Caminando Juntos

So in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. - Romans 12:5 NIV Reading or listening to a story is not the same as living in that story. In January 2025, our team from Easter Lutheran in Eagan was privileged to live in, with,...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...