May 2025
Dear Family and Friends,
Psalms 2:8 says, “Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.” Next week I will once again be privileged to travel with Pastor Charlotte on a mission trip to Austria. There we will be ministering to different people including some of the refugees from the Ukraine who are currently living there and in nearby surrounding areas.
Here in Guatemala, it is wonderful to see the Guatemalan people responding to God’s Word and getting on board with reaching out to their fellowman. We continue to care for the poor and needy, feeding the hungry, ministering to the captives, helping hurting people through the preaching of the Gospel. Our greatest joy is to see people coming to Christ and the miracle of a transformed life. Last week a young woman walked into our church compound here in Guatemala City desperate for God to change her life. Today she came back to let us know that for the first time in her life she feels hope and a peace that only God can give.
Just recently I was running an errand in a poorer section of town and I happened to bump into a lady who had eaten at The Lord’s Kitchen almost every day that it was open. She was a drug addict, involved in a gang and living on the streets. Today she is so thankful for all of those years, 10 to be exact, that she was able to come and hear that God loved her and had a plan for her life. Today she has a small business, sends her two children to school and rents a small apartment. What a mighty God we serve.
Children’s Church has also been going full speed ahead. Every Saturday we have close to 200 kids that attend. In is such a joy to see them literally running through the gates with excitement as this is probably the best day of the week for many of them.
On another note, I have been asked on more than one occasion…if you could choose anywhere to go and serve the Lord, where would you go? I can honestly say that where ever God sends me and where ever I have had the privileged go, that is where I want to be. There is nothing like being in that perfect place (His Perfect Will) serving the Lord and spreading the Gospel Message.
Thank you once again for uplifting my arms before the King of Kings and thank you for your faithfulness over the many years.
Blessings, love in Him,
Janet
