Sunday, February 24, 2013

It was another exciting day here in Guatemala. We began the day with a quick meeting to explain our day. We were then challenged to take the opportunity to step out in faith and do something out of our comfort zone.We then traveled to Lake Atilan and went ziplining. Out of the 42 people who went along, 35 went ziplining. They all were very excited about the experience and had a great time. Included in that group was Adonis and Carlomindo, our brothers from our sister church in Honduras. They were a bit apprehensive at first, but did enjoy the opportunity to "step out in faith". On our return trip we stopped for an incredible dinner at a roadside resturant. We also did a little shopping for good measure. I personally did not think a zipline ride was necesary, the van ride was enough excitment for one day. We capped our day with an awesome "church service" with a lot of great singing and then heard Mike talk about how we needed to work as a true body. He said it was very important that we all used our gifts because we are all important. John King then gave an update on a local church that one of our teams had done a food distribution for last year. It was done in an open field because they had no church building at that time. They did not know when they would be able to build the church because they had no money and no idea when they would get any. A boy came up to the pastor that night and tld him the church would be worshippng in their church in three months. Through a series of miraculous events and a work team several months later, the boy was correct. God is good. Casper Guystefur, our missionary from Honduras then told of how God had taken him for a walk that hadbeen going on for more than 30 years. He had never envisioned himself as a missionary when he got out of high school in Canada. His vision had been to drink beer, have a nice car, and a nice looking girl by his side. God then tapped him on his shoulder and said, "Go with me to Africa." His dad sponsered the trip and now thirty-some years later he has been on the missionfield all that time. He still does not know how it all happened. He then challenged each of us to "Take a walk with God." It was a lot of food for thought. The Moline CRC part of the group then met for a few moments with Capser, Adonis, and Carlomindo andd they read a letter from their congregation thanking the Moline CRC for becoming their sister church and for all we had done for them. They also committed to praying for us and hoped that they would be able to make it up to Moline Love in June. We then prayed for them and said our goodbyes as they would be leaving for home very early tomorrow. All in all, it wa another awesome day. It is always hard to imagine that the next day will be as good as the day before, but God is good. Randy Ellens

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