posted by MrsLynn on Jun 18
Hello fellow friends. Praise the Lord we arrived safely to Guatemala City airport around 11:15 am (local time)! We started our day out by meeting at the Garcia’s house around 3:30 am! After several hours of traveling we made it happily to the mission house in El Tajar. The great news is that “Customs” did not force a luggage check on us so we arrived with plenty of goodies to distribute to the locals. This includes over the counter medicines, vitamins, clothes, candies, and Spanish bibles!
I think I can speak for us all when I say today, our eyes saw some of the most beautiful and sorrowful sights. At the airport, we saw military men carrying rifles as long as their legs and faces full of intimidation. While driving to the mission house, we saw streets lined with filth and houses that would pass for shacks. Children played in the dirt and clothes hung from roof tops as the rain came trickling down. Women bore heavy items on their head and others begged for food with metal bowls. Abel says that we should expect to see even worse as we visit villages throughout the week.
In a land filled with such poverty there also stands beauty. The view from the house is better than a post card and it reminds us of how blessed we are to see God’s beauty. The house is among several mountains and volcanos are in plain sight. Once the sun went down, the view was still spectacular but in different way. Being situated on a mountain let’s us see all of the towns below and their lights that scatter the land like stars in the sky.
As far as the group goes, we have 10 willing sets of hands from Freeport that are anxious to start work tomorrow. We are all getting to know each other better and realize that the days to come will fill our life with memories.
We are currently waiting for the final group from Alabama (22 in all) to arrive to the mission house. We hear they landed safely. Unfortunately, we believe they were stopped by Customs at the airport for complete luggage checks. Orientation was supposed to follow their arrival we may wait until the morning.
Either way, we are excited to be here doing God’s work. Thank you for praying for us and we will “see” you tomorrow for our next blog!
Love,
FBC Freeport Mission Team
Highest temp: 75
Forcast: rain
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