We made it! Our first day in Guatemala has been both exciting and tiring. All has gone well so far. We landed in Guatemala City on time and our driver and Claudia were waiting for us at the airport. After about a 4 hour drive through the countryside, past smoking volcanos, sugar cane fields, and across washed out roads/bridges (from the tremendous rains this past season), we arrived in Reu.
We were greated by Pastor Fredy Monzon and his nephew Edgar as we arrived into town, and escorted to our hotel. Pastor and his wife, Isabel, are treating us like royalty! We were feed lunch, and allowed to rest from our journey. We were then taken to a nearby amusement park, Los Hostales del IRTRA (Guatemala's version of Disney World!). We took in a dance/magic show, followed by a wonderful dinner as guests of Pastor Fredy, Isabel, and their nephew Edgar. Edgar speaks fluent English, and has been a great help in translating. After dinner we walked through the park, and enjoyed some wonderful Guatemalan dessert ... Fried plantains stuffed with chocolate!
Tomorrow morning we will visit the installation site near a school run by the El Shaddai Church. We will meet with about 7 school committee members, review, and sign the Covenant. Later in the evening (around 5pm) we will worship at El Shaddai Church. Pastor asked Linda, Gary, and I to preach! Scott, we need you here!!
On Monday, we will go to El Rosario and meet with the committee members as well as Habitat Guatemala. Keep us in your prayers as we work to get our existing system operational. Claudia feels that we have better commitment from the committee at El Rosario. Later in the day, we will look at a third site in this area associated with the El Shaddai Church.
Thank you for keeping us in your prayers. We are all very optomistic about the future, and our mission here. Gary is like a kid in a candy store.... Let's just say we won't have to twist his arm to come back!!
PS: Wish we could send up some sunny, 80 degree weather to help melt the snow!
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