Guatever

So Most of you may know, This past Thanksgiving Kurt and I went to Guatemala. God has been working in our Hearts about what a ministry would like there. The trip was incredible. Completely God sent!!! We arrived in Guatemala City, and traveled around the city for the Day. We Visited a children's home, with the cutest kids. There were around 50 kids there. all under the age of 3. So many Baby's. It was heartbreaking to see all of them. I tried to take a couple with me as we left, but that didn't work so well haha. The next Morning we went to church at the Vineyard branch in the City. Then we drove to Antigua, which is about an hour from Guate City. Here we met up with Pastor Cesar Gomez and his son. They are from Tejutla. We stayed the night in Antigua and then drove 6 hours to Tejutla the next morning. We spent the rest of the week with Pastor Gomez in Tejutla, with his wife Eldima, and his two sons Danny and Reuben. The are such an amazing family, with an incredible Heart for the Lord, and helping the people of Tejutla. Pastor Gomez showed us around the city, which is very small about 800-900 people, with miles and miles of farm land around it. The whole city is up in the mountains, it is so beautiful. It is like Gods painting. The town has old stone streets, with very narrow alleys. The entire area is smaller than the neighborhood of Los Cristalas, for those of you who have been to Mexico with B2B. The pastor showed us his ministry there, he has started a christian school next to the church. There are about 1500 students in the school right now. The kids come from hours away to go to the school, but also serves the kids in Tejutla. The Pastor has started a clean water ministry, providing clean water to the city for only a 10th of the price. He has started a christian radio station broadcasting all through Guatemala, and even into Chiapas Mexico. The pastor has such an amazing Heart and an incredible passion for the people he serves. The school right now is too small. He only charges the students about 3dollars a month to come, where the actual cost is around 200 dollars, and that is to be able to pay for the teachers. The ministry pays for the rest, but doesn't have the funds to be able to expand the school. The kids are cramped in the classrooms  and there is not enough space for all of them.
The biggest thing that Kurt and I truly knew that God had a plan for us here. was Pastor Gomez. His Heart and his ministry is completely spirit led. Completely!! His ministry is not just about Giving to others or telling them how or what to do. But he presents the Gospels to them through his actions, and his passion. The school is teaching the kids the Bible, not by forcing on them, but by telling them about what God has done through the scripture, but more importantly, what God is doing now, today in there lives.
The People in Tejutla are so nice. we would just be walking through town meeting people, and talking to them. There kindness drew us in. Many people invited us in to see there homes. It felt great to be invited in. They were so proud to show us what they do, and where they lived.
At the beginning of the week when Pastor Gomez picked us up, the three of us were talking and Pastor Gomez was telling us a bit about the ministry. He had said that about ten years he was praying one night, and God told him that he would find missionary's in Antigua to help him and come along side of him in his ministry. He said that he had been praying for An architect to help him. As Kurt and I heard this, we both looked at each other, we hadn't told him what we felt God was calling us to there yet, and we smiled. Even more crazy, as we had this conversation, the three of us were sitting drinking coffee, in Antigua!?!? When Kurt began to tell him, because my Spanish is horrible haha, he told him what we felt God was calling us to in Guatemala, and That I was finishing my Architecture degree in the states. The three of us sat back and you could just feel the presence of God around the table.
Upon our arrival back home Kurt and I have been discussing so many things. We met yesterday to plan some things out. But as of now we are beginning to start a ministry in the town of Tejutla Guatemala. The ministry will work along side of Pastor Gomez's ministry and focus on community Development creating Jobs and education, specifically centered around sharing the Gospel through this. Pastor kept saying the whole week, "We always say that if you give a man a fish he will eat for the day, but if you teach a man to fish he will eat for a lifetime. But that only works if there is a pond for that man to fish out of. So our spirit lead goal, is to help Pastor Gomez create this pond, through creating jobs and education, keeping people from having to go to the states for jobs. We have plans to build a new school for more kids and to aid the kids already in the program. PG has been setting up a scholarship program similar to the Shelter program in Monterrey, to help family's send there kids to school. There are plans to design and build a fire station and hospital in town, to create jobs and also because the closest hospital is 3 hours away. We can create jobs through the construction of the buildings as well.
All I can tell you is that God has been working in us so much through this. And the Both of us are so excited and ready to pursue him and his people in Tejutla.
If you are interested in learning more about the New ministry we will be having a info Fiesta in a month or two. Keep checking back here for more updates, and also the date of the Fiesta.
Now some of you may be wondering what the heck the title means. Well in Monterrey our slogan is "Flexico Mexico" Because, nothing really goes to plan, well because is Mexico haha. So Kurt and I were saying, we need our own slogan for Guatemala. We were walking around in Antigua, and say a tee shirt saying Guatever. We said its perfect!!!!! haha. So this is our new slogan, catchphrase or so for the new Ministry in Guatemala!!

Thank you all for you support, and Love!!!
I wish you all a Very Blessed Christams and a Happy New Year!!!!
Much Love
Adam

A Christmas Miracle In Mexico

This is from Kathy Couch, Staff Member in Monterrey mexcio, While she was working with B2B in Cancun. I am Truly amazed at How God continues to shine light on so many dark places!! He is our savior!!!


"When we were touring the DIF facilities, we walked by the boy’s dorm. The lady leading us on the tour stopped by the door and said that there were 4 young men in this dorm. There was one young man standing in the room. When the ladies walked off, Mau, a staff member in Cancun stepped in the room to talk to the young man. It was obvious that he was blind and the story he told took Mau’s breath away. He is 17. His mother did not want to deal with him anymore so she took him to a busstation in Vera Cruz ( which is several hours south of Cancun) told him to get on the bus, gave him a one way ticket and told him never to return He got off the bus in downtown Cancun and had no idea where he was. A police officer found him and took him to the DIF. He had been repeatedly abused and beaten. Much of his body was black and blue. Before Mau left he hugged him. The young man told Mau that he had never been hugged before. Mau asked him if there was something we could do for him and he asked for music. He said that it helped him relax. We were all taken back by such a sad story. We went back to that home a fewdays later for a Christmas party. One woman sat down by this boy and started encouraging him. I watched him as he cringed with every word she said. He had never heard positive things and it was really hard for him to process. He finally put his hand on his heart and said ‘my heart hurts.” So right there in this government run home these precious women prayed for this young man. Mau, later that morning sat with him to eat pizza and he asked him about his heart. Mau went on the explain the salvation message to him, and this young man, who had been sent away, all alone, unwanted, and blind, to an unknown destination, accepted Christ that day. In a government run home, no less! His face completely changed. He started saying, “ I am so happy, I feel so happy, I have never been this happy.” Later we gave the kids presents and one of our staff gave him a IPOD with Spanish Christian music on it. I wish I could wrap up this moment and his face so I could truly share the emotin of the moment. It was probably one of the best Christmas gifts I have ever received. Seeing his glowing face, you had to believe in divine timing. He arrived just days before we came just so God could introduce Himself.
When the lady was complementing this young man I was watching his face and I started weeping because
when Daniel came to our house he would react the same way. We would say positive things to him and
he would cringe like he had been hit. I look at him now and he has a confidence he would have never had.
He believes in himself and has courage that he never had before. It shows the power of love and
acceptance. God can truly take a broken, empty vessel and make it a beautiful piece of art. Pray
for Jorge at the DIF. Pray that God will continue to show him he is a beautiful creation of
God and pray that God will protect him. Lift up this new branch of Back 2 Back. In an area
known for vacation and fun there is a lot of hurting people."
Kathy Couch