PRAY AMERICA - MANOS DE JESUS

 

Pray America is a 501©3 organization that began in the late 1980's to serve those in need in Central America. The ministry settled in 2003 in Chichicastenango, Guatemala with a mission house for prayer and mission teams.

 

Each year approximately one hundred widow houses are built, and twice each week approximately 1200 children and 250 widows are fed nutritionally balanced meals. In 2008, the Monte Flor campus was added to the ministry with the vision to care for, educate, feed and heal children and Guatemalans in need in the Chichicastenango area.

 


 

Teams & Trips

Trip Information

For more information on Pray America mission trips to Chichicastenango including details on team size and the costs associated with individual ministry components (ie: widow house cost, restoration ministry cost, stove cost, water filter cost, etc.) please visit our Trip information page.

 

Trip Information Request

If you are considering a visit or team trip to Guatemala through Pray America, please submit an online request form and we will contact you with more information. Click here.

 

Team Registration

Once you have a confirmed date for your trip with deposit, each team member must fill out a registration form.

 

Leaders Manual

And, if you are leading a team to serve along with our ministry here in Chichicastenango please print out, read, and follow the instructions in the Leaders Manual.  You will find much useful information on what is involved in leading a trip and how to prepare your team for an amazing experience serving in Guatemala.

 




 

What’s New?

Mar 26, 2013
March Newsletter
Our latest newsletter can be viewed here.
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Oct 31, 2012
Oct-Nov Newsletter (Prayer Focus)
We have recently published our Oct-Nov Prayer Focus.  Click here to view this latest Newsletter. Every other month or so we send out, via email, a Prayer Focus newsletter which is our way of sending you our prayer requests.  Thank you for partnering with us, the staff and the local Guatemalan employees, in prayer.  You are welcome to click the "Mailing List" button on our home page to sign-up for our newsletters.
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Sep 5, 2012
Aug-Sept 2012 Newsletter
Our latest Pray America/Manos de Jesus Update newsletter has been published.  In this issue we inserted a video interview of Meme (pronounced "May-may"), our Guatemalan Director of Operations.  Meme not only shares his heart for his people but he also shares the heart of the Ministry here in Chichicastenago.  Click here for a link to this latest newsletter.
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Mar 24, 2012
Prayer Focus Cards
Our NEW Prayer Focus cards have been published via email.  Click here to see the Prayer Focus card and to read how to best pray for the Pray America/Manos de Jesus ministry.  Sign-up here to ensure that you receive future Prayer Focus cards and our Newsletters via email.
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Feb 28, 2012
NEW: Manos De Jesus's Restoration Ministry
We are pleased to announce a new Restoration Ministry project that will enable visiting teams to pour into local Guatemalan families who have received a widow house from the Manos de Jesus ministry in the past. We've noticed that weather and years of use have created a need for the restoration of these homes. This is a NEW ministry component for Pray America/Manos de Jesus and it by no means is meant to replace our existing widow home construction ministry. The Restoration Ministry is simply another opportunity to serve. Here are the details of this new project: - Paint and repair existing widow homes. - Hand the widow a solar powered audio player that contains biblical teaching in her native language of Quiche'. - A water filter may be installed depending on the specific needs of the family. - An efficient Onil stove may also be installed depending on the specific needs of the family. - A team of 6-10 people can easily restore 2 widows homes in one day. - $500 will restore one widow home. This includes the audio player as well as a water filter and a stove if needed.
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