Arrival of the Container

This last Friday, we got up early to receive the second container for the hospital. With delays at the port, followed by more delays at the port, we should not have been surprised that it was not there when we arrived. Due to the length of the containers themselves and the condition of the roads, they are being housed two hours away from us in Quiche.

Some of us went in search of the container and driver. The truck broke down just a few miles from it's destination. Here are some pics of the broken down truck and the traffic.  Some of the contents were off-loaded but it wasn't enough to get it going even with the help of the Mack. Another truck was brought in to finish the trip

A bus broke down just a few hundred feet down the road from us.  That did not help the traffic jam at all!

Finally!!!

Now the real work began.  Watch the edge Ryan!

The work went on into the night.  We arrived back in Canilla well after midnight.  The only thing that amazed me more than the generosity of those who gave was how in the world did they get all that stuff in the container?!?!

Prayer Room!

Adonai (with the help of many!!) filled a container with plumbing and other hospital construction supplies and shipped it down to Guatemala in early March.  Everything was all going great - in fact, the container arrived at port earlier than expected!  

The container has to make it through customs before we can transport it up the mountains to our location.  We thought all was going well until the container got a 'red light' which means that they want to open it up and inspect it all.  We sent our driver to go get it from the port to take it to the inspection site when some other drivers decided to start a 'protest'.  

The demonstration shut down the port before our driver could get to our container.  We are not sure how long this will last and then we will still have to have the inspection where they will decide if we valued it correctly.  If not, they will assess more taxes before the container is released.  Meanwhile, we have a team of plumbers here who were planning on doing the rough-in plumbing on the hospital with all of the supplies in the container! 

Anyway, this is typical Guatemala!  And the Lord used these 'complications' to put His focus and His plan in front of us! 

Since the plumbers cannot do the majority of the plumbing (supplies stuck in the container), today they are pouring the flatwork for the rooms that have the least amount of plumbing!  A.k.a - the prayer room!!! Kyla took these awesome photos on the hospital property this morning!  

Getting the dirt ready.

First pour!

In all honesty this gives me goosebumps and makes my eyes well up!  We only want His priorities and His plans!  This is about so much more than a hospital.  May His Name be glorified in that prayer room and all the rooms!

"But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15

And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord

    to minister to him,

to love the name of the Lord,

    and to be his servants,

all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it

    and who hold fast to my covenant—

   these I will bring to my holy mountain

    and give them joy in my house of prayer.

Their burnt offerings and sacrifices

    will be accepted on my altar;

for my house will be called

    a house of prayer for all nations.”

Isaiah 56:6-7

BOLD emphasis is mine! ;)

Happy Easter!







"For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation." - Romans 5:6-11

 

 

On this beautiful Easter morn, we were given the privilege to worship outside! We had a fun worship time on a nearby hill while we watched the sun come up. It was a sweet time, a great way to celebrate the resurrection!

 

 

 

 

There have been many cool opportunities to worship recently. With the new worship nights on Thursday nights in Spanish, it is so awesome to have different peoples in different languages worship our magnificent Creator. This time on the hill was particularly special. There is a remembrance of Pain, Suffering, and Love expressed on another hill 2,000 years ago. We got to see the beauty of the sunrise as a poor reflection of the beauty of the Father. All in all, it was a beautiful time.

 

Happy Easter to all!!