I am getting eaten alive by mosquitos, but other than that I am doing wonderful and enjoying my time here in Guatemala. Staying healthy and happy as well. :)
God has been speaking to me so much just within these past 2 weeks. Nothing really dealing with things that have happened while I have been here but more through God's own little unique ways of speaking personally to me. I will try to share about each of those in posts following this one. Some of them I am still processing through. God is just so good and I am SO thrilled that He has allowed me this summer of adventure and serving and sharing with His people!
*sorry...a spider just ran across my computer haha. Yes mom, I killed it with my own bare finger too ;) *
Anyways, random thought... I bought some banana bread from an older woman that came by the restaurant we were eating at tonight. I just tried a piece of it just now and it is so wonderful. Mmm I just love banana bread :) ..especially made by a sweet little Guatemalan woman.
I am getting really sad as I only have 2 more full days here. I wish I could stay longer and continue to serve and be a part of the Guatemalan culture and the beauty of the country and to just love on and embrace the people...and even get bitten by more mosquitos (kidding on that last one). All in all, this has been an amazing trip of course. This past week there were 2 teams down here. I was able to help build a house with one of the teams. This was the first mission trip for almost eveyone on the team except the team leader. It was really cool to share in that experience with them and to see them grow with one another and learn what serving is all about. I was even able to be a part of "Happy Feet" this past week, which is where you get to fit children and adults for new shoes. It was a chaotic but wonderful experience as the people were so excited to own a new pair of shoes! If you could only see the smiles on their faces. :)
I have even been able to work on my spanish speaking skills. I have even been picking up on a lot more than I originally thought. I have even been able to carry on a few small conversations with people. Still a little frustrating talking to some people and realizing I do not know the word to respond back to them. Language barriers are always frustrating. Atleast there is always next year ;)
A team of nursing students from IWU are here this week which is really neat. I wish I was able to stay the entire week with them and get to know some more of my fellow IWUers. This week will involve a lot more medical clinic type things and of that sort which will be different and pretty fun I think.
Tomorrow we are waking up early and going to a far off village up in the mountains about 2 hours away. They say it is a really poor and sad village. Language is also a problem there as the people do not speak spanish and only speak mayan. I am really excited about this journey tomorrow and seeing how God uses us to reach out and love these people even if it is only by our actions.
Until next time, pray that I will be able to sleep the entire night through without waking up each hour to the feeling of 100 itching mosquito bites. It is very painful and annoying.
With lots of love,
Carmen
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