What does it look like to plant a seed of faith?

Yesterday (Saturday) I was able to head back to the Coban region with Pablo, Hermano Jesus, and Isidrio.  We were to meet with Daniel, a regional pastor that oversees about 60 other pastors.  We were going to their latest gathering to share about the Timothy Leadership Training ministry that we are connected with.  TLT is one side of the many ministries down here at PBM that many people are not aware of.

When people think of the mission trips to Guatemala with Paradise Bound Ministries, they think of the houses builds and the medical clinics only.  As these areas are a huge part of what we are all about....the evangelism.......

The Timothy Leadership training would be the other side of the coin.....the discipleship.  When teams are not down in Guate, we help locate and train pastors to be the best that they can be.  We add a little gas on the fire that they have for and with Jesus.  Please do some research on Timothy Lay Institute based out of Grand Rapids and you will see that it is world wide and doing wonderful things!  As of now, we are the only inlet they have into Guatemala......



So, on Saturday when we shared what TLT is all about and showed some videos and heard some resounding "AMENS!", we knew something big would be coming down the pike soon.

2014 class  had 19 graduates
2015 class will have 24 graduates
2016 class will have 26 graduates
waiting list.....currently 150+ pastors!!!!!!!

We already are seeing some beautiful fruit from Guatemalans sharing with other Guatemalans the FULL MEASURE of Christ's love!  This part of the ministry is currently not funded at all.  It costs us $600 a year per students for multiple training times, materials, and retreats.  Has that stopped us from doing it? No.
It takes time and prayer.

We met with 65 pastors who all said: "we want more of what Christ has to offer!"

Can see that with time, and prayer, there will be fruit as the seed is looking to be placed in good soil....rooted in God's Word!

excitement with FUTURE Timothy Leadership Pastors....