How lovely it is to wake up in Guatemala!
Our day began at Getsemani school, where we interacted with three different groups in an open area on the third floor. The youth did their skit (very well!) that they had just learned the night before. The games of Sharks & Minnows and Octopus Tag were a big hit, also. So many smiling faces!
Doing their skit
Sharks and Minnows!
After lunch back at the compound, we returned to Getsemani to pick up some people. Walking inside the school as we waited, I felt so at home, so relaxed and peaceful...I hadn't felt so peaceful in soooo long! I felt so free.
We drove to a little village on the other side of San Bartolomé, a place with an amazing view, of volcanoes, hills covered in crops, and deep valleys. We went to a school on the side of a cliff/mountainside. The youth did their skit and some on the team shared testimonies. It was a very small group of kids, as others had to go home to help their parents with the farming, but they were very sweet and received the message well. As Jodi prayed in Spanish, we stood with them, laid hands on them, and prayed with her. The man in charge of the school, who used to be a pastor, thanked us and said he felt the Spirit moving there. For a short time before we left, we played with the kids.
Walking into the school
The view from the school
We then drove into La Colorado village and the small concrete-and-tin building we went into held several families. Some of us stepped back outside for a bit so the youth would have enough space to do their skit. Then we all went inside and lined up around the families lining the room and prayed for them. It was startling, for as we began to pray out loud for them they began to pray out loud as well, and though it was in Spanish, we could all tell that we were greatly out-prayed by these amazing people!
Ryan had gotten a picture of the one man's knee, so as Jodi translated for him, he asked the man about it and he said that yes, he had pain in it, so we gathered around to pray - Ryan and Miranda touching his knee, me touching his foot - and Ryan did most of the out-loud praying. Suddenly I stopped praying because I knew he was healed. Afterwards, he moved it, stepped on it, etc and said he didn't have pain anymore! Praise Jesus!
Lastly, we distributed food to the families there and gave the kiddos new plastic balls, which they had lots of fun playing with right outside!
Some of the kids playing with their new balls outside
On our way back, as dusk was falling, we stopped for pictures of the incredible view of both Volcán de Agua and Volcán de Fuego.
The amazing view (also the very top photo)
Here's a bonus - we also went for more groceries, and Kristen and Troy had a little too much fun in the chip aisle!
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