Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Welcome to the Guatemala blog site!
As you scroll down the page you will see photos of our trip grouped into the following sections:
The Kids
The Team
The Work
There will be other miscellaneous posts as well. The blog won't necessarily be in chronological order so you will need to scroll down each day to see new posts.
I hope you enjoy the blog!!
Kids in the street
These precious little kids were alone in the street outside the children's home. The guards told us that the grandmother leaves them there when she goes to work because she knows if the stay near our guards they will be safe till she gets home. Some of the folks on the team gave them some food to eat because they looked hungry.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Juana & Joe
Joe shared the devotional Wednesday night with all of the kids and Juana translated for him.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Hanging out with the little boys
Most nights the team splits up into 4 groups and we eat dinner with either the little boys, little girls, big boys, or big girls. This night Dennis, Mike & TJ hung out after dinner to play with some of the little boys.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The Work has started!
Early Tuesday morning the team got on the job with three projects. Some of the team are working on building new bunk beds for the home. Others are working on laying paving stones in a section of the home. The last project we are starting with is building a block retaining wall at the entrance of the home.
The Bunk Beds
One of the projects that we are working on is the construction of bunk beds for the Home. Our goal is to build 14 units which is 28 beds by Friday. Don Snow from York is here with us to guide us in the process he has a great design for the bunk beds that make it very streamlined. We have some people plaining wood, some are sanding, some are routing the edges, some are cutting and others are assembling the pieces.
Dave, Nicki, Bill & Mike
These four people came form Living Word in York to help us out for a few days before going up into the mountains to do some ministry. They were such a blessing as worked together!
The Wall
Another project we are working on this week is to install a block retaining wall at the entrance into the children's home. Tommy the missionary down here was very excited that we had someone on the team that was familiar with laying block. This will not only be very functional, but it will be very beautiful addition to the home ass well
Pavers?
Think patio. That's what the pavers are all about. They use them here for streets and for around buildings. The area we are working in this week is in front of the schools snack shop. It is a place where the kids can go to buy their lunch or a snack during school and then they can sit at tables to eat. Basically it is an outdoor cafeteria. The pavers will make it a better place for the kids, especially in the rainy season.
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