November 2024

Isaiah 55:8-9 reminds us to put our complete trust in God because his ways and plans are always better than our own and to trust that everything included in His plan is for a greater good. 
“'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the Lord.
Dear Friends and Family
We expected to start a class of Pastor Training in September or October, but we didn’t have enough students to begin.  As we waited and prayed, a graduate from our June graduation contacted us that he had around 50 interested students in a town called Purulha, about an hour south of us.  They asked if the classes could be held out there as many of them live further out in the mountains and would need to travel in.  
After a meeting with the Guatemalan coordinator of Global Action, we decided that we will start with 25 students on January 15, 2025.   Erick will be teaching and he is just finishing some University courses that will finalize in December.  
We also just found out that around 12 men and women are considering taking the Biblical Studies that we will host at our home, starting in January, 2025.  They are all part of a Guatemalan led Christian Ministry centered in Coban.  Just awaiting confirmation as they consider.  It seems God has a plan.  
We are thankful for the willingness of Erick, and we are trying to be cognizant of not putting too much on him as he is a full time Pastor and with his part time work with us, and his studies he has a lot on his plate right now.  

Several villages have expressed needs for food since our return, and so the arrival of our container of black beans a couple of weeks ago was very timely.  This container arrived in port and was released 4 days later PTL.  This was the quickest one yet.  At the rate the food has been going out, we have been giving some thought to coordinating another one fairly soon.

When the container arrived, at short notice this group from a local Church in Coban arrived to help unload at 6:30 am on a Sunday morning. ​

​These two are community leaders in a very impoverished area a couple hours south of us that have had many crop failures over the last few years due to flooding.  They had been waiting for a supply of food and sent a truck as soon as we had the food available.  We had the pleasure of hosting a mission team from the US by the name of Redeemed Steel.  They do a presentation of forging a knife out of steel, and during the process a testimony is shared that runs parallel to the process.  
We took them out to the village and Church of one of our Pastor training graduates.  It was a beautiful presentation and very interesting.  The way they tied it in with the gospel was well done.  We are always amazed at the different ways God uses His people to share the Gospel.

The Santa Marta Church construction is moving ahead slowly due to the rains.  Even so, they are almost ready for the roof to go on.  Santa Marta is a good hour and a half from where we live.  We go there once a month with Erick, to have a Church service and spend some time to encourage them.

Yeimy, the little girl we have been helping with transportation costs for her cancer treatments over the last 3 years will be heading to Guatemala City in a couple of weeks for one of her bi-annual checkups.  To date she has remained in remission, praise God.  
Yeimy’s Dad was recently in a motorcycle accident.  He was offered a ride to work on a friend’s motorcycle when the accident happened.  He broke his arm and has a head and eye injury and will not be able to work for 3 months or longer.   His type of work would include physical labour, so we ask for prayers for quick healing of his injuries.  In the meantime, we will help support them with their basic needs.

We have had such an amazing response from donors for the vented wood stoves.  To date we have received funds for 40 stoves, and we understand more funding will be coming around Christmas.  To date 30 stoves have been installed.  
Just look at the new and old stove photos below.  Thank you to those who donated for a stove.  The health benefits are immediate and they will use 70% less wood.  A win win situation.
Thank you so much, those of you who donated.  It is life changing for these families and such a beautiful way to share the love of Christ in a tangible way.

We will continue  installing stoves as the funds come in, so if you feel so led, we will happily continue the work of installing them.  

We have been asked to teach English to around 20 young adults in a village about an hour from us.  This has been a new adventure for us.  The students have been great.  They are keen to learn, and knowing some English gives them an advantage for potential work in many areas.

Thank you to those who pray for us.  We were reminded of the importance of praying for one another and were really blessed when a young past team member from the Lavington Church, Christopher, who is now a student at Millar College, wrote to us and asked if he could ‘interview’ us as a part of his course work.  He said he was very impacted by the time he spent with us in our ministry.  
It was a wonderful video call visit with a mature 18 year old.  He asked us some good questions and we were really encouraged by his interest in us personally and our ministry.
We pray that God will use him mightily in the days and years to come.

Many Blessings,

Denis and Eileen Nogue

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