tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54187711986594710722024-02-21T06:13:40.455-08:00RCS Missions 2014Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418771198659471072.post-19333540117296514072014-04-26T13:38:00.000-07:002014-04-26T14:04:56.170-07:00The Final StretchWe left Antigua for the airport in Guatemala City at 3:00am. We now have a lay over in Denver for six hours. The team is looking forward to coming home to see family and friends. There are so many stories to share about what God has done these past ten days. A truly unforgettable and life changing experience. Here are some final pictures for the blog. See you all in a few hours. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418771198659471072.post-80210197709649652002014-04-25T15:56:00.002-07:002014-04-25T16:16:16.097-07:00A Final Goodbye <br />
Yesterday was our final day with the children of Villa Nueva. Our day
began with the dedication service and we were honoured to represent our
school. A number of families from the neighbouring communities came to
the dedication. We received many thank yous and friendly hugs. We
sang, prayed and listened as the Impact Board shared the story of the
school. They also shared that the cell group has grown to 75 people since
January and they will be looking to start a church in the community. What
an amazing testament of God's love and hand at work.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<o:p> </o:p>In the afternoon we went back to have our final VBS with the kids. Our
final home visits were done as well. Some of the children who go to
school at Vida Nueva walk for miles every day through the mountains to get
there. One of our walks to get a sponsor child's homes was miles away
through fields of tomatoes and over hills. He and his family were so
excited to see his sponsor. It was definitely worth the walk over in the
hot sun. <o:p></o:p><br />
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It was an amazingly special time during our VBS. The team talked about
the love of God and an invitation to receive Jesus was given. The
response was immense. The team spent the afternoon playing with the kids
and building remarkable bonds with them. Time was spent blowing bubbles,
making crafts, playing with the parachute, using sidewalk chalk to draw
pictures and to teach one another words in our own language. We finished
off the day with a water balloon slingshot. Water balloons were catapulted
high into the air. The kids were so excited! Some tried to get out of the
way, while others would leap in to try to catch them. Their faces were
bright with smiles and laughter as each balloon went flying into the air
towards them. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Then it was time for us to leave. We formed a hug line and each child gave
each of the team a hug goodbye. There were smiles and tears as we said
our goodbyes. It was so difficult as we walked towards our vans with some
of the children holding our hands and walking us to our vehicle. Our hearts were
touched in a way that will never be forgotten. We feel like we are
leaving a piece of us behind.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Tomorrow we will be leaving for Antigua for the final part of our trip. The
team will be visiting some of the ancient cities sites and will have a chance
to shop in the market. We will keep you posted on when we arrive.<o:p></o:p><br />
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At 7:30 yesterday morning we joined another school for
morning devotions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our team was welcomed
and we took part in worshipping our Heavenly Father. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again we noticed how the children worship
with complete abandon as they sing their praises to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the team members commented that he was
so amazed at how these children worship and thank God with their whole hearts
even though they have very little as far as materialistic things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They love God and are so grateful for His
salvation and power in their lives. They are so thankful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We then began our home visits and each team member that has
a sponsor child was able to go to the child’s home to visit, pray with them and
leave a gift. Other team members came to the homes and enjoyed watching the
visit between the sponsor and their sponsor child. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the children were picked up from
school and rode in the vans with us to their homes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In so many cases, the living conditions that
these children and their families live in is incomprehensible. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of the homes are hammered together with
wood pieces leaving large gaps in the walls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The floors are dirt and animals such as dogs and chickens walk freely
through the homes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Often the beds don’t
have mattresses, but are just pieces of wood or cardboard lying across a wooden
frame and sometimes an entire family of six or more people will share one small
bed. One small home that we visited has nineteen people living it. These living
conditions brought about many emotions within our team and at times it was
overwhelming. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children and families
were so excited to have their sponsor visit them as this was evident in their
faces and beautiful smiles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students
with a sponsor child have expressed many times how much they love their child
that they have only just met.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a
powerful thing to witness these relationships growing and the connections that
are being made. God is definitely at work in everyone’s hearts.</div>
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After the home visits we went back to Vida Nueva to do our
second VBS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our team was greeted by many
of the kids as we walked onto the grounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The team taught the children about our God being big.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the Bible lesson we had the opportunity
to play games and activities with the kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There were about 120 kids choosing activities like water balloon races,
parachute, bubble blowing, face painting, tag games and soccer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was an amazing and rewarding time as team
members bonded and formed incredible relationships with the children in the
village.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We formed a line as we were
leaving and all of the children walked through and gave us each a hug.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were so many big hugs, tickles and
laughter as they came through the line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We loaded into the vans and it was very difficult to leave. We have only
one more day with the children at Vida Nueva and it will be a very tough good
bye today. </div>
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Back at the guest house Les had another debrief session with
us and it is very evident that God is doing a huge work in many of the lives of
the team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students expressed the love
that they feel for these children and for the people of Guatemala.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though there is a language barrier we
know that love has no bounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are so
thankful for every opportunity we have to spend time with these children and
for the doors that God is opening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was an incredible, unforgettable day! </div>
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Thank you so much for your prayers! We know that you are
back home praying for us and we appreciate it so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please continue to pray for health and
strength for the team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cristo
Vive!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Jesus Lives!!!)</div>
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We will try again tonight to post a few pictures. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418771198659471072.post-90599890816446130362014-04-22T18:28:00.001-07:002014-04-23T06:33:39.064-07:00Monday Night MessageMrs. Munson and Mrs. Flaman are still struggling with getting Internet connections but were able to send me a quick email. I have uploaded the following post regarding the activities of yesterday. <br />
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I will keep you updated as I am able - Julie McLaren<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday we started our day worshipping the Lord with the
Guatemalan people at New Life Church.
They welcomed us and encouraged us to join them as we sang, clapped,
lifted our hands and danced for the Lord.
Most of us experienced worship in a new way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After church we visited a sinkhole. All team members made the hike up the
mountain and down the difficult path inside.
Once at the bottom we gathered together in this unique space created by
God. Over the years witches have made
the sinkhole their gathering place for rituals.
Candles, flowers, and ashes spoke of their presence. Seeing the darkness of this world made our
hearts heavy. However, as we lifted our
voices, singing and praying to our Saviour, the air became lighter and our
hearts were filled with peace and a true sense of God’s presence. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the evening, we were welcomed into a Guatemalan home
where we made our own supper. We enjoyed
fellowship with one another and listened to the Guatemalan couple’s testimony
on God’s response to fervent prayer. We
were reminded and encouraged to lift our hearts’ desires to the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, we enjoyed the day with our sister school. We experienced a welcome like no other
complete with firecrackers, a path lined with flowers and greenery, and a
welcome line of smiling faces chanting Canada, Canada! We joined them for
devotions and the students gave us personalized cards and prayed for us. We then did home visits. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Villa Nueva is a very poor community. All of our sponsor children live in wood,
plastic or tin huts. They all have dirt
floors and many have animals living in the house. Most of the village men are unemployed
finding work in odd jobs as they can.
Our eyes were opened to how the majority of the world lives and our
hearts hurt as we processed our many blessings amongst an impoverished
people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This afternoon we began our children’s ministry. We were blessed to work with both the morning
and afternoon programs and had 110 students attend. During our time together, we taught them
about our creator through drama, song and crafts. The smiles, laughter and hugs helped us break
through the language barrier and all had a wonderful time. We are looking forward to returning tomorrow
to teach them about God’s power.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once again we thank you for your prayers. We continue to seek your prayer for health as
more are struggling with sore throats and stomach issues. Adjusting to the altitude as well as the sun
has proven a challenge. Please pray that
we will be able to overcome our health issues and enjoy the remaining time we
have here with energy and comfort. We
also ask that you will continue to pray for our sister school community. Our team has picked up an additional 7
sponsor children today. The need in this
community is great and evident. We look
forward to sharing more about Villa Nueva at our sharing evening. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We continue to struggle with uploading photos due to
bandwidth and Internet access. Though
this may be disappointing to some, I know our students are happy they will be
able to share their memories first hand with you upon their return.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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We are struggling to post photos due to slow Internet connections. We will do our best but appreciate your understanding. We hope our words will create a mental picture for you and look forward to retelling our experience with photos at our sharing evening. This is a photo of us on the wall of dirt we moved for our work project. The new classroom will be built here.</div>
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We awoke early yesterday morning to get ready for the full
day that was awaiting us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a hearty
breakfast we loaded into the vans to go to Chixim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a short but steep ride up the
mountainside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Les Peters met us at the
top to take us on a tour of Chixim, a temple named after the corn god chixim. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This temple can be seen from all areas of
Tactic as it is very high up the mountain and is white in colour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Les then began to explain the purpose of this
place and how syncretism runs rampant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many people in Guatemala practice ritualistic activities that mix Catholicism,
Mayan traditions and witchcraft together. We were able to witness first hand
some of these rituals as some of the Guatemalan people offered up sacrifices of
food and plants to the corn god chixim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
do this to earn their way into heaven and to gain healing and blessings. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a very eerie and heavy feeling as
we watched what was happening and listened to Les explain the lies that these
precious people have bought into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
went into the temple and heard more of the history of Chixim. We talked about
how syncretism has also crept into our culture as often we see truth mixed with
lies taking people’s eyes off of Jesus. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Les then took us in a back room that had
statues and plaques hanging on the wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The plaques were dedicated to the god chixim thanking him for provision
and other things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We felt heaviness in
this small room and knew that it was spiritual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We began to declare the truth of Jesus in that room and each person randomly
expressed what Jesus is to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus is
Lord; Jesus is King; Jesus is truth; Jesus is love; Jesus is my salvation;
Jesus is freedom, and Jesus is my everything were some of the statements
expressed by the group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The heaviness
lifted and we knew God’s presence was in that place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The light and power of God dispels the
darkness. Our God is greater. </div>
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After our tour of Chixim we made our way back into Tactic
where the students participated in a market activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were split into teams and were given a
list, in Spanish, telling them the items they needed to buy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had to complete their task with only a
small amount of money and within a time limit. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was their opportunity to experience what
the life of a missionary would be like, having to communicate with people of
another language and finding what they need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The market place was quite busy and it was gratifying to see the teams
work together to complete their tasks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The groceries that were bought in the market would later be used to feed
us at the guest house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The students had
a great time roaming the streets of the market trying to communicate with the
people of tactic. Some may even come back home with a new haircut. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was definitely an unforgettable experience
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We went back to the guest house for lunch and then got ready
to go to the hospital in Coban. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This small
hospital is the only hospital that services many villages, thousands of people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People will travel days to go to the hospital
and many only go there to die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
really difficult to find words to capture the experience at the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we walked up to the entrance, people were
lined up outside the door waiting to get in. We knew that we were entering a
place of desperation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People stared as
we walked by with a look in their eyes that begged for help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once inside
we noticed burnt out lights and wires hanging from the ceilings; walls were
stained and needing paint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a musty
smell that we knew was the stench of filth and sickness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we went into the children’s ward, we
passed a baby being wheeled on a stretcher with nurses using a hand pump to
pump oxygen into his tiny lungs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
parents of the baby followed closely behind with looks of helplessness and
despair on their faces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We separated
into five groups and went from bed to bed visiting and praying for each child.
We gave them each a stuffed toy, which made them smile and their eyes lit up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were many children in the hospital that
were battling pneumonia or other lung infections and many of the team realized
that if these children had the same medical care that we have in Canada, they’re
chances of recovery would be much better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The hearts of our students were touched as we walked through and saw how
our prayers were bringing hope to these families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We serve a God of miracles, a God where nothing
is too difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The faith of a mustard
seed is enough, and we truly believe that prayers were answered today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We made our way to the maternity ward where
there were twenty six new moms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
brought each of them a gift and gave our congratulations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although it was a joyous time to see the
smiles on these new mom’s faces our hearts were extremely troubled as there
were four ladies that had lost their babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their empty arms and look of pain in their eyes was very difficult to
witness. We can’t even imagine what that must be like to be in and amongst new
moms with their babies after experiencing a loss like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we were walking through the maternity
ward, we could hear a woman giving birth in the next room and then we were able
to see the baby in the nursery just minutes after. This was very exciting for
many of the team members. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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When we returned to the guest house we had a debriefing
session with Les to help us process what we had just experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each team member shared parts of their
experience and we were able to pray, talk and cry together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a very emotionally difficult day, but
a very important time in our spiritual growth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>More and more we are emptying ourselves of our own selfish ambitions and
realizing that there is a world that needs the love of Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was amazing to have the opportunity to
share Christ’s love to some very hurting people and to bring some hope to a
situation that seems hopeless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please
continue to pray for the people of Guatemala, that their hearts would continue to
be open to the Gospel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, please pray
for our team as some are battling sore throats, itchy sore bug bites, nausea and
fatigue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We look forward to all that God
has for us and are looking forward to sharing more with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God bless! Dios te bendiga!!!</div>
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We are home and heading to bed after a day of manual labour.
Our muscles ache, but our hearts are full.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today we spent the day moving dirt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Armed with pick axe, hoes and God’s grace, we literally brought down a
wall of dirt and moved it to lay a foundation for the future church at Vida
Nueva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The area we were removing the
dirt from will be the next classroom for the school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are blessed to be standing on our sister
school’s property and cannot believe the work God has done since our last
visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The team split into two shifts working 15 minutes and
resting 15 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we worked, we
worked hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we rested, we were
blessed to play with a few of the community’s children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During our work time, we experienced many
blessings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we stepped out of the van
and took in the property, some of our students noticed a small group of
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Approaching them, one of our
students realized she was looking in the face of her sponsor child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is hard to describe the joy we saw as they
met for the first time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the day
progressed different children would stop in to see the “gringos”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two other team members were blessed to
connect with their sponsor children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was heart warming to see the sponsor child pointing out his sponsor as other
children would arrive.</div>
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As we continued to work, a few boys came to play soccer with
our team members who were resting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
the shift changed, the boys joined us at work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They inspired many of our team to continue to push through and work hard
as they raced to see who could haul more dirt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their energy, and excitement to work with us was humbling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were happy to be able to share our noon
meal with them and to have them join us in our team picture.</div>
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In addition to our team working at the school, a group of
Guatemalan men were busy digging in the school’s well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Les told us that the well had gone dry during
the dry season and they had men working in a dangerous situation trying to dig
the well deeper to once again hit water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we arrived they were 8 meters down, all morning we watched these
men carry wheel barrow after wheelbarrow of heavy clay out of the small
opening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At lunch we stopped to pray for
these men, asking God to keep them safe, but more importantly to bring them
water so their job could be done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
went back to work and continued our pattern of work and rest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within an hour, our work was interrupted by
smiling faces and a loud cheer of “agua” (water).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were blessed to see God answer our prayer
as we stood on our sister school property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The water continues to rise in the well at a good rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are also listening now to a heavy down
pour of a needed rain after a month without.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>God is good and we are witnessing His hand at work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Tonight we had dessert at the Peters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent time talking about our day and our
experience so far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God is moving amongst
our team and we know He is preparing a good work in each of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tomorrow will be a challenging day for
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will be ministering to the sick
at Coban hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please pray for our
team as we become missionaries to the people of Guatemala.</div>
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Pray too for continued health and well-being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pray for our aching muscles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pray for our hearts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also ask that you join us in prayer for a
miracle at the hospital and within another issue Impact Ministries is
experiencing with their next school project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Please pray that issues that our standing in the way of their building a
new school in Puhrulla will be settled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is a timely issue and one Les has asked us to take to prayer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please join us as we continue to see God’s
kingdom expanded here in Guatemala.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418771198659471072.post-72635694523091202372014-04-18T06:52:00.001-07:002014-04-18T07:48:02.049-07:00Safe and Sound in TacticWe are safe and sound in Tactic. Unfortunately the blog site is not allowing us
to post. To ensure you know of our safe arrival, we decided to send our first
post to you via e-mail. We ask that you share it with your loved ones and all
who are praying for us.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>After a long day of airports and flights we finally arrived
in Guatemala City at about 9:15pm where we were warmly welcomed by Les Peters
and his team from Impact Ministries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>From the airport the team was transported by large passenger vans over
to Seteca Bible School and Seminary located right in Guatemala City. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We gathered under a beautiful tree and noticed
the calmness of the night, the warm air blowing lightly, and the greenery
around us, a welcomed break from the cold and snow that we left behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><strong>Les proceeded to tell us that he is very
excited to have our team in Guatemala as we will be present at the dedication
of the new school, Vida Nueva, our sister school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He informed us that the students and teachers
at the school have been fervently praying for each team member by name for the
past month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This touched many of our
hearts and even brought a couple of us to tears. How amazing it is to know that
this team has been covered in prayer not only by our own community, but also by
these precious people in Guatemala.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
were then shown to our rooms for a much needed rest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><strong>In the morning we awoke early and had the
opportunity to tour the grounds of Seteca.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is a beautiful place with many court yards, flowers, and beautiful
trees and shrubbery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After breakfast we
loaded the vans and headed to Tactic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After about a four hour drive of winding roads through the mountains, although
amazing, many of us were relieved to finally be at the guest house. We are
thankful to God for keeping us safe throughout our travels over these past two
days. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We met our guest house hosts and
team leaders and then went to Chamche for a hike. Along the way on the hike we
were able to greet many of the people that live in the nearby village. Children
would meet us beside the road and say “hola” and give us huge smiles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The team is looking very forward to going to
the new school to play with the kids and to teach them about Jesus during
VBS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already it is evident that God is
moving amongst the team and we are so excited for what is to come over these
next few days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><strong>We are missing family
that we have left back home, but are fully embracing this experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please continue pray for us as we have some
amongst the group with sore throats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Please pray that our energy levels stay up, so that we can be as
productive as possible as we start our work project tomorrow morning. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for all of your love and prayers!<o:p></o:p></strong></span></div>
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Thank you for your prayers so far,<br />
Mrs. Munson, Mrs. and Mr. Flaman<br />
<br />
Hi all - Mrs. Munson Emailed me the message above and I was able to post it for them. It is great to know that all is well. Today (Friday) the team is scheduled to begin the day with Les as he gives an overview of the Ministry - it's history, goals etc. They will also spend time at the work site which we expect will be at the Vida Nueva school. <br />
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Tomorrow (Sat) the team will be doing a market activity which is always fun as they get to spend time in the center of Tactic in the open air market. In the afternoon they will go to the hospital. Please pray for them as they are there as this is often a difficult time for them. It is a time when the team is able to pray and share their faith with others. Often people hear of God's love for them for the first time and some have made commitments on the spot! <br />
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Sunday the team will attend the Rio de Vida Church which is the River of Life Church that is held in the original school in Tactic.<br />
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I will continue to post as I am able on the team's behalf but perhaps they will be able to access the blog shortly.<br />
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Have a wonderful weekend celebrating Christ's death and resurrection!<br />
Julie McLarenUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5418771198659471072.post-69317851097280871732014-04-15T10:32:00.002-07:002014-04-15T11:03:56.564-07:00The 2014 RCS Mission Team Leaves TomorrowMany months of excitement, prayer and planning have taken place and the team will be on the plane in less than 24 hours.<br />
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Please pray:<br />
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<li>That we will be able to effectively communicate God's love and care to the people of Guatemala</li>
<li>That we will grow in our faith</li>
<li>That we will more clearly understand God's heart for missions</li>
<li>That we will be safe and healthy and able to do those things that would be a blessing to others</li>
<li>That we will be united as a team</li>
</ul>
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