A blessed Wednesday.  The team went to visit Love The Child and Casa Aleluya.  Both were good visits.

We had our final share time at 5:00PM and it was good.  Always seems to be a special time.

We leave for the airport at 3:15AM.  The folks flying United fly out at 7:00AM and those on Delta fly out at 7:15AM.  Everyone is scheduled to arrive home mid-afternoon.

The Lord has given us a good week.  We bless Him!

Pray for us as we travel today.  Thanks!

A full Tuesday!  Our morning started with the usual musical worship and time in the Word.  We then readied to go to the local dump first in order to minister to those folks and feed them.  Our plans got delayed (see flexible bracelet) by an hour or so but it was a good time of ministry for the team.  We saw about 60 folks.

We then made our way to the village where we were almost immediately met by a hard rain that lasted an hour or so.  We had three teams doing dedications, one team finishing the last house, and one team doing concrete.  The rains stopped and we were ready to go up the mountain to distribute food and clothes.  A pretty hard rain along with some steep spots in the road made it tough going.  After giving provisions to 260 folks, we headed back down the mountain.  We made it safely – praise the Lord!

The truck ran out of gas.  John King, Benny McGath and Nick Davis came to the rescue.

Laurie King was placed in the hospital last night with an infection in her wrist.  Pray for her!

Today, we head to Love The Child and Casa Aleluya.  After that, we will pack the tool boxes, clean the tools, et cetera as we ready for home.

Thanks for checking on us.  Pray us through these next two days.  Blessings!

A good Monday!  Eighteen of the houses have been completely finished, another one is ready for concrete, and the final one simply needs the top put on and it is ready for concrete.  Again, the distance between the houses has been challenging but this team has handled it well.

Today is going to be a busy day with a feeding ministry to the local dump, finishing the two houses, dedicating all twenty houses, and distributing food/clothes in the same village.

Everyone is well.  Thanks for reading this brief entry.  Pray for us.

Wow, what a Sunday!  We began the day with a service in the upper room.  Great worship and a great Word on compassion.

We immediately left and made our way to Centro Biblico Vida Nuevo church for their service.  Pastor Josue brought a message from I Thessalonians 3 that basically told us that by faith we can overcome as problems are a part of every Christians’s life, that we should seek to grow spiritually, and that we should be examples in love and holy living.  (At least that is my translation of what he said!)

Lunch in Antigua was followed by about three hours of shopping.  Tonight, Pastor Doug & Pastor Keith led us in a worship service that was just awesome.  It was one of those “you had to have been there” experiences.  As Dr. Jack Bailey says, “God showed up and God showed out!”  Amen!

Tomorrow it is back to the salt mine!

Thanks for checking on us.  Pray for us often!

Saturday was another good day for the team.  We enjoyed beautiful weather and good working conditions.  The eleven houses on the “front” side of this village are not as tough to reach as the nine on the “back” side.

Seven houses have been completely finished, one just needs a front, three others have received the concrete, and three more are framed up and ready for the tin.

We will have our morning service in the upper room at 8:00AM and then leave immediately following to attend the service at the church located at the seminary.  Then it will be off to lunch and shopping in Antigua.

Everyone is well.  We are blessed.  I have had to enlightened the fine folks from Thelma Baptist about their pastor and his wife.  Shocked does not adequately describe their response!  LOL!

We appreciate your prayer support and ask that you continue to pray for us daily.

This entry is late – my apologies.  I was under the impression that Pastor Doug was going to send out an update but he went to bed early last night.  So, I take full responsibility!

Yesterday was a good first day.  Eight houses were started with two being completely finished, two others receiving the concrete, three needing on the roof tin, and one needing all of the tin.

Our day was slowed by distance between the houses, uphill climbs (think clouds), and some incredibly tough ground.  Everyone had great attitudes!  Everyone had little oxygen!

Jaclyn, BJ, and Jordan led our musical worship and did a great job.

Thanks for checking on us.  Pray for us!

It is 10:45PM in Guatemala as I write this entry and everyone else is in bed and, most likely, fast asleep.  One of our team members unfortunately missed the first flight and has literally spent all day in two airports.  He arrived at the mission house a few minutes ago tired and relieved to be here.  Why did he miss his flight?  Long story but suffice it to say that it was not anything of his own doing.

The rest of the team arrived in two waves this afternoon.  It seems that Pastor Keith & Pastor Doug (Moses & Aaron?) led their folks to El Salvador and back before arriving at the mission house.  Jim & Jeff did much better getting their folks here in a timely fashion.

So, everyone is accounted for and well.  Thanks for checking on us.  Pray for us.  Hopefully, we will blog daily.  BTW, the internet service in the mission house has been disconnected this week so phone calls and this blog are about all you can look for from this team.  It is all good!

Blessings!