Requests for more prayer:
1) The visit of Jim Mott GCE Board Member plus 3 gentlemen from Calvary Church Muscatine Iowa, to scout the project of new church facility at the CHE planted congregation in Los Alonzo (Mam people) last April 20-21 went blessed as they also visited the village of El Eden where they have joined the local CHE people in the past. They went back encouraged to see the locals progress on the project planning and pray to come back in the near future.
2) For Linda Rinzel who has plans to return in July to follow up Guatemalan trainees of the CHE Woman Program. God is providing for Linda to make it here through Mission Community Church of Gilbert Arizona and more kind people.
3) God has led us to the proper person to become the caretaker of the CHE Center Property. The time to begin development is approaching and Vitelio and Lucrecia are committed to it. There are already some partners getting ready to start the work. The fencing process continues and the main gates are about ready to be installed also!
4) The new Partnership with Bay Presbyterian Church from Ohio has been confirmed! They are already backing 2 current CHE trainers and a new key leader for the Poptí people group of Jacaltenango to begin introducing CHE there!.
5) For the recent visit to Nicaragua and El Salvador was encouraging specially to the Regional Coordinator
and Jr and Gabriel to see CHE and CHE Woman expanding in fruit and people involved.
Prayer Requests:
1) For the CHE Woman TOT planned for April in Quetzaltepeque El Salvador for the female CHE leaders from scores of CHE projects in that municipality has to be postponed for June waiting for the new City Council to approve sponsoring it. Our Region’s Resource Facilitator Darling Lopez from Nicaragua and assistant Master Trainer Tania will be facilitating. Miriam is been invited to teach handcrafts too, please pray for her health to be there.
2) For the STM Team led Tom & Diane Schiefer from Christian Veterinary Association sponsored by Mission Community Church Gilbert Arizona and other kind donors like a Rotary Club from Washington State, who will be here May 13-20 to do workshops on livestock disease prevention, health care, vaccinations,etc. all part of the CHE Training to several CHE villages simultaneously from the lowlands to the Cuchumatanes Mountains. Pray for the logistics too, all to bear fruit for the Kingdom.
3) Pray for CHE Trainer Ramon Nerio in El Salvador fighting Cancer and Marcos Gome’z father (Juan) also in Guatemala.
4) Pray for new potential partnerships about to be confirmed with John Knox Pres Church(Ohio), CORD Int, ENDAC, we have been interviewed recently. OneMission is also in talks with GCE to expand our partnership to the other areas of our Meso-america Region! Drops of Grace is also expected. Spirit Guidance is a must.
5) For the participation of Dr. Hugo at the coming International Council of LifeWind/Medical Ambassadors Int May 28-June 2 in Mount Hermon California. Pray that mutually transforming relationships with LWI/MAI and the other Regions leaders around the world will be enriched for CHE in God's Kingdom. Hugo will visit a couple churches in California and in Texas, God Willing. Pray for the short visit to Mario and Christa to be quality time.
Your fellow servants in GCE and the CHE Meso-america Region Teams.