This has been a good trip. This weekend in Tegucigalpa, we have visited with brothers and sisters from several different congregations in the metropolitan area. There are 25 congregations of churches of Christ in the city. Friendships and brotherhood in Christ renewed, prayers strengthened, opportunities to reconnect. Another elder appointed at La Vega, updates on …
Monthly Archives: July 2008
All things working together for good…
This has been an incredibly good day on this mission trip as many uncertainties have become clear. After I visited the airport here in Tegucigalpa to change our tickets for the return trip out of Tegucigalpa rather than out of San Pedro Sula, we received news that the Oklahoma group we are meeting on Monday …
Travel Day
Today is a travel day, so we are up very early. We have to catch the bus at 3:30 a.m. From Antigua to Guatemala City to Copan Ruins to San Pedro Sula to Tegucigalpa–they say it is 11 hours on the bus; it all adds up to about 14 hours. On trips such as this, …
Juan Carlos
This week I have been visiting and helping the church in San Lorenzo (formerly in Santa Catarina, but recently moved to a better location in San Lorenzo). San Antonio, Santa Catarina, and San Lorenzo are three adjoining communities that virtually touch one another, and we have been working in all three of the villages. The local preacher, …
An Antigua Argument
I walked down the street on a quiet Saturday morning. I was in Antigua, Guatemala, a few minutes before 7:00 the streets were almost deserted. A lone runner loped down the middle of the cobblestones. Here and there a few individuals or couples were walking. No car was in sight on the street where I …
Reflections of Guatemala
It hardly seems possible that a week of cultural studies is drawing to a close. I have a growing appreciation of the unique challenges faced by Guatemalans, especially those in the rural areas. For one week, I have had the opportunity to spend extended time every day with a Guatemalan, a nurse who serves as …