Village 1
Friday was village day one. We went to a village about and 1 and a half hours from the base. It was a smaller village with about 39 families. We had some issues with one of the vans overheating so it took us a little longer to get there because we had to stop so they could cool off the radiator. The roads were very hilly with steep inclines but we made it to the village safely. We got right to work and brought all the meds and things into the room where we would have the clinic. The area where the group members not helping in the clinic would be was small but they made it work. Some of the guys went up to the road to play soccer with the boys and men and some of the women set up a beauty clinic where the girls and women were getting their hair done and their fingers nails painted. You could also look out and all kinds of kids sitting around coloring. It was a very cool sight to see the group playing with the Guatemalans and building relationships and planting seeds. The clinic went very smoothly and we didn’t see anyone that needed other medical help than what Dan and Johanna could give them. The clinic was close to being done when the Jesus film was started. Once we were done in the clinic we all ate a quick meal and went out to sit with the villagers to watch the rest of the film. After the film was done we went up to the front and sang a couple of songs and four of our group gave some very moving testimonies. We then sang Days of Elijah for a second time at Hermano Jesus’ request. Then Hermano Jesus gave a very moving message based on one of the groups testimonies. At the end instead of having those that wanted to accept Jesus Christ come to the front he had them just kneel where they were standing or sitting and about 90 percent of the people got down on their knees!! It was definetly a God moment. After we were done with the salvation prayer Hermano Jesus had us sing Days of Elijah again from where we were standing among the villagers, which according to Dan he has never done before. We handed out Bibles to all the adults and all the kids got little pamphlets. We handed out the food and then went back to the base and went to bed.
