Well, after our special send off and our ‘see you laters’ we did our best to get some rest, knowing our wake up call would be early… like 3:30 am early. We had to be up and loaded at 4 am to head back to Guatemala City. That’s just how traffic rolls in third world countries. Thankfully the journey went a little faster on the way back into the city than we when arrived and travelled out. I’m sure being…
Today was our last full day on mission here in Guatemala which always makes it pretty emotional and bittersweet. Our initial plans to host a fun day at camp for both groups ended up getting changed a bit… which on mission, you learn to roll with it. Instead, the leaders here planned a half day of fun for our team to rest and recoup. We loaded up the truck as they told us we were headed to a waterfall and…
You can tell where we are on this mission based on how slowly we all walk down the stairs from our room to the truck in the morning. Based on today’s walk, you can tell we are nearing the end of this mission here in Guatemala. Our spirits and hearts are full, but our body is most certainly pretty weak and exhausted at times. The days are full and the evenings are focused and at times intense. But we press…
The Lord continues to amaze us in His beauty of His creation down here, the joy and laughter of the kids at camp and even all the blood, sweat and tears (and there has been all three) that has gone into our construction project. And our individual time and team time with the Lord has been challenging and rewarding. God doesn’t always show up in the ways we hope or even expect but we most certainly can say that He…
Well, today we settled in to our regular routine which involves a half-day of construction in the morning and then camp in the afternoon. Although, this morning started with a literal bang to celebrate one of our team member’s birthday during breakfast. Apparently the Guatemalan tradition is to light off some fireworks first thing to celebrate and they were shockingly loud! But that got our day going for sure! We loaded up and got right to work at the site…