Team Building with 7 Bridges

What an awesome day of service, team building and being the hands and feet of Jesus! We met up at Patrick's house at 8:00 a.m. for breakfast together and then prepared our hearts and minds for serving with worship led by Marcia and a devotional led by Patrick. Patrick shared from Ezekiel 37:1-14, Proverbs 17:22, 3:7-8 and 15:30.  Good news brings health to the bones!

We laid out a peanut butter and jelly sandwich assembly line and set to work preparing and packing 120 lunches that we took down to The Garden for distribution with 7 Bridges. 

Each lunch included a special scripture verse of encouragement and a personal note from a member of the team.

We caravanned to the Garden in Smyrna and met up with the other volunteers for the day. Stacy and Alex were both asked to read one of the seven key verses for the ministry. Stacy read and shared briefly about Romans 12:1-2:

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Alex then read the key verse upon which the ministry is based, Isaiah 58:6-8:

Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh? Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

Then we hit the streets on the Bluff route to meet with people from the community to offer prayer, encouragement, and most of all the love of Jesus. 

We wrapped up the day with dinner back at Patrick's house to debrief and for a time of fellowship. Jason offered some words of encouragement about fundraising. Then everyone headed home filled and overflowing with the blessings of the day, knowing we had spent the day very much in the presence of the Lord. 

Recruiting 2015 Team

We are recruiting team members for the 2015 trip.  Next meeting is 3.8.2015.

Please sign-up here for more details and a meeting invitation.

• Trip Dates: July 4 to 11, 2015
• Location: Guatemala City,
• Guatemala & rural locations TBD
• Cost: ~$2,000 per person
• Team Size: 15-24 team members
• Organizations: 
• Seek & Serve, Inc.
• Guatemala Medical Missions Ministries - www.mmm-guatemala.com

Thank you and have a blessed day!

Big News!!!

On Location - Day Five

Hello Friends,  Family,  and Prayer Warriors!!

Great day in the village today! Almost one hundred people got to meet with the doctors today and receive medical attention. We got to meet a variety of the needs of the people in the counseling station and a lot of people really wanted bibles.  The children got to play, do crafts and hear several bible stories. We were well received and welcomed and an everlasting impression was made in EVERYONE'S life. Finished the night back at the mission house listening to three of our team members' testimonies. Getting to hear how God has worked in their lives to fulfill his promise that says for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28 ESV).

Looking forward to tomorrow!

Good night friends and family!

Marcia

On Location - Days Three and Four

Hello Family, Friends, and Prayer Warriors!!

The team is back safe and sound in the mission house tonight.  I will post a full update soon.  Please pray for travel safeties as we drive to Clinic 3 tomorrow.  Everyone on the team is healthy and blessed by our first two clinics.  We have seen 154 patients thus far.  People are hungry for the Word.  The kids love the games, the narrative of God's love for them, and the flip flops. 

Thank you for your prayers and support!

More to come...

On Location - Day Two

Hello Family, Friends, and Prayer Warriors!

Today, we attended church in Antigua.  We wore a headset that received audio from someone that translated the message from Spanish to English.  The message was on the Goal of the Heart.

After church we rode up the mountain side to our brunch location.   We took pictures along the way.  Brunch was awesome!  We took scenic pictures of Antigua and the mountain range.  The volcano top was covered by clouds.  We didn't get to see the puffs of ash today.

After that we went to the orphanage.  They currently have about 350 kids.  We toured the compound and heard some stories of some of the kids.  We got the soccer ball out and kicked it around with some of the kids.  We also got to play with kids age 3-6. 

Then we left the orphanage and came back to the mission house.  The streets were empty.  It was eerie.  We caught the end of the World Cup game.  Hermann was excited to see Germany score.  His grandfather is from Germany. 

After the game, we went on a walk.  We spent time today in fellowship with the other team that is here this week.  They are from Atlanta too.  Dinner is up next and a prep meeting before tomorrow.

More to come...

On Location - Day One

Hello Friends, Family, & Prayer Warriors!

We arrived safely today.  We got through Customs with no issues.  We met our gracious hosts (Hector and Dietrich), loaded the two SUVs, and left the airport.  The drive to the mission compound was longer than usual as traffic was bad for a Saturday.  People were trying to get to their World Cup viewing venue.

We arrived at the house.  Lunch was waiting for us.  How wonderful as we were hungry and someone was "hangry".  ;-)  New term for the trip.  Lunch was from McDonald's.   We had quarter pounders with cheese and fried chicken.  The chicken was good!  Everyone was happy with lunch.

After lunch, we got to catch up with Hermann.  Some people watched the game.  Some explored the grounds.  Some unpacked.  Some repacked supplies.  Three went grocery shopping.   We knocked it out.  Divide and conquer.

Brenda came and cooked a wonderful dinner for us.  It was excellent!  Alberto was able to spend time and fellowship with us before going to pick up the 2nd team.  Fellowship with the Guatemala Team was great.  We saw some old friends and started making new ones.

After dinner we cleaned up the dishes and had our debriefing.   We said our 6 prayers.  The second team started to arrive.

The team is dismissed and resting.  We look forward to tomorrow and what God has in store for us.  Everyone feels blessed.

Thank You and Good Night!

Patrick