Friday, May 29, 2009

Back in Guatemala!

Well, we all made it safely to Guatemala City, Guatemala and made the drive to Chimaltenango shortly after. I had the privilege of flying separate from the rest of the group along with Robby and Roxanne going through Atlanta. We decided that we like smaller groups when flying. It just makes things a lot easier. I didn't get much sleep the night before so I slept as much as I could on the planes and on our layover. Once we made it in Guatemala City, we were looking for the rest of the group (they said they would wait for us), but apparently they had left. We stood outside the airport for about 30 minutes waiting for someone to come pick us up. Eventually a Guatemalan drove up in a truck and honked and waved at us, so we assumed (and hoped) that he was there to pick us up. Luckily Roxanne is pretty fluent in Spanish, so she got things figured out. We met up with the rest of the group at a mall in Chimaltenango and exchanged money and ate at Pollo Campero. After more naps and some orientating, some Catchphrase and showers, just about everyone went to bed around 9. Since they don't do Daylight Savings here, it gets dark earlier than we're used to, so it seemed a lot later.

After eating a hearty breakfast, we're about to have a time of worship before we all head to the village to work building houses and ministering to people today. Pray for safety and opportunities to share God's love with the people here. More blogs to come.


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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

The Future

Well, I'm back in school, and, well, it's going. 18 hours seemed overwhelming, if not impossible, at first, but I think I'm getting used to it now.


As for "The Future," this summer I will be going back to Guatemala, as well as to Belize for the first time. I was hoping to be able to go to Uganda for the International World Changers project this summer, but Belize is looking like the best option right now. More details to come on what we will be doing in each of these countries, but for now here are the dates:


Guatemala : May 28 - June 4

Belize: June 20 - 27



Please be in prayer for these trips as the teams going begin to form and plan more!


Also, here is a link to all the mission trips that our college group is participating in this summer as well as a link to all the ones that the entire church is involved in. Please pray for missions!


Faith College Missions


Faith Baptist Missions