Myra McIlwain, Missionary / Founder
Myra was born and raised in Baltimore, MD. She has made several short term trips to various countries before residing full time in Guatemala in 1995. She has traveled to Mexico, Guatemala, St Kitts, Virgin Island and worked with Indian children on a reservation in Minnesota.
In 1995, she retired from the Social Security Administration and moved to Guatemala full time. For eight and a half years, she was Assistant Director of a children’s home where she ministered to abandoned and abused children.
Since 2004, she has worked with poor families in Chiquimula, Guatemala. Her goal is for them to know the Lord and in time they too can make Him known.
She is the author of one book entitled “I Didn’t Know I Was Black Until Somebody Told Me” and will soon publish a devotional book about Guatemala and her personal thoughts. She is currently working on a book about her marriage which took place in 2011 to Lewis A. “Mac” McIlwain. She also paints.
She is married to Lewis A. “Mac” McIlwain who is also involved in missions. Together they encourage each others ministries and travel to various countries. They reside in both Guatemala and the United States. Between them they have 5 children, 5 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
I Didn’t Know I Was Black Until Somebody Told Me: A Missionary’s Journey in Prose
– A book by Myra McIlwain
Life is a journey with many different roads to travel and sometimes we must choose the road less traveled. In this journey, Myra never thought it would take her throughout the world but God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Leaving behind all the comforts and the security of home, she went to places where she was not known and became known and beloved because of the hand of God on her life. This is a call to ordinary people to become extraordinary people of God and do exploits. Step out of your comfort zone and follow the leading of God. His path is always the right way to go.
