Planting a church in Chuitziyut.

One of Redeemer's House's goals is to help plant churches where there are none in hard-to-reach areas, something not too hard to find in Guatemala. During the last year, we started first working towards this goal in Chuitziyut, a village of about 25 families located very deep in the mountains, that sometimes just getting there is an adventure.

After years of having our weekly programs with the children in Chuitziyut, we could finally start an adult discipleship group with our friend Alex Cooke. From the first day of this discipleship group, we noticed how happy people were to hear God's word. Some individuals were hearing the Gospel for the first time, as most of them did not have the opportunity to attend school and do not know how to read or write. In fact, some do not even speak Spanish, and we must translate the messages into the Mayan language so that they can understand.

Every week more people were waiting for us on Thursdays to have our little discipleship groups where we prayed, sang, and studied the Bible. The needs of these people and their desire to know more about God has made us restless these last few months. We're actively praying for a nearby church that could send a leader to the village so that they could have a pastor who takes care of them and carry on the mission.

Well, God has answered our prayers, and a local church, Casa de Restauracion Familiar, has committed to Chuitziyut to take the next step in planting a church, and we are very happy to announce that our friend Elvis Martinez has accepted the call to become a missionary appointed to direct and lead the church in the village.

Although Chuitziyut is a very small village, it will be the beacon to illuminate the other surrounding communities, such as Patzuzun. Thank you all for your prayers and support. Today we can celebrate that we have taken a very important step forward, and we believe that there will soon be a church in Chuitziyut.

We get to partner with Redeemer's House to help people find and follow Jesus in Guatemala because of your obedience in giving. To get involved, you can go to northmetro.org/serve.