Most groups that come down to serve with Groundwork Guatemala fly in on a Saturday. It means that today for us was a slow day to get rested up from our travel. We spent the morning unpacking our bags and all the generous donations that filled our suitcases. After separating and putting away the donations we spent time helping with vitamins. The ministry gives out thousands of vitamins a month to children, adults and pregnant women. Our job was to divide the large bottles into a one month supply. After lunch we had a surprise trip to a local park. Manuel, the missionary who lives here at the house where we stay, invited us to join he and his children. The park was wet and muddy from the rain we had today, but it was nice to stretch our legs and a beautiful walk through the trees. Tonight we had a chance to practice our faith lesson that we will be sharing with children next week. Everyone had a chance to get in a nap and most took advantage of the opportunity. All are doing well and the team is coming together nicely. This week our focus is on the "least of these" that Jesus talks about in Matthew 25. We invite you to consider with us who make up the least of these and how God treats them. We look forward to worship in the morning and another opportunity to practice our lesson for the week. Thanks for your prayers.
This morning many of us experienced our first earthquake. It was a rather large one, but was focused in other parts of Guatemala so we only felt a little shaking. After a grab and go breakfast of fruit and cereal, Carlos led devotion. He reminded everyone to acknowledge the presence of the Holy Spirit and moved us with his beautiful singing. We took about an hour's drive to Gonzalez Park in the vans. Sharon got to meet her sponsor child this morning, which she enjoyed very much. A group of us also went to visit Pastor Steve's sponsor child Dulce before lunch. Her mother recently had a baby which Pastor Steve and Ellie both held. Next we enjoyed our sandwiches and chikys before we made the short walk from Gonzalez Park to John the Baptist Park. Many children there were playing and reading the books we brought with us, so we got to spend time with them before we started our faith lessons. Hayden and Ellie both had fan clubs and it was quite funny to see the swarms...
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