Day #4

Today we began our day riding to church with all the orphans on one bus! It's always amazing to me how these people fit so many into one vehicle! It's always a blessing to be with these kids and experience a church service here in Guatemala! Even when you don't know what they are singing it is always the sweetest spirit.  We sang a song for them and Derrick brought a simple, but powerful message to open.

Church building

 

wonderful worship service

On the way to Sunday school

Since it was Sunday, everyone had a free day to spend however they wanted! We decided to take some of the gifts we still had to the Hope of Life village. On our way, we stopped at the river and had some cute little guests join us!

We were just going to walk around but these little guys had something else in mind!

They got into a splashing war

After a little time of cooling off, we walked the streets of the village going house to house. This was a first for all of us because we normally have a translator with us and today we were on our own! I think we managed fairly well with our limited Spanish. The great thing about this place is knowing that God's love can still be shown, even through language barriers.

With each house we passed,  we picked up more and more followers!

By the time we reached the end of the street we had a hard time getting them to go back home.

It was really sweet and such a wonderful way to spend our Sunday afternoon.  With a quick stop by Kelly's house and a visit to the hospital, we completed our day.  With each passing day, the desire to help these people grows stronger and stronger. There is just something about seeing the poverty and need here. You could watch a video, dvd, commercial, or even be told about it by someone who has witnessed it for themselves, but it still will not have the impact of seeing it for yourself.  Once you do, you almost have a sense of responsibility combined with desire to help in some way....any way! I encourage anyone who is able, to take just one international mission trip, and your life will never be the same....it will be better!