The Couple Who Sold Everything for a Country They'd Never Seen
In 2019, David and Maria Fernandez were running a successful catering business in San Antonio, Texas. They had a paid-off house, a loyal clientele, and...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Genesis 12:1-4a.
In 2019, David and Maria Fernandez were running a successful catering business in San Antonio, Texas. They had a paid-off house, a loyal clientele, and deep roots in a church community that felt like family. Then one evening during a missions conference, they both sensed the same unmistakable pull — God was calling them to plant a church in rural Guatemala, a region they had never visited.…
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