Uno, Dos, Tres (Cat)

Hola!

Sorry we haven't blogged for the last couple of days. We have been busy seeing the beautiful things that God has created here. After arriving in Guatemala we drove up to Antigua and spent the night in a wonderful hotel with very hard beds and a live turtle according to Ali! Ashley Jill and I woke up to the boys enjoying the morning sun on the top of our roof. After a VERY cold shower and a delicious breakfast we set out to explore the cobble stone streets of Antigua. We walked around the city and learned about the many churches, convents and volcano's. We spent some time in Los Cappucinos which is a nunnery. There Les led us to this dome shaped room and asked us to just listen and let God speak to us. We spent time in thought, worshiped and shared scripture! The coolest part of this was when we were singing our theme song "Living for your Glory." When singing this song, there was a light that shone through the tiny window and it felt like God was right there with us. Les also shared something really important with our team. He said " don't let your past define your future. As long as you let God into your present, you will do great things." I thought this message was so important because I find personally I worry about my past a lot and it stops me from living for God. I know I need to live for God and this is the start of a new begining as a better person. After Los Cappucinos we spent some time shopping! Many of us bargained our little hearts out (Aunt G would be proud) and spent some money on gifts and are excited to share them with you back home! We then got on the buses and began our journey to Tac Tic, which by the way is a five hour drive with little or no air conditioning. I think many of the adults heard one too many songs by the end of that trip! After arriving at the guest house in Tac Tic we headed to a local youth group to sing songs, play games and eat a wonderful snack prepared for us by the people of Guatemala. After an over all wonderful day we headed home to our bunk beds to get some much needed rest.

The ladies woke up to some interesting stories from the boys who stayed at the hotel. Apparently there were one too many cockroaches at the hotel! But you don't have to worry because Brent used his man powers to squish them. After breakfast we headed off to do some home visits. We visited many sponsor children and had a great time taking pictures, giving piggy back rides, sharing laughs, singing songs and just experiencing the overall joy in each one of them. I'm sure each student has their own favorite story to tell about the day! After lunch 11A headed out to a school to help dig out a soccer field for the children to play on. It was cool to see that Bearspaw was the first missions team to get their hand on that piece of property and to this very day we still are using our hands and talents to developed the land. Jill recieved a nice flower from a little Guatemalan boy name Renaldo and we all spent the last few minutes of the work ministry interacting with the little ones and playing soccer! We then came home and enjoyed a nice meal and some wonderful worship/reflection time. What a wonderful third day eh? Anyways off to bed!

Nighty night
Dont let the cu ka rachas bite!

God Bless

Cat