At each of our meetings we take time to share "God stories" - ways that we see God's presence in our lives, particularly related to our trip. Cheri Ray emailed us this story last night and I thought you might find it as encouraging and as exciting as all of us do. Cheri wrote...
I wanted to share something cool with you all.
So, Diane went through all the items to go in the hygiene packs she noticed what we were short quite a few toothbrushes. I told her that I would check with Angie, my dental hygienist friend that works with a couple different dentists to see if they might have some dental reps that would be willing to donate some toothbrushes. Angie called back yesterday and left me a message that her dentist wanted to donate some for us.
I didn't want to tell her how many we needed because it felt like it was too much to ask for. I thought to myself that if she asked how many we needed I would just tell her however many the dentist was comfortable with and if we ended up short then at least it was better than nothing, right?
She called back today to tell me that Dr. Bozic wanted to donate 400 toothbrushes for the hygiene packs.
Guess how many toothbrushes we needed...........
400!!!
How stinkin' cool is that? God is just so faithful isn't he? I still have goosebumps.
Anyway, just wanted to share with you all....It became so evident to me tonight that God SO has His hand in this trip even down to the smallest detail of the toothbrushes.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Learning about Guatemala
On Saturday (March 14) we had our fourth team meeting when we each took turns reporting on various aspects of Guatemalan culture. Here are some pictures and video from our meeting...
Rellenitos are a basically sweetened refried beanss wrapped in mashed plantain which are then deep fried and served with cream. Clearly not going to be one of Christa's favourite but Susan didn't mind them!
The Williams family gave us information about the geography of Guatemala followed by a topographical map (in cake form) that Mac and Claire made - yummy!!
The flags surrounding the lake represent volcanoes - active volcanoes. We'll get to swim in the lake (Lake Atitlan) and maybe get to hike the volanoes!
Darryn and Lisa explained the religious beliefs of the Guatemalan culture which often includes a mixture of Catholicism
and traditional Mayan practices. We'll be there during Semana Santa - Easter Holy Week; we may be able to see some of the processions that occur daily.
Rellenitos are a basically sweetened refried beanss wrapped in mashed plantain which are then deep fried and served with cream. Clearly not going to be one of Christa's favourite but Susan didn't mind them!
Jami & Alyssa's turn...
The Williams family gave us information about the geography of Guatemala followed by a topographical map (in cake form) that Mac and Claire made - yummy!!
The flags surrounding the lake represent volcanoes - active volcanoes. We'll get to swim in the lake (Lake Atitlan) and maybe get to hike the volanoes!
Brianna LOVED it - can you tell?!?
Darryn and Lisa explained the religious beliefs of the Guatemalan culture which often includes a mixture of Catholicism
and traditional Mayan practices. We'll be there during Semana Santa - Easter Holy Week; we may be able to see some of the processions that occur daily.Rosemary and Christina gave us a Guatemalan history lesson. We all lined up with letters that spelled out "Chichic
astenango Guatemala" with information on the back of each letter.
astenango Guatemala" with information on the back of each letter. We learned alot, more than what I've written about here.
Our next official meeting will be March 31st which will involve
packing medical supplies, hygiene kits and craft supplies for the children's ministry and most importantly, the commissioning of
our team. Consider this to be your offical invitation to join us that night - 7:00pm at Grace in room 111.
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