This post by Matt Hilbelink
It would be easy to complain and
tell all the negative things about the first few days of our mission trip, but
everything is in God’s timing everything works out for His good. I actually thought it was quite
the adventure. We were in the
Dallas airport well over 13 hours, which seems like it would be the worst
possible experience ever, however it was amazing to see how patient and willing
everyone was to do whatever needed to be done.
Once we found out that we were not
leaving Dallas, Sean’s mom offered us to stay at her house. Let’s just say we were spoiled. A pool, Jacuzzi, and amazing food were
at our disposal. God works in
funny ways and as much as we wanted to go to Guatemala, God had a reason for us
staying in Dallas a couple nights.
We went to the Village Church on Saturday evening and heard an amazing
sermon about marriage.
Today, Sunday, we were able to go
on the plane and get to Guatemala, but our luggage was not here. Which again could have been a bad
reaction from all of us, but everyone handled it in stride. As I write this a few people are on the
way to pick up our luggage that was arriving on a later flight.
I am very excited to be able to
help Iglesia Galilea as we build up the foundation of their new church. Which amazingly is right across the
street from where we are staying.
We are also doing two days of VBS.
We will also be holding a Q and A session about Mormonism. Again, there might be a reason we had a
mini vacation before we work our butts off for the next 5 days.
Please pray for God to sustain us,
keep us safe, and for us to be a light to this community and not a
hindrance.
This post by Jen Brown
So we finally made it to Guatemala,
no big deal that it is 2 days later than expected! The moment I got off the plane I seen people with smiling
faces. This is mine and a few
others first time out of the country.
God had continued to show up in mighty ways so far…we were expecting
nothing less then when we went to get our bags.
Well, they weren’t there but we
still believed God could work this out for His glory. This adventure in the same outfit for 3 days wasn’t stopping
us from seeing the miracles that were being done in San Lucas. While we were waiting for the miracle
of our bags arriving we took a tour of the property we are going to be building
the church on starting tomorrow.
Meeting Tono, hearing his story,
meeting his beautiful family, and seeing his excitement for this project was so
encouraging. God’s vision coupled with this churches obedience to step out in
faith and receive this big beautiful fertile land to build God’s church on for
half the price of the value! Amazing how this whole project is coming about.
We are being well taken care of by two
wonderful ladies, Maria Jose and Mirna.
Their cooking is fantastic! They are beautiful and faithful in
everyway! What a joy it has been
getting to know them both and enjoy their talents in the kitchen.
Before the baggage claim office
closed at 7:00, a group left for the airport praying that our bags were going
to arrive on the last flight into Guatemala (we really needed our work boots
and materials to start work tomorrow…plus we really needed clean underwear!). A long and amazing story later, our
bags were there….well, all but 4!
But I’m sure they will show up tomorrow at 11:00am on the next
flight!
This day is just the beginning of
an amazing opportunity to be God’s hand and feet here in San Lucas! Please pray
for our remaining bags to arrive and that we will all be safe on the job site
this week.
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