Author: benkunkel

  • Prayer for Our Team Next Week.

    Please be in prayer for our team leaving next Monday for Guatemala.  Here are some specific ways you can be praying: Safety for the team as they travel and while in country. Health for the team. Effectiveness in ministry. Strength for the long days and week. Thanks for praying and check back here for an…

  • Congrats Cooking School Graduates!

    About 2 years ago we left behind a little money we had left over from our team trip to Guatemala to help a young lady begin her dream of going to cooking school. We left behind only $300. But just as God took the 5 loaves and 2 fish in the gospels and multiplied it,…

  • Your Support Is Changing Lives!

    We continue to increase our presence and impact in Guatemala. It is amazing to see how a church of a couple hundred can have a huge impact in a village in a third world country in the middle of Central America. Your support has made huge difference already in Guatemala. We have been able to…

  • Sponsorship Program FAQs

    Sponsorship Program Frequently Asked Questions Sponsoring a child or family through Indy Metro Church’s Love Guatemala ministry is an excellent way to perform an act of justice and make a difference in a someone’s life by rescuing them from a life of poverty and despair. Your sponsorship will ensure that children and families in Guatemala…

  • Announcing: New Sponsorship Ministry

    Another way we are going to continue to increase our involvement and love Guatemala better is through a new ministry we will be starting soon. This is a sponsorship ministry in which for just $30 per month you can sponsor a child in the art school or a lady in the cooking school. This sponsorship…

  • Upcoming Trips

    One of the ways we invest in our work in Guatemala is through regular trips there. The trips my contain various things such as building chicken coups, working in the art and cooking schools, building homes, or painting, but most importantly investing in the lives of the people there by building relationships with them. Our…

  • The Hope of Jesus

    One of the toughest parts of being in Guatemala is the emotions you experience through seeing the extreme poverty, the neglect, and sometimes the abuse.  This is especially difficult when it is the kids that are experiencing this neglect and abuse.  This precious boy to the left is the younger brother of one of the girls…

  • Love Guatemala Team

    Our last trip to Guatemala was a little different than most. We sent a team last week with Pastor Ben & Jennifer Kunkel, Pastor Aaron Story and Susie Hood. We went to do some of the usual stuff we typically do while we are there such as home visits and build chicken coops. But one…

  • Want to Go to Guatemala?

      One of the ways we love Guatemala is through regular trips there throughout the year.  We took our first trip to Guatemala almost three years ago and have been going at least 2 times per year for the last 3 years. This year we decided it would be best to take multiple trips there. Why?…

  • Make A Difference!

    One of the barriers to many children being able to go to school in Guatemala is school supplies. What many of our kids take for granted or even dislike, is sometimes the only barrier keeping theseprecious kids from receiving an education. Because of the generosity of God’s people we were able to provide school supplies…