In 2009 and half of 2010, Daniel and Brandi McIntyre moved to Guatemala to help another ministry in Chiquimula. In August, 2010, they had finished what they were led to do in that particular ministry, so they decided to return to Alabama. The Lord spoke to them though, and He revealed that they were to begin ministering to pastors and leaders in the area. The Lord also spoke to them and told them that they were to keep their eyes open to His leading and plans He had for them in Guatemala, and that He was not finished using them here, hence the name Eyes Wide Open. They began to make contacts in several villages in Chiquimula and had their first seminar for pastors and leaders in a village called El Morral in 2011 where they currently live with the ministry building and learning facility built for housing seminars on a larger scale.