Day 4, 5, 6

We have fallen behind with our blogging! We are having such a good time, that we forget to pause & share our adventures with you.

We will attempt to get caught up shortly. Thank-you for your patience!

11B

Our team, as it is naturally the better of the two, were chosen to go to the sinkhole first.

After making a short stop at the school in Chicoy to worship with the students there. Soon we found ourselves climbing the hill into the depths of the jungle to the mouth of the sinkhole. We stumbled down the side into the sooty musty cave. It was dark and stinky down there. Karren explained to us Mayan witchcraft portion of the Guatemalan culture that regularly practice rituals in the cave. Despite the evil aura of the cave we sang songs and prayed for the people who practiced the witchcraft.

Later we went to our first round of children’s ministry in Santa Cruz. We did crafts, games, and worship time. This was new for us as it is a public school where many of the children do not know God. After this we worked for 4 hours on a retaining wall of a bridge. This was by far our most tiring day so far. Soon after our debriefing and devotions we went to sleep.

Today was a long day. More than 1/3 of our class was feeling sick today. We are not sure what caused this, but it may be the natural adjustment to Guatemalan food. Some decided to skip out on our morning activities. First we went to Chamche for worship. Then we went back to Santa Cruz to do more children’s ministry. Now we had the balloon ministry, crafts, and games. We were the leaders of Grades 1 and 2, after we had worship and did the Prodigal Son drama. We then did some digging, the guys were overjoyed to have the chance to break stuff with a pickaxe.

We visited Karren's house for a traditional Guatemalan barbeque. Then we played soccer against the Guatemalan school staff. It was a whole lot of fun!

- Alyx & Ben S.