DREAM TEAM......azul azul azul!!

DreamTeam here: Gary, Don, Jason, Tom, Kathryn, Leisha, Morgan, Kelsey and Krystal

We started the day in Santa Catarina at a small family compound.   The girls built the windows and doors in record time.  Then headed to play and spend time with the children.  Samuel, a Guatemalan who helped the team yesterday and has been building houses for years, was assisting another group for the day.  Samuel can put a house together in a jiffy (less than 2hrs per house)...today it took Dream Team 4hrs to assemble each house. However, lots of exciting activities were happening simultaneously such as; playing with new soccer balls, gato gato PERRO (duck duck GOOSE), coloring, English lessons, Spanish Lesson (for us), Australian Captain Ball (taught to all of us by our new Aussie friend and team "mate", Kathryn), run away goat crashing the work site, run away donkey loose in the streets, street dance parties, and limbo.  The children were all super excited to spend time and play with the DreamTeam and we felt the same.  The second house that we built today was an upgrade from the original house which took a lot of extra time to finish due to rocky ground.  Overall the DreamTeam had a great day and enjoyed spreading God's love to all of these wonderful people in Santa Catarina.

Today we have guest Post-ers

Several people have volunteered to post........

First work day in Guatemala

Hey, this is Don and it is about midnight in Guatemala.  We have just finished  4  hours of fun group games and it is time to call it a night.  Our first day on the work job ended with 5 of our 16 houses being finished.  We have four work teams and everyone worked very hard today.  A special feature of this years trip is to plan a family lunch with the Guatemala future homeowners.  Everyone made an extra lunch and when it was time for lunch, we invited everyone to join us in a meal.  It was a very special time together.  We also planned a one day Vacation Bible School for each of the houses that we built.  There were many children who enjoyed the crafts, coloring books and bubbles.  Day two will continue our house construction projects and spending time building love relationships with the Guatemalan people.  Continue to pray for us as we travel throughout the country side sharing the love of Jesus.

FIRST POST OF THE 2012 GUATEMALA MISSION TRIP!

Well. if you believe in omens, this trip didn't start great. One of our crew forgot their passport and wasn't able to make the flight out of Myrtle Beach in time....but they've made other arrangements and will be getting in Friday at 5 so it's all good.
The flights over were smooth and we made it to the Mission House safely. We had a devotion service tonight where we dedicated the different elements of the trip (building, food distribution. interacting with children,...) to God , along with our efforts and lives
More tomorrow as we come back from the worksites with pictures and stories.