Winnipeg ministry leader Salomon Escobar recently came back from a month-long mission trip to his home country of Guatemala and witnessed hundreds of students give their lives to Jesus.
Escobar left Winnipeg on Feb. 18 and partnered up with a few other ministries for the trip, including his brother, who lives in Guatemala. A church in Winnipeg made blankets to send along and give out to people in need.
“I joined a crew from Mexico,” says Escobar. “We evangelized and spoke to colleges for 11 days, and we did 19 meetings. I went with very low expectations.”
Sharing Jesus with the Next Generation
Escobar and the other mission workers ended up connecting with and speaking to 885 students.
“All the people who heard the gospel, the teenagers, old people at the university, they accepted the Lord. That was incredible! I myself can do nothing, but the Lord can do a lot of things.”
Escobar brought 10,000 copies of Spanish pamphlets from Bibles for Children to hand out. He also brought 600 Bibles and hand-delivered roughly half of them to interested people.
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“Before we used to go to the markets, but this time we went into colleges.”
Watching the Gospel Shine through the Darkness
Escobar went to a section in Guatemala City that truly broke his heart, watching children slowly walking around their home, which was a literal garbage heap.
“It is very sad. This [ministry] house is on the edge of the dump. They house about 185 children year-round. They school and feed them, and take care of the children up to the point of elementary school. They have programs for people to support children to go to high school. One of the girls working there came from this program, which made me cry.”
Estrella grew up in that area, and now she helps other children in need, as she once was.
“We placed literature there, the Bibles. We had two meetings, and all these people accepted the Lord right there. Including Estrella’s boyfriend, who showed up by fluke. Estrella was so happy, she said, Thank you.'”
Continuing Missions in the Future
Escobar and others are also working on a project to build a church for a group of people who currently meet in a barn. They also support children in dire need, such as Dylan. He’s an eight-year-old boy in the area who cannot digest protein, which means his abdomen is currently distended.
Eight-year-old Dylan in Guatemala who is in need of medical support. (Supplied)
Anyone interested in finding out more information about this ministry and potentially joining Escobar on the next trip later this year can connect with him directly by calling 204-663-7441 or emailing fescobar@shaw.ca.