For the 12:7 Serve team, Guatemala was just an add on to the sites were serving in. On our way to El Salvador, we stopped there for a few days to meet up with our leader, Milton. What a beautiful country! The weather was cooler (the complete opposite of South Mexico!), and the scenery was green and mountainous.
As you saw in Guatemala and El Salvador (in photos), on the weekend we were in
Guatemala, we were involved in a youth sports day! It was a church event held
at the Bible college there. I’ve got to be honest with you, it’s been a long
time since I’ve played sport!! But it was fun to get back onto the basketball
court that day, even if I’m not the best player! We were also able to visit some schools
in Guatemala to share with the students our “Sex, Lies and the Truth”
presentation, and some of the churches there, to let them know about our
project. Overall, our time in Guatemala was a bit slower paced, but we were
still able to serve the people there. :)
So after those days, we made the long drive all the way down to El Salvador! Our first stop was a town called Santa Ana. We were part of services during our 5 days there, as well as working in evangelism. Like the photos in my previous post show, we spent some time fixing up a classroom at the church, changing the roof and painting it. Also, while Estela, Erika and Maura were cleaning up a classroom, they found a turtle in there! Lots of fun times while serving in Santa Ana.
The Santa Ana church is currently
starting a mission in a town close by, so on one of our days there we went and
served. Again, we did evangelism and performed REMI our kids program (you can see pictures from this in my previous post!). It was
really exciting to be apart of beginning this new mission. Please pray for the
church in Santa Ana and their work for the Lord!
Our next stop was the town of San Miguel. We served at two churches there, doing evangelism, children's ministry, and giving testimony of our time serving on the mission field. It was exciting to be able to encourage the church members (especially youth) that they can serve the Lord and that God has purposes for them! I especially loved our pastors kids in San Miguel,
For our last week in El Salvador, we made our way to the capital (San Salvador). Here, we visited schools to talk about our project, our testimonies and to encourage the students to continue with their English studies. One morning we were able to sit and speak with the students and ask them questions about themselves. For me, it was pretty exciting to be able to speak in English! Although my Spanish has definitely gotten better over these months, speaking your first language always feels good. :) As well as this, we visited churches in the district and were blessed by their welcoming arms and hearts towards us.
During our time in Guatemala and El Salvador, our busy schedule was always being added on to or changing. Sometimes we would wake up one morning thinking we were doing one thing, and the next minute we were doing another. Although this could have been frustrating for me, it was another chance for me to learn to be flexible. I was telling some youth the other day, that serving the Lord is often like this! We always need to be prepared to serve in what's needed, and to be flexible when plans don't work out. This is what God wants to see from us - that we keep serving with love and joy, even when things change or are difficult.
So there you have it, Guatemala and El Salvador in words. :)
Keep serving with love and joy my friends!
On the journey,
Dani
PS. If you haven't looked yet, here is Guatemala and El Salvador (in photos). :)
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