Today was another good day.  The morning began with our time in the Word as Mark Mast brought us a good word from Matthew 14 and Mark 6 about the feeding of the five thousand men. 

We sent a team to the Guatemalan Bible Seminary to paint the exterior of their gymnasium and the interior of an office.  They had a productive day! 

We had three teams building and two teams doing cement.  Another five houses were completely finished, three more are ready for the concrete and one is almost ready.  So, ten houses are now completely finished. 

We also had a team conduct a VBS in the village where we are building.  Pastor Mario Monroy brought four of his young people with him and they did some evangelistic work in the village plus helped with the VBS.  That was a huge plus for us. 

We hosted Jack, Carolyn, & Ashley Ciak along with the 34 girls from the Esperanza Abajo dorm at Casa Aleluya for a time of recreation and food late this afternoon and evening.  The girls seemed to have a good time and we presented each girl with a small gift for Christmas. 

Unfortunately, Jan Kapenga suffered a steam burn on both hands tonight while preparing supper.  Laurie King is taking care of her but one hand was burned fairly significantly.  Please pray for her. 

I am sitting in the meeting room as Jim Dornbush is working on getting some pictures uploaded.  There are games being played all around.  This group has certainly had good fellowship. 

Please continue to pray for us.  Our phone is still not working but everyone, with the exception of Jan K, is doing well.  Thanks for your prayers!