FS Students

We made it to Guatemala! After a classic lunch at Pollo Campero, we drove to the town Yepocapa where we will be serving this week. There were some great views along the way! 

This morning we learned more about the history of the church and Pastor Moises' story. He shared how Yepocapa was a forgotten town but the Lord has been faithfully providing for the church and growing the church. Each step of the way has been evidence of God at work. We prayed over Pastor, Pastora and their family, and we invite you to join us in praying for them as they serve in the ministry God has called them too. 

We packed up grocery bags with some basic staples and prayed over each one. We pray that these bags would be a small blessing to each family. Please pray for the 20 families that we will visit this week and that they would see and feel God's love through us! 

We are ready for church tonight and excited to worship alongside our Guatemalan brothers and sisters! 

Chandler, Ava and Kielyn shared their testimonies during church and talked about how God has shown up in unique ways for each of them. 

Our work project crew is breaking up pieces of concrete in order to make room for the sidewalk. We were supposed to have rain, which would've delayed the project, but the Lord provided sunshine!! Hallelujah! 

We had two groups out this morning for food distribution and we visited 9 families. Thank you Lord for the sun as one of the groups walked to homes near the church!

After playing some games, our team and the kids decided to sing while doing hand movements. So much fun!

Tonight we played soccer with many of the youth from the church, and it was fun to see walls coming down as we played together. Some of us walked away with more goals than others, but the evening was full of laughter and fun!

We have been taking turns after each meal to wash the dishes, featuring Pancho the parrot! Pastora and Pastor have expressed their gratitude and noticed that our group is different as that is not normal for guests to wash dishes!

We spent time with the youth of the church sharing testimonies, talking about our identity in Christ, and playing some fun games. We even got a fire going in the light rain!

The women shared that they were encouraged through our time together, and we were also encouraged! 

During our home visits this week, we met a coffee farmer who invited us to come get a tour. He explained the process of making coffee from seed to bean, and how they try to keep it as natural as possible. Of course they let us buy some coffee too!

Today the whole group got to visit with sister Graciela, who has shared her gifts of hospitality with us through decorations and gifts. She has also passed through some challenges but she gives thanks to God for His faithfulness through it all. 

It's rec day!! Our first stop was overlooking the city of Antigua with the cross and volcanos! 

This afternoon we had a great lunch, and now we are exploring Antigua and doing some souvenir shopping!