This small but mighty team was a HUGE blessing to us last week! My cousin, Rodney, and his wife, Elizabeth, were so fun to have here. Bonnie was a returning visitor and she brought her husband, Clifford, with her this time. We also made a new friend in Charles!
They were so willing to do whatever was needed including dishes, painting, drywall, car repair, etc. etc. But it wasn't all work and no play!!
We took them to one of our favorite places to eat! A local resident makes dobladas almost every afternoon/evening (well, except Christmas - we found that out the hard way!) We had a wonderful team of 3 ladies from Texas who joined the AR team for much of their time here! It was a blessing to see them all interact and develop some new friendships!
They also went to Oasis where Hannah and Bethany served them a ton of 'licuados' in a bag (smoothies)!!
On Sunday we took them to see clinic as well as do some shopping. We ended with a quick tour of the Children's Home.
More clinic on Tuesday! Those of us that were not 'medical' went for a hike to a lookout (that we may or may not have found!)
We heard rumors of protests in Guatemala happening on Wednesday (the day that we were planning to take the team to Antigua) so we packed everyone up in a hurry and left Tuesday afternoon!
Although the departure was fast, it was such a blessing to be in Antigua Tuesday night. We started the morning on Wednesday with some shopping!
The group wanted more 'typical' Guatemalan food so we went on the search!
We found a restaurant with a nice atmosphere and the food was very Guatemalan. We may keep seraching for future teams but it worked!
We did a little sightseeing and then had to get back to the hotel. Caleb was arriving home from his trip to Israel and we wanted to be there when he arrived! This is one of many, very old church/monasteries in Antigua.
We tried to keep Caleb awake to get his internal clock set back to Guatemala time! We first asked him to lead us in some worship during the team debriefing. Then we hung out here until it was actually 'bedtime'! He almost dozed off mid-sentence several times!
The next day, a shuttle took the team to the airport for their return flight to Arkansas!
We were so encouraged by their time here!
We loved the way that the Lord moved among them.
Thank you so much, Sardis UMC, for sharing these 5 with us!!
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