Guatemala 2009

As I muse over the week we spent in a whole different world, I am impressed by a few different thoughts.  First, I’m amazed that we didn’t have any real problems during the whole time.  We didn’t lose any luggage, we didn’t have anything stolen, we didn’t misplace any team members, there were no auto [...]

We just pulled up to the church (at 5:15 a.m.), and I asked Michael for the computer so I could let you all know that we arrived safe and sound.
Everyone is exhausted. Our van-ful of people was almost totally silent on the way home.
THANK YOU to Mark Swiger and Jeff Frick for [...]

Guess what? We were able to get 30 minutes of internet access at the McDonalds in Antigua, so we are quickly giving you a little news. You can read Pastor Dave’s update in the previous post, so this update will just be about the rest of the team.
We left in good time this [...]

(This story was transcribed by Christie as Dave told his story about his day today)
As we left for Pana to get to the taxi at 5:50 a.m. and when we arrived there we thought we were the last ones and wondered if there would be room for us because we didn’t have reservations. Some [...]

Our last full day here was full of lots of fun. It started with the team dividing up. The ones who came here for outreach prepared to go to the local school to show the Jesus film. The ones who came for adventure got ready for the zip line. And one team member simply stayed [...]

From Bill to Lisa, Emma, & Anna:
I Love you all and miss you very much!! Construction has gone well. We finished the roof! and even played the fist soccer match there today. I went to the School today and played with the children there, It was fun and interesting. We were warmly welcomed. My 10 [...]

Ten of use went on the zip line this morning - and had a great time! Mustache or no mustache, everyone who went had a great time, and would do it again next time we are in Guatemala. There are photos of the event in the gallery.

Breakfast today was a lot of fun. Not only did we have some fun fruits to set out for everyone (watermelon and pitaya, specifically), but we were tickled to find the Spanish version of Coco Puffs and Lucky Charms to share with everyone. Before going to the market Tuesday, I asked the team if there [...]

Kristen writes: Mom~ Happy birthday! I wouldn’t put your age on here because I know you’d kill me :-). I hope you are having a good one. I got you a present in the market on Sunday and I’m pretty sure you’ll like it. And yes—I did help with the dishes! (Don’t you roll your [...]

A couple of videos of ‘Jasmyn’. Click on the ‘read the rest of this entry’ to watch.

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