Life before and after Guatemala
Well since my grandmothers wedding in October- which i'm sorry to say that i'm HORRIBLE at writing on this- it was Nata who has encouraged me to update my blog... and i have still procrastinated about a month... so since then- Christmas happened we had the whole family together- which was AWESOME! it's the first time in a little while that we were all together, and it was the first time with Christine added to our family:) then since January- we have been going through the Willow Creek Curriculum with the kids at church. It has been fantastic- they seem to really enjoy it- started to plan VBS for the kids, and this year seeing where i have no idea where God is calling and leading me in the next little while, we bumped it up so that we can guarantee that i will be apart of it- i woud like to be- even though it will be July 2-6 or so.
Well- I'm back from Guatemala and it was a fantastic time. going over seas for the first time really opens your eyes to experience and a totally different way of living. we built houses we had VBS for the kids in different places each week- we built relationships within our team of poeple, they were FANTASTIC. For a group of 18 people we all meshed really well together- i think it was the first time i just felt free to be myself. No one esle but jsut me. It was amazing.
The Culture down there- outside of Guatemala city is very traditional- they have held to their traditions- food, clothing, way of providing for themselves. It was really neat to experience the differences in the people. the fisrt thing people asked me when i got back was- what was th epoverty like down there. I can't say for certain that there is a clothing poverty. There is still much i woudl love to learn about Guatemala and how they live, but they all had clothes- holes and all. I'm not sure they had 3 meals a day- maybe only 1. Black beasn were a poor mans food- but they have it with alot of there meals- you can eat it with anything... ( it's gross.. ). the peopel are very plesant..
VBS- SOO FUN.. ok. it was even during our evening worship times that it was SOO FUN.. we did a dance with Ismael- who leads the VBS- awesome teacher.. keeps the kids atttention- very animated. anyway- taught us this dance called the Pollo- which means chicken..lol. it was the funniest game - and you let feelin grediculous.. but laughing... it was awesome! other then that0 it was fun to learn alot of the kids songs that we grew up with and learning songs in general that we know in spanish. it's a beautiful language- and always a little more difficult to learn a song that you know differently. the church service at the WEsleyan church in Guatemala was awesome to be apart of- the kids minsitry is hoppin' and the church services- thanks to the help of Tony- are contemporary- songs that we know. it's cool! i really enjoyed worshipping with them!
I also had the chance to meet my sponcer child- she is SOO BEAUTIFUL! wow.. it was a huge blessing to finally meet her. It definitly brings the letters more to life when you have the chance to speak with them and live a couple of hours with them.. it's never enough- but i plan on visiting again.
the scenery in Guatemala was fantastic! oh my word! it was so beautiful! we were surrounded by 3 volcano's and there were three not that far off from the lake area- we were at the base of the San pedro Volcano. the cities or towns in the area- there are 12 around the lake are all named after one of the Catholic Saints. Each year they would have a celebration- celebrating there saint.. what they do during those- i have no idea...
Since Guatemala- i have been looking for a job. Transition is taking place at Hillside and the new guy coming in would like to start off with a new staff.. which is understandable- and expected.. but it's still hard to say good bye to so many that you care about- and jsut start to get to know. it takes time to build relationships with people... god has a plan.. i'm just not sure what it is yet.
um, well other then that- i can't complain to much! i'm having fun catching up with poeple on face book and doing both my jobs. I hope this is a quick enough update to let you know what i'm up too...
Well- I'm back from Guatemala and it was a fantastic time. going over seas for the first time really opens your eyes to experience and a totally different way of living. we built houses we had VBS for the kids in different places each week- we built relationships within our team of poeple, they were FANTASTIC. For a group of 18 people we all meshed really well together- i think it was the first time i just felt free to be myself. No one esle but jsut me. It was amazing.
The Culture down there- outside of Guatemala city is very traditional- they have held to their traditions- food, clothing, way of providing for themselves. It was really neat to experience the differences in the people. the fisrt thing people asked me when i got back was- what was th epoverty like down there. I can't say for certain that there is a clothing poverty. There is still much i woudl love to learn about Guatemala and how they live, but they all had clothes- holes and all. I'm not sure they had 3 meals a day- maybe only 1. Black beasn were a poor mans food- but they have it with alot of there meals- you can eat it with anything... ( it's gross.. ). the peopel are very plesant..
VBS- SOO FUN.. ok. it was even during our evening worship times that it was SOO FUN.. we did a dance with Ismael- who leads the VBS- awesome teacher.. keeps the kids atttention- very animated. anyway- taught us this dance called the Pollo- which means chicken..lol. it was the funniest game - and you let feelin grediculous.. but laughing... it was awesome! other then that0 it was fun to learn alot of the kids songs that we grew up with and learning songs in general that we know in spanish. it's a beautiful language- and always a little more difficult to learn a song that you know differently. the church service at the WEsleyan church in Guatemala was awesome to be apart of- the kids minsitry is hoppin' and the church services- thanks to the help of Tony- are contemporary- songs that we know. it's cool! i really enjoyed worshipping with them!
I also had the chance to meet my sponcer child- she is SOO BEAUTIFUL! wow.. it was a huge blessing to finally meet her. It definitly brings the letters more to life when you have the chance to speak with them and live a couple of hours with them.. it's never enough- but i plan on visiting again.
the scenery in Guatemala was fantastic! oh my word! it was so beautiful! we were surrounded by 3 volcano's and there were three not that far off from the lake area- we were at the base of the San pedro Volcano. the cities or towns in the area- there are 12 around the lake are all named after one of the Catholic Saints. Each year they would have a celebration- celebrating there saint.. what they do during those- i have no idea...
Since Guatemala- i have been looking for a job. Transition is taking place at Hillside and the new guy coming in would like to start off with a new staff.. which is understandable- and expected.. but it's still hard to say good bye to so many that you care about- and jsut start to get to know. it takes time to build relationships with people... god has a plan.. i'm just not sure what it is yet.
um, well other then that- i can't complain to much! i'm having fun catching up with poeple on face book and doing both my jobs. I hope this is a quick enough update to let you know what i'm up too...
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