1/24/11
I don't even know where to begin. JoAnn led devotion this morning, and spoke of the qualities that are required of potential participants in a future mission trip. Among the ones she listed were a willingness to abide by rules, and the willingness to embrace strangers.
After devotion it was time to get to work. The theme for the morning was "sweaty shirts moving dirt" as we needed to add fill dirt to two of the houses. The third house was a little farther along, and Bill C.'s team was hard at work chiseling out the outlets and doorways, and putting the roof on. The lunch was brought to us at the church by Professor Carlos, who will be in charge of feeding us all week. He is the director of the Lutheran school in Zacapa, and the money earned from catering meals actually subsidizes students' tuition. In the afternoon, we kicked off Escuela Biblica (bible school) with The Fruit of the Spirit. The kids enjoyed doing a craft, and each received a scratch and sniff sticker and some tootsie rolls as they left. We hurried back to the hotel to clean up and have dinner, then returned to the church for an adult bible study led by Ron Hart. There was a good turnout of locals, about twenty-five people joined our team in talking about Personal Discipleship. God is truly blessing our time in Guatemala, and we are all enjoying spending time with old friends and making new ones.
