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Summer BreakWe had a wonderful visit to

New England this summer

and the chance to reconnect

with family, friends and manyof our supporting churches

and individuals. What a

blessing it was to have a break

from our routine here! Heres

a photo of our family on top of

Mount Major in New

Hampshire.

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What a Joy to Havemy Parents in Guate!

...and my Mothers first time on

a jet!

What adventurous parents I have!

They travelled together all the way

down here to spend nearly 3

wonderful weeks with us...

exploring the country, getting to

know AMG and even visiting their

sponsored children! Pure Joy!

January: We started the year

with a visit from my parents

and the arrival of the Wilson

family, now serving with us!

February: Trip to Costa

Rica with Chad Smith, our

new Director of Child

Protection and Restoration.

We learned how to do a better

job working with children at

risk.

Servant Days at our childrens

school... our kids served in

Ministries around the country.

Team from Easton Baptist

transforms our Las Vistas

project with excellent new

paint job!

Our dear friends from Grand

Rapids build our new office

building in Verbena. We are

now all moved in!

March: The McVaney family

visit to experience AMG and

join us in some fun

adventures!

April: Meeting in Nicaragua

zGreetings from GuatezWhat a year its been... a year of a lot of learning, challenges and

full of blessings!

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR

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What a beautiful reminder that what we experience here on earth is all temporary... it sure helps us to

organize our priorities! God has blessed our family so... what an adventure being here with the Lord by

our side.

Abbies BaptismWe had the joy of seeing Abbie, now 16 years old, decide on her ownto be baptized at El Camino church in San Cristobal. Dan Anderson,

our Pastor and fellow AMG Missionary, officiated along with Pastor

Fontaine Green, who leads our Sunday night english service there. We

love you so much Abbie and were so pleased to see you express your

love for the Lord and the joy He brings you!

Such a Privilege to Serve the Lord...Every time we feel overwhelmed by serving here in Guatemala, the Lord brings us back to our clear

calling and helps us to remember what a great privilege it is to serve a God that can do far more than we

could ever even imagine! We are in the midst of tremendous need, armed with the unique answer to it

all... Jesus Christ. The suffering we see all around us here on earth is temporary... the refreshingreminder... we have an eternity ahead of us!

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man

is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by

day.For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, isworking for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of

glory,while we do not look at the things which are seen, but atthe things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are

temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.


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2011 A Year Full of Blessings... April: Fellowship

Bible Church, Chester

NH spends a week,

finishing thetransformation of Las

Vistas!

May: Board

Meetings in

Chattanooga... Always

a joy to be at homeoffice!

Staff training events!

The Miller family

arrive and do projects

in Camp Canaan. A

blessed visit!

Visit to several

projects of AMG

June: Brian and

Jordan travel to Cuba

with baseball ministry

to compete with andminister to lots of

cuban kids. A

wonderful trip!

CubaWhat an experience

being with my son in a

communist country.

God gave us such

opportunities to share! Thompson VisitPastor Tyler Thompson

and his wife visit in

order to explore church

to church partnership

here in Guate through

AMG.

PhilippinesBrian and Nico

Kattenberg fly to

Manila to learn how to

better prepare students

vocationally. Tim and AmyOur great friends, Timand Amy Ryan came for

Thanksgiving and to see

AMGs work firsthand.

We love you guys!

JULYFurlough in

N.H.

AUGUSTKids back at

School!

SEPTTyler Thompson

Visit

OCTMeeting in

Haiti

NOVPhilippinesAMG Conf.


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Advancing the Ministry...We made significant advances this year at AMG Guatemala, despite the economic crisis and challenges

with our budget at all levels.

Our organizational structure is now complete and balanced with

both missionaries and Guatemalan leaders in key positionsmanaging our operation here. Our leadership team includes a

Director of Finance, Administration, Education, Child

Protection/Restoration, Public Relations, Human Resources,

Results and Monitoring, Teams, Facilities, Spiritual/Pastoral and

Health Services. We have an amazing leadership team and now

have opportunities for advancement at all levels of the

organization.

An intense evaluation of all our work has been done and we have a solid understanding of our

strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats here in Guatemala. A 5 year strategic plan was

developed, implemented and is now being executed. Our strategy includes enhanced participation of

parents, the community and the local church, a strong emphasis on child protection and restoration,

better vocational preparation, a strong connection with the job market/employment opportunities and

better contextualization within each of our 28 communities. (our programs match the needs of the

community).

A school for parents has been started and we are teaching parents important and practical life courses.

We have joined an alliance of christian ministries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and

are sharing and learning from each other. Our hope is to be an agent of change

throughout the region.

Children throughout our program (many of our 8,000 students) have memorized 20

key bible verses this year and received a brand new bible as a result! This was done

through a partnership with a Guatemalan organization called SuperAventuras.

(Super Adventures)

Many improvements were done throughout our system including new playgrounds,

facility upgrades, painting projects and many new libraries.

All 550 employees of AMG Guatemala received job-relevant training throughout the year and 125 are

studying in university on scholarship from AMG. Many have already earned degrees, including our

entire leadership team.

5 new missionary positions were added (provided directly by the Lord!) and are each experts in their

area of responsibility!

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