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Volume 2, Issue 3
June 2006
Eric and Heather Haddox 216 8a Calle, Los Alpes San Lucas, Sacatepequez Guatemala
The Adventure Detours...
[email protected] [email protected]
Swimming at the beach
Dear Friends and Family,
Vicki in Sunday school at our house
Dino bones in Barillas
Building in Tectitan Water tank in Tabacal
Food in Tabacal
Sharing first crop of Tabacal Chili
Heather and Debbie make lunch for villagers.
3 Families receiving homes in San Juan Bautista Eric travels around Guatemala
children’s home of 35 girls. But God used Kids Alive as a detour in our lives in order to bring us to where we are today. Eric never considered going down the street of engineering in missions. So God took us on a detour, and has broadened our ministry and taken us down streets we’ve never seen before. The beautiful streets (or rather dirt roads) of rural Guatemala, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and Chiapas, Mexico. Detours can be good. No, detours can be amazing.
Tabacal, Guatemala Tabacal, Guatemala
Destroyed home in Tectitan
Heather and Miriam
Generally I don’t like detours, they’re confusing, you have to follow signs, and they take you off your normal course, the one you planned on going. God on the other hand seems to use detours often. The Israelites 40 year detour in the desert, Moses’ escaping Egypt for a time, Joseph in prison, etc… We’ve discovered that God has used detours in our lives in order to broaden our vision. When we came to Guatemala, we thought our ministry would be serving with Kids Alive with the small
Volcanoes Fuego and Acatenango as viewed San Lucas
Remember Survivor Guatemala, to set them up with some clean water runwhere 16 people were dropped off to fend ning off of the nearby stream. In conjuncfor themselves for 40 days with a million tion with Heather’s passion, we were able dollar reward? Now picture 233 people to register 31 of the elementary children in doing the same but permanently and withschool, hoping to better their futures. Without a reward. Just relocating to bare land. out this help, the children would not have No running water, no housing, no crops, attended school this year. Food, water, and no electricity, no sewer. The government education are essential to surviving the says you have to make progress on your future. With great rejoicing they have beland or they’ll take it back, so you work on gun harvesting their first crop (Chili) in your land for no hopes of selling it in wage and in turn order to buy food and wait to make plant again. As a enough progress thank you they before you starve to blessed our family death. This is Tabawith their first harcal. The people vest of chili peppers have been living on (too hot for anyone to their new land since eat but Eric). UnforNovember 17th and tunately, the crop is Eric has been headnot export quality and Some of the 97 ing up the community development children in Tabacal they will be forced to sell it in local through Engineering Ministries markets meaning less money to buy food International and our local church. Thanks and seeds for replanting. However, by to the generous donations of churches and God’s provision, Eric has partnered with a people they’ve been able to make great Guatemalan agricultural engineer that progress on their land because they’ve had wants to help. They’ve already begun enough food provided for them in order to training classes to help the people underfocus their efforts on planting and harveststand how to conserve their soil so to proing in order to sustain their future. In late vide for their future. Hopefully their future January, March and in May we were able crops will be better, helping these people to buy enough food to feed all the people survive Guatemala. Pray as this work confor a month or so. When asked how long tinues. Pray as they begin to hope, and the food would last, the village leaders pray that the temporal hope will be transsaid, “what do you mean, when there’s ferred into eternal hope in Christ. less, we eat less.” In March, Eric was able
Adventures in Ericland Ericland Eric has been a busy traveler this year with trips already to Honduras and 5 locations in rural Guatemala (one 10 hours away). One trip took him in a tiny 4 seater plane, landing on a dirt runway in order to redesign the runway for villages that are unreachable by car. While in the village, at the mayors office he came upon dinosaur bones just laying on a shelf. The officials said he could hold them and take pictures. Only in Guatemala. He’s leading the Tabacal project (see previous article) and also taking over for the casita (or little house) project which is a simple house designed for the extreme poor or people who have lost their homes via natural disaster (such as hurricane Stan). The house can be constructed in a week and cost only two grand. With teams, they’ve been able to put up 14 this year housing about 100 people including one widow who was living in an open wood plank house tied together with nylon string. They have plans to construct 8-10 more by November. He’s also learning the Mayan language Quiché (ki-chay). He learns new things each day as the Lord is guiding him to places he has never been, but with that he is seeing the hand of God at work in very real ways.
Heather Ventures Heather Ventures Heather has filled many different shoes this year so far as director of the new satellite school, director of children’s ministry at their local church, English teacher, Homeschool teacher for her kids, preschool storytime coordinator, wife and mom. It has been an amazing year so far and for the first time in Kids Alive Guatemala history, the primary students received not one failing grade, in fact all their grades were above 70%. Through God’s grace, she has been able to do more than she ever thought possible with the girls in education. Thankfully, the education ministry is stable enough to hand over to a fellow missionary so Heather will be able to spend more time at home with her kids. Eli will be in 1st grade starting in August, and Abi, Zoe, and Anzo will be in Kindergarten. She will spend the majority of her time homeschooling her four kids and still directing children’s ministry at church, as well as the preschool storytime, leading a Bible Study for women, and still being a wife and mom. Of course life never slows for Heather. In June and November, she will be coordinating a Vacation Bible School for 650 kids in rural Guatemala with a team from the United States. Pray for that!
eMi Guate Engineering Ministries International All of the exciting ministry Eric’s been involved with has been a result of the transition from Kids Alive to Engineering Ministries International in January 2006. Engineering Ministries International (eMi) is a non-profit Christian development organization made up of architects, engineers and design professionals who donate their skills to help chil-
dren and families around the world step out of poverty and into a world of hope. The casita project can be viewed on the front page of their web site. Since 1981, EMI has completed over 500 relief and development projects in nearly 75 countries. They exist to empower local churches and ministries to serve the poor and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ..
IDS ORNER HOUGHTS ON UTEML000 On Easter, we opened up an egg with a cup from the last supper in it when Eli said, “this one is my favorite because it is one of my favorite Bible stories.” Heather asked what the story was and he said, “It was when Jesus’ friends threw him a ‘bye-bye’ party.” Pray for all of my friends and that I would be a good friend. Pray that my whole family will not get sick. Pray for the people in Guatemala to get enough food so they won’t get hungry.
One day while eating ice cream, Anzo got a look like he’d just discovered something, he exclaimed, “Mommy this ice cream tastes like ice cream!” Pray for my brother and Abi and Zoe. Pray for mommy and daddy. Pray for Jesus to watch over me.
One day the kids were racing down the street and Abi was running with a stick. When we asked her why she replied, “I’m running so fast, this is my seatbelt” Pray for my grandmas and also for Anzo and Zoe and Eli and Mommy and Daddy and my grandpas. Pray for Guatemala and for our friends and all the people.
Zoe loves to dance and one day while showing her moves, Heather said, “that was great where’d you see that”, to which she responded, “I saw that in my brain.” Pray for me and Abi and Anzo and Eli. Pray for everyone to listen to God. Pray that Jesus watches over Guatemala and the whole world.
June 2006
Eric and Heather Haddox 216 8a Calle, Los Alpes San Lucas, Sacatepequez Guatemala
The Adventure Detours...
[email protected] [email protected]
Swimming at the beach
Dear Friends and Family,
Vicki in Sunday school at our house
Dino bones in Barillas
Building in Tectitan Water tank in Tabacal
Food in Tabacal
Sharing first crop of Tabacal Chili
Heather and Debbie make lunch for villagers.
3 Families receiving homes in San Juan Bautista Eric travels around Guatemala
children’s home of 35 girls. But God used Kids Alive as a detour in our lives in order to bring us to where we are today. Eric never considered going down the street of engineering in missions. So God took us on a detour, and has broadened our ministry and taken us down streets we’ve never seen before. The beautiful streets (or rather dirt roads) of rural Guatemala, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and Chiapas, Mexico. Detours can be good. No, detours can be amazing.
Tabacal, Guatemala Tabacal, Guatemala
Destroyed home in Tectitan
Heather and Miriam
Generally I don’t like detours, they’re confusing, you have to follow signs, and they take you off your normal course, the one you planned on going. God on the other hand seems to use detours often. The Israelites 40 year detour in the desert, Moses’ escaping Egypt for a time, Joseph in prison, etc… We’ve discovered that God has used detours in our lives in order to broaden our vision. When we came to Guatemala, we thought our ministry would be serving with Kids Alive with the small
Volcanoes Fuego and Acatenango as viewed San Lucas
Remember Survivor Guatemala, to set them up with some clean water runwhere 16 people were dropped off to fend ning off of the nearby stream. In conjuncfor themselves for 40 days with a million tion with Heather’s passion, we were able dollar reward? Now picture 233 people to register 31 of the elementary children in doing the same but permanently and withschool, hoping to better their futures. Without a reward. Just relocating to bare land. out this help, the children would not have No running water, no housing, no crops, attended school this year. Food, water, and no electricity, no sewer. The government education are essential to surviving the says you have to make progress on your future. With great rejoicing they have beland or they’ll take it back, so you work on gun harvesting their first crop (Chili) in your land for no hopes of selling it in wage and in turn order to buy food and wait to make plant again. As a enough progress thank you they before you starve to blessed our family death. This is Tabawith their first harcal. The people vest of chili peppers have been living on (too hot for anyone to their new land since eat but Eric). UnforNovember 17th and tunately, the crop is Eric has been headnot export quality and Some of the 97 ing up the community development children in Tabacal they will be forced to sell it in local through Engineering Ministries markets meaning less money to buy food International and our local church. Thanks and seeds for replanting. However, by to the generous donations of churches and God’s provision, Eric has partnered with a people they’ve been able to make great Guatemalan agricultural engineer that progress on their land because they’ve had wants to help. They’ve already begun enough food provided for them in order to training classes to help the people underfocus their efforts on planting and harveststand how to conserve their soil so to proing in order to sustain their future. In late vide for their future. Hopefully their future January, March and in May we were able crops will be better, helping these people to buy enough food to feed all the people survive Guatemala. Pray as this work confor a month or so. When asked how long tinues. Pray as they begin to hope, and the food would last, the village leaders pray that the temporal hope will be transsaid, “what do you mean, when there’s ferred into eternal hope in Christ. less, we eat less.” In March, Eric was able
Adventures in Ericland Ericland Eric has been a busy traveler this year with trips already to Honduras and 5 locations in rural Guatemala (one 10 hours away). One trip took him in a tiny 4 seater plane, landing on a dirt runway in order to redesign the runway for villages that are unreachable by car. While in the village, at the mayors office he came upon dinosaur bones just laying on a shelf. The officials said he could hold them and take pictures. Only in Guatemala. He’s leading the Tabacal project (see previous article) and also taking over for the casita (or little house) project which is a simple house designed for the extreme poor or people who have lost their homes via natural disaster (such as hurricane Stan). The house can be constructed in a week and cost only two grand. With teams, they’ve been able to put up 14 this year housing about 100 people including one widow who was living in an open wood plank house tied together with nylon string. They have plans to construct 8-10 more by November. He’s also learning the Mayan language Quiché (ki-chay). He learns new things each day as the Lord is guiding him to places he has never been, but with that he is seeing the hand of God at work in very real ways.
Heather Ventures Heather Ventures Heather has filled many different shoes this year so far as director of the new satellite school, director of children’s ministry at their local church, English teacher, Homeschool teacher for her kids, preschool storytime coordinator, wife and mom. It has been an amazing year so far and for the first time in Kids Alive Guatemala history, the primary students received not one failing grade, in fact all their grades were above 70%. Through God’s grace, she has been able to do more than she ever thought possible with the girls in education. Thankfully, the education ministry is stable enough to hand over to a fellow missionary so Heather will be able to spend more time at home with her kids. Eli will be in 1st grade starting in August, and Abi, Zoe, and Anzo will be in Kindergarten. She will spend the majority of her time homeschooling her four kids and still directing children’s ministry at church, as well as the preschool storytime, leading a Bible Study for women, and still being a wife and mom. Of course life never slows for Heather. In June and November, she will be coordinating a Vacation Bible School for 650 kids in rural Guatemala with a team from the United States. Pray for that!
eMi Guate Engineering Ministries International All of the exciting ministry Eric’s been involved with has been a result of the transition from Kids Alive to Engineering Ministries International in January 2006. Engineering Ministries International (eMi) is a non-profit Christian development organization made up of architects, engineers and design professionals who donate their skills to help chil-
dren and families around the world step out of poverty and into a world of hope. The casita project can be viewed on the front page of their web site. Since 1981, EMI has completed over 500 relief and development projects in nearly 75 countries. They exist to empower local churches and ministries to serve the poor and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ..
IDS ORNER HOUGHTS ON UTEML000 On Easter, we opened up an egg with a cup from the last supper in it when Eli said, “this one is my favorite because it is one of my favorite Bible stories.” Heather asked what the story was and he said, “It was when Jesus’ friends threw him a ‘bye-bye’ party.” Pray for all of my friends and that I would be a good friend. Pray that my whole family will not get sick. Pray for the people in Guatemala to get enough food so they won’t get hungry.
One day while eating ice cream, Anzo got a look like he’d just discovered something, he exclaimed, “Mommy this ice cream tastes like ice cream!” Pray for my brother and Abi and Zoe. Pray for mommy and daddy. Pray for Jesus to watch over me.
One day the kids were racing down the street and Abi was running with a stick. When we asked her why she replied, “I’m running so fast, this is my seatbelt” Pray for my grandmas and also for Anzo and Zoe and Eli and Mommy and Daddy and my grandpas. Pray for Guatemala and for our friends and all the people.
Zoe loves to dance and one day while showing her moves, Heather said, “that was great where’d you see that”, to which she responded, “I saw that in my brain.” Pray for me and Abi and Anzo and Eli. Pray for everyone to listen to God. Pray that Jesus watches over Guatemala and the whole world.
