Back to Guatemala City

Well, we just said goodbye to our translators and are getting ready to hop on the vans to head back to Guatemala City.  We've spent the last three days going into homes and into the schools sharing the gospel and trying to build relationship through the church here.  My group was the one that got to go into the schools.  We were able to share the story of Christ with 200-300 kids and did our best to encourage them to get involved with a local evangelical church.  It is a hard balance.  On the one hand you would love to see everyone make professions of faith right there.  On the other hand, both here and in the U.S., you see the effects of irresponsibly distributing half truths apart from the biblical guidance of a local church and how many people think they are right with God because someone had them recite a prayer.  In an effort to avoid confusion and "easy believeism" we tried in everything we did to point people back to the local church for discipleship and counseling. 

The rest of the groups spent their time visiting door to door.  Through these effort they were able to see people come to faith in Christ.  Please continue to pray of Bethany Baptist Church in Chacalte as the continue to minster in this area. 

Worship (pt. 2)

Worship (pt. 1)

Yesterday evening we were able to worship along with the brothers and sisters of Just got back from worship with the brothers and sisters of Iglesia Evangélica Bautista Bethania.

 

 

Avestruz

These are a few friends we made yesterday when we stopped at a local gas station.

Day Two

So we have made it to our final destination after a day of fine Guatemalan cuisine (McDonald's, Burger King, and Pizza Hut). Tonight we were able to worship with the members of Iglesia Evangélica Bautista Bethania. Bro. John preached, Dan and Julie shared testimonies, and I shared a song. We're excited about tomorrow. We will be doing prayer walking through the area in which we're ministering, inviting God to work through us this week. I'm reminded of Jesus' injunction at the end of Matthew 9. We he was surrounded by so many needy, helpless, destitute people, he didn't say "get to work!" Instead he said "pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest." Please join with us tomorrow as we pray for God to do his will.

Have a blessed evening. I'll do my best to have pictures tomorrow.

Grace and peace.