[News] Guatemala mission, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009

[Berkshire Mission]

Friday, Feb. 20, 2009

 

Happy Sabbath!

 

Blessed peace and heavenly minded themes await us for the next 24 hours with
our special date of love.  Has there ever been anyone else that has made you
feel so special, so loved, so desired?

 

Eric came in with the construction team today feeling well accomplished.
Things are going along on schedule.  They have finished the majority of tile
that our group was to put down. Now they just need the edges and the
grouting for  the completion of 3 rooms.  They installed the leach field for
the fourplex and the new shower house.  Wiring is all done in the
bathroom/shower house and almost all the plumbing is finished.  All is on
schedule and there will be no problem finishing the rest of our part on
Monday morning when our work is officially over in this town.  Unfortunately
one of the local men ran over the freshly put in sewer lines with the back
hoe and broke them but he made good on the mistake and fixed it.  You know
your stomach just drops down to your toes when something like that happens.
But we have all made our share of mistakes in this life and that this one is
fixable is a relief.

Many of our folks were thanked by a sighting of the 2 toucans that flew over
the work site before they left today.

I talked with Evan today; he is from Union Springs Academy.  He told me he
has really enjoyed working here and is glad he came.  It has put a new
perspective on life for him.  He will go home seeing the blessings of modern
tools and ways that we have in America.  He is appreciating his dad's
business much more now that he sees how it would be done in other countries.
How fortunate for these teens to be able to participate in a mission trip.
It changes your life for ever. Thank you Mrs. Walter for bringing them and
for the hard work you have added to the group also.  Each person here is a
valuable part of the master plan and we have all fit together so well to the
Glory of God.

Bob and Rigo, Kim and Betty went to the orphanage and then on to the
Adventist Academy today to make arrangements for Sabbath afternoon programs.
The Academy had spiritual music on the loud speakers to create the start of
the Sabbath atmosphere.

The medical team went on to another Village today and treated 325 people.
Dr. Roy said that 90% of them complained of headaches in this village.

 On the way they past a military platoon coming out of the jungle after
training maneuvers.  There faces were blackened and of course they wore
camouflage clothing and carried rifles. This kind of thing always puts the
chill bumps on your arms at the ugly reality of war. There is a jungle
training facility here that trains different troops from around the world
for jungle warfare. The Commander was asked if pictures could be taken and
he said yes.  But there were some men who while lined up for pictures turned
their backs as not to be recognized.  They must have been part of special
operation teams and can't be known.  War is ugly, ugly,ugly!  

Tonight will be the last evangelistic meeting and the special Bibles, signed
by our entire team will be handed out to the 4 people who have brought 12 or
more guest with them to the meetings.  They will be invited to hear the last
sermon from our group at church tomorrow and then we will walk down to the
river and baptize those who are ready.  It will be a high day indeed.

At V.B.S. tonight you could see the real spiritual war that is going on.
The majority of the children there  are so sincere and they want to bow
their head and listen as Kim prays for them.  And then at the other end of
the spectrum you find the ones that want to disrupt it and are being used to
keep truth away.  Pastor Dwight and the local Pastor went around doing crowd
control as Bob took some of the ones that would not settle down out of the
building.

This river seems to be a heavy duty, multipurpose river.  Each day I have
seen people bathing, or washing their hair, or doing their laundry.  And
then right next to them some one is washing a car in the river, while a few
more feet away folks are swimming.

Well you know the old saying "boys will be boys," it was proven again
tonight to be true.  Seems that Dr. Mark got a rather life like large snake
and put a string around it.  It was night fall and he waited in the bushes
until his mom Bev walked down the path to have the snake slither out in
front of her feet!  Yes, that strange muffled noise you heard earlier would
be her screaming!

Our famous puppet ministry will be bringing joy, laughter and the truth of
Jesus' love to the orphanage children tomorrow.  Oh they all will be so
excited and will never forget this experience. How humbling to touch Jesus
by touching one of these little ones with a bit of brightness and son shine.

 

"Now unto Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you
faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.  To the only
wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and
forever."  Amen.  Jude 24, 25

 

Because He lives, we continue on until He calls us home.

 

Smiles across the miles,

Jennifer Young, Mission Reporter

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