August 2013 My last adventure of high school was an adventure to Guatemala. In all honesty, I can’t possibly describe to you every detail as much as I wish I could. I’ve been very blessed with opportunities to travel but this was by far the best trip I’ve ever been on. I can’t pinpoint the [...]

Hearts for Heaven has been extremely blessed recently. Through another ministry which delivers shipping crates from the States to Guatemala we have received spanish church material for over 75 churches! TJ Hanken with Resource Now informed us of a crate coming down and withheld the whole crate for Hearts for Heaven. When it was time [...]

Noah and the Ark last week – Abraham this week! This year out at La Primavera we’ve been walking slowly through the bible trying to hit the major themes. Each week we sing some songs, have a short lesson and then a craft or coloring page and finally a bible verse. And always before the [...]

This last week we had the pleasure of having a team from Higgins Memorial Church in Burnsville, NC come down for some work. They had 4 solid days of work at Oscar & Thelma Martin’s home near Guatemala City. Oscar and Thelma are Hearts for Heaven’s Guatemalan directors. The Martin’s have been working on their house [...]

“…to loose the bonds of wickedness…” Isaiah 58:12 In the well known Ch. 58 of Isaiah we get a glimpse of the tragic state of Israel. Here the prophet doesn’t mention idolatry, nor sexual impurity nor even murder. In this chapter Isaiah condemns Israel for their false religion, lack of mercy and compassion, and heavy [...]

Can you believe we’ve been down here 6 months already? In many ways I still feel like we’re settling in, figuring it all out. Yet at the same time, it’s flown by! With the 6 month mark comes the pressure of having to leave the country. When you arrive in Guatemala, they give you a [...]

This last week a great team from North Carolina came down to help with construction on the Vocational School in La Primavera. The school sits adjacent to our existing Feeding Center and will serve the community youth and adults. Construction started about a year ago and after 4 more construction teams in 2013 we hope [...]

A week ago Hearts for Heaven had the privilege of teaming with Wine to Water. Wine to Water is non-profit organization known worldwide in bringing pure water to people in need through wells, pumps and filters. Most of their work takes place in Africa but through Hearts for Heaven they have begun a work in [...]

Hearts for Heaven has begun construction on a Vocational School in La Primavera, Guatemala. The goal is to have the building completed by 2014 in order to start classes then. The building is being built directly adjacent to the existing Feeding Center building. The Vocational School itself will be headed by Hearts for Heaven but [...]

Thursday Hearts for Heaven (Roger, Beth, Oscar & David) made a trip down to San Antonio Buena Vista, Guatemala. San Antonio is a small village thousands of feet down the mountain from Guatemala City and therefore much warmer. For those of you who do not know Guatemala has an extraordinary landscape of beaches, mountains, flatlands [...]

It’s a great time of year as we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Much in the same way as in the states there are lights on the streets, trees and music. Santa Clause can even be found at the local market for children to make their annual plea for gifts. The only thing missing [...]

We finished off VBS last week with a bang. Literally. Though we weren’t the ones creating the bang. Friday was the Dia de la Quema Del Diable: day of burning the devil. For the past week or two little stores had popped up, selling satanic effigies. When I first saw them, I thought they were [...]