Day four- Tuesday

Hola mis amigos!

I spoke some Spanish today, well tried too..haha. We started out the day with devotions very early. I find myself waking up a minute before we have to start and walking out the door. I also did VBS this morning with Amanda, Heather, Anna, Stephen, Tess, and Bryan. We did the drama, "In the Light" for the kids and I think that they understood it pretty well! After VBS I went went back to the brick house. We took a tuk tuk (I'm not sure of the spelling), but it's pretty much like a little taxi but it has three wheels and no doors. It's quite the experience. The people at the house are finally starting to warm up to us. We spoke to a couple kids today and even taugth the one little boy how to play War and took a little girl to get ice cream. There are often times where some of us are sitting around doing nothing..some people look at this as a disadvantage because we aren't working, but I think of it as an advantage because we get to interact with the Guatemalan people. The house is coming along pretty well and everyone is working pretty hard..I even got to carry bags on my back..Guatemalan style. After we were all showered and clean we went and picked up cakes from a local bakery for Josh and Lee's baby shower. I feel like I say Hola! a thousands times a day, but in Guatemala people are so friendly and greet anyone and everyone. Well I have to go help set up for the baby shower to Josh and Lee. Hope all is well at home and I miss everyone!

Love, Lauren


Hola amigos!

Isn't God amazing? Every morning, at 6:30 (AM) our entire group meets down around the fountain at the center of the hotel. This morning, Trish (Kimps' cuz) read her favorite Bible verse to the group. The verse was Isaiah 61:1, which says, “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners.” This verse directly applies to what we are being called to do down here in Guatemala. We are dealing with people living in extreme poverty, we are dealing with people afflicted with broken hearts, we are dealing with people held captive and imprisoned by the many lies Satan has sown and this verse is just further encouragement for us as we try to accomplish our goal on this trip. The crazy part of it is, we also had a daily devotion established weeks before the trip, and it just so happened that Isaiah 61:1 was assigned as reading for this morning. It is amazing how God works.

Adios, Evan.


So far this trip has been amazing! It’s so cool to experience what life is like where I’m not in the comfort of my own home. Today was the first day we had good weather, thank the Lord. At the concert of prayer they talked about “flexibility,” and that word has been proven to be a key word here in Guatemala. There are two construction sites and one van. My group was going to be the second group to go to our site. We think that they forgot about us and we waited for two hours to go to our site. It was really awesome because it was a great way to bond with the kids in our team. We lost Shanna’s hackysack twice and a couple of us ended up having to climb on top of the roof of the hotel. It was amazing. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. The prayer schedule is definitely a helpful guide; I use it in my own quiet time. ADIOS!!!

Anna Wimer