It is a great blessing to be in contact with you again. We have not had a newsletter since the month of November, so in this newsletter, we will share the information for the past three months.
As some of you know, I was in the United States during the month of November, so Pili, Jorge, Daniel, and Brandi were responsible for the ministry during my absence. They shared with me that it was a great experience and a blessing for their lives. During the month of November, they distributed the basic grains for all of the families of Lela Obraje village. Also, during this time, the teachers at the school had their vacation, but the feeding center continued as always, and the children only came to eat lunch each day and to hear the Word of God given by Pili and Brandi.
Jorge and Daniel continued the men’s ministry in this month, and this is a great ministry because this allows us to have more contact with the Chort´i Native families, and they in turn approach us with more confidence. It is a blessing to have the approval of the whole family because of this men’s ministry.
Also, in this month we had a blessing of money given by Alan Mitchell that allowed us to buy and install the new windows and doors for the new classrooms. We thank you deeply for this donation.
The month of December was a slower month at the ministry because the three cooks took their vacations since they have not had vacations for many years. But, we were able to buy the children their basic grains for the month and distribute them to their families so they would have food during the vacation time. Also in this month, we were able to use the blessing of money that was given by Barton Baptist church and Pastor Frank Whitaker to distribute food to all of the families another time right before Christmas. This was like a gift from God for Christmas because we were able to give food two times.
Also in December, we had a group of nine precious servants of God come from Hatton Baptist church. They were all a tremendous blessing. They stayed from December 27th to January 3rd, and during their stay they painted the two new classrooms, and they did a beautiful job. They also shared a variety of Bible stories with the children, youth, and women in the village and completed activities with them as well. They brought backpacks full of goodies for each of the children and shoes too, and they had a Happy Birthday Jesus party with a cake big enough to feed 300 people! We all had an amazing time. We were all able to visit two orphanages as well. One of the orphanages was in San Jacinto, which is a small town outside of Chiquimula, and the other one was in Zacapa, which is a city near Chiquimula. The orphanage in Zacapa has about 80 children, and it was astonishing how they enjoyed the affection they received from us. When we were there, they would call us “Mama” and “Daddy”, and they deeply touched all of our hearts. The last day this group was here, we went and visited the dump near Zacapa, and it was astounding to see all of the families living in or near the dump. They sweep the dump each day to try and find things to sell or to eat. We praise the Lord that this group was able to come and work with us here in Guatemala for His glory.
We thank the Lord for the lives of each of you that are reading this newsletter, but our deep gratefulness is for the prayers you lift up for this ministry and for the donations that you give each month to help us feed children here in Guatemala and for helping us provide an education for these children as well. There are so many families here that live from day to day hoping to find food, even if it is in a dump, and because of your obedience to the Lord, we are able to help families physically and to also share with them the love of God and teach them how to live their lives for the Lord and seek Him daily for their every need.
In the month of January, everyone returned to the ministry working in full force and thanking God for allowing us to work and serve in this ministry another year.
We have two new teachers at the school this year. One of the teachers’ names is Zulma Dinora Guerra de Ardón, and she will be teaching second grade this year. The other teacher is Deynor Arnaldo López Vásquez, and he will be teaching fourth grade. Praise the Lord that this year we have a complete elementary school, Kindergarten through sixth grade, with seven teachers. All of the teachers' names are as follows: Nely Consuelo Welches Leon, kindergarten; Eimy Eunice Morales, first grade; Zulma Dinora Guerra de Ardón, second grade; Milgian Yusely Gonsalez Monrroy, third grade; Deynor Arnaldo López Vásquez, fourth grade; Kenneth Geovani Díaz, fifth grade; and Rudy Alexander Morales Sánchez, sixth grade and principal of the school.
Also, we were blessed with a new cook this year, since Hermana Erma de Jesús Vásquez is no longer with us because of health problems and because she is now taking care of her grandchildren. So, in the place of head cook will be Sister Leonidas, and the new cook is Elsa Marina Perez, which will make over 400 tortillas daily. Glendy Yadira Osorio Pérez will continue working with us also as the third cook this year.
The month of January was a month of blessings because we were able to buy 60 new textbooks for the students, which were especially for those students in the new sixth grade class. Also, all of the students received their scholastic material this year and the teachers received all of their materials needed to give classes sufficiently. The new classrooms are in use and in working order, as well as the entire school. At the beginning of January we had a teaching seminary for every person that works in the ministry, and it was very interesting, and we all learned a lot about serving the Lord with joy and how to be better workers for His name. 
God bless you all,
SARITA.
Prayers Request:
Please pray for the violence to cease in the village and for the laws to be obeyed. The people do not follow the laws, but also, the authorities do not enforce the laws in the village.
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