We are about to finish building the new house, this month we are going to put some principal doors inside of the house but still we will need some others in each room and in the laundry as well. The children are doing fine, the teenagers are excited to move to the new house because they have seen all the furniture that is going to be in the new house and they are enjoying the idea of not being with the little ones all day long. We are grateful with God because he put in the hearts of some people the desire to help us buying the furniture for the new house; God also provided the money for a mower. 

It is good to see how the church has remained faithful; it is a blessing to have a church with good doctrine where we can learn how to be disciples of Jesus. The church has been always a good support for the rehab and also for the children home. We as church are praying for the pastor Victor and (his wife) to give them strengths to overcome this difficult time. We are also praying for our ministries that God is going to allow them to continue growing and that he is going to provide everything needed as well.

The men at the Rehab Center are doing well, some of them are willing to have a real relation with God others however are just trying to stop taking drugs or drinking. Nonetheless our responsibility is to show them that only through Jesus they can be saved. The majority of the men just want to be sober  but we want them to be new creatures in Jesus but to be a new creature takes time and that is why we are always encouraging them to seek the Lord as the answer for their lives.

We were sharing with you our thoughts about the new house that we are building. We were praying the Lord to show us what to do with the new building and since then we´ve been receiving children and now we have a full house. We believe that this is the answer from God to keep the house for the teenagers. We are going to move seven of them to the new house in a couple months. There are going to be just nine little children in this house and we are praying to see if we can receive more little children because we will have enough space. We also rescued a puppy from the streets, she was starving when we found her but now the children are giving her lot of love.

It is our desire to work with women but we have to continue praying to know when is going to be the right time and we know that God is going to provide everything to start this ministry.

Everything is going good with the church. The church continues growing, sometimes it gathers people from different places in the world. This is the time to look for the Lord Jesus because there will come times in which people won´t be able to do so. This month we had two different activities we celebrated mother´s day in the church in order to encourage them to continue teaching their children about God. The ladies from the church continue having lunch for the men from the Rehab Center every month. The men of the Rehab Center always enjoy having this activity with the people from the church.

The Rehab Center is doing fine. The house has kept full for the past months, this means that there is a big necessity of people to rehabilitate but most important they have the necessity of God in their hearts. The Rehab is always full because of the evangelizing work that the staff does twice a month in different towns from Guatemala.

The construction of the new house is coming along well, the electricity work is already done and the lights are installed, this week we are installing the toilets and sinks. Also the iron gates are installed and the entrance is made out of concrete. We also worked to make the front wall higher. We are thankful with all of you that have helped us building this house. Our desire for this house was to move teens into it, but during this time we have been praying the Lord to show us what his will for this amazing building is. Lately God has showed us that there is a need to re-open a Rehab Center for women, because the problem of drug and alcoholism in Guatemala is the same for women and men. Most of the problems related to abandoned children are caused because both parents are having problems with alcohol and drugs. The sad reality is that there are many Rehab Centers for men but not for women. We have been ministering the Lord Jesus to children and men for several years, but now we believe that it is the time to start working with women that are desperate and without any hope.  

The Rehab Center is doing fine; we have 42 men from different places from Guatemala that are looking for Hope for their lives. The problems of alcoholism and drug addiction in Guatemala are getting worst day after day and we are happy to be part of the work that God is doing in this situation. Some of them are answering to the call of God to help others as they were helped. They are willing to be training to be part of the staff and help to run the Ministry. Adrian and Isaac are teachers for Sunday school; also Isaac is playing the keyboard during the devotions to worship God. It is a blessing to see them with a heart for Jesus.

The church is doing fine, but we know that the church has to continue growing therefore Sonia and some staff from the Rehab are evangelizing children from the neighborhood to attend Sunday School to meet the Lord Jesus with the hope that one day their families are going to join us in church.

This week all the children are in exams and they are working hard to get good grades. Justin is acting like if he were in college!

  
They are making a good effort because they are happy that summer vacation is comming!

The children are back to school!! And they are excited because they could see their friends of last year, they also have new friends and some of them have a new teacher. All the children are happy to be at school, however Michael and Fredy are excited and at the same time they are nervous because they are going to a new school!  
   

We want to say Happy Birthday to Marleny, Edgar and Alex. This was the first birthday of Alex here at the boy´s home, he has very happy when he saw his lemon cake! Happy Birthday boys! we hope that God will give you more years of life and we pray that you continue growing in your spiritual life.

   

We are very thankful with God because he is always faithful. It is good to see that Guatemalan families are getting involved in the life of the boys bringing a smile to our children through coming and sharing a wonderful time with them. We thank Karen and Pedro´s family because they always come to visit the children, this time a delicious lunch hamburger and they also gave the children a shirt of their favorite soccer team. We also appreciate that Don Arturo´s gas station donated some tamales which the boys really enjoyed. Likewise we want to say thank to a small restaurant in Parramos called Peto´s, every year they have given us a special lunch, this time they gave us cordon bleu it was very enjoyable. At the same time we want to thank Ana Lucia Midence because she gave us money to take the children to Mc Donald´s. The children had a vacation time full of joy thank to the desire of these people of collaborating.