Today was our final day to work with the children in the aldeas in Comitancillo. We travelled to the aldea of Chicahajala today to work in a small Pentecostal church that does not currently have a sister church.
When we arrived, the children were already there waiting for us. Very unusual in this culture. We began by tying balloon animals and sombreros(hats) for the children. We ended up with about 100+ children for VBS. And what a beautiful setting. We were on the top of the world overlooking the mountains and valleys, all of God's creations.
We instantly noticed a difference between this church and the church we were at yesterday. Yesterday's church, 90% of the children had never been in church before, and today, 90% of the children regularly attend this church. We instantly noticed a difference. There was such a sweet spirit in the church, and the children were eager to hear God's Word. The entire church, including the adults, and even the Pastor, sand and did the motions to "Making Melodies" in Spanish. I can't wait to teach it to the kids at BBC in Spanish!
AS YOU MAY KNOW, we are in the middle of the rainy season in Guatemala. It rains every day and for hours at a time. However, for the past 5 days, it has not rained while we have been working with the children. Today, it began raining when we finished working with the children outside. God allowed us to have perfect days for working with the children, and when our work was finished, He opened up the skies! It felt so good. What a God thing!
We again handed out prayer bears to the children, and the smiles made all of our hard work worthwhile.
We have learned many lessons from the children about life and happiness. They are content and exceedingly happy to play with beach balls, hacky sacks, balloons, and bubbles. And they are truly happy with what little they have. It is humbling to see where they live and how happy they are. Imagine if our children were that happy.
Please pray for us as we begin our travels back to Guatemala City tomorrow. We will travel to a volcanic lake, Panachachel, tomorrow to spend the night before going on to Guatemala City. We will fly out on Tuesday at 12 noon our time, 2 pm in NC. We will arrive back in the Asheville airport around 9 pm as long as we do not experience any delays.
I cannot wait to share all of the pictures from our mission trip with everyone and tell the many stories.
Thanks for your many prayers. See you soon!
Mr. Bill
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Looking forward to seeing the pictures. Many people use balloon animals in far off places, most kids are not familiar with them and just love what you can make.
If your going back here is a site that can help you learn more balloon animals
http://www.mbd2.com/forum/balloon_Animal_Blog/index.php/2008/how-to-make-balloon-animals/
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