What We Do

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We are a non-profit organization that works with pastors, churches, schools, and the local hospital in Chiquimula, Guatemala. We host training seminars for pastors, leaders, and youth from rural areas and we help supply the congregations with Biblical materials to minister to their communities. We visit several public schools to share a Biblical story and play with the kids. We also pray in the local hospital and give out toys, toiletries, and Biblical materials. Ways to Be a Part of this Ministry: Come - We need pastors and leaders to come and teach these pastors and leaders here in Guatemala. Or you could bring a group to work in the churches or schools with construction or evangelism. Financially Support - If you would like to support this ministry, please visit our website at www.eyeswideopenministries.com to donate online or send your donation to: P.O.Box 245 Florence, Alabama 35631 Make your checks payable to Eyes Wide Open Ministries. All donations are tax-deductible. Pray - Please pray we will follow God's leading in all we do.

Friday, November 29, 2019

Joselyn’s Testimony (Youth Service)

“The truth is that the services have helped me a lot and I am a different young woman. Before I had a very ugly vocabulary, and I was very disobedient. I am not perfect, but I have changed a lot.  When I am in the youth services, I enjoy them so much. When I sing, I feel the presence of the Holy Spirit, which is something unexplainable. I thank God for the opportunity to be in the services and for y’all who were put in my path. You are making us better young people. We appreciate you. God bless you!” ❤️

“La verdad es que los servicios me han ayudando muchísimo y soy una joven diferente, antes tenia un vocabulario muy feo, era muy desobediente, No soy perfecta pero he cambiado muchooooooooooooooooo, Cuando estoy en los servisios me gozo muchísimos cuando canto siento la Presencia del espíritu santo es algo inesplicable, Le doy gracias a Dios por esa oportunidad de estar el servisios y a ustedes que nos pusieron en el camino para hacer de unos mejores jóvenes, Les tenemos mucho aprecio, Dios les bendiga!” ❤️
 
Joselyn is now leading worship in the youth services. She’s the one leading worship with the cordless microphone. ♥️


Friday, November 15, 2019

Hospital Prayer Testimonies - Alicia



Me encanta servirle a Dios y más junto a ustedes, mi experiencia con ir al hospital y Casa Abel ha sido impactante, cada semana que nos reunimos siempre regreso a casa con una palabra de parte del señor o retada para darle mas de mi a Jesús, mi manera de pensar, de hablar y mi conexión con Jesús a cambiado totalmente, he aprendido a valorar todo lo que el Señor me ha regalado y siempre tener una sonrisa en mi rostro, cuando veo cada uno de los niños enfermos o cualquier situación que estan pasando pero siempre me brindan una gran sonrisa y algunos me brindan sus brazos para que los abrace, he aprendido a adorarle al Señor en las buenas y en las malas cada vez que veo a los familiares derramando lágrimas de angustia y de tristeza pero aún así con las pocas fuerzas que les quedan le  claman al Señor, he aprendido a ver que tan poderoso y puro es el amor de Dios hacia nosotros, cuando veo a familiares derramando lágrimas de alegría viendo los resultados de Sanación y en fin le doy gracias a Dios por esta gran oportunidad de poder servirle a él y a mi prójimo junto a ustedes❤️

I love serving God and more with this team. My experience with going to the hospital and Casa Abel has been shocking. Every week, I always return home with a word from the Lord or challenged to surrender more to Jesus. My way of thinking, of speaking and my connection with Jesus has totally changed. I have learned to value everything the Lord has given me and always have a smile on my face. When I see each of the sick children, or any situation that they are go through, but they always give me a big smile and some even give me a hug, I have learned to worship the Lord in good times and in bad times. Every time I see family members shedding tears of anguish and sadness, and then watch them cry out to the Lord, God shows me how to see how powerful and pure is His love for us. Then when I see family members shedding tears of joy to see the results of Healing, I thank God for this great opportunity to serve Him and my neighbor with this team. ❤️

Saturday, November 9, 2019

October 2019 Recap

Hey y’all! We want to take a moment to share with y’all some of our favorite parts of the month of October! This was a crazy busy month but in the absolute best way! We were able to see God move in every facet of our ministry from schools to our outreach as well as stoves, seminar, youth, and the hospital too! We were even able to take some time solely to focus on the future of our ministry growth! This has been such an awesome month, and while we will be preparing to go back to the States during the rest of November, we can’t wait to see how He will use this ministry through the rest of the year and into 2020! So check it out!

In the States we celebrate Father’s Day and Mother’s Day but in Guatemala, while we do have these holidays, there is also a Kid’s Day where kids are celebrated! Each year, during the first week of October, this holiday is celebrated all over Guatemala with parties, piñatas, food, and even kites! What we did to celebrate was bring cakes to some schools and pizza to others to help make the students feel special! We visited four different schools during the week and also the hospital where we sang songs, decorated goodie bags, bought juice boxes, and handed out oranges to all the kids to ensure that they were not left out of the celebration!









We also want to share with y’all the lesson that we were able to teach in the schools this month. The lesson was based from the scripture in 1 John 1:9 where it says “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” We used dishonesty as an example in this where we talked about how lying can weigh us down but how at first it can seem like a good idea (to illustrate, we had a few kids hold out their hands and we poured chocolate syrup into them. Lying is messy but even so, sometimes it can seem sweet.) As time goes on though and we continue lying, the mess gets worse and worse (we added salt and pepper to the chocolate mess and had them taste it). Eventually you have a complete mess on your hands because of all of the lying and it is awful (enter garlic powder). We concluded by talking about how Jesus will purify us if we confess and wiped their hands off as we explained how he loves us and doesn’t want us to be bogged down by our own unrighteousness. We then played some games with the kids before leaving each school!






One school we visit is a private school in Chiquimula called CEICA. For an end of the year celebration, we invited the middle and high schoolers and their teachers to come and play volleyball. They had learned about the game throughout the year, but they were only able to play in a parking lot with a string for a net. The day they came, the students split into teams to play a tournament, and the winning team played against the teachers. Having them come and play at the ministry was so much fun and a great way to continue building relationships with them. We are so happy this court is able to benefit the students and faculty at some of the schools we visit.





We were blessed to have Pastor Jendrick Lobos and Jenny Perez, from Casa del Alfarero church in Chiquimula, here with us to teach a seminar on managing family finances. We also had Pastor Erick Velasquez teach one of the morning sessions on "How to make and operate a financial budget." Many of the pastors/leaders, and honestly many of us, do not take time to look at and learn how to manage finances and much less operate out of a monthly budget. And for most of us, it is because we do not know how to make a budget or understand the benefits and results of having one. Praise the Lord, Pastor Jendrick and Jenny were amazing at explaining this in such a way that most of the pastors and leaders were very excited and eager to start applying what they were learning with anticipation in seeing results and differences in their family finances. And after Pastor Erick taught step by step with them on how to make and operate out of their budget, they were able to make their own personal family budget during the morning session to take home and hopefully begin putting into practice. We are very thankful for having the opportunity and help from so many awesome people to bless and encourage these pastors and leaders and see God work in and fill their lives with His Word and Power!







This month seems to have flown by but at the same time, as we reflect on what was accomplished, we could not have had a more busy one! We devoted two full weeks of this month to focusing on adapting our ministry to tackle the future that He has in store for us in the most efficient way possible. As you guys know we have added a few new people to the team which ultimately means we will be able to divide and conquer in each facet of ministry but at the same time there is a period of learning that must happen first and so we had two of our pastors from the States come to help guide us through this season! At the beginning of the month we had our friend Robert Guiller from Utah come out to help us discuss how to develop the why behind the what. During this time we were able to put our culture on paper with some of our values and establish why we do each thing we do in this ministry. At the end of the month we had Stan Smith here from Texas come out to help us with the basics of answering the “how” questions for moving forward. During this time we discussed the importance of trust in our ministry and how that defines how fast or slow we progress. Both weeks were extremely productive and we are so excited to see how God will take this and use it to carry us into 2020! 



Thank y'all so much for taking some time to read through some of the awesome things God did here in Guatemala in October! It's been such a rewarding month and we are ready to see how he carries us in to 2020 here at the end of this year!