A good Sunday!  This has been a day of relaxation for the team.  We began our devotional time at a late hour (8:15) and then left for church at 9:30AM.  Bro. Jim Chinners brought us a word from the Word.  Bro. Keith & Alan continue to lead our musical praise each morning.

The folks at Rios de Agua Viva had a special day to honor the fathers.  Several years ago, the Friendship family i.e. GRACE Ministries, gave an interest free loan to the church in order for them to build an apartment above their church Sunday School rooms.  They recently paid that loan in full.  Today, they presented GRACE Ministries with a painting to show their appreciation for the help.

The preaching in the service today was. . . . but the rest of the service was good.  It was then off to Las Antorchas for lunch followed by shopping.  Supper (sandwiches) is being served as I type this.  Everyone seems relaxed, refreshed, and ready to go.  After supper we will enjoy a night of musical worship with a band from just west of Chimaltenango.  The band was supposed to be here at 5:00PM in order to set up but we have not seen them yet – a friendly reminder that we are in Guatemala!

Now for the scoop – we are exchanging prayer cards (thanks Liz Cole) each morning.  Karoline obviously has an issue as we discovered today that she “stole” the prayer card that belonged to Kacy.  Folks, that is just weird!  Why would anyone “steal” a prayer card?  Speaking of K&K, Karoline is like 6’4″ and Kacy is 5’6″.  Why would Kacy be on the top bunk and Karoline on the bunk below her?

Jeff Holified may win “shopper of the trip” as they basically had to pry him away from the market.  I think he wants to go back tomorrow but we are not doing so!

Not so fast on that “shopper of the trip” award to Jeff.  My wife arrived last night!  Enough said!

I pray that everything is well where you are.  Thanks for checking on us.  Keep praying!  More to come tomorrow!

This entry is way late as it is almost midnight in Guatemala.  Here is the reason – we arrived back at the mission house around 6:15PM or so.  I got a quick shower and then attempted to blog but could not get online.  My wife was arriving via Delta tonight and I had to leave to get her.  We just got back.  I apologize to the three of you who are following us via this blog – LOL!

A good Saturday.  We continued the building.  I think we have nine houses completely finished.  The Michigan team dedicated the two they built as they will not be building with us anymore.

We cut our building day short as we hosted a block party for the children of San Jacinto.  Many thanks to Katie Parker, Pablo, and Rachel for their hosting this party for us.  The children had a good time.  We had a good time.  Pastor Keith Martin got his head painted!  Special thanks to John King for providing the transportation for the Clubhouse Guatemala stuff.

Supper tonight was to be a typical Guatemalan meal.  I did not see it so I really cannot describe it.  I am sure it was good!

Tomorrow we will attend the morning service at Rios de Agua Viva.  I do not think we will be impressed with the preaching but I am sure the music will be good and the fellowship great!

Here is the stuff – Gloria says that the Queen Bee is doing fine!  Juleigh Medrano is a flirt!  Mary Cole gave me the scoop on the fine boys today!  Jordan is playing the field as she is now interested in some nationals (which is totally against the rules!).  The Holsonback girls are not interested in pursuing a career in the concrete business!  Seth Tagert has already begged out of concrete duty!

Thanks for reading!  Again, my apologies for the lateness of this post.  Pray without ceasing!