Mary grew up in Mexico as a Missionary Kid

1957 - 1970
When Mary was 9 months old, her parents moved to Mexico to be missionaries. For 10 years her family lived in a Tarascan Indian village before moving to the city of Morelia, Michoacan (Mexico) where Mary lived until the age of 14. Mary is considered "multi-cultural" and speaks fluent Spanish.
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Young Mary standing next to burro. Circa 1960
1990 - 2010
In 1990, Mary went to Guatemala for the first time. "God put a supernatural love in my heart for the people, particularly the poor and the indigenous." For the next 20 years Mary took short-term mission trips to Guatemala. During a trip in 1999, she heard a still, small voice say to her: "Your work in Guatemala has just begun." Guatemala Landing Zone has been a vision of hers since that trip.
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Mary in Guatemala, 1994.
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Mary in Guatemala, 1999.
2010 - Present Day
In August 2010, Mary knew that "the time to move to Guatemala was now." After giving away and selling off nearly everything she owned, Mary moved to Guatemala full-time in June 2011.

Since moving to Guatemala, Mary has helped launch and operate many outreach programs in the villages of Rabinal, Pacux, Rio Negro, Chitucan, Canchun, La Colonia:
  • OUTREACH CENTER LA FUENTE
  • Student Sponsorship (program ended)
  • Feeding Program (since 2012)
  • Clothing and Shoe Drives
  • Christmas Ziploc Blessings (began in 2015)
  • Weekly Christian radio program
  • Youth Group outreach weekly in Pacux (began in May 2017)
  • Children's ministry (began Jan 2022)
  • Building Projects
  • Medical Aid
  • "Landing Zone" ... A place where people can come "land" and work in the surrounding villages. Helping people, changing lives.
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In June, 2011 Mary moved to Guatemala!
1 Corinthians 3:6-9a
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I planted the seed, 
Apollos watered it,
but GOD has been making it grow.

So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only GOD who makes things grow.

The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.

For we are co-workers in GOD'S service...