the dennett's amg guatemala fall 2013 newsletter

7/27/2019 The Dennett's AMG Guatemala Fall 2013 Newsletter

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25 Years Together2013 Marks the Silver

Anniversary of Brian and Mary

We have had a wonderful time

this year reflecting on how God

has blessed us through our

marriage. Thank You Lord for

these 25 years!

Visit from Marys DadWe had a simply wonderful visit

from Marys father Norm.

Marys father Norman visited from

Vero Beach, Florida and we enjoyed

a special time traveling around

Guatemala and catching up. The

kids loved having Papa around

and are looking forward to seeing

him over Christmas.

January: We began the year

with a VBS with the Osborn

Family in El Zonte, El Salvador,

a ministry we hope will becomea full time project of AMG, and

our first in El Salvador! We

hosted teams from GHO

(Surgical) and New England

Bible Church (Construction/

Pastor Training). AMG

Guatemala hosted our first

Latin American Regional

meeting for AMG, a realblessing. We also had meetings

with the Guatemalan

Government on working with

youth and Church-based foster

care.

February: We had the annual

pleasure of meeting with Word

& Deed/ FRMI leader, Rick

Postma and then met with and

formed partnership plans with

World Orphans of Colorado, a

relationship that is going to help

us to mobilize the Church in

Guatemala to take on the

challenge of suffering children.

Later in the month we attended

the Intermissions Conference

and shared with other ministries

and missions organizations from

across the country.

March: The amazing annual

team from Grand Rapids visited

and helped finish construction

on our new Child Protection

and Restoration Building. They

have come for years and are like

family to us!

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A Year of Celebration and Challenging WorkApril: Dr. Barbara

Okamoto, of California,

spent 6 weeks doing

surgeries at our hospital.

Barbara, you are ablessing!

Mike Laberge and his

team visits yet again to

attend to GYN surgery

patients. Brian visited

Haiti for meetings withalliance partners. FBC

Chester team! FBC

Portland visits Matochos

(My home church).

May: Ken and Yvonne

Spektor from England

spent 2 weeks attending

to dental patients in

Cubulco. Brian attends

board meetings in

Chattanooga. Jordan

graduates from the 8th

grade with honors and is

MVP in basketball.

June: Dennett family

begins 6 mo. furlough.

Abbies GraduationOur oldest, Abbie, graduated from

high school in May. We are so

proud of her! She achieved much

in her 4 years and graduated with

high honors. We tearfully left her

in Denver, Colorado in August, the

impetus of our month long trip

across the country in a borrowed

RV. She will be majoring in

Worship Arts (Music Major). Our

trip was so special! We visited

many close friends and family

members along the way and sawso much of this beautiful country!

Time to RefreshThis furlough has been a

wonderful time to look back on

our last 5 1/2 years serving the

Lord in Guatemala, to take a

break from Latin America and to

rekindle our friendships, family

relationships and those with oursupporting families and churches.

We are looking forward to

returning to Guatemala in January

and to many years more serving

our Lord, Jesus! Please pray for

these final weeks of our furlough,

for our familys safety in travel and

for our ministry in Guatemala.

JULYCross-Country

RV Trip

AUGUST.Visiting Family

& Friends

SEPTEMBERStart of Home

Schooling for theFall

OCTOBERChurchMissions

Conferences

NOVAlliance

Meetings inNicaragua


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2013 has been a tremendous year for our medical

teams ministry. We have hosted more teams than

ever before, bringing life-saving surgeries, medical

attention and the Gospel of Jesus to so manywithout any access to health care.

AMG Guatemala has continued its quest for good

partnerships in Guatemala. The latest came from

an alumni of AMG, Noah, who is the Regional

Director of Habitat Guatemala. AMG andHabitat are now official partners in Guatemala.

ALUMNIAMG has ministered in

Guatemala for 37 years

and has never had an

alumni association!

Well, we organized a

celebration of alumni

and hundreds attended!

Many were motivated to

volunteer, help others

through child

sponsorship and give

back that which they

received from AMG!

Chapters will be formed

across the country

starting this year.

University Ties

Our relationship with

Mariano Galvez

University has been

fruitful, with their team

presenting the results of

a study of our urban

youth population. The

conclusions are sad and

motivate us to move

ahead with many new

youth programs that will

truly make a difference

in their lives! Many

urban youth suffer

malnutrition, trauma

from violence and

abuse, a lack of parental

guidance/love and have

contemplated suicide.

KEY FOCUSAREAS AHEAD

Mobilize the

Church to WorkAlongside Us

Church-BasedFoster Care

Initiative

Relevant Youth/Teenage

Initiatives

Child Protectionand Restoration


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6815 Shallowford Road

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