Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples. Psalm 96:3

Meet Ramsis Ramsis and I first met when I came to

Guatemala in May of 2011. We became instant friends because of our closeness in age, love for playing with the kids at the home, and his constant picking on me. Ramsis moved to the children’s home when he was 13 with 3 of his siblings. His story is a beautiful picture of God’s love, redemption, and grace. Ramsis has loved and served Jesus for over 10 years

and has always had a passion to serve those in his country. Ramsis is a trained Chef (praise

the Lord!) but works with AMG International a ministry in Guatemala City as an Assistant

Social Worker. He is starting college in January to study psychology. Ramsis will work ministering to families here in Villa

Nueva and Guatemala City that are a part of the Serving at-risk Families (SARF) Program. Unfortunately, Ramsis will not be able to join

me to share about our ministry, as he will continue working at AMG International until December. God has placed on our hearts to begin working here in Guatemala in January

of 2015. That means we need to be fully supported, one time costs covered, and

MARRIED by January! Big goal, but we have a BIG and GOOD God.

Servants Fall is a time of change. The leaves are changing their colors,

summer dresses are out and scarfs are in. For myself, this fall is an even bigger change. As many of you know, I stepped down as a missionary at the children’s home. After many tears, prayers, and listening to countless hours of wisdom and the Holy Spirit, I have officially signed on with an

organization by the name of Servants, to continue in the call God placed

over my life to be a career missionary. I will be working as a case manager

with their Serving at-risk-families (SARF) program. I am so excited to share this next stage as a missionary with you all! I will be heading back to the USA the first week of October until mid-December. This time is specifically for meeting with current sponsors and others interested in learning about what Ramsis and I will be doing. If you, your church, small group, or Sunday School class would like for me to come and share, please e-mail me and we will schedule it. We have supporters for 45% of our monthly costs, and 0% of our one-time fees. Even though I have been living in Guatemala, my one time costs were used for language school and traveling fees when I first came. I did not have an immediate need for a car or furniture as I was very blessed by the Home providing them while I lived there. Ramsis and I will need a very reliable car in order to start working. Our jobs will revolve around traveling to meet with the families we will serve. The areas we will be working with are ones in which breaking down on the side of the road poses serious danger. Aside from a car, we will need furniture for an entire house. We both have been using furniture from the home and therefore our one time costs for starting up with Servants will require more than it did when I first moved to

Guatemala.

Fall 2014

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Current Supporters If you currently support me through NLAI through the direct withdrawal program, I have great news! You can

support me through Servants in the same manner. Simply e-mail Maggie the NLAI accountant and request a stop

to your monthly withdrawal. NLAI.maggie@gmail.com.

Attached to the e-mail that included this newsletter, has a form to fill out and send to Servants so that they can

begin direct withdrawing your support.

If you support by donating by check, please make your payments out to Servants with a note attached indicating

that the support is for Colleen and Ramsis.

Online support is available, however our account has not been added as of yet.

*As missionaries with Servants, 100% of your donations will go directly to us! Such a blessing!

SAVE-THE-DATE

Ramsis and I are so excited to announce we

will be getting married January 2, 2015 in

Antigua, Guatemala. You are all invited to

come and see the work we are doing here,

where we will be living, and to be a part of

the ceremony. What’s better than a mini-

mission trip and a wedding to ring in the

New Year?

Prayer Requests

• Please join us in prayer during this stage of transition. So many exciting and wonderful

things are happening but we want to

remain focused on the vision God has

placed over our lives and future marriage.

• We ask that you join us in petitioning the

Lord to provide supporters to join our team.

We thank the Lord for your love and support!

Blessings,

The Future Gonzalez’s

Mailing Address: Servants 100 Redco Avenue Suite C-0 Red Lion, PA 17356 Website: http://www.servants.org/#/serving-at-risk-families E-mail us: colleen@servants.org