Today we visited the village, La Colonia, that our church adopted. We went from door to door delivering care packages for the families. The pastor of the village came with us and explained that they were so thankful because they never have people come and love on them. It was awesome getting to meet the people that we are going to grow together with in the next few years.
In one of the first homes that we delivered to, we walked in and two women were making tortillas. They asked us if we would like to try and make some, so we dipped our hands in the water and broke off some dough sitting in a bowl. They smash the dough with their hands very fast but I couldn't go half the speed that they were going because the dough kept sticking to me. Once we were done "shaping" the dough, we put it on a hot skillet to fry. Our tortillas turned out pretty pathetic compared to the perfectly round ones that the women made.
In one of the first homes that we delivered to, we walked in and two women were making tortillas. They asked us if we would like to try and make some, so we dipped our hands in the water and broke off some dough sitting in a bowl. They smash the dough with their hands very fast but I couldn't go half the speed that they were going because the dough kept sticking to me. Once we were done "shaping" the dough, we put it on a hot skillet to fry. Our tortillas turned out pretty pathetic compared to the perfectly round ones that the women made.
In November we have two groups coming down to Guatemala to start building a church for the village because they don't have one. They have already cleared a spot for us to start building on that we were able to see today. My group of eight circled up with the village pastor and prayed on the dirt where the church will stand in a few months. This was my favorite thing that we did today because I'm reading a book called The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson which talks about drawing prayer circles around your dreams. The dream of adopting a village in Guatemala and building a church started with my mother and a few others from my church. That dream is going to become a reality in November because we have been circling it and praying about it for years. My mom prayed some bold prayers and God is delivering because she kept circling them.
We organized a bible study with the women in the village that my mom and Mrs. Karen led while the rest of us played with the children. We made bracelets, read, played games and soccer with them. I got my butt kicked in soccer by some of the boys but learned some cool new tricks.
Today was so much fun and absolutely amazing. My heart is overflowing with joy from being reunited with all of my kids yesterday to starting a new beginning in La Colonia today. It gives me chills thinking about how God is using each of us individually in this process of starting something new. I'm so thankful for the calling that The Lord has placed in my heart for Guatemala.
We organized a bible study with the women in the village that my mom and Mrs. Karen led while the rest of us played with the children. We made bracelets, read, played games and soccer with them. I got my butt kicked in soccer by some of the boys but learned some cool new tricks.
Today was so much fun and absolutely amazing. My heart is overflowing with joy from being reunited with all of my kids yesterday to starting a new beginning in La Colonia today. It gives me chills thinking about how God is using each of us individually in this process of starting something new. I'm so thankful for the calling that The Lord has placed in my heart for Guatemala.
"Drawing prayer circles starts with identifying your Jericho. You've got to define the promise God wants you to stake claim to, the miracles God wants you to believe for, and the dreams God wants you to pursue. Then you need to keep circling until He gives you what He wants and He wills."
- Mark Batterson
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