News from Far Away Lands
“Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country”.
Proverbs 25:25
As witnessed by a third pair of eyes, last June, J.C a visitor to Guatemala from an alliance of Asian Churches with an outreach to a “Creative Access Country” wrote to all his contacts as follows:
“Hi Friends
Two weeks ago, I was in Guatemala, witnessing the incredible power of the wholistic Gospel of the Kingdom. It transformed villages the UN had labeled steeped in multi-dimensional poverty. These communities previously lacked clean water, sanitation, food, housing, and education and were plagued by widespread hopelessness and other social-psychological desperations. For over 30 years, God used the integrated wholistic approach of Community Health Evangelism to systematically transform villagers by giving them a new identity in Christ and equipping them to physically, socially, and environmentally renew and restore families and surrounding villages. In one of the villages I visited, 95% of the villagers now actively lived out their faith in words and deeds by helping neighbors and nearby villages experience Jesus’ redemptive power in its wholeness. It reminded me of what Jesus said at the start of His ministry in Luke 4:43: “I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to other towns also because that is why I was sent.”
The result of those news to J.C.´s contacts has already bear two CHE Vision Trainings at that country. Hugo had been invited to join the training team but this time it did not work for him to join due to other ministry commitments.
God, in His Grace, continues to honor our 2009 GCE Board writing our Mission Statement; Mission: We train leaders to implement Community Health Evangelism so they can facilitate wholistic development in impoverished communities in Meso-America and around the world.
Hosting Visitors and Short Term Mission Teams
July: Bill and Jennifer Hatzfeld from the Meros Center came to Guatemala and El Salvador to evaluate the potential to continue doing more research studies about the Impact of CHE in the Public Health of the Communities. (They also work in Africa).
August: Dr. Kelly Crowdis and Diane Schiefer visited the Guatemala CHE Villages Among the Mam and Quiche to evaluate follow up of the partnership of Christian Veterinary Mission –CVM– and GCE. All our CHE villages and Staff were so blessed to see Diane Schiefer again as Dr. Tom went home to the Lord earlier this year. Dr Kelly Crowdis was very welcome to take over the outreach of CVM to this part of the world.
Sept: Pure Heart Fellowship, our partner Church from Glendale, Arizona returned to El Salvador ministering along our GCE teams at several CHE Villages. Witnessing to the schools and homes always let the local GCE CHE Team sowing and reaping for the Kingdom. Javier Chanico surrendered his life to the Lord Jesus as Milly Guthrie delivered the teaching of the Word.
October: Our GCE FIEMCA team hosted Oro Valley Nazarene Church of Tucson Arizona at the CHE Viilages of the Island of Ometepe. There many villagers were ministered wholistically with teaching and preaching.
October: Ricardo Luna from Transform World and Global CHE Network Service Team returned and brought the MaCleland Foundation representatives to visit CHE Villages and the CHE Training Center exploring for Partnership.
CHE Training
Last September the CHE Training Center in Guatemala hosted Mam and Quiche leaders both from ASODECS teams and Villages for TOT1.
Nicaragua: In September, Our GCE FIEMCA CHE Teams did a TOT1 training at the Ometepe Island with leaders from interdenominational churches.
El Salvador: The Volunteers at CHE Villages continue busy with Productivity and Spiritual Trainings.
Mam and Quiche Teams Guatemala: With a donation from Lifeline Christian Mission our CHE Woman (Womens Cycle of Life) Trainers have been teaching villagers on how to prepare richer protein contents foods so nutrition of the younger generations will be improved. Witnessing home to home continues to be the core of CHE.
The Gomez
Hugo & Miriam have travelled to Madera California commissioned to deliver the message on Sunday Oct 20th during the Missions Emphasis Month. Jerry & Cathy Magnusson have hosted the Gomez most of the times since Grace Community Church began supporting our ministry in 1987.
Then they jumped to Washington State to visit Jordan & Christa Sherbet to meet our 13 Months old grandchild, baby Juniper Gabrielle. Praise the Lord with us!
Prayer Items
- God´s Provision for Scholarships for the Coming 10Th CHE Internship Training for February and March 2025 to be held at our CHE Training Center in Guatemala.
- For the needed donation of a new Water Pump, Grundfos Series SQF, to replace the old one which had served us for about 15 years with good maintenance at our CHE Training Center.
- For the Short Term Mission Teams scheduled to come to Guatemala and Nicaragua for the First Quarter of 2025.
- For Miriam’s recovery about her health issues In His Provision. For Hugo Sr. pending Cataract Surgery on the Left Eye during the Last Week of November. For God’s Provision.
- For our son Dr. Gabriel Gomez MD applying for Anaesthesiology School. His wife Andrea also an MD applying for The Social Security Hospital in our city.
Your Fellow Servants,
Board of Directors,
Region CHE Teams,
Regional Office and
Hugo & Miriam Gomez
November of 2024.
Please pray with us for continued transformations across Meso-America!
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