....It's Off To Work We Go!

We had an early morning today - 6:30 am breakfast. After breakfast we toured Chijacorral. We are amazed by God's provision for Impact Ministries as the local government granted them the land and the school site continues to grow. Les shared his vision for expansion. After the tour we went to the Chisac property where we toured the grounds and enjoyed (some more than others) a hike up the mountain in heat and increasing altitude. It is very beautiful here.

The Chisac property is also where we began our work project. In the short term, this property, owned by Impact Ministries, will be the new guest house. Construction has begun on the guest house so we spent the day using pick axes, shovels, our hands and wheelbarrows hauling dirt, filling holes and picking up garbage and cindercrete blocks. The team worked hard. We will likely return here for our second work day to continue our work.

This afternoon we were able to visit homes of the team's sponsor children. The people are so welcoming and friendly. It brought us joy as they shared their smiles and hearts with us. Finding some of our sponsor children's homes proved to be too difficult, but we are hopeful to meet them at the schools sometime this week.

The holy week processions continue today. Some team members who did not get to see as many of their sponsor children were able to walk through down town Tactic. The people loved to hear our greetings in Spanish and were happy to have us admire the hand made rugs of coloured sawdust, fresh flowers, and pine leaves that they work so hard on for the processional.

We have just finished our supper meal and are preparing to visit Les and Rita Peters' home where we will have a debrief and hear the testimony of a Guatemalan. Tomorrow we get to visit a pastor in the mountains and visit the hospital.

Thank you for praying for our health. The sore throats seem to be getting better. Please continue to pray for us as we experience a true tension between what we know at home and what we see here. Pray for the people we will meet in the hospital and for us as a team as we visit and pray with them.