Work Day 2
Today was another beautiful day of working. We saw the Lord moving in many different ways. Whether it was from the father of one of the homes we were building repeating numerous times how beautiful his home was to watching team members play with the kids and them singing together to how well we all worked together getting the stucco on the houses to watching another father smiling and seeming so proud that he was getting a house to seeing how many people we could fit into a full size van. Just so you know we fit 21 Vrieslanders, 2 Guatemalans and 2 Missionaries( Dan and his volunteer for the winter, Nate). We needed to do this at the top of the steep hill that we had problems with on Day 1. We didn’t want to have any more smoking brakes.
We got the stucco on all the houses 3 out of the four porches up and all the windows and doors on. Some of us got more sun than we needed but it was a good day. We got back to the mission base and packed suitcases for out families. We put in clothes, shoes, toothpaste, toothbrushes and anything else we could think of. We ended the night with a Devotion from Dan which is hard to put into words. Please keep us in your prayers on Thursday afternoon as we dedicate the houses present Christ’s love to them. We will not know where they stand until we give them their house. Thanks for all your prayers and we will post more tomorrow, pictures will be up soon also.
team left safe and sound around 1am god bless and protect them on their journey tonite and all the week.
Thanks Mark! I hope Bev managed to fit everything in her bags!
Hey Guatemala people! Just want to tell you that you are being held in prayer. I look forward to seeing and reading about your trip on this site. Take a few risks while you are there (not the physically unsafe risks… just the “stepping out of the boat” type of risks
Just wanted to say we have made it safely. We will post something later.
glad you all made it safely and got thru customs ok. have good nite sleep and have fun tommorow
It will behoove you to behave yourself. Mom and I are going down to see Mom Nichols, and the on the my DAD. Ralph and Cheryl going to UP to celebrate Anna’s birthday. All this depending on weather… Mom Nichols expecting up to fifteen inches of snow.
just so team knows what they are missing the snow storm has incased the entire lower pennisula of michigan in snow according too radar. at least 6 inchs so far with another 6 due during the nite. WISH we were with you in the nicer weather~ hopeing your day was a safe one.