Today has been a very blessed day of worship, fellowship, shopping, sightseeing, and relaxation.  As usual, our day began with a morning devotional time.  We were blessed in today’s Bible study as Wayne, Beth, Eric, Jayme, Kristen, Matt, & Ross DeYoung shared a message in song.  What a great and talented family! 

Missionary Mark Mast brought the message this morning using Ephesians 2:8-10 as his text.  He shared of his own salvation experience on February 10, 1980.  I met Mark last year on this same trip and have been so impressed by him and his family.  What a blessing this brother is to me and to our entire church family. 

The majority of the group then went to the Rivers of Living Water Church in Chimaltenango with four others going to Su Presencia where Daniel Villatoro is the pastor.  I can speak for those who attended RLWC and say that we enjoyed the worship service and the message delivered by Pastor Walter.  Special thanks to Eugene Dighero for serving as our translator.  The church family served us doughnuts and soft drinks after the service.  We will be helping this church construct a home for Pastor Walter and his family. 

We did our usual as we went to Antigua and had lunch at the Las Antorchas steak house.  It was a joy to see the owner, Philippe Rambert, and his daughter, Andrea. The food and fellowship were great!

The group then went shopping and I came back to the house.  We received some sad news last night when we learned that Derrick Wilkerson’s aunt passed away.  I have spent this afternoon working on getting Derrick a flight home tomorrow so he can be with his family.  Please remember to pray for Derrick and his family during this time. 

Our thoughts have been with our home churches today and we prayed for each of them this morning.  Please keep praying for us and log on tomorrow to read another update. 

Blessings,

Pastor Teddie