Last week a team from NLC in Taylorsville, NC came to help us get the roof on the new church building. They all gave 110% to get the “homemade” trusses built and set in place on the 40′x100′ facility which will become the church/clinic/secondary school in the village. We celebrated Easter together with the entire [...]
Filed under: villages on March 25th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
During the week past, five men from Sesaltul came to stay at the Global Training & Ministry Base for five days to be trained in water filtration and sanitation. They were elated to learn how to build “bio-sand” filters from our Clean Water specialist, Jeremy Israel from Guatemala City. Jeremy is a Calvary Missionary who [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, villages on February 21st, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The new road was being finished as the new church was in session for the installation of the new pastor. This village waited several years for the government to finish the road for which funds had been allocated and then squandered by politicians. Now they have a road and a new church! The actual church [...]
Filed under: villages on February 21st, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The road is now underway in La Nueva Sesaltul. The dozer arrived today and cleared the entire road to make way for the truck loads of gravel. There will be approximately 125 loads of gravel to finish the road and it should be complete in 3-4 days. Thank you New Life Church in Taylorsville, NC [...]
Filed under: villages on February 8th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The village La Nueva Sesaltul is located in the northern half of Guatemala known as Peten. The Peten Region was almost destroyed by the civil war lasting 36 years. Many of the villages that exist today are populated by refugees that fled the country during the civil war and have returned to make a home [...]
Filed under: villages on January 19th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The bridge into La Nueva Sesaltul is almost ready for concrete. The road is waiting for gravel and the village is waiting for the road.
Filed under: villages on January 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment »