“KNOCK!!! KNOCK!!! KNOCK!!!” There were two men, one with a gun, knocking on my truck window. “What are you doing here?!!” It was 2:30 in the morning and Gabe and I had parked our truck in the parking lot of a closed McDonalds in Guatemala
When we pray at 7am I almost always ask God to send someone in need to our gate. “Lord, send the sick, the widows and the poor. Just today. Allow me to serve you in this way.” I pray He would prepare my heart and
When we adopted 4 little ones two years ago, I thought I might die. FOR REAL. We spent the first 3 months alone as a new family. There were 5 of us (big people) and just 4 of them! How hard could it be??? They
Living in a tiny, developing country as a missionary sometimes feels like you’re living on an island. (I know this because I’ve watched multiple seasons of Survivor!) Any missionary will tell you, it’s hard to make friends. We know and love our neighbors but it’s
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,” Before coming to Guatemala, I (sometimes) read my Bible, I (generally) went to church, I tried not to sin, I tried to be a nice guy, I tried to do all
Ten years ago I was sitting alone in my basement. My favorite football team, the Denver Broncos, had just lost a game. I felt God speak to me. “Do you love Me?” “Yes! Of course I love You?” “Do you love Me more than you
If you talked to 100 Christians and had to choose 98 who would become missionaries, I WOULDN’T BE ON THE LIST. When I was 10 or 11-years-old, I remember stuffing candy from the grocery store down my snowsuit. I didn’t get caught so there were
WHAT A NIGHT! Thank you for coming to the screening of our 3 micro-documentaries. IF YOU WATCHED, let me know in the comments below, which of the three films was your favorite. IF YOU DIDN’T WATCH, CLICK HERE to watch all three. I remember getting
I met someone in a photography Facebook group a few months ago. Barbara asked about the type of work I did and I wrote that we were missionaries in Guatemala. She said she was also a Christian and thus began our Facebook friendship, which mostly
Covid has changed the world and it’s definitely changed Guatemala. It’s still law to wear a mask and everyone seems to be complying. They’re not great social distancers but it does seem like we’re on the other side of the curve. Buses are running at
