Author: Adventures

As you step on the streets of Guatemala, it is clear to see what God intended for fellowship among us. All it takes is an “Hola” and the next thing you know you are invited into somones home who gives their best food and hospitality to you, and tell you their life story despite them knowing you don’t speak Spanish. Can you picture strangers walking up to your door and barely able to say hello clearly. Would you invite them in? Probably not. Would you take out your finest dinnerware and feed them your most expensive food? Most likely not. We are selfish in out comfortable...

Wow ! Quel beau pays, je suis dans la ville de Panajachel et cest merveilleux. Ma premiere semaine sest deroule a merveille et je continue de servir Dieu du mieux que je peux avec mon equipe. Lequipe avec qui je suis est fantastique. Jai eu la chance de travailler en collaboration avec des gens dune autre equipe, de un peu partout dans le monde provenant de lAfrique du sud, la Nouvelle-Zelande, Les Etats-Unis, etc… Je suis completement beni detre ici avec ce peuple afin de leur venir en aide. Merci Seigneur, tu es fantastique !!!

This is Panajachel, Guatemala, and I am not lying when I say this picture does not nearly do this town justice. Pana borders Lake Atitlan, the largest lake in the country, and is surrounded by towering volcanos. (Note: I cannot figure out how to type an apostrophy on this keyboard, so apologies to all abreviations). My team of 16 arrived in Panajachel last week, and it is already starting to feel like home. We have been working with Ben Meijer and Mi-Reto ministries, serving the community through manual labor and outreach, but the coming weeks will bring new opportunities. Here are some...

Week 2 in Guatemala. Wow. I can’t believe we’ve only been here two weeks. It only took a couple of days and it feels like life has always been this way. At the same time though, time is flying by. Before we know it we’ll be on our way home, although I don’t want to think about that just yet.  We have done some crazy things this past week. We have gone to a “Old Folks Home” (literally translated Home of the Ancients), performed programs for kids at the school by where we live, a children’s hospital, and at a church in the jungle. ...

Nos levantamos muy temprano para poder llegar a tiempo a un pueblito pequeño a las afueras de Panajachel. El plan era compratir el amor de Dios por medio de dramatizaciones y juegos con los niños y las familias que perdieron sus casas debido al desbordamiento del rio. Al llegar a ese lugar los niños se nos acercaron asombrados, la mayoria de ellos eran entre las edades de 3 y 12 añitos; sus ropitas y caritas estaban sucias, algunos de ellos sin zapatos, mientras ellos vagaban por las calles sus padres trabajaban, pero lo que mas me conmovio fue la necesidad que...