We traveled from BMA to Guatemala, starting at 1 a.m.(Tuesday, July 6, 2010) not ending until about 11:30—12 midnight. Our young people amaze me. Even with the long hours and uncomfortable traveling conditions, packed into a 19 passenger van for 4.5 hours and arriving at our simple motel when we were about to fall over from lack of sleep, still their attitude and spirit was so good. Today (Wednesday) we spent with the pastors and elders from the South Guatemala Mission churches where each of us will conduct meetings.
In the morning, Jeremiah Weeks did training for all of us from Pennsylvania and Guatemala together. Then we ate lunch with the church leaders we would be working with. Most of us do not speak Spanish and most of them speak no to very little English, so it was not easy to carry on a conversation, but we smiled a lot and did the best we could.
This afternoon, Jeremiah Weeks continued with just the Pennsylvania Group giving specific instructions in using the computer sermons, appeals, etc.
This evening when we returned to the hotel, we all got our particular set of computer and projector equipment out, hooked up everything, and learned how to get the software up and running. That involved a lot of adjusting and getting used to where the right computer commands were.
Before supper, the young people hung around outside on the veranda and chatted away about what they had learned, how the equipment worked, what they thought they might do and just relaxed together. During that time, Levi Collins was practicing his recorder and his lilting melodies floated across the courtyard and the gathered group of chattering youth.
Tomorrow we each go with our pastor out to the church location to practice setting up and going through a dry run.
In the meantime, we have been informed by the motel owner that tomorrow around 6:45 a.m. the city will shut off the electricity from about 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. So we will not have electric or water! Such is part of the life of being a missionary!
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