Angelica Maria de Leon and her husband didn’t have much. Just a small house without electricity, but they had each other and their three children.

Then about 11 years ago, Angelica’s husband decided to go illegally to the United States to try and make a better life for his family. Talking about that time is still difficult for Angelica.

“I feel that when I talk about my life then, that it’s just too much. “

Her husband mortgaged their little house and land and began his journey to the United States.

“When my husband went to the United States he said he went to help us move forward –my children and me -- because where we were before we didn’t have electricity. We   didn’t have anything.”

It didn’t work out that way.

Twelve percent of these hard "workers" have died so far this year and they worked at ASELSI.

With them we’ve tracked hundreds of patients to make sure they are getting the best care we can give. We use them to write Bible curriculum to be taught in five countries. They project words of praise and graphics to explain. They calculate budgets and supplies for building a home for widows and single moms. They send our messages across the globe, and with them we coordinate the many teams that serve here. They help us teach children with special needs. They help us track when to buy more milk to feed hungry babies and more. At the ASELSI offices we have 32 of them.

They work day in and day out, but they are getting older and they need your help.

While we do our best to vaccinate them against viruses and keep them healthy, the older they get the more difficult it is to keep these workers going. Last year four of them died. This year four more have already died, and we are only starting September!

The Restore Church team from Michigan got a taste of Guatemala and the expanding ASELSI vision this summer.

This team of eight including Pastor John Prominski not only experienced life in Guatemala, they helped with a construction project and visited and prayed for the sick in hospital.

They visited two families in their homes and delivered food items to help with their daily needs.

Pastor John and the team got to know the two pastors in Chicua I and Chuabaj who are part of ASELSI’s Vision 2020 to establish centers of transformation through local churches working together.

Two of the team members had time to observe in the ASELSI clinic program with healthy baby checks and pregnant mothers.

We love having team come and get to know our vision for equipping, empowering, and enabling across Guatemala and beyond.