Our Last Day!

It's hard to believe today is our last day here in Guatemala. We are spending our last day in Antigua. This picture is right in front of our hotel where there is a famous arch.

Our time here has been amazing and life changing. We have had the opportunity to be a part of ministries that are loving some of the people who don't ever receive any love. This week in the city we went to the national hospital, worked with street kids, went to and AIDS hospice for children, went ot an orphange and even helped paint one of the missionaries houses.

This trip has been more of a blessing for us than we could have ever have imagined. I don't think it has hit us that we leave tomorrow.

Please be praying for our safety has we travel and that our last day here will be a great time of debrief.

We love you all and miss you and are anxious to see you when we get back, but also sad to leave!

Friday!

Hi Family and Friends!

We had an amazing day yesterday at the National Hospital and visiting the street kids. It was extremely impactful for everyone. We had one hour in the hospital to visit the people there. We gave them juice and toilet paper. These every day items are things that the hospital doesn´t provide, and if they don´t have anyone bring them toilet paper, they go without it. It is amazing how easy it is to take for granted the little things we have! We broke up into three groups and through sharing with patients 2 people came to Christ!! Praise the Lord!!

In the evening we had an amazing opportunity to go on the streets and spend time with about 20 street kids. It was an eye opening experience for everyone. We sang songs with them, shared testimonies and the gospel and brought them food. We heard many stories of people asking for prayer to stop using drugs and to get off the street. Later today I will ask someone to write more about their expeirence yesterday!

Today we are going to an orphange that was started by lady in her house. She started with 5 kids and now she has over 150! We are all excited to spend time with these kids and love them and show them the love of Jesus.

Thank you for all of your prayers, we can truly feel it and are very thankful for them!!

Please be praying for our health. We have all reached the point where are tired and it is starting to effect us. Nothing serious, but we would covet your prayers!

We love you all!!

Steph

Campur!!

We arrived last night from Campur! We had a great time! It was a beautiful village, and the people were so nice! We are now back in the city! Here are a few pictures from our time in Campur. Chelsea is going to share a little bit about our experience!

The beautiful swimming hole we went to!!

Some kids at one of the schools we went to!

Eating lunch at the pastors house!

Ok...here is Chelsea to share about our time in Campur!!

Hey everyone! Campur was awesome, after the long bus ride we were greeted by Pastor Isabel of the church there. She is an amazing women, working so hard for the lord, and pouring her heart and soul into the ministry there. The first night we were there we attended the church service, which was great, I was lucky to have the chance to share my testimony and we even have a new pastor among us... Luke gave his first sermon on the power of prayer like a pro! The next two day we really began to meet the people of the Campur area, in the morning we went to two schools to share the story of creation with the kids, and more importantly we just played games and loved on them. All of the kids are so touching, they had so little yet when we gave them crayons they tried to give them back, not wanting to take what wasn't theirs. All of us had a great time singing our silly spanish songs and just hanging out with the kids. In the afternoons we went on home visits, after spliting into groups, we went out into Campur to pray for the people we met. One group went on an hour and a half hike to visit a 90 year old man and his wife, while another visited 8 different homes. All the people we met where so inspiring. We are awestruck by the purity of their faith. I think we were all touched by the passion they had while they were praying and crying out to God. It was heartbreaking to hear about the women whose husbands had to work away from home for several weeks while they ran the home. These people have so little in their homes yet they have so much in faith. Everything went well with only a small fear of rats and spiders! (Mainly us girls, but there was a huge spider in the bathroom!) On the ride back from Campur we stopped at a place called Semuc Champey, it is a place where a river forms several small lagoons. It was nice to have time to just swim and hang out in the beautiful lagoons, admiring the jungle around us. Well that pretty much sums up our time in Campur. (I know you all will hear loads more when we come home) Thank you for your prayers and please pray for our work in Guatemala City.

Chelsea

P.S. I love you Mom, Dad, Victor, and Scott

Thanks guys for all of your support and prayers! Today we are going to the National Hospital and working with Street kids!!

We will update again tonight or tomorrow!!

Hola Family and Friends!!

We had a great day yesterday! We were able to sleep after breakfast until lunch. We then packed our bags and then went sightseeing for a couple of hours! We went down to Zone1 and saw the National Palace (where all of the political stuff happens), the National Cathedral and Central Park! We then drove to a place where we were able to see a view of the whole City! It was nice to get out and see a little bit of the city!

The place we are staying in the city is so nice an beautiful. We have a beautiful view of the city from the roof, and a a beutiful garden/courtyard!

We are now just about to leave for Campur! We are all excited and anxious to see what it will be like!

Thanks for your prayers and we will update when we get back from Campur!

We are here!!

We just arrived to the guest house we will be staying at today and it is beautiful! Our flights were great and everything went smoothly! We are all a little tired (well more than a little)!!, but we are waiting for breakfast! After breakfast we will get to sleep and rest until lunch!

We are all excited to be here. We will keep you updated, and I will try to get some pictures up a little today!

Thanks for all of your prayers everything has been great and we even got all of our luggage!!

Until next time.....

Stephanie

D-Back's game!!

Here are a few pictures from our night at the D-Back's game! We missed those of you who couldn't be there!

Garage Sale!!

Alright....so I thought I would post a few pictures from the Garage Sale! Good Times!! 10 More days guys!! I am excited!