Guatemala UPdate!!

The Guatemala project trip to design the Rancho Engadi Boy's Home is rapidly approaching!  Our trip is going to be from October 6th-15th.  We will be going down to the site, surveying the lands, meeting the ministry and some the kids already involved in the programs, and start with our design for home. This is the facebook page for the Engadi Ministries if you want to learn more! http://facebook.com/EngadiMinistries/. We have a team of 8: Andy our project leader, 5 volunteers (2 civil engineers, 2 architects, and one architectural engineer), and 2 interns (myself and Janine).   

Janine and me at the mini golf entrance

I have gotten to know Andy and Janine pretty well from working in the office together, as well as lots of hang out time with Janine.  I am really excited to work on Andy's team- he was a missionary kid who grew up in Zambia.  He has an amazing heart for serving God and reaching the unreached people around the world.  Janine is wonderful too- she was born in El Salvador and moved to the US in 2000 and speaks fluently in both Spanish and English.  She is so funny and we get along really well- she is really helping me work on my Spanish too.  We have had some really good conversations and I feel like God has definitely brought us together to be great friends in such a short time.  I think it is so cool that each of us come from such different upbringings and backgrounds and get to work together as a team.  Janine also invited me after our time in Guatemala to go and visit her family in El Salvador for a few days.  I am so excited!  This is going to be her first time back since moving in 2000 and she is really excited to see her family.  I am really excited to get to experience El Salvador with her and through the eyes of it being her home.

Please be praying for our entire team as we all are preparing to go serve and our unity as we all come together for the first time on the way to Guatemala...for Engadi Ministries and all the work they are already doing and will continue to do in the boys lives in Guatemala... and for our project work to go smoothly once we get there so that the home can become a reality as soon as possible!

Thank you for all your support, thoughts and prayers!!!

Engadi Ministries Intl.

Engadi is dedicated to ending the of death and violence in Guatemala City one child at a time. Boys from impoverished, broken homes too often seek purpose, belonging and a reason for living in the gangs. These gangs are the roots of the most severe problems in the communities including drugs, extortion, and violence. Driven by God’s vision, Engadi will build homes where these boys can grow into strong men of God who value family, love God and have the resources to reach their professional goals.