Who We Are

Our Current Status

Presently Shadow of His Wings houses sixty one girls in five homes with a set of house parents and their families in each home. Several are daughters of prostitutes, with one of them being forced into her mother's profession at the age of six. Some girls have come to the Home badly beaten, one by her mother and the other by a stepfather. One girl was taken from the streets where she had been selling candy on the "Chicken Buses" to earn her meager existence in one of the most dangerous areas of Guatemala City, a city of over four million. In addition to that, she had been tortured with burns to the back of her legs and carries the deep scars as evidence.

One girl was found in a hotel room with signs of having been repeatedly tortured, beaten, and raped. For some time she did not speak. At the time, as God is leading her through this "valley of the shadow of death", she is recovering her speech day by day.

Others share similar stories; years of sexual abuse from a father, stepfather or other adult family member, lack of the basics of life, food, clothing and shelter - and love. Most of the girls have received little or no education. Thus the need for the Liberty Christian School and trained teachers, psychologists, and counselors to help these girls hurdle the problems of life to walk in success in their future. Most of these girls have come in with no education at all. A new school building was built on the property in 2008 that will currently be used for elementary and Jr. High. A six-basket basketball court currently not only allows the girls to have lots of recreational activities, but also serves as the only place where those that are involved in the James Project to all fit at the same time! Also, in 2008, three cows and a bull were purchased to raise up to start having a program of site-raised beef to go along with the more than an acre of vegetables that were planted.”

"I am about to do something new. It is beginning to happen even now. Don't you see it coming? I am going to make a way for you to go through the desert. I will make streams of water in the dry and empty land." Isaiah 43:19 NIRV

Medium Range Goals

Initially the goal of a permanent home to which we could relocate the girls was thought to be only a dream, but this dream started to become a reality October 7, 2004 when the paperwork was completed to purchase ten acres of land for construction. The next goal was the opening of a site for construction and a place for teams who hopefully would come to help with the construction of the new buildings. This was accomplished in November of 2004 when a building was rented in Monjas to serve as a home for two of the directors of James Project and to serve as a place to house the teams who were starting to arrive to help in the construction of the facilities. The third goal started to become a reality as the perimeter wall was begun January 8, 2005. It was completed March 31, 2005 at a cost of $21,000, plus labor. Construction of a first duplex for two homes in which to house the girls was accomplished in April of 2006.

The girls and many staff and missionaries moved from Guatemala City to Monjas in December of 2005. The second duplex was completed in March of 2007, making space for about 50 girls. The third duplex was completed in the fall of 2008, with one of those homes opening in February of 2009, bringing the total up to 61 girls in the five homes. As more houses are constructed, the home will continue to grow, since the need is greater than space available. Each home will house twelve children, as a set of house parents and one or two helpers (girls who have already turned 18) in order to help the girls mature in as normal a family as can be provided, given their circumstances.

In November of 2006, another 7.5 acres of adjoining land was purchased for the future site of the Shadow of His Wings Home for Boys.

Long Range Goals

While it is difficult to imagine administrating this, our hearts have been directed of the Lord to build for at least 150 girls and 100 boys. The site will have a school, high school for the the 250 children, a multi-purpose building with a central kitchen, medical clinic (which will also serve community members), administrative building, two small staff homes, and a building for the “Step Up” transition program for the girls who turn eighteen and can live with less supervision. A soccer field, a home for babies and an adoption program and a home or homes for widows is also in the overall long-term plan.

Statement of Faith

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God. (II Timothy 3:15, II Peter 1:21)

We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, Holy Spirit. (Genesis 1:1, Matthew 28:19, John 10:30)

We believe in deity of Christ: (John 10:33); His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:35); His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews (7:26); His miracles (John 2:11); His vicarious and atoning death (I Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 2:9); His resurrection (John 11:25, I Corinthians 15:4): His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19); His personal return in power and glory. (Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11)

We believe in the absolute necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit for salvation because of the exceeding sinfulness of human nature, and that men are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Christ and that only by God’s grace and through faith alone we are saved. (John 3:16-19, John 5:24, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:8-9, Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 3:5)

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation. (John 5:28-19)

We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 8:9, I Corinthians 12:12-13, Galatians 3:26-28)

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. (Romans 8:13-14, I Corinthians 3:16, I Corinthians 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:30, Ephesians 5:18)