"Say what?" — my go to reaction for any and every situation. When we got up to go visit with women–normal women looking for a way to provide for their families–in prostitution, when we went to a hospital in Solola with 6 beds to a room and all (I mean ALL) of their families were around them, when I saw little kids fighting sickness in a dark blue room painted with some kind of green swirl as if that was to help soften the blow of the situation, when I realized that I couldn´t keep people at arm´s distance, but need to let my heart break with...

"And I pray that, you being rooted and established in love may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."  Ephesians 3:17-19 Last weekend my team and I faithfully boarded a van to Guatemala City not knowing what was waiting for us there.  On our last day in the city we spent the entire morning in a garbage dump.  We separated into small groups and began to pray for everyone in sight....

Psalm 31:23-24 says, "Love the Lord, all his saints! The Lord preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full. Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord." For the past two weeks we have each been paired off with another teammate and a familoy from our host church.  Lacey and I have had the priveledge of being invited into Marvin's home. Marvin is the youth pastor at Mi Re-to.  He has a wife named Alejandra and a four year old son named Alejandro.  They are also expecting another son due in October.  All three (soon to be four) sleep...

After living in a relatively small community for a month, you find out a lot about each person’s personality. The good, the bad, the funny, the weird. You also find out what main role each person plays. You’ve got the Peppy Pablo—always cheering you on, the Maternal Melanie—need ANYTHING a pharmacy carries?, the Energetic Evan—probably didn’t need that last pot of coffee, dear, and the Keep Crackin’ Jokes Kelly—no matter what, they’ve got the laughs. Some of us take on different roles at different times, but it’s important to know...

8:00—wake up and chow time 8:30—meet at the front gate to find out the day’s assignments and pray as a team 9-2—WORK! Digging, shoveling, carrying, dumping, moving, and holding dirt and rocks. 2-3—chow time 3-7—feedback (group reflection on what went well/poorly throughout the day) nap, coffee, read, shower, have some great conversations about the Lord 7—chow time 8-?—more conversation with the great people on my team and then sleep and rest because work is starting again soon! Although each day holds the same hourly schedule more or less, you...

I must say that the mission has been a success since I have been in panajachel. The Lord is doing amazing things and it is getting better and better by the moment. I remember our first 48 hrs in panajachel, Megan, Sam and I led an un-believer to Jesus Christ and it was only less than 48 hours of our stay! Honestly, I took this sign as a confirmation from the Lord, that we were needed in Pana. Since then many people came to know Jesus as Lord. But it is not by our power but by the Lord´s and for his Glory, alone. From visting dump sites, swatting killer gnats and picking up my cross...