After some long days the team slept in. As we were getting up we heard the town rocking with a parade just outside the hotel. After the parade, we hit a late breakfast and helped set up…
Dig this: When Stephanie and I were in high school, Ray and Helen Elliott came to our church camp and talked about their ministry. They said they moved into a village and started loving people and translating…
Breakfast with about 30 other gringos followed by a ride on a "Chicken Bus" to Light and Life School in Saquil. The school was built by Helen Elliott. While her husband Bill worked on translation of the…
After a short night, we headed to the Guatemala airport for a charter flight. Nate made arrangements for a small plane to take us to Nebaj. Above: The small plane to Nebaj. They wouldn't let me drive. …
Hey everybody, Shawn here. Got a call from Jody earlier today indicating that their Internet is flaky at best so we might not see any updates from them until Wednesday. They are blogging the entire time, however,…
A small team and I will leave for Guatemala tomorrow. We would appreciate your prayers. Our mission is two-fold. (1) To celebrate the dedication of the 1st new testament in the Ixil language and (2) To meet…
There must be thousands of books on success. If I read them all, will I be successful? I know, I know: God wants us to be significant and not successful. Whatever. I want my life to be…
Carlos just turned me onto a great teaching from Louis Giglio called Fruitcake and Ice Cream. If your not familiar with Louis, he is the founder of Passion and one of my favorite teachers. In Fruitcake and…
Head over to worship source and check out the new (and free) online community for worship leaders. Kassi is one of the developers of worship source. I asked him to give us the lowdown. In his own…