Our morning started with a delicious breakfast of pancakes and fresh fruit at 7:00. We then had our morning devotions led by Julian, one of the Guatemalan missionaries, reflecting on Ps.119:7-20. He spoke of the need to search for God and to keep our eyes open to the needs of others.
We then proceeded to visit the ministry "Only a Child". This ministry was established by George Leger, who left his employment as a pastry chef in Boston upon being moved to minister to "street boys" in Guatemala City. He felt he received a calling from God in 1994 to do this. "Only a Child" provides shelter, a woodworking shop for employment and opportunities for education and advancement. For more information go to www.onlyachild.org.
Then our group went to the city cemetery which borders on the city dump, the "land fill" for Guatemala City. Private and city trucks come there daily to dump their trash and other items which have been discarded. People come to the dump everyday to search for items with some value to either sell or use themselves. This is considered their work, but for us, it is difficult to see and understand.
After lunch with the Guatemalan missionaries, we divided into two groups to go on home visits. Although living conditions are very primitive for the people here, they deal with some of the same issues as people in the United States such as: family relationships, health problems, hurt feelings, and lack of spiritual awareness. We shared scripture and prayed for their specific needs at each home.
The hope is that some of these people will attend our faith lessons on Friday.
After dinner we practiced our faith lesson and songs for tomorrow and had a devotion about Jesus being the Light of the World.
Please go to our LCOSJ facebook page to view pictures.
God bless you all - Bill and Lynda
We then proceeded to visit the ministry "Only a Child". This ministry was established by George Leger, who left his employment as a pastry chef in Boston upon being moved to minister to "street boys" in Guatemala City. He felt he received a calling from God in 1994 to do this. "Only a Child" provides shelter, a woodworking shop for employment and opportunities for education and advancement. For more information go to www.onlyachild.org.
Then our group went to the city cemetery which borders on the city dump, the "land fill" for Guatemala City. Private and city trucks come there daily to dump their trash and other items which have been discarded. People come to the dump everyday to search for items with some value to either sell or use themselves. This is considered their work, but for us, it is difficult to see and understand.
After lunch with the Guatemalan missionaries, we divided into two groups to go on home visits. Although living conditions are very primitive for the people here, they deal with some of the same issues as people in the United States such as: family relationships, health problems, hurt feelings, and lack of spiritual awareness. We shared scripture and prayed for their specific needs at each home.
The hope is that some of these people will attend our faith lessons on Friday.
After dinner we practiced our faith lesson and songs for tomorrow and had a devotion about Jesus being the Light of the World.
Please go to our LCOSJ facebook page to view pictures.
God bless you all - Bill and Lynda
Prayers continue for all of you. The pictures are great!! Thank you for all the updates. We are all with all of you in prayer and thankful that you can be the feet of those who go to tell The Good News. Amen.
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