Greetings!
Today we got up early to do a devotion at Micuan and Poululau. We worshiped with the children and participated in the activities. We formed a line at the front of the school and the grade one children prayed for us. Les translated the prayer, and the words were really meaningful to us. We learned a bit about what had happened as the school was being built. Some of the history was amazing because God had really been working to have the school built.
After finishing the devotion, we went to Pumbach to do more children’s ministry there. Yesterday the children were shy and weren’t sure if they could trust us. However, today they were open and wanted to shake our hands and play with us. I learned today that the children hadn’t ever really seen white people before: the only ones they had met were the ministry workers who had come up before. They were intrigued because of our different hair colors. Our hair is all different colors, while the children at Pumbach have mostly black or very dark hair. We stayed in Pumbach until lunch time and had a great time with the kids. We did coloring, face painting, paper crafts, and soccer with the children. They really enjoyed being with us and learning about Jesus. When we finished children’s ministries, some of our group went to see the medical clinic in Pumbach.
We went to Les’ house for lunch and had tortillas, meat, and cabbage. All of us were hungry and the food was delicious. We weren’t sure what we were going to do after lunch because there were a few options. We decided to work for a while moving dirt to build the school in Tactic. It was a cloudy day, which meant that we didn’t get as hot as the first day. After working for a while, we went shopping at the stores in Tactic. Some of us wanted to buy machetes and others wanted to buy Guatemalan shirts and soccer jerseys. We came back to the guest houses successful.
We went to Les’ house for supper. It was our last meal, so the teachers all served us and also washed the dishes. It was good to have a break, as we had been doing all the dishes. After this we had some time to relax with the others in our group. We also had a time of prayer and worship at the end of the day. We shared some of the moments from the trip so far that were meaningful, and discussed other feelings that we had. It was good to get different opinions from everyone in our group.
Mostly everyone is doing well so far. We’re really learning a lot and growing as a team. Amanda and Jordan are still feeling a little bit down from their colds, and a leader, Karen, is also a little bit sick.
God bless.
Submitted by Kristi
DAILY REFLECTIONS AND ADVENTURES OF THE GRADE TWELVE MISSION TEAM
APRIL 9 - APRIL 19, 2008
4/16/08
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
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
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