bible stories, English lessons, and games and activities. We also have had to make some charts in order to keep track of which kids help with handing out snack and read during the Bible lessons because they all want to help every time! We are also in the process of researching and planning for the program once the school year here starts up in mid-January. We are creating a reward/point system to motivate kids to practice English phrases, be consistent in attending, to encourage and treat their friends nicely, among other things. With the program growing so fast we have needed more volunteers and helpers. God has provided different people who are here as interns with Hope for Home Ministries, some of Krishauna’s siblings, and other short and long-term people who have been willing to volunteer their time. If you know of anybody or have any interest yourself in being an intern with Push The Rock Guatemala we would love to talk with you about the possibilities! We will probably be splitting the program in the two age groups once the new school-year starts back up. You can be praying for the parents and families of the kids who attend that they will be willing to accept this change and still be willing to send their kids (especially for those who have kids in both age groups).

                                                                  

                                                                                        

          

We also wanted to let you know that very soon (most likely at some point in January) we will have Push The Rock Guatemala shirts available for sale. All the profit from these shirts will go toward our after-school program expenses, along with other expanding ministry opportunities here. A price has not been determined yet, but the front of the shirts will look like these pictured below (along with Guatemala below the logo).

Our town:

Churros: Deep fried dough with the
choice of chocolate, strawberry,
caramel, or condensed milk on top.

Tostados: Hard shell nachos
with avacado, cheese, and
noodles.

Our town, San Andres, had its annual fair/celebration the past few days as they celebrated Saint Andrew. It is a Catholic celebration with processions, alfombras (the carpets in the streets), bombas (loud firecrackers…loud enough they make our truck’s security beep because of the vibrations), fireworks, bands, booths with games and food, and lots of music. They also don’t stop throughout the night, so we turned our box fan up another notch and tried to sleep 😊 We participated by purchasing some of the food!

Basketball ministry opportunity:

Some of the guys from Hope for Home Ministries and I get together to play basketball twice a week in the mornings from 7-8 for exercise and to have a little fun. A few weeks ago we meet a few other Guatemalan guys down at the court and they asked us when we play so that they could bring some friends and a team to play with us. This is a great ministry opportunity that recently opened up out of the blue, and if you can be praying for this opportunity to pour into these young men and to show them the love of Jesus through how we play and interact with each other on the court that would be awesome!

Christmas:

I know we have had fun spending time decorating our new house for Christmas through all the non-working Christmas lights, spiders in the boxes, and running out of extension cords. Seriously though, we hope that you are also able to find joy as this Christmas season begins. Jesus is the reason for what we do and why we live, and Christmas is a great reminder to have Joy, Peace, Hope, and Love through it all.

Blessings to you and your family,

Andi and Krishauna



If you have any questions or want to know more about our ministry and what we are doing in Guatemala send us an e-mail at abrubaker@pushtherock.org or krishauna@hopeforhome.org.

If you feel God is calling you to support us financially you can go to hopeforhome.org/donate and designate your gift to Andi and Krishauna or pushtherock.org/donate and find Andi Brubaker on the drop down menu.