It was a blessing to be able to take and hand out 9000 tracts to the Pastors and workers at the Pastors camp this year that they were able to take back and use in Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, and even Panama. Pastors asked for more tracts and in July we will be printing more to take to El Salvador and Honduras along with others for Guatemala. We are so grateful for the financial help that has come in to help with those costs.

We are also grateful to the financial help that came in so we were able to buy a clarinet and cello for the music ministry. Both the clarinet and cello players had to return their instruments to the City Orchestra and we were able to find and purchase the instruments in time for the Resurrection Outreach Concert. There were 29 musicians and chorus members participating from five different churches.

It is a blessing to see God working in the lives of these young musicians and their desire to travel as a group as an evangelizing team to other towns. Plans are underway for late August or early September to help a new church three and a half hours outside of the city with concerts and preaching in the church and central park. We’ll be taking tracts printed out with the information about the church to pass out before the concerts.

The tree cutting is on hold until we can purchase a new chainsaw as it overheated and died halfway through the last tree. We had to finish the job with the axe and machete.

You may wonder why the letter started with Greetings from Georgia and activities out in July and August. Well, we have a new grandbaby coming in the beginning of May (number 14) and our son, Andy is working at getting his brothers and their families together with us on July 4^th. We haven’t been able to get everyone together in several years and there are some little people that were not born yet then. With Jeff living in Georgia, Dave in Rhode Island, Andy in New York, and us in Guatemala, it gets difficult. So, we are in Georgia and will be going up to New York on May 2^nd (unless plans change) and then back to Guatemala in July. It has been two years since seeing the kids and grandkids for a month in 2009. Boy they grow fast.

Thank you for your prayers and support

Don and Cathy Hinds

February 2011

Greetings from Guatemala,

“I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.” Psalm 34:1-3

We give thanks and praise to God for His grace and excellent loving kindness toward us in the ministry here in Guatemala. Even though the year began with some difficulty (problems with vehicles, plumbing problems on the property and the dollar losing value and a few other unexpected expenses) we thank God that we can continue on and to God be the glory!

We are busy in the music ministry preparing to minister in April Outreach 2011. We have some very committed young people playing instruments and singing this year and some young preachers ready to preach the word of God. Psalm 40:2 “And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.”  We are hoping to reach souls with the Gospel of Christ in the areas where we will be ministering with these concerts. Please help us pray for one of our musicians who had to give her clarinet back to the public music school. She is a beautiful faithful young lady who needs a clarinet for our concerts.

While passing out tracts and inviting people to church in the neighborhood not too far from the church, we came across a group of kids who had been faithful to our church in the past but stopped coming. To make a long story short, after our visit they came to church the next day bringing others with them. We thank God that while they were gone, they didn’t get involved with a gang.

Home Bible studies are continuing on in three different areas. A sweet lady named Carmen came to our neighborhood Bible study for the first time a couple of weeks ago and is excited and loaded with questions. We are hoping she will reach more folks and invite them to come.

In April there will be a Pastors Camp with Pastors and workers from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador attending. Please pray for the funds so we’d be able to print and supply them with tracts to use throughout Central America. Genesis 26:19 “And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water” Wouldn’t you like to be a “well of springing water” to them as they toil in dark valleys to bring the truth of God’s Word to the people?

Although we have had a couple days of rain in February, we still have several projects to get done before the rainy season hits. We finally took down a large tree in a narrow spot between the church and a warehouse. Its roots were raising the floor next to the church and in the warehouse. We have other large trees in front also causing problems with the warehouse and our retaining walls. There are also concrete repairs needed in the church driveway along with a means to control water runoff.

But, we are so thankful as the work goes on. Thank you so much for your prayers and support for the ministry here in Guatemala.

Don and Cathy Hinds

This fall has been a busy time working with the musicians and choir of several churches in preparation for the combined Outreach Concerts planned this year for the 10^th and 12^th of December. Several musicians will also be ministering at a wedding this weekend and one of the students will be going to a Ladies Breakfast to minister with the harp there on the same day. What a blessing.

There have been several new students added in the past month. It is always a blessing to see young people making themselves available to be used in their churches and Praise the Lord with their talents.

Please pray for those concerts as they quickly approach.

Please also pray for our vehicles as one doesn’t have as much power for climbing the mountains and I’m afraid it could have something to do with the white smoke coming out the exhaust. At least it’s running and getting us where we need to go and the problem with it cutting out on the road was finally fixed after being in two different shops. The other car has been in the shop four times since it overheated going up to a church in the mountains.

This month we helped another church with their Vacation Bible School in a neighborhood at the edge of a mountain. They had an average of 80 kids each day in that location for the week. Marco Turriza and his family from Mexico came and oversaw the clubs in different locations. When brother Turriza left on his way to Honduras and El Salvador, it was a blessing to be able to send with him Little Red Book tracks and other tracks we printed here.

A Pastor of a church in another town told me that his church tries to canvas a different town each month and asked if we could provide the tracks for them to use. We’ll have 2000 done for him this week to send along with the other tracks already made.

Two of the Home Bible Study groups had their last meeting until January. The other group will finish up this week. The Studys have been great and it’s always a blessing to hear how the people are witnessing to others.

One of our young ladies has been bringing to church another girl that worked near her and she asked Cathy to Disciple her. They had their first meeting last Sunday. As the schools here are on their summer break, one of the young girls asked her teacher to come to church. She didn’t come Sunday but said she would next week. The girl is very excited.

As many kids “learn” English in school, we have begun a goal of having each child be able to quote in English “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.”

(1 John 5:12) when they return to their classes.

Rainy season has ended pretty much and repairs are underway as funds become available.

Lots to keep in Prayer.

Thank you for your faithful support and prayers

Don and Cathy Hinds

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