We made it safely. Airport and customs was a breeze. Everyone has had lunch. Time for a few tasks. Feeling blessed!
Thank you All!
Saturday, July 4, 2015
At the ATL Airport
We are all here and ready to go. The blessings have started. 4 people didn't have seat assignments. They got 1st class now. Thank you God!!
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Packing Party
Three weeks to Guatemala! We are officially packed with supplies - vitamins, toothbrushes/toothpaste, soccer balls, reading glasses, crafts, clothes, hula hoops, medical supplies, and hundreds of flip flops.
During the packing party, the group took communion together and past leaders prayed over new missionaries going to Guatemala.
A big message for our last group meeting was the reminder - that this will be a trip with Jesus. Our daily life pulls us in so many directions with full calendars and constant communication - this is a week to disconnect and give it all to God. How unique and awesome that each of us signed up for this mission, or rather, were called to this mission and behind each one of us is the support of so many.
We welcome your prayers, and we are all filled with so much excitement to share the word and good deeds of Christ.
During the packing party, the group took communion together and past leaders prayed over new missionaries going to Guatemala.
A big message for our last group meeting was the reminder - that this will be a trip with Jesus. Our daily life pulls us in so many directions with full calendars and constant communication - this is a week to disconnect and give it all to God. How unique and awesome that each of us signed up for this mission, or rather, were called to this mission and behind each one of us is the support of so many.
We welcome your prayers, and we are all filled with so much excitement to share the word and good deeds of Christ.
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Team Building 5.30.15
Yesterday was our 2nd and final full day of training/team building before we head to Guatemala. We just have the packing party and then bon voyage (wait lets practice some Espanol) tener un buen viaje a Guatemala! We leave July 4th and plane tickets have been purchased - SO it's official!
In yesterday's meet-up, Patrick lead us in a lesson on discipleship. Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples." John 8:31 Then we headed to the park to learn about the tool Evangecube, hear some trip mates testimonies, break bread together or tortillas - Chipolte, decorate our name tags, team building games (creatively working together with determination in close and uncomfortable situations can lead to a successful outcome), a lesson on another tool of trackers by Annette, a lesson on Spiritual warfare from Marcia, and our regular 6 prayer conclusion (6 prayers: people of Guatemala, the people who went before us, the people going after us, our supporters, team unity/that we would be one in Christ & spiritual warfare.)
Overall, we got some great tools to use in the spiritual counseling center and bonded as a team.
In yesterday's meet-up, Patrick lead us in a lesson on discipleship. Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples." John 8:31 Then we headed to the park to learn about the tool Evangecube, hear some trip mates testimonies, break bread together or tortillas - Chipolte, decorate our name tags, team building games (creatively working together with determination in close and uncomfortable situations can lead to a successful outcome), a lesson on another tool of trackers by Annette, a lesson on Spiritual warfare from Marcia, and our regular 6 prayer conclusion (6 prayers: people of Guatemala, the people who went before us, the people going after us, our supporters, team unity/that we would be one in Christ & spiritual warfare.)
Overall, we got some great tools to use in the spiritual counseling center and bonded as a team.
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| Getting ready for our first team building exercise - think we can all fit on that tarp? |
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| How can we all fit on that tarp together? |
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| The human pretzel - working together to untangle to a circle |
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| Name Tags we will use in Guatemala - Thanks Annette! |
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Sunday, May 17, 2015
2015 Clinic Locations Announced!
It is always exciting to find out what part of the country we will be visiting. Last year we spent several days in the (very) hot lowlands area of Jutiapa. The year before that, we were in the beautiful lake country surrounding Lago Atitlán. This year, we will be in and around an area north and west of the capital in parts of the departments of Chimaltenango, El Quiche, and Guatemala, in the same general vicinity where we were on my first trip in 2012.
The first clinic of the week is planned to in Chiamira, which is a villiage or caserio closeby to the town of San Martín Jilotepeque. Iglesia Centroamericana Getsemani, in San Martin, will be our home for the next two nights.
Tuesday's clinic will be held at Iglesia C.A. Filadelfia, Zacualpa, within the department of El Quiche:
Friday morning we will drive south to the city of Escuinta, where we will visit the Mana de Vida school. There we will see how God is working in the lives of at-risk children to give them a future of hope in Christ.
Please join us in prayer for each of these local churches and their communities. Pray for ears to hear, eyes to see, and hearts to be healed in these places. Most of all, please pray we may be faithful servants, lifting up the name of Jesus, and making much of Him in all we say and do.
A Google Map showing our itinerary for the week:
The first clinic of the week is planned to in Chiamira, which is a villiage or caserio closeby to the town of San Martín Jilotepeque. Iglesia Centroamericana Getsemani, in San Martin, will be our home for the next two nights.
Tuesday's clinic will be held at Iglesia C.A. Filadelfia, Zacualpa, within the department of El Quiche:
Afterwards, we will head back San Martin for the night, where we will hold Wednesday's clinic.
We will return to our home base in the capital Wednesday evening. Our fourth and final clinic of the week on Thursday will take place at Iglesia Lluvias de Gracia Sendero de vida in San Pedro Ayampuc:
Friday morning we will drive south to the city of Escuinta, where we will visit the Mana de Vida school. There we will see how God is working in the lives of at-risk children to give them a future of hope in Christ.
Please join us in prayer for each of these local churches and their communities. Pray for ears to hear, eyes to see, and hearts to be healed in these places. Most of all, please pray we may be faithful servants, lifting up the name of Jesus, and making much of Him in all we say and do.
A Google Map showing our itinerary for the week:
Saturday, March 21, 2015
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:
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.
Saturday, February 14, 2015
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.
Thank you and have a blessed day!
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!
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