Sunday morning we cooked some breakfast and headed to church.
Casa de Libertad (House of Freedom) is 5-10 minutes from the team’s house, assuming the bridge is open. Apparently this has caused a lot of issues with traffic. Oh, the things we take for granted!
Casa’s pastor and the team’s “boss” is Francisco. We joke about him being the Guatemalan Matt Chandler…very articulate, passionate, funny and…tall. Not many Guatemalans are tall.
Francisco preached and I attempted to refine my Spanish by rejecting the help of headphones that relay the English translation in real-time. Refining my Spanish? Maybe. Understanding the lesson? Not so much. David took the wiser route (I’ll take the headphones) and had to tell me about the message after we got done.
After church, we got to meet the Freeds. I’ve heard Susan talk about this family, so it was really fun to get to meet them. The Freeds family is serving with an organization that distributes resources to orphanages. The girls have all said that they have been such a blessing to them to help them get acclimated. Praise GOD for His provision!
The rest of Sunday was a Sabbath – we hung out at the house at were joined by Kailah in the afternoon. Kailah is a member of The Village that is serving in Huehuetenango. It was fun to see her and she offered to cook dinner for everyone on Sunday night. this dinner was one of my favorite parts of the trip – we all laughed until we cried and stayed at the table for hours. We all attempted to head to bed early since we knew Monday would be an early morning for all of us!
PS, I promise pictures are coming w/ Day 3!
i love this.