Work Day 3, Dedication Day
Today was a great day. We finished the houses, putting on the roofs and painting the inside of the houses. Each group picked a verse to put on the wall of the homes and we got to decorate the walls with whatever we wanted, some used flowers, others drew mountains. After we were done with that we enjoyed another great lunch and then it was dedication time. We started at the bottom of the path and worked our way up. The Lord worked in great ways in each of the families. Each and every family we built for accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior. It didn’t come that easy though. In the second house the Husband first said no when the question was put to him. Dan had everyone that was outside “reengage” and pray specifically for the husband and when asked the question again a few moments later he accepted, and since he had accepted the whole family was able to accept. When we got to the third house we found that the mothers family had come from a different village to be with her for the dedication of her house. They all accepted Christ. The fourth house was a little different the husband, father is an alcoholic and was not there. So we thought it would be very difficult for the family to accept because in Guatemalan culture the family isn’t to do anything without the father’s approval. In this case Hermano Jesus told the oldest son that since the father was not there he was the head of the home and that it was his decision and Dan had us reengage again specifically for Pedro and after some struggling on his part he accepted as did the rest of the family. Keep all of these families in your prayers. After we had dedicated all of the houses we had a little fiesta time and had a piñata for the children which, was great fun. Hermano Jesus also pulled out a guitar and sang with the children. We ended the night with a supper of pizza and celebratory devotions for all the lives that had been saved. Friday we will be ending out to out first village so please be in prayer for us for safety and for the lives of the village that we are going to.
