God Is Moving - OCA Report for June 12, 2007

Hola mi familia! Its jeff, today was hot, and sweaty, and I met a man… we named him master. He taught me how to break rocks really good. There were two other men, they were the masters of the stairs and the master of the cement. They were like mine own Guatemalan family. Cole hit me with rocks, and so did longreed, they made me bleed, and I became the rock apprentice. Then I hit Cole back…. Adios.
Saude

!Hola! This is Tim. To clarify what Jeff was talking about, our job was to break rocks for the orphanage foundation. Cole, Jeff and I were getting nowhere fast and by after lunch we had a long way to go. So the man working with us decided to give us a helping hand, he took six swings at the rock and totally took off a huge chunk of the rock. Jeff and I stood there in amazement and thus we decided to call him the master. Adios
~Tim

Estamos muy cansados porque nosotros trabajamos mucho hoy. Things are incredibly different in Campur than anywhere else I’ve ever been, but it’s like an adventure back in time. Los mimos have been really busy as we have performed twice and learned almost all of the material for our 30 minute performance. Astonishingly we all have several minor scrapes from falling, rolling, and tripping over and over again (no worries, on purpose). Yesterday we presented our mime for the church service and this afternoon we performed for a school of roughly 200 students. It’s been continuously busy, but the fight scenes in our new mime stuff is amazingly entertaining. Hasta lavista amigos y familia.
~elizabeth

Hola Madre, Padre y mis amigos!
Yo soy Taylor! Yo trabaje mucho hoy y mi espalda me duele mucho! I’ll stop writing in Spanish for my mother’s sake although she’s getting pretty good! I worked on the orphanage making cement and building a wall it was hard work! It was super hot today but the rain came for a bout 5 minuets to cool us down. Brian took me to see the area in which a house will be built for a widowed mother and her five children! That house is being paid for by some generous people and they gave a lot so they will have a huge house for a Guatemalan! I took many pictures today of the lot for the house, me working and of the kids! I met so many kids today we played games for and hour before lunch. I’m amazed at how much my Spanish is helping me and how easy it is to communicate with the kids and people! I love the kids they just love you and cling to you they tickle you and even though I’m not ticklish I still laughed. We also played London bridge is falling down and we played duck, duck, gray duck in Spanish it was great! I’m having a blast and I haven’t eaten any of my food from home yet mom you will be proud to hear that! I love and miss you all and am thinking about you all the time!
With much love, Taylor! I’d like to add that Taylor yelled at me for writing so much…Elizabeth

Hola Padres!
Campur is a really exciting, but different place to be! Just a second ago, everyone was playing with the kids and they couldn’t get enough of us! Today the mime team practiced a lot of the rest of our performance and we were able to perform at the Campur middle school. It was so hot, but it was totally worth it because we were able to bring a number of students to Christ. In the girls room we’ve been having some…bathroom issues…the toilets stopped flushing and the showers didn’t have any water and then the sink kinda fell off the wall and shattered…fun times in Guatemala! Tonight I played Fútbol with some of the guys, we played against a team of Guatemalans and it was amazing! I’m really sweaty right now, but I scored the first goal for our team!...we got creamed!
Love You, Christina

Hola! Its Krista again.. Today we had an INCREDIBLE day! Childrens team drove through the mountains/rainforest some more. It was gorgeous. The kids were so happy to see us, and they would chase the vans when we would leave. I started giving Kids high fives, and they decided to have a contest to see who could hit my hand the hardest… so needless to say, my hands were a little sore. Our vans got stuck at one point, but it wasn’t that huge of a deal. We got to stand in the rain. It provided some great relief from sweatiness. Today is Kelly’s Birthday! J She laughed at my card! Well, I am being summoned to dinner. Which is steak and beans! I love you all, and miss you all!

p.s. right now I am listening to skillet.. “Those Nights”. Ashley, I thought you’d want to know that.

Mucho amor,
~Krista

Hi family!
I miss you all soooooooooo much!!! Today was really hard for me because I missed you all but I made it through! It was certainly an interesting birthday. Thanks for all of the gifts that you gave me! The boys woke me up with fire crackers today so that was fun. You have probably heard what the children’s team did all ready so I wont go into a lot of detail. I slept like a baby last night and I’m hoping to do the same again tonight. I am going to need all the strength I can get for tomorrow! Please keep praying! I’m hoping that everything will get better. I love you all sooo much and I miss you like crazy! Thanks for the great gift Steph and I loved the pictures you sent with! Mom I love you so much and you made my birthday great! Dad I hope you are not driving Steph to crazy! Well I should go eat now!
I love you TONS
Kelly

Hi mom, dad, and tate! It’s cole
I have giant open blisters that I made the mistake of putting purell on. The pain made me wish I was dead! Otherwise we had an awesome time breaking rocks and making cement. We got owned by a Guatemalan guy who we called master. God is good!
Love you!

Hi Mom and Dad, we performed at a middle school today. It was really muy caliente but it was totally worth it. 8 people accepted Christ!!!!! I’m loving it here. Don’t worry I am brushing my teeth and all that stuff so don’t worry. Our 30 minute skit is going along just great.
Love you,
Andreya “Miss Andreya”
Hola nuestras familias!

We had our first day in the medical clinic today; it went pretty well! We were initially kind of overwhelmed by the thousands of pills, crèmes, and bandages, but we eventually got the hang of it. We probably saw about 140 patients today…it was muy intense. The food is DELICIOUS. The women in Campur wake up around 3:00 in the morning to start cooking breakfast for us…wow are we grateful! Americans canNOT play soccer (futbol) compared to these Guatemalans! Our team got OWNED in the futbol game this evening. (Maybe that’s why we’ve always brought basketball teams in past years…)

If Courtney sees this, we hope she and Anna have a great trip to Hungary. Love you!

Praise GOD that our toilets got fixed!! For a few hours there we had no flushing toilets…YAY SERVICE TEAM!
Adios!

Children’s team is fantastico, tambien.

Love, Claire and Amanda





Howdy Duda Schiemos and Palmbergs

We are reporting live via satellite computer ala Guatemala!!!!!!!! Guess what, we are still alive, we have had some great adventures already. Mt.Vesuvius has already erupted in the bathroom of our cabins. Its pretty awesome and it smells pretty bad too! U actually saw a spider catch fire that was by the toilet. That’s how bad it is. Anyways, just wanted to let you know that everything is great and sanitary here. I haven’t eaten anything but sugar and tortillas for the last 2 days. And pop tarts. Those are ballin as well as beef jerky. That is one beautiful roach on the door (Brian Schulenburg) So yea everything is pretty chill here. We are doing some great work here. Andy is playing with los juventes. Palms is treating diseases and healing the blind…sorta. Trent is doing an amputation tomorrow, he practiced on a perrrrrrrrro today. Scalpel. Death Anyways, we’ll talk to you families sometime later. Good luck, and good night. Roporting live from San Diego, Im Ron Burgendy?

The Lord’s tortillas shine with glory.

Love your favvvvvv(e) kids on the blockos.

~Trent P and Andy Schiemo (and Trent S too dawg)

Hey this is Christa!

So I’ve decided that Guatemala is pretty much amazing and I love the kids even though they will just sit and laugh at you because of your Spanish or the way you look. Its not as hot as you think but its completely acceptable. I really want some ice cubes when I get back to the states and a toilet that I can flush without worrying about whether or not there’s enough water. I could really go for some applebees too. And maybe a pickle. I miss you guys so much. But its so cool out here. I will honestly never be afraid to kill another bug in my life because Ive seen cockroaches so big that I didn’t know they existed. I love everyone and will see you soon!

Love always,
Christa


Hey Parents and Supporters,

Once again I just have to write how proud that you would be of your kids. They are doing an awesome job! Today our medical team will be in a remote village. They are ministering in an area with no electricity. Pray for them as they serve God in this community. Our mime team will be joining them there for the first part of the day. They will then travel to a region that is famous for their caves. Last year’s OCA Basketball team had a chance to travel to this region. We are excited about seeing God use them in Lanquin. Our service team continues to do a tremendous job working on projects for the Viva Abundante Church and the Children’s Home/Orphanage that they are building. The Children’s Team will minister throughout the region, ending their day in the largest school in Campur. We are still relatively healthy. Please pray that things stay this way. Our students are having a hard time believing that our time in Campur will be ending soon. Tomorrow is our last full day of ministry here. Then it’s off to Guatemala City for a completely different experience on the weekend. One of the things that this trip will teach our students is the diversity of the body of Christ. The church we are serving this weekend is very Pentecostal, which is a different experience than our students are used to. Please pray that they will be able to appreciate the differences in the body of Christ and that God will use them in this setting.

In Him,

Brian Schulenburg