News from Martha (Saint)
Berberian
March 18, 2014
Great
teachers spend time with their students, and point out their skills and
talents. – Bruce Larson
PUBLISHING BOOKS IN GUATEMALA. In December we published a new edition of my book: La Mujer y Su Ministerio (the woman and her ministry), and in February a new edition of Cómo Ser Escritor (How to be a writer), just in time to use it in the Writers Seminar I coordinated for Feb. 17-19 with guest speaker Joyce K. Ellis from Minnesota, and about 30 participants (see foto). There are 18 titles in the catalog, and about 160 books are sold each month. Only two are in English: Majorette to Missionary, and Mystery of Stained Glass. Several books are available on www.Amazon.com. You can see the complete catalog on www.edicionessaber.wordpress.com
FREDERICK CROWE INSTITUTE. Exciting things happen in our institute.
In the picture are a mother and son graduating from high school in the same
ceremony November 2013. Ruben studied in the weekday program while Janneth
studied in the Saturday program for adults. A new academic year began mid
January, and we find that 15 students from very low income families need a
sponsor. We invite you to sponsor a student, giving $35 dollars a month for 10
months, thus helping a student pull himself up out of poverty. As Prov. 3:27
says: “Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power
to act.” We are very thankful for the 10 sponsors who signed up in October.
Thank you! Another exciting thing is the Ministry of Education has given us
approval to open a “classroom” in every evangelical church in Guatemala that
requests it, to reinsert students back into the educational system to complete
elementary, junior high, and senior high.
FAMILY. Wednesday afternoons is when I pick up Lisa’s four children
at school and bring them home for lunch and fun times together for several
hours before Lisa picks them up. Table tennis is a favorite. The grandkids are
growing up so fast! Love them each one! Four grandkids live in Houston and four
in Haiti. We miss them!
PANAMERICAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING: We have 75 new students this year,
35 who study on Thursdays (foto), and 40 who study on Saturdays. My job is to
teach them how to write a formal research paper, and I have 13 classes, two
hours each, to do it. One student commented that it was the third time she was
taking the course but the first time she understood it!
TRIP TO KANSAS AND TEXAS. During the week spent in Topeka, I was
able to reconnect with many prayer partners from our sending church, Community
Church, where we were members before leaving for Guatemala. I was able to make
many visits, and share in several meetings, including Sunday morning worship
(see picture with pastor Tommy Scott), with a combination missionary message
and a challenge to “Get out of your rut, find a new mountain to climb” using
power point for the first time, with pictures of the Saint family, who in some
way got out of their routine to follow God in new adventures and challenges. I
stayed with Meg Atwood, a dear friend, whose mother (age 94) we visited every
day, and I would give her a daily massage which she loved. She passed away Nov.
6. In Houston I spoke at a ladies meeting in Lluvias de Gracia church Oct. 26. Then
Steve delighted us by giving us boat rides on Lake Houston, bringing back
memories of Word of Life Island where in 1961 I had my first formal job
waitressing in the cafeteria, and my definite call to serve the Lord at a
campfire meeting. In the foto I am with three sweet granddaughters in Houston. 
FACEBOOK. We keep in touch with family and friends via FB where I
have posted interesting items, such as when my parents, Phil and Ruth Saint,
sang in trio with me years ago. I use the name Martha Berberian in case you
want to look it up. The picture is the active vocano Pacaya, taken from our
house.
Yours because of faith in
Jesus Christ,
Martha Saint-Berberián,
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