Eyeglasses Day 3

 It was a pretty relaxed day today. The weather was beautiful in the mid 70s. The sun was shining on us as we had breakfast and devotion time before we headed to the church.

Speaking of the church, the name was never mentioned in the previous posts. It is named Iglesia Lutherana Redentor Del Mundo. In English, it means Redeemer of the World Lutheran Church.


Pastor Rudy is with us to help minister to folks before they go through the clinic. 


We had kind of a slow morning because the Catholics down the road were having their weekend festival honoring Patron St. James Santiago with a rodeo, bull riding and many food and craft stalls. We will take a quick walk through tomorrow before church. 

Things picked up slightly in the pm, but we really only had 49 people for the day. Tomorrow after church we will host an afternoon clinic, so it will be busy!

We returned to the guesthouse and Nury had a surprise for us. A piñata! Her family was celebrating the birthdays of her grandchildren, so for the next three evenings, we will be participating in the festivities:) We gave it our best shot and were rewarded with candy and little toys. It was a great way to unwind before our evening meeting and devotion.








Please continue to pray for our team and those we are serving. Thank you and Dios le bendigas!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Final Preparation and Commissioning

Image
Blessings to all! Sunday was a busy day for the team, in a good way:) It started with being officially commissioned by Pastor to go forth in God’s name and serve in the mission field. After the service, the mission team headed to MOST Ministries, where lunch was provided by our team leader.  Next came the final Bible study and then suitcases were filled with eyeglasses and all of the related supplies. Each of us will have a full sized piece of luggage with close to 50 pounds of materials, along with our personal and carryon bags. That’s a lot of luggage!  We are now working on final preparation such as personal packing and filling out our travel documents, so that we can be ready to head out. Lord, thank you for the opportunity serve You by serving those who are in need both physically and spiritually. Thank you for blessing us with an awesome team and for all the generous support we have been given to make this mission happen. Please guide us, strengthen us and keep us safe i...
Read more

Guatemala or Bust!

Image
 Hello! The team arrived at the airport very early and our flight took off at 5:30 am!  There was a layover in Chicago, so several of us had breakfast together.  Carol was showing off her creative skills with a bagel flower!     We arrived in Guatemala City around 1:00 pm mountain time and were met by our host Nury and her grandson. Nury has been hosting mission teams for many years with a true servant’s heart. We drove through Guatemala City and it was so busy! We saw remnants of Mayan aqueducts that were built thousands of years ago, and the Spanish later added to.  Our host told us that approximately 5 million people moved around the area at that time of day! We saw so many interesting things during the drive out of the city.  A quick lunch break at a local chicken chain. We also saw volcanoes along the way and our host’s home is at the foot of Volcán de Agua which is very picturesque. There is another volcano close by called Volcan del fuego which ...
Read more