Advancing the Kingdom of God through New Life in Christ.
New Life Advance International (NLAI) is an interdenominational mission organization dedicated to taking the good news of Jesus Christ to the nations through holistic initiatives. We exist to rescue children, make disciples, and transform families and communities; all for the glory of God.
New Life Children’s Home
New Life Children’s Home (NLCH) in Villa Nueva, Guatemala is a refuge and safe haven for orphaned, abandoned, and abused children. Our passion and purpose are the nourishment and healing of mind, body and soul for children in crisis. We provide love, safety, shelter, food, medical care, education, recreation, discipleship and a family in which to belong.
New Life Christian School
New Life Christian School was founded in 1990. It is an integral part of NLCH’s endeavor to “train up a child in the way he should go,” not only for the children who live at NLCH, but also for those living in the surrounding community. New Life Christian School currently enrolls children in grades Pre-K through 12th grade, with over 600 students!
Little Pasos Learning Center
Little Pasos Learning Center, lead by Tara Goodloe Fuentes with the help of her husband William, is a pre-primary school in Villa Nueva that provides a Christian bilingual education to kids ages 4-6. The goal of Little Pasos is to produce students who are bilingual and biliterate. A bilingual education gives students a strong base for the English language in the hopes of better job and educational opportunities in their futures. The school launched in January of 2024 with its first ten students!
New Life Children’s Home - Belize
New Life Children’s Home (NLCH) in Belize will be a place of refuge and hope for children who have faced abandonment, abuse, or the loss of family. Our mission is to bring lasting healing—physically, emotionally, and spiritually—to children in crisis.
At NLCH, we will provide more than just basic needs. We will offer a safe and loving environment where each child receives nutritious meals, medical care, education, and opportunities for play and growth. Through Christian discipleship and a strong sense of family, every child is given the chance to thrive and know they are deeply valued and loved.
Missionaries
New Life Advance International (NLAI) has many missionaries behind the work of each of our ministries who share our passion and purpose for the nourishment and healing of mind, body and soul for children in crisis. Without them NLAI could not provide the love, safety, shelter, food, medical care, education, recreation, discipleship and a family in which to belong.
If you desire to support one of our missionaries, please use the view the Missionaries page.
NLAI was founded as New Life League Inc. in 1954 by Drs. Fred and Clara Jarvis. They were soul winners who were passionate about reaching the lost. Their ministry began in China in 1946. After a communist takeover, the couple was forced to leave China, and they moved to Japan, where they worked for 24 years.
The Jarvises were innovative leaders who, over the course of their lives, oversaw the establishment of a number of new ministries in Asia, Latin America, Haiti and Papua New Guinea.
NLAI's current missionaries embrace the pioneering spirit and passion for the things of God that the Jarvises modeled. Following their example, NLAI missionaries are committed to proclaiming Christ among the nations — wherever He leads them to go.
