First Day of Ministry

The day started out with a pancake breakfast topped off with a little whip cream and chocolate. Fresh fruit was prepared as well along with juice and coffee.

Our ministry started out in Zona 6 where we picked up some building supplies for a roof for one of the families that attend the church. It consisted of large sheets of corrugated metal and 2' X 2' X 8' wooden boards.  One of the challenges was getting the supplies loaded on top of the van and the second challenge was getting them to their house.  The house was located on a hill in which we had to walk down several flights of uneven stairs that winded through their congested neighborhood. Once we got the supplies to their house, we began removing the existing roof, making new rafters and placing the new roof into place.  We were able to get half of their new roof completed by noon.  The family got some help from their neighbor who started helping and wanted to work with the family to complete the roof in the afternoon.

We broke for lunch at the church and were treated to a delicious green beans, spaghetti and meat sauce with tortilla's and toast. Luis and Emmanuel (Guatemalan clown team) joined us at the church for lunch.

The afternoon was spent at a school that was very close to the church.  The clown team took part of our team with them to put on a short program and shared a story of David and Goliath with the children. The clown team also shared the bead bracelets with the children and told them the story behind the color of the beads. (Black, Red, White, Green and Yellow). Myself, Davis and Brad visited the older kids and spent time sharing a testimony of a former drug addict that came to know Christ through his Teen Challenge. Many children could relate to his story. We followed up the testimony with a hands on activity with blurry goggles, gloves and dum dum suckers. The activity got the children thinking about the effects of some drugs and how simple tasks became very difficult to do.

The day concluded with Brad and Donna Olson getting a chance to visit with their student that they were sponsoring through Compassion International.  A young man that is attending college and hopes to earn a degree in marketing. He and his interpreter joined us for an amazing pork chop and mashed potato meal. The young man has been in a choir for years and agreed to sing us a song after our meal, which he did an extraordinary job singing acapella.

We have a few pictures from the ministry today.  Please keep us in your prayers for our continued ministry trip.

Dios Bendiga,

Terry