Colfax Guatemala Trip

THURSDAY

Early this morning both the village and medical teams left again for their duties. We began preparation for feeding the village. We are expecting over 500 people to come and eat at the church building and house dedication.

Melanie and April left for the states at 8:30am. (This was a planned departure, as they need to get back to engagements and family at home)

Jamie and I had a wonderful meeting with Mike this morning. We discussed many issues and had a good time. We also had another good meeting with Walter. Please pray that we will be able to get a meeting with the CNA in the city and have all the right people their.

The Casa team spent a lot more time moving dirt at the new property site. We could use about 3 bobcats if that gives you an idea… Another group of guys cut, grinded, and welded the new metal windows and doors for the church. We hope to have them placed tomorrow just in time for the ceremony on Saturday. The guys working on the false ceiling finished their job today and had some time to do repairs on other parts of the house. I finally was able to get some physical work in and it felt great. I was able to paint the boys and girls bathrooms at the school with some others from the team. They were a great crew as that was not an easy (smelly) task.

Some of the team continues to have small amounts of upset stomach. Please pray for comfort.

The village team poured the main floor concrete today (three rooms and a hallway). This was quite a task and I hope to have some pictures up soon. There was more painting and trim work to finish up as well. Some of the crew stayed later to work on some more electrical.

The medical team went to two primary schools today and taught over 750 students at each school about dental hygiene. They then went to a small primary school and talked to about 150 kids and a pre school with about 50. The Lord was able to provide so that they could hand out toothbrushes to all of them. They gave another 100 toothbrushes, vitamins, and toothpaste to a lady at the schools who has a community center. They also went to a Bible primary school in a local neighborhood that meets every Tuesday and Thursday. The team gave the director 1,000 toothbrushes and 100 toothpaste tubes to distribute to the children and their families. There are 11 people on the medical team and one always graciously stays behind to help us here at Casa for those who are not feeling well.

Tonight after dinner, we had a truly awesome time of worship and fellowship. We sang a few songs, and shared for about 2 hours what God has been doing on this trip. This time was so special! I cannot describe it to you. Please praise God for He is worthy of all praise!