Wow I can't believe that it is already October! Where has the year gone? We are getting close to the end of the school year here (mid October) which means that our normal after-school program will be finishing up for 2019 as well. Our final days for both groups, Dia Especial, are scheduled for the 14th and 15th. After we finish up we will enter our school vacation schedule. We are super pumped to be taking a trip to the zoo with the kids, having game days at the court, afternoons where the guys and girls will be split doing different activities, and using the turf field. We will have the events once or twice a week. We will also have the kids invite friends to these events so that we can continue to grow the program and develop relationships with other kids and families in the community. Check out some recent photos. 
A couple of weeks ago we added 7 kids to our older group. Three brand new kids and four who returned from last year. So recently we have had between 14-16 each day for our older group which is awesome, but also gets crazy at times :)
These kids have so much joy and have so much fun. We love interacting with them in the program, but also as we pass them on the street as we are out on a walk or running errands. It is a huge benefit to live in the community where we 'do ministry' as we get to build relationships with them outside of the program as well. They get so excited and proud (and sometimes shy) when they see us and always want to come and say hi to Sammy or just chat with us.
Trip to the U.S.
We will be back in the Dillsburg, PA area for 3 weeks around Thanksgiving. We will be sharing a brief update at Dillsburg BIC church on November 24th during the worship service. We would also like to catch up and get together with some of you while we are back so if you are interested send us a message :) Finally, we will be bringing back Guatemalan coffee! We have ground or whole bean in one pound bags. Let us know if you would like a bag (or 5). We will also have chocolate covered coffee beans, scarves, and Push The Rock Guatemala T-shirts. They all make great Christmas gifts :) The donations we receive will go toward our trip expenses along with the general ministry budget here.
Other notes regarding our trip:
-Our main photo-taking device for photos and video here (an ipod touch) is near the end of it's life. So if anyone has an ipod touch, iphone, or other photo taking device that has a decent quality camera that they aren't using and would like to give it to us for our ministry use we would be so grateful!
-We are always accepting school supplies to sell in our mini libreria (mini store) that the kids purchase with their points. So any new or very gently used supplies we could use!
-If anyone has an extra vehicle that we would be able to borrow while we are back for three weeks we would also be extremely grateful for that. We won't be travelling a lot while we are back, but it would just be helpful to have a vehicle we could use instead of scheduling plans and vehicle usage with family members :)
Everyone loves photos of Sammy so these are for your enjoyment.
We are so blessed by an amazing God and people who lift us up in prayers. We are so thankful.
We hope and pray that you feel encouraged today by our amazing God as well.
Gracias from Guatemala,
Andi, Shauna, and Sammy
If you have any questions or want to know more about our ministry and what we are doing in Guatemala send us an email at abrubaker@pushtherock.org or
If you feel God is calling you to support us financially you can go to pushtherock.org/donate and find Andi Brubaker on the drop down menu. Dios le bendiga.
