Hola from Belynn and Stephanie! We woke up on Sunday bright and early to begin our first day of construction and VBS. First of all, let me just describe how incredible the view is here in Lake Atitlan. It is unfathomable to think that anyone could look at this view and not acknowledge that there is a God. Words or pictures cannot describe the magnificence of His creation. After being stuffed with a delicious Guatemalan breakfast, our team was split up into 2 groups in order to build a house at two different locations. The size of the houses were literally comparable to a small college dorm room. This is supposed to house a full family. It made each one of us grateful for our own living conditions back home. Our first order of business was to sift through dirt in order to mix cement to make concrete. Making this from scratch opened our eyes to the difficulty of this kind of manual labor. Although we had an idea of the type of construction we would be taking part in, the gravity of the living situation was still shocking. We worked half the day making concrete and stacking cinder blocks.
After eating lunch at the church children began to pour into the sanctuary and we began VBS. We talked about being adopted into God’s family and the love He has for us as His sons and daughters. We spent the remainder of our time interacting and loving on the children. Even though there was a language barrier we were still able to communicate through smiles, games, hugging and time! Our objective was to help these children, but we felt they gave more to us than we could give to them. Our time with them was an eternal blessing!
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