A New Building For Casita Adonai!

Casita Adonai is our partner school in Guatemala City. 125 of the area's most precious kids attend this school where they are taught, loved, and protected. Many of you have stood in the school while it rained outside and watched the water pour in and flood the school. In addition, we have outgrown space for new classrooms. If we do not do something soon, our fifth graders may have to go back to the area public school. We have known for several years that the situation was getting desperate.

This summer we met with an architect and plans have been drawn for a three story building. The current building will need to be torn down, a new foundation put in place to accommodate future growth, and then the first floor could be built. This part of the school will accommodate preschool - sixth grade and pave the way for a second and third floor to be added in the future. The first floor would also allow us to offer 7-9th grades if the Lord leads us to.

An estimate for the first phase is $100,000 of which Caroline's Promise has $20,000. That means we have an exciting opportunity to watch God provide $80,000! It will take a miracle but our goal is to raise the funds by the end of October so that construction can begin when the kids finish school and be complete by the time they start the new year in January.

We are asking you to partner with us. I realize that there are plenty of worthy projects to support in your community and around the world. I simply ask you to pray and ask Jesus how He would have you be involved. We will post ideas in the next few days of ways that you can help! For now, if you would like to make a donation please visit our giving page. Choose one time donation and the fund "Guatemala Orphan Projects". Please write Casita in the comment box. Thank you for your support!

Where are they now? Cesy Samayoa

Cesy, translating for Kaitlyn Our friend Cesy was too old to be in our child sponsorship program when we met her, but she definitely benefited from the program because two of her siblings were sponsored consistently. And we benefited from knowing Cesy! For years she would translate for our special programs. I remember speaking to a group of moms years ago and Cesy translated for me. She stayed for hours after the talk to help me minister to women. One of those women had concerns about her son who clearly showed signs of ADHD. Cesy helped me find natural ways to address his inattention and lack of focus and a year later that same Mom shared how Cesy's suggestions had helped! Cesy, we know how hard you have worked and we are incredibly proud of you! Thank you for being a beautiful example to young women everywhere!

Leaving for Guatemala in less than 8 hours!

Everyone is in a mad dash to get their carryons packed and catch some sleep before we depart at 3am! You read that right, 3 am! It's going to be a long travel day. We'll depart Colfax at 3am, drive to Raleigh, fly to Miami at 6:50am and arrive in Guatemala at 1 in the afternoon. After we collect ALL of our luggage (because you guys have prayed that it all arrives:) we'll load a bus and drive 3-4 hours to Eagle's Nest Children's Home. We appreciate your prayers as the first of 50 people go to Guatemala. Our second week begins July 5th. Specific requests for this first BIG team are unity, good health, safety, and that God blesses our time with kids in churches, schools, the community and at Eagle's Nest. Check out their blog at http://www.boggsministry.com/ We hope to update you daily but we're not quite sure how the internet access will be. Thanks for your prayers:)

$40 can send a teen to camp

Words can't express how proud we are of the youth from Adonai Church in Guatemala City. They have worked hard to develop a discipleship and outreach program that is amazing! In addition, they have been raising funds to attend their high school aged camp November 25-27. They began months ago by creating banks and teaching on the importance of saving. From there they hosted a ton of fundraisers and have been able to raise the funds for their youth group to attend camp. Now they need our help! They would love for 25 of the older teens from their Gerona church plant to attend camp as well. The cost is $40 per teen and we're looking for a total of $1000. If you would like to partner with the Adonai Youth and support a teen from Gerona, please follow this link. Thank you for helping us celebrate the Adonai Youth and their hard work, while making a way for the teens in Gerona to attend camp.

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