The Harndens
Serving in Colombia with Guidelight
About the Harndens
Dylan and Luz Harnden serve as missionaries in Colombia, South America, ministering to families and children impacted by disability. Their mission is to see Jesus be made much of in the lives of these families in Colombia and the rest of Latin America, reaching out to them with the hope of the gospel and practical help.They seek to train, equip and support the local church with gospel-centered, disability-focused
resources and programs to welcome, love, and serve families experiencing disability who are, by default, outcast and downcast from society. Like Christ, who went to the blind, the lame, the sick, the outcast, and the poor, they seek to embody Him by doing what He did: to proclaim, using words and deeds, the good news of the gospel to this unreached people group.
Ministry Update & Prayer Requests
How has the lord been at work in your ministry this past year?
We started a buddies ministry in our church in November. Our prayer is that as this ministry grows within the church and that church members would see the tangible need to love and serve families with disabilities.
We recently started volunteering with a PE teacher who works with young adults with special needs. He has allowed us to pray and play with them. We share a snack and share about God with them 3 times a week. Pray for all these beautiful image bearers to hear the voice of the Great Shepard calling them to Him.
We have been partnering with Church Amor, Luz y Vida to welcome and serve those with special needs into their body. The Lord has built a great relationship between us and the church leaders.
We recently started volunteering with a PE teacher who works with young adults with special needs. He has allowed us to pray and play with them. We share a snack and share about God with them 3 times a week. Pray for all these beautiful image bearers to hear the voice of the Great Shepard calling them to Him.
We have been partnering with Church Amor, Luz y Vida to welcome and serve those with special needs into their body. The Lord has built a great relationship between us and the church leaders.
How can we pray for you?
Pray the Lord would continue to guide our steps to meet new families in the community experiencing disability and to point them to Christ -our Hope in life and death.
That God will give us wisdom and guidance for the disability trainings we will be having. Our desire is to see these local churches embrace families impacted by disability by welcoming them, loving them and pointing them to our Savior.
That the Lord would continue to strengthen our relationships with the families around us with the hope they would see Jesus for Who He truly is: Son of God, Son of Man, King, and Glorious Savior!
Pray God would guard and protect our family, and that by His grace we would be a light for the other families in the community who are struggling in their relationships.
That God will give us wisdom and guidance for the disability trainings we will be having. Our desire is to see these local churches embrace families impacted by disability by welcoming them, loving them and pointing them to our Savior.
That the Lord would continue to strengthen our relationships with the families around us with the hope they would see Jesus for Who He truly is: Son of God, Son of Man, King, and Glorious Savior!
Pray God would guard and protect our family, and that by His grace we would be a light for the other families in the community who are struggling in their relationships.
how do you hope to see god work in the coming year?
We are all very eager to start a disability ministry in the church in August. We have been serving in different ministries in their church, as well as Gospel outreaches in different communities.
We are also grateful for the opportunity that the Lord continues to give Luz to point other moms experiencing disability in our community to Christ. Pray for these relationships to be centered in Jesus and for these women to receive saving knowledge in our Lord.
To see the Lord work an awakening in the local church through the biblical disability-focused trainings, to welcome and love families impacted by disabilities to the body of Christ.
We hope to continue to partner with many more local churches here in Colombia so that the Lord’s name would be known and families living with special needs would come to know Christ’s perfect love.
We are also grateful for the opportunity that the Lord continues to give Luz to point other moms experiencing disability in our community to Christ. Pray for these relationships to be centered in Jesus and for these women to receive saving knowledge in our Lord.
To see the Lord work an awakening in the local church through the biblical disability-focused trainings, to welcome and love families impacted by disabilities to the body of Christ.
We hope to continue to partner with many more local churches here in Colombia so that the Lord’s name would be known and families living with special needs would come to know Christ’s perfect love.
