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.

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