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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Day #5 I felt this morning was very productive. The other projects are proceeding well and the one I have been working on got finished. Unfortunately, I was not there to help finish it. I worked on it most of the morning then Pam was ready for me to tackle the […]
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Day #4 Early day today. We needed to be at the school in time for the devotions for the little ones. We got there just before they opened the main door so the street was filled with little uniforms. What a huggy little bunch. They just seem to want to soak up love from us. […]
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Day #3 Our day started with a nice walk to the school for our morning devotions. Tom shared the story about the young man that came to the office the day we were packing totes. After that we had a wonderful breakfast of cold cereal and giant pancakes with diced fruit. I must say there […]
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