Today was another good day for our group of 47.  The group that went to Panimaquin finished the painting as well as the pouring of the foundation.  Brian Koeman & Wayne DeYoung came in late as they have much to do in the way of excavating. 

The group that went to Casa Aleluya had a good day as they removed two buildings making way for a new dormitory to be built.  Some of the ladies did other various jobs and the folks enjoyed just hanging out with the children. 

The group that went to the seminary continued painting and make huge strides today.  There are many rooms to be painted and time will not be sufficient on this trip to finish it all.  However, those folks have already made a huge dent in what needed to be done.  Special thanks to John King for coordinating this work for us.

I had the joy of riding with Paul Leytham to Guatemala City to meet with our lawyer today.  Paul has served as our legal representative for the past year and has decided to give up that position.  We are grateful for his service to the Lord and us.  Pancho Arriola has graciously agreed to step into this position of legal representative and vice president of GRACE Ministries.  So, the three of us met with the lawyer to sign all of the necessary paperwork. 

Tonight was a really special night as the boys from the Vencedores dorm at Casa Aleluya came for fellowship and pizza.  Those 45 boys and their jefes had a great time and stayed with us from 4:30PM until 8:30PM.  They consumed a minimum of 29 large pizzas, several gallons of kool-aid, over one hundred homemade cookies and candy, candy, candy!  Those boys love to come to the casa blanca and asked as they were leaving when they would get to come back.  It wasn’t the same without Danny & Angie LeBlanc but we certainly enjoyed those boys!  I am grateful to Dr. Mike Clark for allowing us the privilege of hosting the boys of Vencedores.  He has always been gracious to us!

Thanks to Coach Nate Blaylock we were able to get our VOIP phone up and running tonight.  As I type this, Dirk Johnson is talking to Shannon at home and it is a local call.  Amazing! 

Dewayne Lavelle has done an awesome job of getting the pictures to Ben Vickers so he can upload them for your viewing pleasure.  Thanks guys! 

Tomorrow we are going to dedicate ten houses and then to an area near Sumpango to distribute food and clothes.  Pray for us and we will keep you updated through this means.  Blessings!

Perhaps you are wondering why there was no entry yesterday?  Our internet service was down until about 9:00PM and I then wrote an entry.  I pressed save and simultaneously the service went down and that whole article disappeared into cyber space.  So, I apologize for the missing blog of yesterday. 

Yesterday was a good day with our group going to three different ministry sites.  The first group went to Panimaquin where they painted the kitchen and living room in the Cohen’s house.  They also dug the footings for a house that is going to be built.  Brian Koeman and Wayne DeYoung are doing some major excavation work there too. 

Another group built three more houses in Rincon Grande which brings our total completed to ten.  We have plans to build five more on Thursday. 

The third group painted the interiors of an apartment and a house at the CAM seminary in Chimaltenango. 

Today we began with our devotion led by Mark Mast.  He shared from Psalm 34:1 – 8.  We then got our assignments and went to our respective ministry sites.  A group has gone back to Panimaquin, one has gone back to the seminary, and the third is at Casa Aleluya. 

Pray for us and check later tonight for another entry detailing today’s activities.