This past
month Pamela and Deysi had the great privilege of visiting Seattle, WA in order
to participate in a missions conference and also to visit and learn from a
women´s shelter.
In their first days they assisted Grace
Lutheran Church and gave a presentation on the latest news from El Refugio.
This is the church that has given scholarships to Ana and Elsa for their beauty
classes and who have now committed to support Alba for 3 years of Nursing
school beginning in January. We are so grateful for this wonderful blessing and
all of their support and prayers.
Ladies from Grace Lutheran who support the shelter and visited us last February
Deysi and Pamela giving a presentation about El Refugio
Deb from Grace Lutheran shares about her experiences in Guatemala
selling jewelry for El Refugio
Later in
the week the ladies were a part of a 5 day mission´s conference at Lifeway
Church along with several other missionaries from around the world. They
learned about the importance of creating and maintaining relationships with the
people from their host country among other important topics.
missionaries attending conference
sharing with the children during Sunday School
The last
week of their trip Pamela and Deysi went to Hope Place shelter where they spent 5 days and nights
learning about the management of their center and sharing testimonies with the
women. They were extremely impressed by the facilities and the special programs
and classes for each woman.
Deysi chatting during lunch with one of the women from Hope Place
Deysi and
Pamela returned greatly impacted by their trip and tremendously grateful to all
of the people that reached out and welcomed them, sharing food, stories, gifts,
and most importantly their time. How wonderful to see How God is working in these ministries and that we could learn and be a part of His great mission!
