Our wonderful friend and former choir director preached for us all the way from Germany. Say what you want about zoom worship; it allows for some wonderful connections. Thank you, Anitra. To view full sermon, click here. … [Read more...]
A Word from Rev. Eric Beene
September 16, 2021
The name might seem familiar -- my husband preached for me while I was at a prayer retreat. Thank you, Eric. To see this sermon click here. … [Read more...]
God’s Children
September 16, 2021
1 John 3: 1-3 "See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God." This passage is always lifted up lovingly in Sunday School classes. Isn't it so comforting and happy. Except that I'm not always sure we want to be called children of anyone most of the time. Certainly I did not in my early 20s, after … [Read more...]
Guatemala Bonita
January 19, 2013
Guatemala is more than volcanos, earthquakes, poverty, and civil war. If you live outside the country, however, that's all you hear about. But the beauty that God has woven in here is incredible. We are leaving today. Yesterday was packing up from Reyu and driving 3 hours to Anitigua, where we spent the afternoon poking around the architecture, … [Read more...]
Tough questions
January 17, 2013
The day started with devotionals (as each morning has) and a doctor asked the question she says she has been struggling with ever since she started coming to Guatemala: Why does God allow such suffering and poverty? The conditions in which the poor of Guatemala live would never be acceptable in our country - the US health department, surely, would … [Read more...]
San Marcos
January 16, 2013
A different village today, with a bigger school where we could hold clinic. Each clinic had its own room, which were cleaner than Nimina (less dust, as San Marcos is not as remote). I worked in the lab today and learned how to say "Please pee in this cup and bring it back here ( Por favor orine in esta vasa and regreselo aqui)" and "I need to take … [Read more...]
Brush your Teeth
January 15, 2013
I visited the dental clinic today in Nimina. 3 dentists pulling teeth, one patient after another. "Come here, Amy, look at this," Brenda invited me, as she bent over an 18 year old young woman. One molar was already in the paper cup the woman was holding, and Brenda was trying to pull another one - I could see the decay around the dentist's gloved … [Read more...]
Day 1 Nimina
January 14, 2013
This morning began with devotion all at 5:30am - we are looking at stories of biblical hospitality, and we too might practice the giving and receiving of hospitality as guests in this country and also extending the gifts God has given us to share. We set out for the village Nimina, an hour drive away, which ended up taking 2 and a half hours, … [Read more...]
Preparing for Day 1
January 13, 2013
This morning we left Anitgua for the 3 and a half hour drive to Retalhuleu (nicknamed Reyu). We would have been there in 3 hours I think, but our buses got stuck behind three trucks full of sugarcane going uphill. That took a while. In Reyu we had an orientation meeting for our first day of clinic tomorrow in the village of Nimina. It will be the … [Read more...]
Saturday in Antigua
January 12, 2013
We have arrived in Guatemala! We landed in Guatemala City - there's about 30 of us - and wmore met by the Guatemalan Faith in Practice staff with a bus to take us to Antigua. As we drove through the City, all the city buses were red! Once upon a time, the story goes, a Guatemalan president visited London and admired their red buses, so decided to … [Read more...]
