Friday morning we had breakfast and devotions. After breakfast we finished up what we could on the projects everyone had been working on. The highlight of Friday was a traditional rice tamale dinner with the teachers. They also sang to us one song was “God will make a way”, it touched us so because God has made […]
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Hola, Started out with breakfast and devotions. In the kitchen we cut up 25 gallons of beautiful strawberries to be used for strawberry shortcake and parfaits. Gary, Carrie, Max and Jorge are still working on Pam’s house. Landen made checkers from scratch sanded and painted them and then tested them out with the kids. Had […]
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Hola, Today (Wednesday) we worked around the school on various projects. Some are working on the house Pam will be living in and some worked in the kitchen. Chad worked in the computer room solo rewiring all the cords so they are not in the way and look orderly. Hannah is doing some drawings that […]
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Monday morning we had praise worship with the elementary age children. It was so wonderful to see little children praise the Lord with open arms! In the afternoon we joined with the junior high kids as they had bible study. We met with Pastor Emilio that night and he taught us about the Mayan culture. We […]
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Hola from San Pedro! We arrived safe and sound and are so thankful we are all here. We are meeting many new friends and getting reacquainted with old ones.We are feeling so welcomed by everyone. We have done a few projects at the school, painted two classrooms in one day and even put all the […]
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Day #10 Sunday started very early for us. We had a long day Saturday traveling by boat, then bus to Guatemala city. We got to bed late and had to leave for the airport by 6am Sunday. Many of us were sharing bathing facilities so we had to kind of juggle and plan ahead so […]
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Day #9 This morning we left San Pedro. It was an emotional time for me. I woke early and showered and sat out on the steps waiting for the others. Kevin also was up early so we informed Tom we were heading up to the school early to get some last minute things done. Kevin […]
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Day #8 Our last full day in San Pedro La Laguna is closing. It was just as full as all the others, but bitter sweet. We knew any project in process had to be finished today or left for someone else to complete. There will be no tomorrow as far as our service here. I […]
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Liking the blog? Loving the Photos? Check out so many more by clicking here! Day #7 Yesterday I posted that the soup kitchen was a mission of the church. That turned out to not be what I thought it meant. The church has blessed the project and provides space for the meal, but they do […]
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Day #6 Another frustrating day for me today. I am still trying to fix computer issues for Pam. I also spent time working on a broken bell that she told us about the first day. The internet was completely down again this morning. The wire I thought was damaged by the door turned out to […]
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