GUATEMALA 2007
The first picture is me with one of the littlest angels at the orphanage. Although we left gifts and supplies, I also left a part of my heart with my new found friend. Most orphanages in Guatemala are set up by the age of the child. This one keeps siblings together. In fact, a policeman recently showed up at 2:00 AM with six siblings who were living under a bridge after being orphaned. Thank God for the people who devote themselves to the orphans all over the world.
I cannot begin to explain how exciting it was to go on my first mission trip to Guatemala with the Jesus Harvest Film Partnership.
Nine people from the New Hope Community Church of the Nazarene joined up with over 40 other Nazarenes from across the country to be instrumental in planting 10 new churches within one week! I was never more blessed nor more humbled than in Guatemala. Being an ever-so-small part of ministering to the needs of those so less fortunate than ourselves is one way of fulfilling the Great Commission.
We cleaned out and painted classrooms, visited an orphanage, cleaned the street and painted a wall leading to a "new" church at the edge of a dump (yes, people actually live in the dump), and showed THE JESUS FILM several times.
Although "poor" from the world's point of view, we saw hundreds of people becom "rich" from a spiritual point of view. I must admit, i saw many more people smiling in the streets of Guatemala than I saw smiling on a recent visit to Atlantic City and Cape May, New Jersey.
