It is 4:00AM and the team left the mission house about twenty minutes ago headed to the airport.  Teams drag out the door for these early morning flights and I would imagine most of them are asleep as they make that ride.  Pray that everything will go well as they are all scheduled to arrive in their respective airports around 3:30PM today.

This team was great!  Their attitudes were superb!  Their work ethic was second to none.  I was most impressed by the folks from Thelma Baptist and their pastor, Bro. Doug Chappelle.  Those folks reminded me so much of the members of the Friendship family so you know I fell in love with them.  Matt & Anna Michelle Turner from Pascagoula were great too.  Paul Clark worked really hard and cultivated such a great relationship with the children in Alotenango.  Of course, the folks from Friendship were more than a blessing to me!

The team built 20 houses in Alotenango and was able to help build 6 more in San Miguel.  What a joy to work alongside the folks from Tennessee.  We appreciate the opportunity.

Good week!  I hope to see many of these folks back on future trips.  Team members, thank you for enriching my life!  Blessings!

Again, an entry in the morning.  I had company until late last night and just did not post.  My apologies.

Yesterday was good.  Matt Turner brought us a good word from the Word.  Pastor Doug, BJ, Heath, & Matt have all done very well in teaching us this trip.  Heath is a good teacher and worker.  The other three a much better teachers than they are workers – LOL!

We basically finished the houses yesterday.  One needs cement today as the ground was not level so the family was going to add dirt last night.  We need a handle there and a barrel bolt there but basically the houses are done.  We will dedicate them this morning and then have VBS this afternoon.

This team has worked in the rain every afternoon.  I mean some hard rain.  Their attitudes have been great.

This afternoon we will go to San Miguel to help the TN folks again.  They have been hit with sickness and it has slowed them a bit.  Hopefully, we will also visit Casa Aleluya.

All is well.  Pray that this final day of ministry will go well too and we will be right where God wants us to be.  Thank you for checking on us.  Keep praying!

This entry is actually being written on Tuesday morning.  I simply forgot to post an entry last night – my apologies!

Our Monday was good.  Heath Reese blessed us with a strong word from the Word to begin our day.

Seven houses are completely finished, nine others are ready for the cement, three more have the frame in place, and one more needs to be started from scratch.

The first day of VBS went well I am told.  I do not know the numbers but I do know the folks from Thelma are well prepared!

Chad, Brent, & Samuel did an excellent job of leading/teaching the TN folks.  They built four houses and put cement in three of those.  Good day in San Miguel.

Thanks for checking on us.  Keep praying!

This will be short & sweet as it is almost 10:30PM and morning is going to come quickly.  Normal Sunday for one of our teams in Guatemala.  The musical worship was a blessing and then BJ Parson (aka Clint Landry) brought us a good word from the Word.  He had us conclude by praying with one another.  Good stuff.

We did church at the seminary, lunch in Antigua, some shopping, and then just spent time in fellowship.  Good day!

Tomorrow will see us continue building houses, do VBS, and go show a team from Tennessee how we build houses.  My hope is that we can at least teach them what a hammer is by noon.  LOL!

Pray for us.  Thanks for checking in!  Blessings!

We had another wonderful day.  It began with another awesome time of worship led by Bill Lee.  We had no power but that did not prevent them from using the guitars to lead us to the throne in musical praise.  Pastor Doug Chappelle then brought a challenging word from the Word.  I so appreciate Pastor Doug.

We built houses all day.  I think that 13 are now up with 10 of those having received the concrete.  Three more are almost ready for the concrete.  Soy, Callie, & Austin finished a few houses but I do not know the exact number.

As 5:00PM rolled around the rain began to come heavily.  We got drenched!  I mean drenched!  My cell phone was a victim of drowning in that storm as it no longer works.  I got back to the mission house and decided to jump online to post this entry to find that my laptop has died too.  (Unless Dr. Doug can fix it but he does not give me much hope!)  O well, God knows!

The good news is that we did get the electricity back on this morning.  The hot shower after being soaked was a blessing.  Supper was great and the fellowship even better!

Thanks for checking on us.  Keep praying!

P.S. – I am using Soy’s laptop to post this entry but he does not know it.

It is almost 10:30PM as I type this entry in the dark.  We lost electricity somewhere around 5:00PM or and it is still out on the mountain.  The valley has electricity.  We are told that it could be tomorrow before we get it restored but we are hoping for tonight at some point mainly due to the fact that we need to charge batteries.

The team has handled this “bump in the road” with a great attitude.  Dr. Tico graciously allowed us to come to the seminary to get showers.  Caroline & Deidra had a great supper ready for us so we enjoyed a candlelight/flashlight meal – very romantic!  (I sat by Soy!)

Our day went well.  We got 8 houses up with four of those receiving concrete.  We have a lot of first timers on this team and they did great!

Of course, our day got off to a great start as Bill Lee, BJ Parson, Callie Chappelle, and Michael Taylor did a great job of leading us in musical worship.  Awesome stuff!  The preaching was weak but the musical worship more than compensated for it!

Everyone was in bed early last night and the same holds true tonight because there is basically nothing else to do.  Thanks for checking on us and keep praying that we will be obedient to God!

Clint, BJ says “hey!”

Our first day has come to a close even though it is only 8:20PM.  I think everyone is pretty tired from a long day of traveling.  The folks from Thelma Baptist met at the church this morning at 1:00AM.  I passed through the mission house about 7:50PM and it seemed everything was quiet except for one room.

We thank God for a safe day of traveling.  All is well.  Nothing out of the ordinary took place.  The rains came hard today and the forecast calls for more tomorrow.  It could be a challenge but God is in control.  We trust Him!

Plans call for an entry tomorrow evening after we have finished our first day of building.  Thanks for checking on us.  Pray for us!