After giving almost all my time and money for the last 15 years to our ministry here in Guatemala, the Lord spoke to me about setting aside more time for my family and providing better living conditions for them. (We currently rent a four-b [...]
We have been missionaries in Guatemala for 15 years, and 2020 was the most challenging. I am sure you could say the same, no matter the country where you find yourself. Here in Guatemala, we struggled with lockdowns, curfews, a nationwide m [...]
We are now back in Guatemala after a three-month furlough. We had the privilege of visiting 20 churches, and each one was such a blessing and encouragement to us. Our children also had the opportunity to spend time with family, getting to k [...]
Because so many people are out of work here in Guatemala and there is no welfare system, many are finding it hard to purchase daily food items. To help meet this need, our people donated 20 bags of food; however, we were only able to help a [...]
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6) This is my dad’s favorite passage in the Bible. Not only have I been remin [...]
As many of you already know, our sixth child—and first son—was brought into this world on November 12. His name is Benjamin Edward Lee Wilder; and, needless to say, we are very excited and grateful to the Lord for giving us this opportunity [...]
“And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?” (John 9:40) Just like the traditions and religious rites of the Pharisees blinded them from perceiving the truth, the average Guatemala [...]
The biggest annual event we have here at the Iglesia Bautista Bíblica Independiente is our Missions Conference. We support five missionaries and two local pastors. This year we invited a college classmate of mine, Jeremy Snipes, to be our s [...]
Rony Ruiz and his family visited our church one Sunday night. When I read his Visitor Card the next day, he wrote down that he was invited by Jesus. I was curious to hear the rest of his story, so later in the week I went to visit him. When [...]
My brother-in-law, John Early, hosted a missions trip out of his church last November to visit our work. He brought us some professionally printed tracts with a picture of our church on them. While they were here, we had the opportunity to [...]
