by Rick Futon Yesterday, Chuck, Ema, Megan, Ingrid, Darlene, Seth and I were on the afternoon stove team. This week our goal is to install 8 of these stoves in homes. Plus one in each of the homes we will install a total of 10. We build these efficient Onil stoves. They are amazing!   They…

by Megan Lehman Over the past three years, I’ve loved being a member of these trips and one of my favorite parts has always been the wheelchair distributions. Out of all these trips, however, I can only remember helping with one wheelchair. I tend to find myself handing out reading glasses, which I absolutely love…

by Rick Fulton God sightings 1   Each evening after dinner, we recap the day.   Even when a group of people are in the same room, they each can see something different.   If recalled, those that missed it realize they may have actually seen it with their eyes but maybe not their hearts.   Our “God…

by Rick Fulton Up early and excited to take on the day! Breakfast at 7!    It was a wonderful family style breakfast of eggs,  tortillas,  Guatemalan black beans and fried plantains!    Breakfast of champions! After a short drive to the community center in the middle of Salama,  we arrived. We went straight to…

by Rick Fulton The day started early on Monday July 22! We met at the airport at 4 am to accommodate the 2 hour grace prior to departure.  UGH!    That put us leaving Crawfordsville around 1:30, so we could pick up Megan on the way in.   Everyone was there on time and excited to…

by Darlene Morlan This is the first mission trip for my son and I.   We decided on this because the Lord laid it in our son’s heart to go on a mission trip, but  it was also a time that we could go. As we have prayed and asked the Lord help us financially,  HE…

by Angie Miller “But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth;  for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.  Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you declares the Lord.””  Jeremiah 1:7-8…

Dora Alicia Pérez is 31 years old and has been a single mother for seven years now. She was a domestic violence victim for many years, until she decided to end with that abusive relationship. Currently, she works cleaning  houses, and washing and ironing clothes for other people, making approximately $74 a month. Her children…

  Each time we travel to Serve with Bethel Ministries,  in advance of the trip they send us a bio of each family that we will build homes for. I always love this advance information.  This provides the team the opportunity to pray for the family.  It also provides us the opportunity to gather specific…

My Plan and God’s Plan   by Megan Lehman Have you ever heard that phrase, When we make plans, God laughs? Well, I have never felt more defined by something as I have started to feel recently by this well known phrase. There are two very specific times in my life where I made a…