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Our First Day!

July 4, 2009
Adventures
Guatemala

What a blessing to be with this group of girls. In the last few hours… while us leaders catch up on a few things (like some needed sleep)… the team of girls have been singing worship songs, showering, resting and… a whole lot of laughing. So – What a first day! Let’s see, in order to pick off where Jessica left off last night…I’ve asked a couple of the gals to share some about our first day. I hope to update this way daily…however, that will depend on the internet in San Pedro. Heading there...

Painting Party

July 3, 2009
Adventures
Ireland

After a few days of getting acquainted with the area and our ministry location, we dived right into work. Monday through Wednesday we were all put to work painting the whole upstairs of the church (three Sunday School classrooms and the kitchen), the stairwell, and the nursery downstairs. It was hard work, but the girls and I all plugged away and were pretty proud of our work. Praise God for giving us the strength and perseverance. It’s a very old church building and had a lot of water damage in the walls because of the moisture. So throughout painting we also did some patchwork and...

Letters Home

July 3, 2009
Adventures
Ireland

I have been keeping a journal so you’ll know absolutely everything that’s been happening to me. Anyway, they dodrive on the other side of the road here, I don’t remember who I was talking to about that. So, we are in a flat here. There are 8 total, 6 girls and 2 leaders. The ages of the girls range from 15 to 19. There is a summer kids camp that starts on Monday, that is the main thing that we are helping our church with. We have painted a couple of the upstairs rooms in the church and have also attended a few church services with the church that we’re...

A Place of Contrasts

July 2, 2009
Adventures
Guatemala

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor, he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound” Isaiah 61:1 Guatemala is a place of contrasts. The lake and mountains surrounding us are gloriously beautiful, but the concrete houses and trash-lined streets that make up everyday life here in San Pedro present a very different view. Even though many of the people here live in what Americans would consider extreme poverty they...

Annnddd… We’re Off!

July 2, 2009
Adventures
Guatemala

I sit here typing this at 10:45 pm. We have just completed our comissioning service and our last night of training camp. In about four hours (yes, folks that is 3am. Yikes!) we load up the big yellow bus that brought most of us to Gainesville two days ago, and begin our journey! These last couple of days of training camp have been a whirlwind of team builders, teachings and time to get to know one another. I have been so impressed at how our team has jumped right into the craziness of traning camp and their desire to grow together as a little family for the next two...

A Few Days in Nauta

June 30, 2009
Adventures
Peru

Dear friends and family’ Thank you for all of you prayers we can really feel them as we have started our work in Nauta. We have been in Nauta for a few days now and the students are really starting to fall in love with the people here. Pastor William and his family have generously opened up their arms to us and and have showered us with their hospitality. The students have been very busy running church services, Children´s ministry, street ministry and sports ministry. Ben, Luke and Stephanie made a baseball field because it has never been...

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