As the Lord Leads
Dear Ministry Partner,
2023 is proving to be a busy and exciting year for CCI Central America. God opened doors for us in Honduras and in El Salvador in January and now we are walking through those doors as the Lord leads us.
Our Guatemala Western Regional Coordinator, Hamid Gutierrez, returned to Honduras this month to train new teachers. David Nelson, CCI’s Founder and President, joined him for this training event. The Honduran Baptist Convention has asked us to train teachers in every association in their convention so they can start training pastors and church planters across their country.
This is an exciting development, but one we must approach with wisdom and the Lord’s guidance. We have no leadership in Honduras at this point and new teachers need ongoing training, oversight, and accountability. These are somewhat difficult to provide by our Guatemalan leadership because of the distance and the fact that travel is not easy in these countries.
 
Please pray that God will raise up leaders in Honduras and El Salvador who will catch the vision of CCI to train and equip pastors in their countries. Also, pray that our leadership will have the wisdom to know who God is raising up for this ministry at this time.
Hamid Gutierrez
Guatemala Western Regional Coordinator
I would like to take this opportunity to further introduce you to Hamid and his ministry. Hamid wears many hats and is being used mightily by the Lord in Guatemala and now in new regions of Central America.
 
Hamid is married to Maritza, and they have two beautiful children; Daniella and Dominic. Daniella is already a college graduate and out of the house with her own career in education. Dominic is a high school senior this year. Maritza works in a school and shares a passion for cooking with their son, Dominic. Both continue to take cooking classes and one day will probably have their own catering businesses.
Hamid is planting a church in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala and pastoring another church in La Máquina, Guatemala. He also serves with mission teams who come to Guatemala from the US in many capacities. He is a preacher, incredible worship leader, teacher, clown, recreation leader, artist, and an interpreter. I am sure I have left something out because Hamid is probably the most talented man I have ever met. Every mission team that comes from the US requests Hamid to serve with them.
Even with all these ministries, Hamid still finds time to serve part time with CCI Guatemala. Hamid’s first passion is teaching; training and equipping others for ministry. Would you consider becoming a financial partner with Hamid? His monthly support needs are $300 for salary and another $200 for expenses. The expense money helps pay for his travel, like the trip he just took to Honduras for us. You can click HERE to find out more about Hamid’s ministry and to become one of his partners.

The greatest need all of us have is prayer support. Hamid’s email address is hgutierrez@cciequip.org. Please send him an email when you pray for him so he will know that there are prayer warriors lifting him up to the Lord.
Prayer Points
Thank you so much for your support of this ministry. God is moving in a great way in Central America and I am excited to be a part of that movement and humbled that you are part of that movement with us. I have listed a few things below that I am asking you to pray with us about over the next month:
 
1. That the Lord will raise up leadership for the equipping ministry in Honduras and El Salvador. And we need wisdom to recognize these leaders.
 
2. For Pastor Otto Echeverria, our Guatemala National Coordinator, as he travels to train teachers in El Salvador next month. He will also have Jamie Alvarado with him. Pray for both of them.
 
3. For God to provide additional financial support for new coordinators in these new areas.
 
4. Please pray for me as I travel to Central America next month to lead 3 different mission teams over 18 days.
Ray McKenzie
CCI Central America Regional Director