April 15

Greetings.
This morning we got up early to do devotions at Berseba. We worshiped with the children, and then came back to the devotions to have breakfast. After we ate, we went back to Berseba to serve breakfast. The children in Guatemala often don’t have more than one meal a day, so when they come to a school like this they get breakfast. For some of the kids, this is one of the only meals they get that day. We gave them tortillas with cabbage and parmesan, and also a rice drink. They were really excited that we were there with them.
After this we went up to Pumbach to do children’s ministry. In Pumbach, the Guatemalan people don’t trust others that easily because of their past. Years ago, the Guatemalan police came into Pumbach and shot all the men, which was a traumatizing experience. Also, there has been rumours about the Canadians that come to minister to them. One is that they will come and take the children, and turn them into soap in Canada. Another is that we will take pictures of the children who’s organs are most desirable to us, and then kidnap the children to harvest their organs. In Pumbach we couldn’t take pictures because of this.
We did crafts with the children and did face painting as well. They really enjoyed doing crafts, except that they didn’t understand that they couldn’t fill their pockets with the things they were using. They took as many stickers as possible, and the little girls filled their pockets with beads. We tried to regulate it, but it wasn’t easy.
When we came back, we went to Les’ house for dinner. After eating, we went back to the work site where Impact Ministries is building their school and medical center. We started to dig apart the hill again and moved a lot of dirt. After all the rain, it had softened up a lot and was easier to pick-axe apart.
After working we went to Carlos and Emelda’s house for tayullos and arroz y leche. Zaak and Emelda taught us how to make tayullos. It was fun to learn how to make the dough into circles, put cheese into it, and then pat it closed. Some of the group was frustrated because it was difficult to make the tayullos correctly without making cracks in the corn dough.
When we finished the tayullos we came back to the guest houses. We’re all really tired and Amanda and Jordan have caught colds. Other than this we’re all doing pretty well.
God bless!


Submitted by Kristi