Graduation 07
Dear Friends,
It is an exciting time at AMG International, Guatemala. This has been a very busy month for us but full of God's blessings. We have had three sets of visitors this month - a delegation from Word & Deed, Holland, our partner organization and also two short term teams that did children's ministries, medical and dental work and evangelism in several of our childcare centers. Thanks to all those from Alabama and Arkansas who participated in the work!
It is also graduation time here in Guatemala. The school year goes from January to mid-October so our schools are now in the process of finishing up last minute things here and graduation ceremonies are taking place. Yesterday, we had a graduation luncheon for all of our High School graduates in Guatemala City. Each of them came with a few parents or family members and the director from their AMG center, we have 8 of them here in the city.
I had the privilege of sharing with the students from Paul's encouraging letter to young Timothy. We talked about:
- being "strong", not in our own strength but in the grace that is in Christ Jesus (II Timothy 2:1)
- not being "ashamed", studying the word and standing up for what it says (II Timothy 2:15)
- "remembering" what we have learned, especially during difficult times (II Timothy 12&14)....these kids know difficult times more than any of us ever will.
At the end, we asked if any of the parents wanted to share anything. One Dad and two Mom's got up and shared about how blessed they are to have their children graduating from high school. (just a reminder to you that only 15% of young people graduate from high school in Guatemala). Two of them said that their children had been part of AMG's child sponsorship program since ages 4 and 5! They emotionally testified that they couldn't imagine how their children would have been educated, taught and supported all these years if it was not for the Lord's faithfulness through the ministry of AMG and also their sponsors who gave month after month, year after year, so their children could be blessed in this way.
Once again, thank you to all who sponsor children here and to those who support the worldwide ministries of AMG International.
Below are some photos of the graduation luncheon. Graduates, proud parents, students receiving their last Bible from AMG.....to God be the glory!
I'll close with the same verses that I closed with at the luncheon - Paul's closing words to Timothy.
The Lord Jesus Christ be with your Spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
It is an exciting time at AMG International, Guatemala. This has been a very busy month for us but full of God's blessings. We have had three sets of visitors this month - a delegation from Word & Deed, Holland, our partner organization and also two short term teams that did children's ministries, medical and dental work and evangelism in several of our childcare centers. Thanks to all those from Alabama and Arkansas who participated in the work!
It is also graduation time here in Guatemala. The school year goes from January to mid-October so our schools are now in the process of finishing up last minute things here and graduation ceremonies are taking place. Yesterday, we had a graduation luncheon for all of our High School graduates in Guatemala City. Each of them came with a few parents or family members and the director from their AMG center, we have 8 of them here in the city.
I had the privilege of sharing with the students from Paul's encouraging letter to young Timothy. We talked about:
- being "strong", not in our own strength but in the grace that is in Christ Jesus (II Timothy 2:1)
- not being "ashamed", studying the word and standing up for what it says (II Timothy 2:15)
- "remembering" what we have learned, especially during difficult times (II Timothy 12&14)....these kids know difficult times more than any of us ever will.
At the end, we asked if any of the parents wanted to share anything. One Dad and two Mom's got up and shared about how blessed they are to have their children graduating from high school. (just a reminder to you that only 15% of young people graduate from high school in Guatemala). Two of them said that their children had been part of AMG's child sponsorship program since ages 4 and 5! They emotionally testified that they couldn't imagine how their children would have been educated, taught and supported all these years if it was not for the Lord's faithfulness through the ministry of AMG and also their sponsors who gave month after month, year after year, so their children could be blessed in this way.
Once again, thank you to all who sponsor children here and to those who support the worldwide ministries of AMG International.
Below are some photos of the graduation luncheon. Graduates, proud parents, students receiving their last Bible from AMG.....to God be the glory!
I'll close with the same verses that I closed with at the luncheon - Paul's closing words to Timothy.
The Lord Jesus Christ be with your Spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
1 comments:
What a good looking group of graduates! So are you preaching in Spanish, Bob?
Thanks for your consistent work for the sake of the Gospel!
Rick Francis
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