Christmas blessings

Tom, Elizabeth and Cheryl Leigh Allan, along with all of the children, Moms and Dads you have blessed this past year in Guatemala, thank you for your love, prayers and offerings. We wish you a blessed and joyful Christmas, and a healthy and prosperous New Year.
God Bless
Hearts for the Children Ministries, Guatemala.

Vacation Bible School in Guatemala.

Prizes,candy,food and toys for all.

Dear friends in Christ:
As you can see from the photos the Vacation Bible School was a big success again. Each year it grows in number.
The five day event offers children from 15 different villages of all ages to come, hear about Jesus, eat, do crafts and have fun.
We are honored to be able to do this each year for God. He supplies the leaders, the provisions and also inspires the leaders to prepare each class.
The children like it so much that they have asked us to continue to VBS until school restarts. Not a bad idea if we had the funds and the people to do it.
In the photos you can see the happy faces of the children on the final day.
Praying for some of His little ones.
Tom and Elizabeth with the class representing Hawaii!
And praying on opening day.
Once again thank you for your love, prayers and support and may you and your families continue to experience the full blessing of God’s grace and love and if for some reason we are not able to communicate before Jesus returns then we will see you in heaven.

Sincerely in Christ
Tom, Elizabeth and Cheryl Leigh Allan

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Christmas is approaching

MAKE ONE OF THESE SMILE AND SAY THANK YOU.
Most of the families we minister to understand the true meaning of Christmas.
Sure there are some gifts exchanged and food brought by with warm wishes for the day, but that is not the big part of Christmas in the villages we work in.
Christmas eve is a day celebrated more that Christmas day. Our Church will be filled with honest prayer and worshipers, from early in the afternoon of the 24th until about 8 or 9 PM. Then the visiting begins until midnight when the sky lights up with fire works all over the Country. Christ was borne on that day and it is so wonderful to see how communities who do not have much, share their joy and blessings.
When they say Merry Christmas they truly believe it in their hearts.
HFTCM is honored to serve so many children. We no longer have Christmas parties for 3 or 5 thousand children but we do make a special event at Christmas time to share a toy and some candies to as many children as will come.
Many of you in past years have funded this event and I ask you to pray about supporting this act of love again this year. It will bring a smile and a thank you.
However they all understand that the greatest gift to all of them is Jesus Christ.
Thak you again for your love, prayers and support.

A blessed Thanksgiving Day

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, and friends.
Some of us do not take Thanksgiving day very seriously, OH! I know the old line of Turkey and football.. I know you know there is so much more.
We at HFTCM take this day as a very blessed day. It would take volumes to list all of God's wonderful blessings we have seen over the past 20 years.
Really, Elizabeth and I thought we would serve may be two or three years in Guatemala. God certainly had his plans and we are not sure if He is finished with us yet or not. One wonders when they reach over the age of 70, how much longer is our Lord going to use us in Guatemala. No complaints mind you. It has been filled with joy and liberty.
One of the things that makes it easier for us to minister here, is all of the love and prayers we get from all of you.
We want you to know of what a blessing all of you are to us and to God.
We truly love you in Jesus Christ!
May you and your wonderful families continue to experience the full blessing of God's grace and love and if for some reason we are not able to communicate before Jesus returns then, we will see you in heaven.

NOT ABLE TO SEE THE VIDEO ON RECENT POST

DEAR FRIENDS IN CHRIST, IF YOU CAN NOT SEE THE VIDEO OF THE CHURCH CLICK ON THE LITTLE BOX ON THE BOTTOM LEFT SIDE THAT SAYS LIKE AND IT WILL APPEAR.
THANK YOU
BLESSSINGS
TOM A.

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY

International Children's day is an opportunity for HFTCM to bring children to gether from 12 different villages, to praise our Lord. What a joy to hear them sing and pray. As our ministry is dedicated to serving the children of Guatemala we are honored to have so many come.The first three photos are of children from the villages, Praising Him, being led by age groups to receive food and toys,receiving the food etc. The next three photos are of street children who come from different parts of Guatemala city. Most are children of the street people who come to the Friday morning service and breakfast.
As we prepare for this very special day we are reminded of the scripture,(LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME AND DO NOT HINDER THEM,FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD BELONGS TO SUCH AS THESE.) Luke 18:16 (I TELL YOU THE TRUTH ANYONE WHO WILL NOT RECEIVE THE KINGDOM OF GOD LIKE A LITTLE CHILD WILL NEVER ENTER IT)Luke18:17
Blessings
Tom, Elizabeth and Cheryl Leigh Allan

Your new Church in Guatemala

Dear Brothers, Sisters and friends in Christ! This is the first video of your new Church in Guatemala. The Temple on the second floor is almost finished, the electrics and awesome windows are in, it has been painted. We are just waiting for funds to finish a little work on the windows that you can see, and then lay the ceramic tile on the floor. This construction project has taken about 4 years to complete. We never gave up although there were times when we thought it may never come to fuision. However by faith we kept going as the Lord provided and guided us.
We are all so excited to know that very soon we will move into this new temple of Praise and worship. There have been so many who prayed and supported this project it is difficult to name names here. You all know who you are and what you have done for the Glory of the kingdom here in Guatemala. This is a most modern Church building. The question has always been, why did God choose this tiny village and just ordinary people to build such a magnificent temple? We trust you will enjoy this first video and you can be sure there will be many more to come.
May you all continue to enjoy the full blessings of God's grace and love and if for some reason we are not able to communicate before Jesus returns then, we will see you in heaven.
Sincerely in Christ,
Tom,Elizabeth and Cheryl Leigh Allan

A marriage a long time in the making

Daniel was a very young boy when he first came in contact with HFTCM. It has been a struggle to say the least or this young man. He has come and gone from the ministry and Church many times. Always coming back when thing got to tough for him. God never gave up on him nor did HFTCM. Daniel met Marta a couple of years ago and began living together. Producing two wonderful children.Daniel and Marta began coming to Church on a very regular basis. Daniel advised us that his heart was leading him to be used on the sound equipment. In one of our meetings we pointed out that he would have to look at two things in order for God to allow this. First he would need to get married and secondly get baptized. Very quickly the Lord led him to do both.
The top photo is one of Daniel and Marta taking their vows before God. Daniel is now baptized and involved working with the sound equipment. It was an honor for Elizabeth and myself to officiate at this joining of two people under God. This makes it the 32nd couple we have had the honor of marrying all who had been living together with children. Praise God. May we see many more.
The second photo is of Daniel and his family with one more on the way. Please pray for health,spiritual guidance and provision.
Thank you
Tom, Elizabeth and Cheryl Leigh

Stronger ties in Guatemala

A couple of weeks ago Elizabeth and myself were invited to a dinner meeting with the Alliance of Evangelicals of Guatemala. This organization is an alliance made up of many different Church organizations designed to help one another in whatever way they can. The alliance is strong in members and the leadership are all well known in Guatemala. OF course the main purpose is to give, spiritual,legal and fraternal covering to its members. At that dinner the members unanimously approved HFTCM as a new member. Not all proposed for membership are accepted. We are honored and privileged to be called to this alliance. This stronger tie to the evangelical movement in Guatemala will help us move forward in the future. WE continue to thank God for His love and promises.
Blessings
Tom, Elizabeth and Cheryl Leigh Allan

A Temple for the Lord

God has done a great work on the new Church we are building in Guatemala. We are so honored and privileged to be part of this wonderful work. Elizabeth and myself never thought we would be called to construct such a Church. Five years in the making and for some reason God restarted the project and withing three months we are nearly ready to move in. Oh! no we are not finished yet, We are working on putting the electrics in this week, preparing for the windows and the tile for the floor. We thank all of the hearts that have contributed to this temple and ask that you all weigh in for the last mile. The windows are the largest of the remaining work as we have 12 very big ones. We have the quote for a total of $3,500.00. The ceramic tile will cost about$1000.00. That will complete the main temple top floor and allow us to hold services in your new Church. It will take some time to finish all of the offices and class rooms on the first floor however by faith again we believe God will provide. Please, help us to at least finish the praise and worship area, we know you have done much, however a little more is needed.
You can see in this photo what the inside of the Church looks like,with the platform built and a large area for the pulpit and the praise and worship teams. Our church community and the village are so excited. The birthday celebration for Glendy resulted in an overflow of people.
May you all continue to experience the full blessing of God's grace and love and if for some reason we are not able to communicate before Jesus returns then, we will see you in heaven.
Blessings
Tom, Elizabeth and Cheryl Leigh Allan

Another birthday celebration

You can see Elizabeth and a lot of children blowing out the candles on her birthday cake, we are not allowed to mention how many candles were supposed to be on the cake.
Happy birthday Elizabeth and may you receive the blessings from our Lord for many more.

Photo #1 13 people gave their lives to the Lord that night.
Photo #2 Playing for the Lord on the street.
Photo #3 Chow time
Photo #4 Sorting medicine, food, shoes etc.
Photo #5 Team photo
It is so exciting for us to host short term mission teams. Denominational differences are no barrier to the members and staff of Hearts for the children, or Mount Zion Church. We have been receiving teams for well over 15 years now. Most come between Februarys to July .We have already received two requests for June and July of 2011.
Our ministry house is situated between Guatemala City and the most popular tourist town of Antigua, in Guatemala. Our location is blessed with fresh air as we are situated about 3000 meters above sea level, and set on 3 acres of lush green plants and trees sounded by beautiful natural flowers of all kinds.
The house is able to accommodate up to 40 people, although some sleeping areas may be a little cramped it is comfortable and cozy. The food is always great with a mixture of Guatemalan and North American cuisine.
Brother Dale Hajost, of Due West Methodist United Church in Marietta Georgia has been leading teams to HFTCM for 5 years now and each one gets better and better, this years’ team was the best yet.
The makeup of the team was well balanced with a good mix of older teen agers and adults. The talents were also so well balanced between household repair people, translators, medical doctors, nurses, dental hygienist, and a young musical group calling themselves the sons of God. All were involved in outreach, medical and dental clinics, distributing clothes and shoes, along with gift bags. VBS was held 4 times during with different children. Hair was shampooed, and cut
One of the most exciting things was an outdoor Christian concert held on the street of Guatemala City at night at which the Sons of God performed, 6 in all played guitar, drums and sang both in Spanish and English. The stage was set up outside of our Mary Magdalena house on 4th street 13 people gave their lives to God on that exciting night. (PRAISE HIS NAME).
850 Were attended to by the Doctors and Dentist during the week as we traveled to several different areas to bless. One of which was at a hotel on the Pacific Ocean where we saw about 400 people and stayed overnight.
We encourage all Churches to put a team of talented people together who want to serve God in some way and come on down. Your life will be changed forever. All Christians should take at least one short term mission trip. We are waiting for you!

A wheel chair blessing

Photo is of Elizabeth blessing the chair.

HFTCM wrote in a blog some time ago that our 40 tractor trailer ministry was back on track. Well yes it is and recently The Church of God Canada Eastern, sent a container down full of wonderful blessings. One of which is a most modern wheel chair.
A young woman, member of our Church has been in a wheel chair since birth. We continue to pray for her that one day she will walk. We donated the chair to her in the hopes that it will make life a little more comfortable. Please continue to pray that the Lord will one day lift her from the chair and heal her completely.
Folks are always asking what we can send down to Guatemala. This is an example as to what we have been saying, anything the Lord places on your heart get it to the collection area. We will sure use it.
Not only is this girl and her family blessed, our Church is, and The Church that sent it and the people who donated the chair are richly blessed.

From a sweet girl to a sweet senorita

Photo# 1 shows the large crowd who came to celebrate with Glendy.
Photo # 2 Tom and Elizabeth blessing Glendy and her new ring.

Recently we celebrated the 15th. Birthday of a girl who has grown in the Word of the Lord almost since she was born. Glendy is challenged with Down syndrome. Several years ago Elizabeth received a word from God that Glendy would one day become a secretary. Not long after, the Lord opened the doors for us to get Glendy into a private school dedicated to people challenged with Down syndrome. God has blessed her with many talents and now she is able to talk and be understood. In Guatemala a young girl celebrating her 15th birthday is somewhat like a sweet sixteen in North America. The young girl now becomes a senorita.
The new Church was full of people who came to celebrate with her. It was a beautiful ceremony, and a delicious lunch was served by the women of the community and the Church. We are proud of Glendy’s achievement and know that the Holy Spirit will guide her to a very productive and fruit full life. We do ask for continued prayer for Glendy and her Mom.

DISASTER UP DATE GUATEMALA

It has been several days since the Tropical storm passed through and left a trail of disaster all over the Country.
Although the volcano Pacaya is still very active spewing ash, gas and rivers of lava the black snow that covered the City and Country has diminished. Indications are that it will take many months to clean up the millions of tons of black snow from the City streets. The area around the volcano is closed and several villages close to it have been evacuated.
The results of the tropical storm are more concerning. 200 people killed, still many unaccounted for, thousands of houses damaged, thousands of people being housed in shelters.
200 bridges have been destroyed many rivers flooded a lot of communities damaged.
Some communities have been cut off from the rest of Guatemala such a Panajachel where giant mud slides have closed the main road into the town and both bridges collapsed.
As the rains continue to fall we are now faced with major highways collapsing to the North, south, east and west of the City. For large transport trucks, it is very difficult to bring product to the City. AS the shortage of grocery products grows, because of the damage to crops and the slow moving traffic prices at the stores have doubled.
The second sink hole in zone 2 of Guatemala City has now evacuated people from homes another 4 or 5 blocks around the hole as a precaution of more collapsing.
We pray for a let up of the rain to allow work to be done on some of these areas.
Some schools in the provinces are still closed.
There is a great need for clothes, shoes, medicine and food.
HFTCM again located a village blown away by the Storm and is supplying food etc and ministry.
Once again the Allan Family is will and safe, most of our Church and Ministry families are also well and safe.
Please continue to pray for peace,for our Country and wisdom for our Country leaders during this horrific time.
Any help you can give will be a blessing that will help us serve those in need.
Needless to say me and Elizabeth have been working extended hours reaching out to those affected by these two natural disasters. We are at peace and being led by the Holy Spirit.
Thank you for your love, prayers and support and may you continue to experience the full blessing of God's grace and love and if for some reason we are not able to communicate before Jesus returns then, we will see you in heaven.
Sincerely in Chrsit,
Tom, Elizabeth and Cheryl Leigh Allan

40foot Tractor trailler ministry

CONTAINER MINISTRY BACK ON TRACK
Most of you heard that our 40 foot tractor trailer ministry that helped us distribute about one million pieces of clothing and shoes a year was stopped two or three years ago by a Government agency. Recently God put us in touch with and Evangelical ministry that has the same kind of license and took HFTCM on board to help us get this ministry moving again. As a result the first container arrived from RiverStone Church, Marietta Ga at the end of May and another is now on it its way from the Church of God Canada Eastern. We knew God would open the doors for this to happen it was just a matter of waiting on His timing.
This is a very big tool used to reach out to those who have not heard.
Not all can go to the mission field or on a mission trip but you can become a missionary by organizing a collection of goods through your Church and making a delivery to Guatemala. This can be a very exciting project for those looking for a project to serve and also to donate good used items to those in need. Your project need not be limited to clothing and shoes as many think. We receive packaged food, medicine, bicycles, furniture, office furniture, computers, baby furniture, carriages etc. Let the Holy Spirit guide you. The only thing we ask is to please do not send junk or items that need to be repaired
We praise God for opening this avenue for HFTCM to once again serve in this way.
A big thank you to those who donated goods for these two containers. You will be able to count the numbers of faithful going through the gates of heaven.
Once again thank you for your lover, prayers and support, may you continue to experience the full blessing of God’s grace and love and if for some reason we are not able to communicate before Jesus returns then, we will see you in heaven.
Sincerely in Christ,
Tom, Elizabeth and Cheryl Leigh Allan
The pics are some of the recent sorting and distributing.

EIGHTEEN YEARS

Pic#1 A cake to be cut
Pic#2 Junior danse and praise team
Pic#3 Our little ones doing their thing
Pic#4 Cheryl leigh playing the drums
Pic#5&6 Some of the crowd.
HEARTS FOR THE CHILDREN MINISTRY &
MOUNT ZION C.O.G.
March 30th 2010 marked the real anniversary for HFTCM and Mount Zion Church in Guatemala!
Missionaries for the most part, when they are called to the mission field, and after preaching the Gospel for a season, are moved to plant a Church for the local population. Then many more aspects of the mission grow. In our case it was somewhat backwards. The vision for the ministry did not call for any Churches to be planted. Armed with the promise of God we set out to set up feed programs, medical and dental clinics and open a Mary Magdalena house for ministry. With no funding but with His promise we moved forward. It was somewhat a year or so latter the God directed us to plant a Church in the area we were working. The original Church is a circus tent, and our first meeting consisted of three children and a child’s toy microphone. Ask today and Elizabeth and I will tell you we did not know what we were doing. Just moving with our Almighty. Buildings were obtained for our medical and dental clinic in Guatemala City.
Thousands are passing through our medical clinics in many parts of Guatemala to obtain low cost medical attention and free medicine... Our food programs continue to feed hundreds each week. Our street outreach to the street people of Guatemala continues to grow. Many prostitutes are now off of the street and living liberated lives, some preaching the Gospel. Some ex street people are praise and worship leaders. A million pieces of clothing and shoes are distributed to the poor and particularly the children of Guatemala, each year through our 40ft. container relief program that brings containers of goods to HFTCM from Canada and the USA.
The story of Jesus has been told to unaccountable multitudes of children all over Guatemala. The kids for Christ club have about 200 members meeting each Tuesday afternoon with various activities and good food. Every Friday morning the garage of the Mary Magdalena house is full of just street people ready to praise God with song and dance. Hundreds of these lost souls have been led to our Lord. A good breakfast of eggs, sausage, beans, coffee and tortillas is served to about 175 people. They call themselves the Crazies for Jesus! We did not set out to deliberately set up this Church we just stumbled into it.
The last part of what God has called us to do is to build a temple for His Glory in the village where this work all started. We recognized the beautiful piece of land that was chosen for the building of a new Church but at time the man planting corn on it indicated it was his and he had no intention of selling. For fifteen years we wandered around looking at many sites but none became a reality. On day a friend told me there was a piece of land available in that village so we went to look at it and were astounded when we recognized it was the land God had identified fifteen years earlier. Looking back on those fifteen years we understand why God made us wait. We may be slow learners, but it is evident that we needed to learn a lot of things before He released the land to us.
The construction is well underway now with the first floor done and the second floor on its way. We plan to put the roof on very soon if the funds are available. Indeed a very exciting time
Once again thank you for your love, prayers and support, may you continue to experience the full blessing of God’s grace and love and if for some reason we are not able to communicate before Jesus returns then, we will see you in heaven.
Sincerely in Christ,
Tom, Elizabeth and Cheryl Leigh Allan

Follow up disaster Guatemala

The tropical depression hit land Saturday night that and the result of the previous three days of rain along with the volcano erupting 15 miles from Guatemala City has once again turned Guatemala into a disaster area. Not much different than what hurricane Stan left us with just 3years ago.It all started on Thursday afternoon when some say a minor earth quake 4.9 hit Guatemala, probably affecting the volcano. The ash and Gas was sent up 2000 meters into the air and spread all over the Country. Then that night heavy rains came as a result of the storm heading our way.
The airport was closed on Thursday afternoon and will reopen probabe Wednesday. I had a friend Art Fowler with me during this and we had to bus Him to El Salvador so He could get home Monday.
Here are the facts as we know them this morning.82 people dead
53 people still missing
30,000 people in shelters
13 bridges wiped out
120,000 have been evacuated from the villages. About 10,000 homes destroyed.
Schools are closed for the next week
Most major highways are closed due to river flooding or mud slides. Pacific coast road closed, interamericano highway closed.
One of our favorite visiting spots Panajachel is isolated from the Country again as the to bridges in and out are washed away.
Large portions of Antigua are under water and mud.
Most of the rivers in Guatemala flooded over.
To see more of the affected areas google Volcano and tropical depression Guatemala.
The volcano has quited a bit now only throwing stuff 250 mtrs into the air.
The storm as gone and light rain is predicted for today and tomorrow.
As far as we know all of our HFTCM families and those of our Church are OK, again the Allan family are well and in the graceful hands of our Lord.
We have been meeting over the weekend to look at what we can do and where we can go to be most effective. As we have a large back up of clothes, we will need water and packaged food stuff, any thing you can do the help will be a blessing.
Thank you for your love and prayers
Sincerely in Christ,
Tom, Elizabeth and Cheryl Leigh Allan

It has been raining for three days and nights steady in and around Guatemala City. Saturday afternoon we are bracing for a tropical depression off the Pacific coast about 40 miles from the city. The storm is heading to the City. We are expicting more continueos and heavier rain for the next 48 hours. This is causing mud slides,blocking roads and moving houses. Many of the small rivers in and around the city are flooding major roads and highways.
At the same time the volcano Pacaya that many of you have climbed with me in erupting since last Thursday, closing the airport and most business in the city. I have about 2 inches of black snow all over our property and infact all of our community of San Cristobal. The volcano continues to send gas and black snow 2000 meters into the air spreading for miles. One reporter has been killed by a falling rock. Only 2 other deaths have been reported. The US embassy in Guatemala is closed on Thursady and will try to open on Tuesday next. The us embassy advise is to stay in our houses and not go our for any reason.We have had to cancell weekend services.
We want you all to know that the Allan family is fine Knowing that God's loving protection is at hand. I will blog latter tomorrow when we may know more.
In the mean time may you continue to experience the full blessing of God's grace and love and if we are not able to communicate with you before Jesus returns, then, we will see you in heaven.
Sincerely in Christ,
Tom,Elizabeth and Cheryl Leigh Allan.

Short term mission teams

The post made of Scott willifords team did not identify the pics for some reason so here they are
pic#1 distributing clothes in a poor village
pic#2 distributing food to the bamboo hut people.
pic#3 painting the school
pic#4 patients waiting for clinic
pic#5 pharmacy
pic#6 med clinic
pic#7 marimba band

SHORT TERM TEAMS
Hearts for the children ministry was blessed in the Month of April with two short term mission teams. One from RiverStone Church, Marietta Ga and the other from Dahlonega GA.
Brother Scott Williford led the team from RiverStone being there eighth or ninth consecutive year visiting. This was Scott’s fifth or sixth year leading a team to HFTCM. 22 people arrived on April 2nd and spent the next 6 days doing a variety of ministry and outreach.
The highlight of this trip was a visit to the jungle a 360mile round trip from Guatemala City to a Mayan village called CHISEC. Most of the population there does not speak Spanish but one of the 23 languages spoken in Guatemala (Q’eqchi). We had to scurry to find interpreters to go from Q’eqchi to Spanish to English for our medical and ministry teams. All in all a very exciting time driving through the jungle. Our compound, cut out of the jungle where we slept and ate was in fact very comfortable. It was difficult for some to sleep with the crying of the monkeys and the large birds screaming at night.
Our mission was to paint a local school that was in very bad shape, do a medical clinic that lasted till dark, and a vbs. The team painted several rooms of the school as well as the outside. The medical team saw about 300 people and the VBS team presented the story of Jesus via coloring pages. A very successful ministry.
The team had about 300 lbs of beans, rice, sugar etc. On the way back Scott and I had the same vision as to what to do with the food. On the way into and Egolical Park we had visited further into the jungle we passed a village of buildings made of bamboo. We just stopped the bus got out and started distributing, before we knew it the people came out of nowhere fortunately we had enough for everybody. We were invited into the community center that was just a bunch of bamboo sticks held together by ties. One of the community leaders explained that they had no work and no crops therefore no food. We did pray together and were invited into a bamboo hut to pray for a woman with a broken ankle that was just bandaged. Our bus driver a Guatemalan, said this, where I come from we are poor, but compared to this, we live in heaven.
HFTCM does have plans to revisit this population and bring them seeds of corn, beans and vegetables.
The team had an exceptional experience of visiting a park that has a zip line down over the jungle and a lake drop line. We spent several hours visiting the site and having fun on the zip line and the water drop. The most exciting item was visiting a water hole with a cave carved out of the side of the mountain. The Mayans left a box inside the cave with the inscription; this place is the home of the God of the moon. The original box is now in the museum in Guatemala City.
Guatemala is such an exciting place to visit and minister, so put your team together for next year contact us and lets go (preach the gospel).

HFTCM MOTHERS DAY CELEBRATION

A MOTHERS DAY CELEBRATION
Mother’s day is celebrated with as much excitement and enthusiasm as in North America or may be more.
On Sunday May 9th our service was dedicated to the Mothers of our community. As you can imagine the Church was full on that day. The Holy Spirit took control of that service with a powerful anointing of the Praise and worship. We ministered for several hours to the spiritual needs of many. The falling out of so many had such had impact on the entire community. (Praise God)
A Mother’s day celebration in Guatemala is not a celebration without good food and games. There were many prizes for those who took part. Pic#1,2 some of our folks,3,Elizabeth being presented a gift by one of the ex street kids now a prais eand worship leader.

Hearts for the children&Mount Zion Church

HEARTS FOR THE CHILDREN MINISTRY &
MOUNT ZION CHURCH.
Many of you know that construction of our new Church started four years ago however due to an unfortunate set of circumstances the work was halted primarily for lack of funds.
Turning to God and asking for His provision for four years was an interesting journey. The workings of our Lord are so mysterious and at time seem so crazy. Because He is almighty we always need to keep in mind that He is supreme in all things. As we waited and waited He was choosing the people He wanted to use for this wonderful work. Again the most unusual people, from the most unusual places, to do a most unusual work
Our fund raising was low key to say the least. God’s was a much more powerful and in-depth move, that moved in the hearts of His loyal and blessed children.
All donations that came in over the past two or three months went directly into the construction project. We Praise God for all the hearts that blessed this project. The engine that God used to raise the majority of the funds was Dale Hajost and Due West United Methodist Church in Marietta GA. They do give God all of the Honor and Glory.
Although the funding that came in is a blessing, there are always over runs, particularly in Guatemala. We are at 90% of the budget and are calling on our Brothers and Sisters, allied Churches and friends to weigh in. We need between ten and twelve thousand dollars to complete this very exciting work of God. There are very few Churches in Guatemala that are as beautiful as Mount Zion. We are entering the rainy season and our Tent Church cannot hold up much longer. Whatever you can give will be a blessing to our Lord.
The location is divine, high on a mountain top overlooking Guatemala City on the same spot Tom and Elizabeth envisioned building a Church fifteen years earlier. It is a very modern two story building with lots of offices and classrooms, kitchen, washrooms, dormitories for visitors and short term mission teams. The temple is on the second floor with a capacity for five hundred or so. Ramps and washrooms for the handicapped have been incorporated in the construction.
Although the funding is a blessing there are always over runs, particularly in Guatemala. We are at 90% of the budget and are calling on our Brothers and Sisters, allied Churches and friends to weigh in. We need between ten and twelve thousand dollars to complete this very exciting work of God. There are very few Churches in Guatemala that are as beautiful as Mount Zion. We are entering the rainy season and our Tent Church cannot hold up much longer. Whatever you can do will be a blessing to our Lord
May you all continue to experience the full blessing of God’s grace and love and if for some reason we are not able to communicate before Jesus returns then, we will see you in heaven.
Sincerely in Christ,
Tom, Elizabeth and Cheryl Leigh Allan.
Pic #1 Some of the 5000 block needed to finish the Church
Pic #2 Blocking up to the roof
Pic #3 View of the first floor
Pic #4 Oh!how high up they have blocked!
Pic #5 View from the pulpit
Pic #6 Tom&Elizabeth looking over the plans.