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June 2007 - Posts
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Wednesday night, we had the opportunity to attempt to make tortillas with the women at Juanna's house. First, they washed the corn, then they ground it to a powder. After that, they added water, and you have at the entire making round disks. They make Read More...
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The other night when we stayed at Juana's house the bathroom was located outside...I made sure that I had used the facilities before turning in for the night. My goal was not to have to go outside during the middle of the night because I did not want Read More...
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On Wednesday we took a day off from working in the chicken coups. We went to a seminar that talked about the production of biodisel fuel. I found it pretty interesting but I'm not so sure it resonated with many of the Guatemalans in attendance. After Read More...
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This is our 19th day in Guatemala and our 3rd day working on the chicken coup. We have had an eventful week down here at the coast. The most eventful day was Sunday the 24th (my birthday) when we went to visit the island El Chico. That day blew me away. Read More...
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Hey everyone. This is Benjamin and it is 5:45 on friday evening. We just returned home from working all day on our chicken coup. Today at the village we were all given straw hats by the owner of the land where we're working and they had our names on them. Read More...
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Please continue to keep our truck in your prayers. It was fixed, but has a hot spot that our in-team mechanics (as I stated many times, this is a very diverse and talented team) seem to think is a sticky valve. We will see what can be done with it. It Read More...
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I have noticed many changes over the five years since I lived here. First the roads are greatly improved. Many places are newly paved and are going to 2 lane roads. (Well, especially in the north.) Of course that means a lot of the roads are under construction Read More...
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Today, Sunday, we drove to the edge of Guatemala. Then we took a boat across the lagoon / ocean to get to an island called El Chico. The people are very friendly. They were a great encouragement to the team. One of the people told me that everyone from Read More...
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I recently had the opportunity to go back and see my Guatemalan family, where I lived for a year, It was wonderful and felt a lot like home. The girls, now about 10 years old came running up to me with flowers. I used to go up in the mountains and pick Read More...
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Hey all, We've been taking some short video clips on our cameras, and just wanted to share some samples of what we'll be sharing at conference this year. This video shows our meeting with a women's group at one of the Guatemalan Presbyterian churches. Read More...
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For the last few days I have gotten on the computer with intentions of posting a blog, but something would always get in my way...running out of internet time or for the last few days forgetting my password for the website...lol. And I´ll admit I was Read More...
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It´s the second day of language school. We each have our own teacher and it is great to learn from someone who lives here. It is quite a challenge though because my teacher does not speak any english. We have been with host families since Saturday and Read More...
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Corruption in Guatemala is extremely prevalent. My teacher told me today that since the mid 1980's all the presidents have been elected, but after a year in office the country always regrets it because they are so corrupt. He tells me the current president Read More...
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First of all, thank you to everyone for the answers to prayer. We have traveled safely so far. We have no serious sicknesses yet. And the truck has been promised to be fixed for next Saturday when it is our transportation. Many times we can just see that Read More...
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Hey NWMC this is Ben-Jamin and D-What. We were out on our walk to play soccer at 340pm, the it started to rain... rain.... rain... so we went to look for an internet cafe. now back to the rain, we ran into a McDonalds to wait the rain, watch some soccer Read More...
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Hola! We are on our 3rd full day here in Guatemala. Right now we are in the lovely town of Panajachel on Lake Atilan, and we´re learning why they call it the rainy season here in Guatemala. Right about 1pm everyday it starts to get cooler and a drizzel Read More...
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hey all this is dehan just some more quick updates since we have internet:) well for one the people here are all really short, all the doors are a little low and the awnings are also lower over the sidewalks. the food here is well kinda bland but the Read More...
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This is Benjamin, It is 2.30 P.M. Sunday Guatemala Time. It was a miracle that my sleeping bag and boots made it here - they were tied on to my hiking bag. We are all here safely and have an awesome place to stay at tonight. we are getting ready to go Read More...
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Summer Service recently has had a great answer to prayer. Recently another group took over our reservations at one of the two main places we will be staying while in Guatemala. This required recontacting many people and revamping many schedules with many Read More...
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For about 3 weeks of our time in Guatemala we will be working with the Nueva Diaconia. Here is a little bit of information on the group. It was shared and translated by David Clipson, with whom we will be working and he is helping to head up Diaconia. Read More...
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