Early this morning we said goodbye to our new friends from Marble City, Mississippi… They really were a great team! Right after they left we had a staff meeting and debrief… And the rest of our day was left at leisure. This afternoon, we headed to the park as Brock and Luis had a basketball […]
Guatemala
Day 23 – Digging Trenches
This morning we had the opportunity to work on one of the Deep Stream houses! The house they are building this month is for the family of a local Pastor who has been living in a Sunday School classroom with his wife and four children for the past four years. His name is David and […]
Day 22 – Chicken Coop #3
The men built the third chicken coop on site at Bryon’s house this morning while the woman went with Rosa (another recipient of a Deep Stream house) to learn how to make torillas… Bryon is a 10 year old boy whose mother and two sisters live in some pretty poor conditions. Essentially, there home was […]
Day 21 – Ruins
Today was the team’s “free day” so we all headed up to some nearby Mayan ruins in the city of Tecpan. Though these ruins aren’t especially spectacular, they are only about 90 minutes away and the team seemed to enjoy them. For lunch, we went to this amazing restaurant that puts all of those Brazilian […]
Day 20 – Chicken Coop #2
Another session of VBS at Buena Vista Elementary this morning. Unlike yesterday, we had 115 K-3rd graders! Once again, they were extremely well behaved and we all had a great time. After lunch, we headed back to Buena Vista to deliver the second chicken coop. This one went to Conchita (the same family who just […]
Day 19 – VBS Activities
This morning we headed up to Buena Vista again, but this time we went to the Elementary School to play games and do VBS activities with the students! What a blast… I honestly can’t believe how well behaved these children are. What amazed me even more was the fact that 4th, 5th, & 6th graders […]
Day 18 – Chicken Coops
We headed over to a small village just outside of town this morning to build to build the first chicken coop. Dirty floors, tin roofs, outhouses, stick walls, and no running water. The ladies cooked tortillas over a campfire… And yet the children were still able to smile without much hesitation. While a few of […]
Day 17 – Marble City Baptist
The new team arrived today from Mississippi and all is well. Right after we unloaded all of their stuff from the bus, the skies opened up! Not with just the typical rain though, we also got a good amount of hail! After the storm passed, the team went on a prayer walk and met the […]
Day 16 – Deep Stream
God has so blessed us with such a great group of people here in Guatemala… Spencer (6:8 Executive Director), Brock and Kerri (a couple who is starting a ministry here called Deep Stream and Spencer’s best friends from Jacksonville – they have three kids), Amy (a 24 year old, single, white, female from Minnasota who […]
Day 15 – Guatemala
Today was our first full day in Guatemala and boy is this place different than Costa Rica! First off, Guatemala City (the capital) is huge (14 million people) and there is a lot more organized crime (kidnappings, cartels, etc) than Costa Rica. Fortunately, we’re about 10 miles outside of the city in a small town […]
Day 14 – The Crash
Today was spent packing and traveling to Guatemala. Because of rain delays, what should have been a quick trip turned into an all day affair. Either way, we made here safe. The day of travel enabled me to finish a book called The Barbarian Way by Erwin McManus… Here is his explanation for the rhinos […]
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