How often have you made plans only to have those plans get changed?  We were told that because of a protest we would not be able to travel West until after lunch on Wednesday.  We delayed everything and was set to have our share time at 9:00AM when the call came that the roads were clear.  So, we shifted gears and quickly got everything ready to leave by 10:00AM.  We had zero problems in our travels to and from the village.  Thank you Jesus!

We divided into five dedication teams with each team taking six houses to dedicate.  The dedications went extremely well.  Dr. Rex told me that a couple of the young men from Danville Baptist led in their dedications and did a really nice job.  The people in this new village were very gracious and grateful.  Pastor Juan was a huge help.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Dr. Ashley Holladay and her assistants, Lori Bailey & Dena Free, pulled around fifty teeth Tuesday and Wednesday combined.  The patients were families involved in the feeding center.  I appreciate Ashley doing this for those people.

After lunch, we went down to the feeding center and had our share time.  Why the feeding center?  The upper room was very hot and we sat in the shade between east side of the building and the bank.  Very pleasant.  This group was not very talkative.  Hopefully, God did a great work inside each of us.

Seventy five percent (33) of the team members left for the airport at 9:00PM.  They have a 12:20AM flight.  The remaining twenty five percent (11) will leave the mission house at 3:00AM on Thursday.  Pray for these forty four folks as they travel.

This team has been great!  Really great!  Pastor Joe David, worship pastor Rex Looney, deacon Ross Genzink, Sunday School teacher Soy, and a host of others have all done excellent in helping lead this team.  Perhaps the greatest of all of these was Ellis!  The man is amazing!  Absolutely amazing!

The Lord blessed this team.  We give Him thanks!  We thank you for praying and for following us on this blog.  It has been good!  To God be the glory!

The team enjoyed a productive Tuesday.  We had our usual morning time of worship and time in the Word before beginning our day.  Those times in the upper room are always special and I thank God for them.

The team went to the local dump to share some food and to just love on the people who were working there.  They shared the Gospel and encouraged the people there.

The team then made their way to the Casa Alleluya Children’s Home for a tour.  Adam Clemmons began the tour and then Dr. Mike Clark took over.  It was a very informative time as they saw the new hospital being built and spend some time in the dialysis house.

The team then divided up with a group coming back to the mission house to sort clothes and get ready for the night of distributing those clothes and food in the village where they have been building houses this trip.

Everyone else went back to the village to finish the houses which took about two hours.  The other team members arrived with the food and clothes and one hundred families were blessed with those items.

Today, 8/5, is testing our “flexible” attitudes.  There is going to be a major protest by the teachers all over Guatemala this morning.  They will literally shut down many of the major highways.  We have opted to spend the morning in our share time and then go out after lunch to dedicate the thirty houses that have been built.  This is the plan “if” there are no problems and the highways are clear in a timely manner.  We shall see.

Pray for this team.  Thank you for checking on them!