First Day...

Hello from Guatemala City!  

All of the flights are in and the team is reunited.  The last group left Minneapolis this morning and arrived in Guatemala City around 1:30 local time.  The other teams attended the morning service at Iglesia Renuevo (Jaime's church).  After lunch the children's team went to a little village outside the city, setting up in an open field.  They had a great time performing their program and just playing and interacting with the families of the town.  Some of the medical team (who did not have a clinic today) went along to help the children's team since half of that team was traveling from Minneapolis. Most of the mime team was on the flight, too.  The sports and drama team, accompanied by the service team, visited as school on the outskirts of the city, playing soccer in their basketball court (only had to chase the ball over the wall and down the hill half a dozen times).  They also had a chance to perform their skit for the students who were either playing or watching the game.

It was a good start to the trip, allowing everyone a chance to interact with the local residents (and experience Guatemalan driving!).  It did not rain (much) this afternoon, but once we got back to the church to get ready for dinner we had a downpour that was deafening on the tin roof. It was almost loud enough to drown out the noise of everyone scrambling for candy after Christina broke her birthday pinata.

We are looking forward to a nice dinner and a good night's sleep.  Tomorrow we have our first full day of service so we want to be ready to go strong.  So far everyone is doing great and feeling good, and all of our bags made it all the way to the church. We appreciate your continued prayers for health, safety and weather.  Today's devotional was on Psalm 117: "Praise the Lord, all you nations. Extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love toward us and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.  Praise the Lord."

We look forward to sharing that love and we are trusting in that faithfulness to carry us through the work He has set out for us.  Thanks for your support and prayers!  Talk to you tomorrow (if the internet cooperates)! 

Posted by Kerry Fox since the internet there isn't working today.