Building relationships became a common theme at our Nov. 23 Guatemala Friends meeting, which featured members from the year’s delegations speaking about their experiences. Sharing God’s love with one another involves listening, asking questions to understand, and...
Caminando Juntos
A Message From Pastor Karen
Dec 16, 2024
Dear Saint Paul Area Synod Guatemala Friends, Warm greetings to you from the Iglesia Luterana Agustina de Guatemala (ILAG) as we enter this holy season of Advent. During this time of waiting and preparation for the birth of our Savior, we are reminded of the light of...
St. Michael’s Guatemala Trip
Nov 20, 2024
Fifteen years ago, St. Michael’s in Roseville entered into a relationship of accompaniment with a partner congregation in Cimiento, Guatemala. Through the years we have visited Guatemala, hosted leaders from the Iglesia de Luterana Agustina de Guatemala (ILAG), and...
Comfort Through Faith and the Joy of Children
Nov 5, 2024
"Estoy nerviosa." That was my response to the reflection questions during our nightly delegation meetings. Each night leading up to our arrival in the Nueva Guatemala community in the Petén, I grew more and more nervous. What if I didn’t know enough Spanish to be able...
Sembrando Esperanza y Dignidad (Sowing Hope & Dignity)
Oct 8, 2024
SEED Program Goals to improve family nutrition to produce foods organically to provide income for families by selling their crops and creating new markets to adapt to climate change BRIEF HISTORY Like all new projects or ministries in the ILAG, the idea for a ministry...
Seeds of Faith, Hope & Love
Aug 28, 2024
Photo: Pastor Karna Moskalik and her nephew, Andre As delegations have traveled to Guatemala the past two years, they have experienced joyful reunions with their siblings in Christ. In July, Pastor Karna Moskalik and members from Our Savior’s in Stillwater traveled to...
At the Border
Jul 30, 2024
Guatemala Friends has been hosting a series about immigration. During our June 24 gathering, hosted by Easter Lutheran, Pastor Karen Castillo and Delegation Coordinator Valeria Gil shared the recent experience they had with Atonement Lutheran, Boulder, Colo., in the...
Called to Show Up
Jun 21, 2024
Since 2005 the SPAS has been called to be church together with the Iglesia Luterana Agustina de Guatemala (Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala). Julie Printz, Synod Guatemala Committee, shares her presentation from the 2024 Synod Assembly on May 11. My name is...
A Recent Delegation’s Journey
May 20, 2024
The Saint Paul Area Synod’s most recent delegation to the ILAG traveled during March with eight members from Como Park, St. Paul, and Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Roseville, to reconnect and renew their relationships within the ILAG’s ministries, their partner...