August 27, 2009
For several years, Tom Langley has encouraged Hawatthia Jones to use WEI in Guatemala. “This year,” says Hawatthia, “we decided to bring WEI to Guatemala, hosting 3 teams. . . . We were highly impressed with WEI!”
Anna Pride, a member of the second team, tells an interesting story about Yolanda, one of the students: “Yolanda came everyday with her friend Lupita. They were both eager to study God’s Word.
“After receiving her graduation certificate, Yolanda was having a conversation with Nancy Petrokansky when Yolanda began to choke on a piece of hard candy. Nancy grabbed her and gave a thrust so that the candy came flying out. Later that afternoon, Yolanda called to ask if she could be baptized. We took her to the church building for the baptism, but she was nervous due to her inability to swim. Later that night, she again requested baptism, and Jason Rich baptized her into Christ in a bathtub at the hotel.”
Hawatthia concludes, “WEI has been very successful in many countries, and we are very happy with the results we have seen thus far here in Guatemala. . . . It allows us to meet people in a completely different economical situation. . . . Those who studied ranged from college students to university professors. We also had some teens, housewives, doctors, lawyers, etc. Some of them have already visited Linda Vista and are now familiar with the church of Christ and what is taught. . . . We are looking forward, Lord willing, to having WEI back in Guatemala in 2010.”
