First Day!!

Ok so the first full day here in Guatemala is about to be over! It has been incredible. Our day of travel yesterday went pretty well - we all made it here safely with all of out luggage. The city looked a lot like Santiago or Santo Domingo for those of you who have been there with me before... So much poverty everywhere... However, we had a four ish hour drive out of the city into the country, a very bumpy and hilly drive. We are living in a missionary house on the top of a hill with one gorgeous view of a valley below us. We have nice bathrooms with warm running water and two washers and dryers!!! We have a nice hike down the hill to a crazy cafeteria hut place with a pool and everything! We are so spoild here!

We got our first chance to go down to the villages this afternoon. We invited the people to some of the discipleship meetings, Bible schools and medical clinics that we'll have each week. Everybody seems so kind and hospitable. It looks like I'll be working a lot at the school this first month, hopefully shadowing a teacher and even teaching the Bible. It is quite intimidating and humbling. I know that whatever comes from this, it will definitely be of God because I am definitely not proficient in Spanish and I certainly don't have much experience in teaching (much less something so crucial as the Bible!).

The food has been amazing - I feel like I've eaten like a king so far. We took an afternoon dip in the pool after exploring the villages. I'm getting to know a lot of the 25 people on the team now. It looks like we are all gelling pretty well, so hopefully God will work through our unity. I still don't have a very good idea as to what exactly is going to be happening in the next two months, so please continue to pray that God would just guide us as we try to do what seems wise and pleasing to Him. The internet is fairly reliable it seems so hopefully I'll be able to blog daily (at least for the first month) and if not a few times each week.