Ivanrest Impact Ministries – Guatemala

Day Three

Somos el cuerpo

Today we woke up with eggs, toast, and the best coffee in the world.  We painted the house and decorated it with beautiful murals of flowers, crosses, and bible verses.  It was topped off by gorgeous curtains and flower wall paper.  The kids helped us a lot with the painting and some of the sanding of the drywall.  When we were finished we had another wonderful lunch of beans, rice, and tortillas.  We returned to our worksite for the dedications and gave the house to a family of 5. A Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, 2 young girls. Everyone is our house accepted Christ into their hearts and were all very grateful for all of our work. Prayer is still needed for some of the people in other homes that are battling Satan.  After our dedication, the clouds decided to open up and start pouring down on us for the rest of the dedications. It was refreshing but then became very cold. One of the families was very grateful and gave us all coconuts to drink the milk from and also some SUPER COLA!  This family was already believers and the father was the minister of the village church.  Overall the dedications went really well but your prayers are still needed for those who didn’t accept Christ into their hearts today.  

         We packed up at la bendicion and while we waited for the other van to arrive we got to play with the kids and sing some songs and even dance with them.  Due to very bumpy roads the ware on the wheels was great, causing the blue van’s wheel loose.  Suddenly, the wheel came off and hit the van window and forcing the van to a screeching halt.  Luckily everyone was able to get to the side of the road safely. We had a nice little break to stretch our legs before getting crammed into 2 vans plus all of our luggage on top of the white van.  Finally once we were 5 minutes away we had to go through a detour due to a downed tree on the road where the base is located.  We all enjoyed lasagna and hit the hay!  Goodnight West Michigan we miss you and love you.

Holly, Chris, Nate, Jeff, Kristina, and Jillian