LaLimonada Ministry

Wow! Did you know that we are in the rainy season in Guatemala? The first night we were here it rained pretty hard! Did you also know that for the last 4 days, while we've needed nice weather to do our work projects, it hasn't rained at all? Yea God!

Today started like the other days to leave for LaLimonada. Today we had a lot more supplies to take with us though because we sat last night and put together care bags for each student at the school. Each child received a toothbrush, toothpaste, and mint box in the their bag. The kids' faces were priceless with the excitement of receiving such a gift. The kids were VERY kissy! Lot's of hugs and kisses! They just run up to you and cling! They were sad to see us go, and I know our students didn't want to go either.

The work project was almost completed at one work site, and the other one can easily be completed with the Maranatha group. We took lots of pics and even some video for you to see when we return. Today we also had many in the group scraping the school and then painting it because we had too many people, and we wanted to DO something! The kids were painting over bullet marks (hundreds of them) from a gang war that happened there within the last year.

Thank God with us that everyone has been kept safe and is free from any major injury. (Minor scrapes and bruises, but not much else)

Some Yea God's from last night
-personal time to be alone
-safety
-weather
-pitching in to help load care bags

By the way, a lot of Four Square is being played every night. In the garage, the floor has perfectly proportioned squares to play it, so lots of laughter happens when it's played.

Tonight we are preparing to go to the Mayan village. We need to pack our suitcases for 2 nights away. Everyone is very excited for that! Tomorrow morning we'll be going to the village by bus for 2 hours (leaving at 7) and then being transported via Joel's 4x4 up the mountain the rest of the way in shifts. While there we'll be doing a condensed version of our Day Camp in the school there. We're very excited to be delivering the beautiful quilts and shoes. The Mayans will be serving us lunch and then we'll be playing football and doing a pinata with them. Around 2 or so, we'll be heading to Lake Attilan where we're staying in a beautiful hotel with a pool. On Saturday morning we're renting a boat for a ride across the lake and do a little shopping and on the way back, we'll be stopping in a little cove that Joel knows about where the water is crystal clear and jumping off to swim!

We'll be staying in a hostel on Saturday night and Sunday morning we'll be having a private worship service with Joel preaching on a private deck. We'll also do some shopping in Antigua. On Sunday night we'll be having a celebration dinner with the translators, Tita, and Monica. At this time, we'll have the opportunity to hear Tita's story.

Homesickness hasn't been too much of an issue. The kids are doing really well with that. We all have our moments, especially when we're tired, but those I've talked to, said they're doing way better than what they thought.

Unfortunately, we won't be updating the blog until maybe Sunday night/Monday morning. We don't want to worry about the laptop. You'd rather hear all the details from your own kids anyways when they get home instead of reading it on this thing! :)

Please continue to keep us in prayer. We cannot continue on this journey without God going with us and leading the way. Pray that the week they've just seen, will sink in and will touch their lives in a deep way. As always pray for safety.

You have awesome kids, and the leaders are so thankful to serve with them! Tami