Guatemala Mission Trip : Day 2: August 17, 2014

Today was a very beautiful day and a special one for all of us. During a prayer walk in the Los Limones village we were all reminded of the Beatitudes.

We attended church at the Resurrection Lutheran church in Gualan.

Several of the youth helped lead the service. Even though it was in Spanish we could follow along with the liturgy.

We were privileged to witness the welcome of a new member. It was beautiful how each person came and greeted her with a hug.

We were asked to sing. It's a good thing that we practiced on the bus ride to the church. Amazing Grace -Our Chains are Gone. It was a beautiful thing to watch the happiness of of the members. And we sounded pretty good.

After church the members enjoyed a snack of tostadas and juice.

We then started the ride to Los Limones. This is the road. We really didn't know what to expect. We inspected our site and then walked around part of the village with a prayer walk.

This is the mission building. It's in progress. Those are turkey's behind Glen.

This is one of the nicest houses. Most were made of wood, some concrete and and any other supplies that could be found. Most had electricity. We were all surprised by the cell phones.

This young girl we prayed for has breast cancer. We prayed for God's healing hand for her. She has a beautiful smile and a kind heart. And a cute pet monkey.

These are two of our interpreters, Scarlett and Maricela. So kind and helpful.

This is a local store and cell hotspot. It was a surprising site to all of us.

This village grows corn. They eat corn often for all three meals.... And nothing else. This woman is on here way to get here corn ground into corn flour.

A mother and daughter shelling black beans. This woman is 43 and is pregnant. We prayed for her health and safety.

This sweet young girl of 16 years old has her baby, Walter, in the hammock. We prayed for God to watch over them and give this young mother strength.

Day 2 Amy:

I think the thing that touched me the most today was during our prayer walk. We walked through the neighborhood we were going to serve and met and prayed with the families. The people were so gracious. Though their homes were nothing more than cinder block walls, tin roofs and dirt floors, they welcomed us with such warm smiles. They showed us the water filters that previous teams had installed which they were obviously very proud of. In one homes there was a 16 year old girl with a two month old baby named Walter hanging in a hammock. How precious and quiet this family was even though her mother was pregnant with her 12th child. Our team leader asked the mother what she would like to pray for. She asked us to pray for her family especially for her unborn child. It was such an honor to stand with this family and pray with and for them. The Holy Spirit united us as our translator Nury translated our words as we spoke! To God be the Glory!