We've Arrived!

The team arrived in Guatemala around noon local time today. It has been an adventure already. Getting through customs today was only by the hand of God. Paperwork that I should have gotten by email before I left the states never reached me and forms that I had in my hand that no officials would take from me apparently could have messed us up! All of our medicine and clothing/shoes got through without incident. John King told us that two large churches in Alabama were praying for our supplies for two days earlier this week. Prayer is powerful.

We have had a few interesting incidents. Jeff Troutman got pulled over by the federales driving back to the mission house. It was a little scary but he eventually showed back up... Brian Boggs has taken out two plastic chairs already. At 6'7" we have now relegated him to the sofa. It's sturdier... And one of our team members needs to go to the US Embassy on Wednesday (tomorrow is a Guatemalan holiday). We think it will all work out and they will able to leave the country.

Avocado count stands at 13.
Incidents of malaria - 0.

Tomorrow we leave at 7am to go to a village 1 1/2 hours from the mission house. We will do all of our building in this village (15 houses) and on Friday the medical team will join us there for a clinic. We will also do our food/shoes/clothing distribution for 150 families in this village. (When I get a name I can spell I will share the name of the village with you.) Our medical team will work here at the farm that the mission house is on.

Please pray for us and for the children and the families we will get to share our week with. We are excited and anxious. Our village is quite remote and travel is always interesting. Cell phone service ends with the highway, 30 minutes from our destination. We expect it to be 40 degrees when we leave the mission house and very hot during the day. Welcome to the mountains of Guatemala!

Team members will start blogging tomorrow and we hope to have pictures!
Grace,
Jayne

October Team Set to Leave for Guatemala

Tomorrow morning we will commission 30 folks on our next mission team to Guatemala. I am excited to be going back and am looking forward to adding medical clinics to our ministry this week. Please pray for us as we travel and that all of our medical supplies will be allowed into the country. They are calling for rain later in the week. Please pray that the weather won't be a hindrance to getting the houses built.

Thanks for the opportunity to go to Guatemala. We will try to keep you posted with lots of pictures. We're even attempting to shoot a video to be shown on Sunday morning. Keep your fingers crossed! Check back here often and post comments - it helps us feel connected to home.

Grace,
Jayne Davis